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# Blog posts tagged *"feature"*

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[Igor Ljubuncic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/igorljubuncic)

20 May 2020

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

Cloud and server

Ubuntu tech blog

“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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[Igor Ljubuncic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/igorljubuncic)

27 February 2020

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

Desktop

Ubuntu tech blog

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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