Internet of Things archives
8 posts from July 2019
Digital signage platform Xibo launches as a snap
By Canonical, 31 July 2019
The open source digital signage platform, Xibo, is now available as a snap – the universal Linux app packaging format. Xibo provides a comprehensive suite of...
A shift to the Linux app store experience
By Alex Cattle, 30 July 2019
Linux software developers historically have faced a number of challenges including fragmentation, distribution complexity and a lack of metrics into the...
Edge computing monitoring with Kubernetes
By Galem KAYO, 29 July 2019
This blog demonstrates how to easily deploy monitoring tools at the edge using Kubernetes. In IoT scenarios, such a deployment brings the benefits of privacy,...
Mir support for Wayland
By Alan Griffiths, 24 July 2019
What is Mir, what is Wayland, do I care? Shells for graphical interfaces come in many forms, from digital signage and kiosks that just show a single full...
Getting started with Ubuntu Core – streaming video from a Raspberry Pi
By Galem KAYO, 23 July 2019
Artificial intelligence relies on machine vision just as much as human intelligence relies on vision. Image sensors are, therefore, crucial for AI...
Community Snapcrafter on MicroK8s, summits and the evolving nature of snaps
By Sarah Dickinson, 23 July 2019
In January 2018, Dani Llewellyn joined her first Snapcraft Summit in Seattle in her role as a community Snapcrafter. At that event, we discussed her views on...
The DevOps guide to IoT projects
By Alex Cattle, 9 July 2019
Traditional development methods do not scale into the IoT sphere. Strong inter-dependencies and blurred boundaries among components in the edge device stack...
Faster snap development – additional tips and tricks
By Igor Ljubuncic, 4 July 2019
Recently, we published several blog posts, aimed at helping developers enjoy a smoother, faster, more streamlined experience creating snaps. We discussed the...