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# Blog posts tagged "experimental"

#### [MOTL: N33 NUC, Part 2](https://canonical.com/blog/motl-n33-nuc)

Accessing the BIOS; making a plan My next step is to confirm whether or not the N33 NUC will PXE boot. A moderate Google search didn’t turn up any active documentation that confirmed this. There were feature listings on Amazon for similar NUCS, but who knows if those are reality or marketing? The obvious thing

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#### [MOTL: Minis Forum N33 NUC](https://canonical.com/blog/motl-minis-forum-n33-nuc)

Part 1: The hardware setup As a first attempt at trying MAAS outside the lines (MOTL), let’s pick a random, inexpensive Next Unit of Computing (NUC). Indeed, let’s start with a Minis Forum N33, which is older and “out of print.” The relevant forum is offline, and manuals are hard to Google up. Nice challenge.

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#### [MAAS Outside the Lines](https://canonical.com/blog/maas-outside-the-lines)

Far from the humdrum of server setups, this is about unusual deployments – Raspberry Pis, loose laptops, cheap NUCs, home appliances, and more. What the heck is stormrider deploying this week?

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#### [Snapcraft offline mode – Build snaps while saving data](https://canonical.com/blog/snapcraft-offline-mode-build-snaps-while-saving-data)

As part of the snap creation cycle, the Snapcraft tool creates isolated build instances inside which all of the necessary work – download of sources, compilation, packaging, etc. – is done in a safe manner, without touching the host system. While there are many advantages to the use of the virtual machines (via Multipass) or

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#### [Snapcraft experimental login – new, secure Web-based authentication method](https://canonical.com/blog/snapcraft-experimental-login-new-secure-web-based-authentication-method)

Some Snapcraft operations mandate that users identify themselves. For example, if you want to push your snap to the Snap Store, you need to login on the command line. The process relies on the internal login mechanism built into Snapcraft. A preview functionality for a new Web-based authentication flow is available as an experimental feat

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#### [Snap usage metrics now available on the command line](https://canonical.com/blog/snap-usage-metrics-now-available-on-the-command-line)

For years now, developers and publishers could view how well their snaps are performing in terms of usage and popularity through the Snap Store Web interface, using the metrics tab. This functionality allows people to examine the cause and effect of their work, like software updates, marketing campaigns, or other events. But it requires m

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#### [Experimental feature: progressive releases](https://canonical.com/blog/experimental-feature-progressive-releases)

“No plan survives contact with the enemy.” This is a quote famously attributed to the Prussian field marshal Helmuth von Moltke. It is also quite applicable to software development: “No code survives contact with the user.” In mission-critical environments, staggered deployments of software are a crucial part of controlled updates, design

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Cloud and server

#### [Experimental feature: snap refresh awareness and update inhibition](https://canonical.com/blog/experimental-feature-snap-refresh-awareness-and-update-inhibition)

We’d like to follow up on last week’s article about parallel installs for classic snaps with another bleeding-edge topic. Today, we will discuss snap refreshes. By design, snaps come with automatic updates, and by default, the update (refresh) frequency check is four times a day. Whenever new application versions are published, they soon

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#### [Parallel installs for classic snaps](https://canonical.com/blog/parallel-installs-for-classic-snaps)

For a while now, snapd has supported the ability to install and use multiple instances of the same snap in parallel. This allows users to test features in new software releases side by side with the stable, production versions. Similarly, users can distribute their work or perhaps use custom settings across several distinct, isolated prof

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