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Ubuntu 16.10 brings Unity 8 to desktop and more snap installations
by Amrisha Prashar on 3 November 2016
The recent release of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak includes a developer preview of Unity 8 for desktop and the installation of snaps! The universal ‘snap’ Linux...
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Static code analyser for Ubuntu
by Guest on 2 November 2016
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...
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Travel-friendly Lemur Ubuntu laptop updated to Kaby Lake
by Guest on 27 October 2016
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...
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Infographic: Ubuntu Advantage explained
by Canonical on 25 October 2016
Ubuntu Advantage is the commercial support package from Canonical. It includes Landscape, the Ubuntu systems management tool, and the Canonical Livepatch...
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Live kernel patching from Canonical now available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
by Tom Callway on 20 October 2016
We are delighted to announce the availability of a new service for Ubuntu which any user can enable on their current installations – the Canonical Livepatch...
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Unity 8 preview session in Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak
by Will Cooke on 13 October 2016
Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak has landed and brings with it the Unity 8 technical preview desktop session. Unity 8 has been the face of the Ubuntu phone and tablet...
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10 desktop snaps written in September
by Didier Roche on 5 October 2016
We’ve been speaking a lot around snaps…and as a re-cap for those that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it...
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The new XPS 13 Developer Edition lands in Europe and United States
by Guest on 5 October 2016
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 the 6th...
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Snap interview with Krita
by Michael Hall on 4 October 2016
This is the second in a series of interviews with Snap adopters, you can read the first interview here. If you have an interesting snap story to tell,...
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Meet ORWL. The first open source, physically secure computer
by Guest on 29 September 2016
This is a guest post by Daniel Nelson from Design Shift, makers of ORWL. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact...
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Releasing the 4.1.0 Ubuntu SDK IDE
by Canonical on 29 September 2016
The testing phase took longer than we have expected but finally we are ready. To compensate this delay we have even upgraded the IDE to the most recent 4.1.0...
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Low Graphics Mode in Unity 7
by Will Cooke on 19 September 2016
Unity 7 has had a low graphics mode for a long time but recently we’ve been making it better. Improvements have been made to reduce the amount of visual...