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Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: June 16, 2017
by Will Cooke on 16 June 2017
GNOME Further theme fixes have been made in Artful to get GNOME Shell and Ambiance looking just right. Network Manager is updated to 1.8. It is currently...
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Gitter and Mattermost: two desktop apps for your future chat platform
by David Callé on 15 June 2017
In the hunt for the perfect communication platform or protocol, a lot of companies are experimenting, which can lead to some confusion as not everyone is...
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Project Sputnik: crazy idea to community driven developer systems
by Guest on 14 June 2017
This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] Five years ago, I...
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Vectr: a fresh take on vector graphics edition on Linux
by David Callé on 13 June 2017
There is new desktop app available in the Snap store: Vectr. A free vector graphics editor for the Web and the Linux desktop Following the Inkscape snap,...
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Ubuntu Desktop – GNOME Extensions poll results
by Ken VanDine on 12 June 2017
Recently, with the help from our friends at OMG! Ubuntu, we ran a poll to collect data on usefulness of some GNOME Shell extensions. We limited the poll to a...
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Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: June 9, 2017
by Will Cooke on 9 June 2017
GNOME We’ve made the decision to switch to using GNOME Display Manager (GDM) instead of LightDM. We had planned to try LightDM, and based on our...
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Kernel Team Summary- June 8, 2017
by Canonical on 8 June 2017
Introduction This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects...
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Fresh Snaps from May 2017
by Canonical on 7 June 2017
This month we have a selection that might please those of you who like games, with apps like OpenSpades and Pin Town. Our selection is really diverse, from...
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Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS!
by Canonical on 6 June 2017
We are pleased to announce that we have extended our Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service to users running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS! The Canonical Kernel Livepatch...
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Developer Economics survey Q3 2017
by Canonical on 6 June 2017
We are excited to announce that Ubuntu is a proud sponsor to the Developer Economics Q3 2017 survey, run by our friends at VisionMobile. This is the 13th...
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Build.snapcraft.io gets your code ready to distribute in minutes
by Thibaut Rouffineau on 30 May 2017
The public beta release of build.snapcraft.io is now open! build.snapcraft.io is an easy and free to use platform for publishing your software to the tens of...
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Visual Studio Code is now available as a snap on Ubuntu
by David Callé on 19 May 2017
There is a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Visual Studio Code. A versatile and open source code editor Launched in 2015 by Microsoft, Visual Studio Code...