Topic: Snaps

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Free Up Disk Space by Removing Old Snap Versions

Free up disk space on Ubuntu by removing old Snap versions. Learn how to manually find and delete disabled Snap revisions to reclaim gigabytes of storage.

29 January 2026

Ubuntu’s New ARM Steam Snap is Available for Testing

Canonical's ARM64 Steam Snap brings x86 gaming to Ubuntu ARM systems via FEX emulation. Early testing shows 200+ FPS in Cyberpunk 2077. You can help test it.

9 January 2026

New Website Lets You Scan Snaps for Known Security Vulnerabilities

Snapscope by Alan Pope lets you scan Snap packages to list CVES or security vulnerabilities in any bundled libraries, giving you more insight into Snap security.

14 December 2025
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DeepSeek and Qwen AI Models Now Available as Ubuntu Snaps

Canonical announce beta DeepSeek and Qwen AI inference snaps for Ubuntu, both optimised to deliver better performance on Intel and ARM Ampere systems.

23 October 2025

Downloads Live for Ubuntu’s Daily ‘Dangerous’ Desktop Builds

Testing Ubuntu's development releases is now a little more dangerous, as the first of the new Ubuntu Daily Dangerous Desktop builds is made available for download.

19 September 2025

Ubuntu’s New “Dangerous” Daily Builds – What Are They?

Ubuntu devs are creating new "dangerous" daily builds with edge channel snaps pre-installed, designed to help with testing spikes at Canonical.

18 August 2025

OBS Studio Snap App Gets a Major Upgrade – AI Plugins Inbound

A big update to OBS Studio Snap package is available to test, with Canonical rebasing the software on top of Core24 and switching the source code it is built from.

22 July 2025

Screenshot Tool Gradia Adds Code Snippet Generator, Snap Install

Gradia 1.7 adds code snippet generator, more text tool outlines, image rotation, and arrives on the Canonical Snap Store for easier installation on Ubuntu.

20 July 2025

Want to Install Snap Apps in Linux Mint? Here’s How

Snap is Canonical’s universal package format for Linux. It lets developers build their software once for users on multiple Linux distributions to use. At least, that’s the theory. In reality, few Linux distributions outside of […]

24 November 2024
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Ubuntu ‘Command Not Found’ Open to Exploit with Snaps

Researchers at Aqua Security say they’ve discovered a significant security issue with Ubuntu’s “command not found” feature. When you run a command for a package not installed Ubuntu’s “command not found” feature kicks in to […]

14 February 2024

Ubuntu Building New Desktop Security App [First Look]

Ubuntu is working on a new Desktop Security Center that aims to make it easier for users to access some of the distro’s underlying security features. An early version of the Flutter-based tool was made […]

13 February 2024
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Ubuntu Core Desktop Debut No Longer Planned for April

Ubuntu Core Desktop will not be released alongside Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in April, as originally hoped. For those of you think thinking “wait, what?!” — last year Canonical announced it was developing an all-snap, immutable […]

8 February 2024