Topic: Snaps

Ubuntu 24.04 Plans Switch to Thunderbird Snap from DEB

If you’re an Ubuntu user who uses the Thunderbird e-mail client there are some interesting changes on the way you will want to know about. First up, Canonical’s Thunderbird snap package is now being built […]

7 February 2024
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Ubuntu Working on Microsoft 365, Google Workspace Snaps

Productivity is on the minds of the Ubuntu’s desktop developers as they plan what features to ship in the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release. Given that many folks now use of web-based office tools like […]

15 December 2023

Snap Store Restricts Uploads After Potential Security Incident

Canonical is enacting manual reviews for all newly registered uploads to its Snap Store following what it describes as a ‘potential security incident’. The company is responding to user reports that a couple of recently […]

29 September 2023

Brand New ‘App Center’ Lands in Ubuntu 23.10

Ubuntu’s new “App Center” app has arrived in Ubuntu 23.10 daily builds – no Snap channel commands required to test it out. The new front-end for installing Snap and Deb package is built using Flutter. […]

7 September 2023
a printer printing the Snap logo

Ubuntu 23.10 Won’t Use Snap Printing Stack After All

Ubuntu was planning to ship the CUPS printing stack as a Snap in 23.10 — but after several months of testing, its changed its mind. Accordingly, a DEB-based printing stack will feature in Ubuntu 23.10 […]

25 August 2023

Ubuntu Plans to Ditch its ‘Minimal’ Install Option

The introduction of a “minimal install” mode in the Ubuntu installer has been one of the distro’s best-received features in years. When selected during initial install Ubuntu’s ‘minimal install’ gives users a complete, fully-functioning Ubuntu […]

6 July 2023
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Snapcraft Website Given a ‘More Modern Look’

Next time you stop by the Snapcraft website you’ll notice it has undergone a revamp. Canonical unveiled the changes today saying it “embarked on a project to redesign snapcraft.io and give it a more modern look”. This […]

30 June 2023
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Want to Try Ubuntu’s All-Snap Desktop? Here’s How

Canonical recently confirmed its intentions to launch an all-snap Ubuntu desktop image next year — but you don’t have to wait until then to try it out. If you scoot along to the Ubuntu Core […]

23 June 2023
Ubuntu and Snapcraft logos.

All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year

An all-snap Ubuntu desktop is coming — and sooner than you might think! Canonical’s Oliver Grawert says the next long-term support release of Ubuntu will come in in 2 versions: a classic, deb-based edition (default) […]

30 May 2023
a printer printing the Snap logo

Ubuntu Plans to Switch CUPS Printing Stack to Snap

Ubuntu 23.10 is aiming to ship the CUPS printing stack as a snap package. Canonical’s Till Kamppeter, who is also the project lead for the OpenPrinting Project, says he wants to “…switch Ubuntu 23.10, the […]

29 May 2023

Hardware Accelerated Chromium Snap Ready to Test

If you run Ubuntu on a laptop or PC with 7th-generation Intel chips or later and you’re a fan of the Chromium browser, it’s your lucky day! Canonical has partnered with Intel to make a […]

9 May 2023

Fix Slow Ubuntu Shutdown Due to Stop Job Running for Snap Daemon

Sometimes I shutdown Ubuntu and …it takes ages to actually power off. Am I alone? Am I unreasonable? I’m not sure, but I am highly caffeinated — massive props to all the wonderful folks who […]

28 March 2023