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Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: June 16, 2017
by Will Cooke on 16 June 2017
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Gitter and Mattermost: two desktop apps for your future chat platform
by David Callé on 15 June 2017
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Custom user mappings in LXD containers
by Stéphane Graber on 15 June 2017
Introduction As you may know, LXD uses unprivileged containers by default. The difference between an unprivileged container and a privileged one is whether...
Cloud and server
IBM & Canonical: A Virtualization and Cloud Computing (R-)Evolution
by Canonical on 15 June 2017
As modern IT evolves, there have been many milestones along the way. Starting with bare metal servers, followed by virtualization, then cloud computing, and...
Cloud and server
Custom user mappings in LXD containers
by Stéphane Graber on 15 June 2017
Introduction As you may know, LXD uses unprivileged containers by default. The difference between an unprivileged container and a privileged one is whether...
Cloud and server
Kernel Team Summary- June 15, 2017
by Canonical on 15 June 2017
Introduction This blog is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team...
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Project Sputnik: crazy idea to community driven developer systems
by Guest on 14 June 2017
This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-iot@canonical.com Five years ago, I...
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Vectr: a fresh take on vector graphics edition on Linux
by David Callé on 13 June 2017
There is new desktop app available in the Snap store: Vectr. A free vector graphics editor for the Web and the Linux desktop Following the Inkscape snap,...
Internet of Things
Amazon Greengrass launches as a snap on Ubuntu
by Canonical on 13 June 2017
Last week, Amazon launched Greengrass, their new IoT platform allowing developers to create intelligent edge software. Amazon is collaborating with a variety...
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Ubuntu Desktop – GNOME Extensions poll results
by Ken VanDine on 12 June 2017
Recently, with the help from our friends at OMG! Ubuntu, we ran a poll to collect data on usefulness of some GNOME Shell extensions. We limited the poll to a...