--- title: Blog posts tagged "Apps" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/apps?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged "Apps" #### [Top 10 apps to boost your productivity](https://canonical.com/blog/top-10-apps-to-boost-your-productivity) Winter is rolling in (for those in the Northern Hemisphere at least). Long summer evenings are on hold for now. In these colder months, it can be difficult to get back into work and feel efficient. But whether you are feeling tired, unorganised, or demotivated, there may be an application here to help you refocus --- Apps #### [Secure your Open-Source Freedom for 10 years](https://canonical.com/blog/secure-your-open-source-freedom-for-10-years) If this is your desire, it is Ubuntu Pro’s commitment: “Ubuntu Pro will secure your Open-Source Freedom for 10 years”. Security and Freedom shouldn’t be a debate, a trade-off, even a dilemma. Security shouldn’t be your concern when you embrace Open-Source. A 10-year commitment Canonical backs Ubuntu Pro for 10 years, ensuring security upd --- Cloud and server #### [Canonical announces Managed Apps to simplify enterprise cloud operations](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-announces-managed-apps-to-simplify-enterprise-cloud-operations) 1st April 2020: Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, today announces Managed Apps – enabling enterprises to have their apps deployed and operated by Canonical as a fully managed service. At launch, Canonical will cover ten widely used cloud-native database and LMA (logging, monitoring and alerting) apps on multi-cloud Kubernetes but also o --- DevOps #### [A guide to developing Android apps on Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/a-guide-to-developing-android-apps-on-ubuntu) Android is the most popular mobile operating system and is continuing to grow its market share. IDC expects that Android will have 85.5% of the market by 2022, demonstrating that app development on Android will continue to be an in-demand skill. For developers looking to build Android apps, Ubuntu is the ideal platform in conjunction with --- Internet of Things #### [An introduction to AppArmor](https://canonical.com/blog/an-introduction-to-apparmor) Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated, attack frequency is on the rise, and the cost of cybercrime damage is projected to reach $6 trillion annually by 2021. Traditional defensive measures such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems that operate at the network perimeter are no longer enough to protect today’s distributed ent --- Cloud and server #### [Fresh Snaps from June 2018](https://canonical.com/blog/fresh-snaps-from-june-2018) It’s mid-way through the year, and we’re seeing no let-up with the flow of new snaps landing in the store, we can barely keep up! This month we’ve picked out some of our favourites from the last month or so of social posts on the Snapcraft Twitter account for you. Many are fresh new snaps --- Desktop #### [Fresh Snaps from May 2018](https://canonical.com/blog/top-snaps-in-may-2018) Spring has sprung a bounty of applications in the snap store! We’ve hand picked a small selection from those we highlighted during May 2018. You can stay up to date with our editorial picks by following Snapcraft on Facebook where we share three new and interesting snaps a week. We’d also love to hear what --- Desktop #### [Dustin Kirkland: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Default Application Survey](https://canonical.com/blog/dustin-kirkland-ubuntu-18-04-lts-desktop-default-application-survey) Back in March, we asked the HackerNews community, “What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?”: https://ubu.one/AskHNA passionate discussion ensued, the results of which are distilled into this post: http://ubu.one/thankHNIn fact, you can check that link, http://ubu.one/thankHN and see our progress so far this cycle.  We already have a beta --- Desktop #### [Amazon Greengrass launches as a snap on Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/amazon-greengrass-launches-as-a-snap-on-ubuntu) Last week, Amazon launched Greengrass, their new IoT platform allowing developers to create intelligent edge software. Amazon is collaborating with a variety of manufacturers to make Greengrass available on as many devices as possible from home gateways, industrial gateways to smart microphones. This is a reflection of the increased appet --- Internet of Things #### [Certified Ubuntu Images available on Oracle Bare Metal Cloud Service](https://canonical.com/blog/certified-ubuntu-images-available-on-oracle-bare-metal-cloud-service) Developers offered options of where to run either demanding workloads or less compute-intensive applications, in a highly available cloud environment. Running development and production on Certified Ubuntu can simplify operations and reduce engineering costs Certified Ubuntu images are now available in the Oracle Bare Metal Cloud Services --- Canonical announcements #### [Microsoft loves Linux. SQL Server Public Preview available on Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/microsoft-loves-linux-ubuntu-available-on-sql-server-public-preview) Microsoft has just announced its public preview of the next release of SQL Server, and Canonical is delighted to announce that this preview is available for Ubuntu. SQL Server on Ubuntu now provides freedom of choice for developers and organisations alike whether you use on premises or in the cloud. SQL Server enables choice of --- Canonical announcements #### [DataArt to deploy Juju for “Big Software” collaboration](https://canonical.com/blog/dataart-to-deploy-juju-for-big-software-collaboration) DataArt to deploy Juju for “Big Software” collaboration and faster project delivery Signed Charm Author partnership and SI extends partnership Juju Charm Ecosystem will be used in DataArt NFV Telco and Enterprise deployments to speed up project delivery DataArt will provide expertise and contribute to the development of Juju Charms NEW YO --- Cloud and server #### [Canonical expands enterprise container portfolio](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-expands-enterprise-container-portfolio) Canonical Expands Enterprise Container Portfolio with Commercially Supported Distribution of Kubernetes Canonical’s distribution of Kubernetes is supported, enterprise Kubernetes Support is available on public clouds, private infrastructure, bare metal Elastic solution with built in analytics for scale-out ‘process container’ loads LONDON --- Canonical announcements #### [25 years on and Linux is still going strong](https://canonical.com/blog/25-years-on-and-linux-is-still-going-strong) I embarked on the Linux journey in 2004 when I joined the newly founded Canonical and its not-yet-named Ubuntu team. I knew there was incredible opportunity around Linux but even then it wasn’t clear how pervasive Linux would become in all corners of technology, industry and society. Linux started its journey as a platform for --- Canonical announcements #### [QTS and Canonical unveil private, fully managed OpenStack cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/qts-and-canonical-unveil-private-fully-managed-openstack-cloud) OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, and LONDON, U.K. (August 22, 2016) – Responding to increasing demand for flexible, open source and cost-predictable cloud solutions, QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) and Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu, the leading operating system for container cloud, scale out, and hyperscale computing) announced today a pr --- Canonical announcements #### [Competition winner – Timer App](https://canonical.com/blog/competition-winner-timer-app) Back in June we hosted a competition that asked developers to use the AdaptivePageLayout component from the UI toolkit to create an app that converges across devices. We had some very impressive entires that used the component in different ways; choosing a winner was hard. However, after testing all the apps the design team chose a --- Company 1. *Previous page* 2. [1](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/apps?format=md&page=1) 3. [2](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/apps?format=md&page=2) 4. [3](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/apps?format=md&page=3) 5. [*Next page*](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/apps?format=md&page=2)