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An Ubuntu snap-based solution for enterprises to control their data

by Richard Collins on 22 February 2017

A factor for so many smaller enterprises today is that they are unable to take full advantage of the range of services associated with standard public cloud...

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MWC17: The future of wireless networks

by Maarten Ectors on 17 February 2017

The telecom industry is not as buoyant as it was some years back. Telecom operators ‘ revenues are under pressure due to innovations from over the top...

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Snapcraft 2.26 has been released

by Sergio Schvezov on 3 February 2017

Hello snapcrafters! We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.26 of snapcraft has been released: https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.26...

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Ubuntu Core – how to enable aliases for your snaps commands

by David Callé on 28 January 2017

We are happy to announce that a new version of Ubuntu Core, based on snapd 2.21, has been released to the stable snaps channel yesterday. As with any stable...

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ROS on arm64 with Ubuntu Core

by Kyle Fazzari on 27 January 2017

Previous Robot Operating System (ROS) releases only supported i386, amd64, and armhf. I even tried building ROS Indigo from source for arm64 about a year ago,...

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Webinar: 2017 – what’s in store for IoT?

by Amrisha Prashar on 12 December 2016

It’s nearing the end of the year! Time to take a breather and plan for 2017. As part of our ‘IoT builders’ webinar series, we have asked some of the most...

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snapd 2.18: the snap command strikes back

by David Callé on 12 December 2016

Last Thursday, December 8, the snapd team was happy to announce a new release of snapd (2.18), the daemon that enables systems to work with snaps and provides...

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Christmas-music-carousel-snap

by Didier Roche on 8 December 2016

Ding ding ding! It’s Christmas time, and as part of the festive competition we’re hosting that asks you to build a seasonal snap on your RaspberryPi…we...

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Jamming with Ubuntu Core

by April Wang on 7 December 2016

We celebrated the launch of Ubuntu Core 16 hackathon, or shall we say Snapathon, that took place in Shenzhen between 26-27th November. The 30+ hour gathering...

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Competition: Build a seasonal snap on your Raspberry Pi

by Amrisha Prashar on 1 December 2016

And our present for you this Christmas is… a competition to create a seasonal snap on your Raspberry Pi 2 or 3! We’d love to see the entries that are the most...

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10 desktop snaps written in November

by Didier Roche on 1 December 2016

It’s that time of the month again where we round up our top ten snaps from the last month! For those that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to...