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Ubuntu Snap Apps Can Run On (Pretty Much) ANY Linux Distro

Ubuntu’s Snap packages will now work on other Linux distros. Snapd, the tool powering them, has been ported to Arch, Gentoo and Fedora among others.

14 June 2016

Canonical Respond to Web Browser App Icon Brouhaha

The design team as Canonical has responded to concerns raised in the community about the design of the Ubuntu Web Browser icon.

9 June 2016

Instagram Just Killed the Instagram Scope for Ubuntu Phone

The Instagram Scope for Ubuntu Touch will stop working from May 31. This is the date Instagram retires access to its feed-reading APIs.

1 June 2016
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Snappy Ubuntu Core To Power Innovative Digital Signage

Screenly is the world's most popular digital signage solution for the Raspberry Pi — and it's announced plans to adopt Snappy Ubuntu Core.

18 May 2016
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Linux Mint Drops Multimedia Codecs From Install Image

Linux Mint will no longer come with multimedia codecs pre-installed out-of-the-box, the project has announced.

11 May 2016

Ubuntu 16.10 Won’t Use Unity 8 By Default

Unity 8 will not ship as the default desktop in Ubuntu 16.10, the Ubuntu desktop team has said. Yakkety Yak will ship the tried and trusty — or tired and dusty, depending on your point of […]

3 May 2016
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Why Your Next Ubuntu Download Could Be a Lot Larger

Expect to see a larger Ubuntu desktop installation image size by the time the Yakkety Yak is released later this year.

2 May 2016
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You Can Now Install Snappy Apps through the Software app on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ships with several changes, including a new Software app and a new package format called Snappy.  Today sees the former of the changes add support for the latter: you can now search, browse, install and remove […]

30 April 2016

Mozilla Firefox Will Support Ubuntu’s New Snap Package Format

Mozilla has announced that Firefox will support Ubuntu's new Snap packaging format. The first Firefox Snap will be released later this year.

21 April 2016
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See What’s New in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Flavors

Alongside the latest version of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS come new releases from its family of flavors.

21 April 2016
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Released, This Is What’s New

The Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release is now available to download. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (‘Xenial Xerus’) is a long-term support release of Ubuntu. This means it is supported for 5 years with critical security, bug and app updates from Canonical, the […]

21 April 2016
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Snap! Ubuntu 16.04 Just Made Installing New Apps MUCH Easier

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will come with support for Canonical's (relatively new) Snap packaging format.

13 April 2016