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21 March 2017

When products and digital signage speak the same language

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest post by Dominique Guinard, Co-founder & CTO at EVRYTHNG. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Digital signage is booming. From stores to offices and public buildings, screens are now commonplace. This is a domain our partner Screenly masters, managing 10,000 screens and ...


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21 February 2017

DAQRI showcases Ubuntu powered augmented reality helmet at MWC

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest post by Fabrice Etienne from DAQRI®, leading enterprise augmented reality company. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com DAQRI® are going to be on the Ubuntu booth at Mobile World Congress to showcase the DAQRI Smart Helmet®. The DAQRI Smart Helmet, powered by an Ubuntu A ...


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14 February 2017

The Nextcloud Box at MWC

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest post by Frank Karlitschek, Founder of the Nextcloud box. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com At the Mobile World Congress this February, Nextcloud will showcase a device built to to allow users to bring their their data back under their control in a very literal ...


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26 January 2017

Using the ubuntu-app-platform content interface in app snaps

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest post by Olivier Tilloy, Engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Recently the ubuntu-app-platform snap has been made available in the store for application developers to build their snaps without bundling all their dependencies. The ubuntu-app-platform ...


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17 January 2017

Mir: 2016 end of year review

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com 2016 was a good year for Mir – it is being used in more places, it has more and better upstream support and it is easier to use by downstream projects. ...


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13 January 2017

Welcome the new Ubuntu-based Precision line-up

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Today I am excited to announce the next generation of our Ubuntu-based Precision mobile workstation line. Not only have we revamped the current line-up but we have also added the Precision 5720 All-in- ...


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8 December 2016

Using the ubuntu-app-platform content interface in app snaps

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest post by Olivier Tilloy, Software Engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Recently the ubuntu-app-platform snap has been made available in the store for application developers to build their snaps without bundling all their dependencies. The ubuntu-app ...


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28 November 2016

Mir is not only about Unity8

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Mir is a project to support the management applications on the display(s) of a computer. It can be compared to the more familiar X-Windows used on the current Ubuntu desktop (and ...


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17 November 2016

How to create snap packages on Qt applications

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest post by Software engineers Tim Peeters and Timo Jyrinki at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Introduction One of the advantages of snap packages is that they are self-contained. When you install a snap, you know that you don’t need to install additional dep ...


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9 November 2016

How to use snaps when collecting IoT data with Predix Time Series

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest post by Ilya Drabenia, a Technical Lead at Altoros. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Snaps, designed by Canonical, are intended for packaging applications and their dependencies, along with the instructions for running these applications. In this article, we focus on ...


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2 November 2016

Static code analyser for Ubuntu

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Ekaterina Milovidova, from viva64. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Static code analysis is the process of detecting errors and flaws in the source code of programs. There is a large number of static analysis tools created for various programming languages th ...


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27 October 2016

Travel-friendly Lemur Ubuntu laptop updated to Kaby Lake

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Ryan Sipes, community manager at System76. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com We would like to introduce you to the newest version of the extremely portable Lemur laptop. Like all System76 laptops the Lemur ships with Ubuntu, and you can choose between 16.04 ...