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"snapcraft.io"

Rhys Davies
15 October 2020

The Windows Calculator on Linux with Uno Platform

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

The good folks in the Uno Platform community have ported the open-source Windows Calculator to Linux. And they’ve done it quicker than Microsoft could bring their browser to Linux.  The calculator is published in the snapstore and can be downloaded right away. If you’re on Ubuntu or you have snapd installed just run:  snap install ...

Igor Ljubuncic
1 October 2020

How to make snaps and configuration management tools work together

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

In environments with large numbers of client machines, configuration management tools are often used to simplify and standardize the target state of each host in a seamless, automated and consistent manner. Software like CFEngine, Chef, Ansible, and others offer a high degree of granular control over software packaging and system configur ...

Alan Pope
25 September 2020

Stepping Down Gracefully

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

The Snap Store has been designed to enable upstream developers and enthusiastic community contributors to publish snaps. As with most Linux packaging solutions, the wider community are often responsible for starting and maintaining software packages. This is a double-edged sword, especially for humans with limited life spans and other shi ...

Igor Ljubuncic
18 September 2020

The Expandables – snapcraft extensions and the secret code

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

If you’re a snap developer, you know that snap development is terribly easy. Or rather complex and difficult. Depending on your application code and requirements, it can take a lot of effort putting together the snapcraft.yaml file from which you will build your snap. One of our goals is to make snap development practically easier ...

Igor Ljubuncic
15 September 2020

Security corner: snap interface & snap connections

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

One of the defining features of snaps is their strong security. Snaps are designed to run isolated from the underlying system, with granular control and access to specific resources made possible through a mechanism of interfaces. Think of it as a virtual USB cable – an interface connects a plug with a slot. Security and ...

Alan Pope
10 September 2020

Snap! Collaborate and listen!

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

You’d think we would be running out of terrible/great (delete as applicable) 80s songs to try and shoehorn into the titles of these blog posts. Turns out, not quite yet! “How can I help?” is a phrase often used in Open Source projects by enthusiastic users and developers. There are a lot of moving parts ...

Igor Ljubuncic
27 August 2020

Snapcraft corner: Staying on track

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Snapcraft channels and, consequently, tracks are an important, highly useful element of the snap ecosystem. Tracks enable snap developers to publish multiple supported releases of their application under the same snap name. All snaps must have a default track – called latest, but there can be many others, giving both developers flexibilit ...

Igor Ljubuncic
20 August 2020

Tour of the snap developer account in the Snap Store

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Sometimes, you may wonder, what’s on the other side of the curtain? If you’re a developer contemplating snaps, you surely want to know the range of tools and options available in the developer account dashboard in the Snap Store. But some of the features may not necessarily be immediately visible or relevant until you’ve uploaded ...

Rhys Davies
18 August 2020

Set up the AdGuard Home Ubuntu Appliance

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Block ads and trackers, and regain full control of your network. The AdGuard Home Ubuntu Appliance is an easy way for anyone to shield their WiFi network, and all the devices in their home from hackers and prying eyes online. In this post, we discuss what AdGuard Home is, some of the benefits and features ...

Kyle Fazzari
17 August 2020

How to build a snap using ROS 2 Foxy

Robotics Ubuntu tech blog

The snapcraft CLI (the tool used to create snaps) has long had support for building snaps that use both ROS 1 and ROS 2. ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy is the latest ROS 2 LTS, which runs on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). The snapcraft CLI recently gained experimental support for building Foxy snaps, so I wanted ...

Rhys Davies
13 August 2020

Develop Uno Platform projects on Linux with Visual Studio

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Uno Platform is bringing their support to Linux. Uno allows you to build native mobile, desktop, and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML from a single code base. You can build Linux applications with Uno using Visual Studio and Ubuntu on WSL. In collaboration with Uno, we built a mock-up snap that measures and adjusts ...

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