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Monica R Ayhens-Madon
20 October 2021

Help Us Chart the Ubuntu Community Roadmap

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It hasn’t even been a week since the release of Impish Indri, and we already are gearing up for the journey to Jammy Jellyfish. If releases were a roadtrip, this is when we pull over, have some snacks, and find the best way to get to our next destination. The Desktop and Community Team want

Monica R Ayhens-Madon
20 October 2021

Oliver Smith
19 October 2021

Common Sense – using the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT on Ubuntu Impish Indri

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Ubuntu Impish Indri supports the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT. This guide helps users get started with both the Sense HAT and its desktop emulator package.

Oliver Smith
19 October 2021

Rhys Davies
9 September 2021

Ubuntu 21.10: Release the party

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There ain’t no party like an Ubuntu release party. You might think that you are a party animal, but have you seen an Impish Indri? Some time ago, it was common for the Ubuntu LoCos (local communities) to host and run ‘release parties’, meet-ups, and get-togethers where members of the wider community come together to

Rhys Davies
9 September 2021

Rhys Davies
2 September 2021

The new Ubuntu membership process

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Applying for Ubuntu membership just became a lot easier. After a long discussion on Discourse, we’ve made the necessary changes to lower the technical barrier of entry to apply for Ubuntu membership. It’s now a simpler process with a focus on contribution, not on technical ability. In this post, I walk through the new process

Rhys Davies
2 September 2021

Rhys Davies
27 August 2021

Winners of the 21.10 Wallpaper competition

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Congratulations to our winners! With over 200 submissions and several hundred voters, the competition was tough. But, the votes are in, and here are the winning wallpapers. The first two make it into the official release 21.10 image and are automatically entered into the runnings for 22.04. The other eight you see here will be

Rhys Davies
27 August 2021

robgibbon
25 August 2021

Happy birthday – 30 Years of Linux

Article Desktop

Won’t be big Thirty years ago today, Linus Torvalds announced his free operating system to the world. As with many of the world’s greatest, Linux had humble beginnings as a very small pet project. The GNU was working on an ambitious free, public domain operating system but the project had been delayed, and enthusiasts were

robgibbon
25 August 2021

Rhys Davies
20 August 2021

Vote in the Ubuntu 21.10 wallpaper competition

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The time has come. It’s time to vote for the 10 images you would like included in the official Ubuntu 21.10 release as optional wallpapers. Submissions have closed. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far <3 Vote here Brace yourself, there’s a lot. We have a total of 202 submissions, more than ever

Rhys Davies
20 August 2021

Rhys Davies
3 August 2021

UbuntuOnAir update

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It’s been a couple of months since we restarted UbuntuOnAir. We had a few ideas, and lots of aspirations, but we wanted to be realistic and work our way up. You can read about why we brought it back and why we didn’t use the more mainstream channel “Celebrate Ubuntu” elsewhere. Here I talk about

Rhys Davies
3 August 2021

Holly Hall
30 June 2021

Top 10 apps for a fresh Linux install in 2021

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Are you struggling with too much lag? Is it time for a spring clean and a fresh Linux install? Ready to upgrade to Focal Fossa (LTS) or Hirsute Hippo? Whatever situation you are in, get started quickly with some of the most popular apps you need for a fresh Linux install. Here are all the

Holly Hall
30 June 2021

Rhys Davies
24 June 2021

Ubuntu 21.10 Wallpaper Competition

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We are incredibly proud to announce the beginning of the Impish Indri wallpaper competition! (That’s the code name for Ubuntu 21.10) You can submit your artwork and read the rules over on the Ubuntu discourse. Every new release of Ubuntu comes pre-loaded with new background images that users can select ‘out of the box’. For

Rhys Davies
24 June 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
28 May 2021

Hey snap, where’s my data?

Article Desktop

Snaps are self-contained applications, isolated from the underlying operating systems by several layers of confinement. This mechanism introduces security benefits, but it may also create confusion for people who are less familiar with how snaps work and behave, especially when it comes to filesystem access. Today, we’d...

Igor Ljubuncic
28 May 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
13 May 2021

How to troubleshoot application issues and crashes with snapd gdbserver

Article Apps

Sometimes, applications may not run well, or they could even crash. When such issues occur, it is useful to have a consistent, reproducible method of triggering the problem, so that developers can have a reliable way and sufficient data to troubleshoot the issues and produce a fix. In the software world, the GNU Debugger (gdb)

Igor Ljubuncic
13 May 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
7 May 2021

The snap developer’s guide on how to migrate to new bases

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A couple of weeks ago, we published an article about Ubuntu 16.04 entering Extended Security Maintenance (ESM), and the implications of this change for snap publishers. We talked about the different options available to developers and publishers who still may rely on the older bases in their build process – free Ubuntu...

Igor Ljubuncic
7 May 2021

Holly Hall
21 April 2021

Community AMA: Indaba for 21.04

Article Desktop

What is indaba? An indaba is a conference or gathering to discuss matters of importance, originating from the Xhosa and Zulu languages. Following this theme, we are excited to be hosting our first Desktop Indaba this Friday. Everybody is welcome to take part by asking questions for our AMA (Ask Me Anything) part of the

Holly Hall
21 April 2021

All you need to know about the fast, free, and user friendly Ubuntu desktop operating system.

All you need to know about the fast, free, and user friendly
Ubuntu desktop operating system.