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Blog posts tagged
"snapcraft.io"


cprov
27 November 2018

The power of installed-base snap metrics

Cloud and server Article

The Snap Store is able to provide insightful information to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) about usage of their snap applications. Our goal is to help snap publishers interact better with their users and make the most of their relationship. The primary metric provided by the store is the active installed-base. We will show how this ...


Alan Griffiths
19 November 2018

egmde: a project that uses Mir

Desktop Development

Display servers solve a large and complex problem. Mir provides a broad and powerful library to solve those problems, but there is a learning curve to use Mir effectively. It is really helpful to have a step-by-step example that covers enough of the issues to get a decent start. To address this need there’s a ...


Canonical
18 October 2018

Infographic: Snaps in numbers

Cloud and server Article

Coinciding with the release of Ubuntu 18.10 today, we have celebrated the exceptional adoption of snaps by sharing the infographic below. From popular snaps to daily installs, this infographic demonstrates where, when and why users are installing and adopting the secure, Linux application format. For more commentary around these numbers, ...


Canonical
16 October 2018

Canonical collaborates with Eurotech on edge computing solutions

Canonical announcements Article

Coinciding with IoT World Solutions Congress in Barcelona this week, Canonical is pleased to announce a dual-pronged technological partnership with Eurotech to help organisations advance their internet of things enablement. Eurotech is a long time leader in embedded computing hardware as well as providing software solutions to aid enterpr ...


Sarah Dickinson
15 October 2018

Self-containing dependencies leads LogMeIn to publish their first Snap

Cloud and server Article

LogMeIn is one of the world’s top 10 public SaaS companies, and a market leader in communication & conferencing, identity & access, and customer engagement & support solutions, making well-known products such as GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, LogMeIn Central, LastPass, and Bold360. The company is headquartered in Boston, US, with additional lo ...


Canonical
11 October 2018

Plex arrives in Canonical’s Snap Store

Canonical announcements Desktop

The leading streaming media platform is now available to a wider Linux community Visit the Snap Store to see more information on Plex as a Snap and install it on your machine. London, UK: 11th October 2018 – Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, today announces Plex as a Snap, bringing the over-the-top (OTT) media service to millions of ...


Martin Wimpress
11 October 2018

Fresh Snaps from September 2018

Desktop Article

Another month passes, and we’ve got a collection of interesting applications that came to our attention (Twitter feed) during September 2018. We have a mix of developer tools, languages, password management, productivity tools and some fun too. Take a look down the list, and discover something new today. 1. Bitwarden CLI 8bit Solutions LL ...


Igor Ljubuncic
10 October 2018

Snapistics – Snaps in numbers

Cloud and server Article

Actions speak louder than words. So do numbers. When we talk about snaps, we often focus on the application packages, and talk about their individual merits. However, a no less important – and interesting – facet is the collective numbers behind the scenes. They tell a compelling story for developers and users alike. They allow ...


Alan Griffiths
4 October 2018

How mir-kiosk enables a graphical IoT using Mir

Internet of Things Case study

If you have a problem… if you just need support for one fullscreen application… and, if you can use snaps… maybe you can use… mir-kiosk. Many devices need to provide some sort of graphical output or display (with the options of keyboard, mouse and touchscreen input) to the user. Some examples include interactive kiosks, digital ...


Alan Griffiths
21 September 2018

IoT Graphics: Mir Release 1.0

Internet of Things Article

The Mir team is pleased to announce the milestone release of Mir 1.0.0. This is the first major release targeted at IoT device makers and enthusiasts looking to build the next-generation of graphical solutions. Mir is a display server and is used by other projects to draw graphics on the screen. The Mir team have ...


Alan Pope
13 September 2018

Fresh Snaps from August 2018

Desktop Desktop

Another month passes and we’ve got a collection of applications which crossed our “desk” (Twitter feed) during August 2018. We have a mix of social tools, music creation and curation software, password storage systems, developer tools and some fun too. Take a look down the list, and discover something new today. 1. Whalebird AkiraFukushim ...


Martin Wimpress
30 August 2018

Top 10 Linux applications for entertainment and leisure

Desktop Article

As the summer vacation season comes to a close in the northern hemisphere I reflect on 10 applications my family and I used during the summer to keep ourselves entertained. All of the following applications are available as Snaps that work on all major Linux distros once snapd is installed. The Snapcraft team share 3 ...