Snaps
Internet of Things
Controlling snap releases with channels, tracks and branches – Part 1
by Canonical on 4 September 2017
By Daniel Manrique, Engineering Manager at Canonical, Online Services Ever since snaps were introduced, a crucial part of their feature set has been the...
Cloud and server
Fresh Snaps from July 2017
by Thibaut Rouffineau on 10 August 2017
If you’re thinking July = holidays… think again! This month’s pick of the top snaps is all about productivity. Graphic design tools, web code editor, Go IDE,...
Cloud and server
Desktop
Hiri, the desktop snap that lets you use Microsoft Exchange on Linux
by luciadecastro on 18 July 2017
Earlier this month Hiri launched a snap, making their application very easy to be used by Linux users. We talked to Dave Power, co-founder of Hiri, to...
Desktop
Fresh Snaps from June 2017
by David Callé on 12 July 2017
From fast and secure file sharing to Kubernetes charts management, from email clients to classic text editors for your Pi, our selection of top snaps for June...
Internet of Things
Ubuntu Core: Making a factory image with private snaps
by Kyle Fazzari on 11 July 2017
This is a follow-up to the ROS prototype to production on Ubuntu Core series to answer a question I received: “What if I want to make an image for the...
Desktop
User acceptance testing of snaps, with Travis CI
by elopio on 5 July 2017
Travis CI offers a great continuous integrationservice for the projects hosted in GitHub. With it you can run tests, deliverartifacts and deploy services on...
Desktop
Build, test, and publish snap packages using snapcraft
by Guest on 28 June 2017
This is a guest post by Ricardo Feliciano, Developer Evangelist at CircleCI. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact...
Desktop
Desktop
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...
Desktop
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,...
Internet of Things
Amazon Greengrass launches as a snap on Ubuntu
by Canonical on 13 June 2017
Last week, Amazon launched Greengrass, their new IoT platform allowing developers to create intelligent edge software. Amazon is collaborating with a variety...