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Amrisha Prashar
4 August 2016

How the M10 tablet can save you luggage space

Phone and tablet Article

Heading away for the summer? Looking to fit as much in your suitcase as possible? Well…we have a solution! We didn’t design the M10 tablet to be as light as possible but that’s one of the advantages. The M10 is so versatile that it goes beyond just being your tablet – by connecting it to ...


Amrisha Prashar
4 August 2016

Use any app from your Ubuntu Phone or Desktop

Phone and tablet Article

You can now install any Ubuntu desktop app to use on your Ubuntu phone or tablet when a mouse and keyboard are connected. We have introduced a smart new solution to allow access to the many more desktop applications residing in the Ubuntu archive. Conventional Debian packages will also work. This solution uses the Command ...


Didier Roche
4 August 2016

10 Desktop Snaps written in July

Internet of Things Article

More and more snaps are being created monthly! For those that may not know, Snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many advantages over the more traditional package formats such as .deb, .rpm, and others. Snaps are secure, isolated and allow apps to be rolled back should an ...


Canonical
3 August 2016

Cloud Chatter: August 2016

Cloud and server Article

Welcome to the latest issue of Cloud Chatter. This month, don’t miss: An overview of our widely applauded universal “snap” packages launch A fantastic free trial offer for using Ubuntu on POWER8 with IBM’s Softlayer A story about a leading middle eastern telco launching an NFV cloud using OpenStack and Juju Steps on how to ...


Stephanie
2 August 2016

The App Design Guides go live (bit by bit)

Desktop Article

The App Design Guides have a new design and content refresh to better communicate the new convergent UI toolkit, and visualise best practice for designers and developer wishing to build an app or scope on Ubuntu. We will be posting these guides over the coming days and weeks. What’s to come… Phase 1 – Get ...


Amrisha Prashar
2 August 2016

Best converged apps

Desktop Article

In June we hosted a competition that asked developers – how well their app converges across devices? We were looking out for apps that beautifully converged across Phone, Tablet and Desktop using our SDK AdaptivePageLayout component. The numbers are in and we’ve selected our winners! Thank you to all who participated in making their apps ...


July’s reading list

Ubuntu Notes

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the month of July: 9 tips to help you rock your first (or next) conference presentation Notes from the road The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 Sega vs Nintendo is back! Mini Mega Drive to rival Classic NES re-release Scientists ...


Barry McGee
29 July 2016

Developing for Vanilla v1

Phone and tablet Development

As Inayaili recently blogged, we are now working towards a goal of releasing Version one (v1) of Vanilla for early September. Maturity Vanilla was created just over a year ago and in that time has been used to build a wide range of sites across Canonical and beyond. It currently averages around 1,500 downloads a ...


April Wang
28 July 2016

Bubblegum-96 boards powered by Ubuntu Core

Internet of Things Article

  We are pleased to announce that an image of Ubuntu Core is officially available for uCRobotics’ Bubblegum-96 board. The board includes an optimised Actions‘ s900 Quad-core ARM 64-bit Cortex-A53 processor running at 1.8GHz and 600MHz PowerVR G6230 high-quality graphics with 2GB of DRAM and USB 3.0 support. This makes it one of the most p ...


Will Cooke
28 July 2016

Ubuntu version 16.04 point 1 is out

Desktop Article

Today we have enabled upgrade notifications from 14.04 LTS to the first point-release for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, versioned 16.04.1. The first point release for an LTS comes out 3 months after the initial release and then every 6 months until the next LTS is released.  Upgrade notifications happen a short while later after some more QA testing. ...


Canonical
26 July 2016

New starter Raul (UX designer) – “I want to challenge myself to do the most difficult things”

Ubuntu Design

Meet the newest member of the design team, UX designer Raul Alvarez, who will be working on the Ubuntu convergence story. Raul will be bringing new ideas to improve our apps to allow for a seamless experience across all devices. We caught up with him to tell us more about his background and what attracted ...