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luciadecastro
18 July 2017

Hiri, the desktop snap that lets you use Microsoft Exchange on Linux

Desktop Article

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 understand how this journey was and the value of snaps for his business. Install from Ubuntu Store Can you tell us what is Hiri about? Hiri is a ...


David Britton
14 July 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 14 Jul 2017

Cloud and server Article

Hello Ubuntu Server! The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team ...


Will Cooke
14 July 2017

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: July 14, 2017

Desktop Article

GNOME GDM has now replaced LightDM. We’re working on the transition between display managers to make sure that users are seamlessly transitioned to the new stack. We’re doing regular automated upgrade tests to make sure everything keeps working, but we’re keen to get your bug reports. We’ve spent time cleaning up the desktop seeds and ...


Canonical
13 July 2017

Ubuntu Foundations Development Summary: July 13, 2017

Cloud and server Article

This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Foundations Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the Foundations team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-devel channel on freenode. Highlights Ubuntu is published in the Windows ...


Christian Brauner
12 July 2017

Storage management in LXD 2.15

Cloud and server Article

 For a long time LXD has supported multiple storage drivers. Users could choose between zfs, btrfs, lvm, or plain directory storage pools but they could only ever use a single storage pool. A frequent feature request was to support not just a single storage pool but multiple storage pools. This way users would for example be able to maint ...


David Callé
12 July 2017

Fresh Snaps from June 2017

Desktop Article

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 has something for everyone. If the term “snaps” doesn’t ring a bell, they are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing many advantages over traditional ...


Guest
12 July 2017

Robot development made easy with Husarion CORE2-ROS running Ubuntu

Internet of Things Article

This is the first in a series of two posts by guest blogger; Dominik Nowak, CEO at Husarion. We’ve seen many breakthroughs happening in the IT industry over the last decade. Arguably the most meaningful one on the consumer side was the adoption of smartphones and mobile development. What’s the next big thing, now that ...


Sarah Dickinson
12 July 2017

TechnoSec and Ubuntu Core help DE.OL transition to a smart factory

Internet of Things Article

The industrial internet of things market (IIoT) is estimated to reach US$ 195.47bn by 2022 according to Markets and Markets. A number of companies in this sector recognise the need to modernise their operations – DE.OL, an Italian company who design and manufacture hydraulic cylinders are one of these. Working with TechnoSec, an Italian I ...


Canonical
11 July 2017

MAAS Development Summary – July 3rd – 14th

Cloud and server Article

Hello MAASters!The purpose of this update is to keep our community engaged and informed about the work the team is doing. We’ll cover important announcements, work-in-progress for the next release of MAAS and bugs fixes in release MAAS versions.MAAS 2.3 (current development release)Completed Django 1.11 transitionMAAS 2.3 snap will use Dj ...


elopio
11 July 2017

Deploying robotic code as a single package across dev boards

Desktop Article

I love playing with my prototyping boards. Here at Ubuntu we are designingthe core operating systemto support every single-board computer,and keep it safe, updated and simple. I’ve learned a lot about physicalcomputing, but I always have a big prob ...


Kyle Fazzari
11 July 2017

Ubuntu Core: Making a factory image with private snaps

Internet of Things Article

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 factory, but don’t want to make my snaps public?” This question is of course not robotics-specific, and neither is its answer. In this post we’ll ...