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Professional support for Ubuntu now easier than ever
By Ellen Arnold, 9 August 2016
Canonical’s professional support subscription Ubuntu Advantage (UA)—for cloud, server and desktop—is now even easier to purchase or renew with the launch of...
Howdy, Windows! A Six-part Series about Ubuntu-on-Windows for Linux.com
By Dustin Kirkland, 9 August 2016
I hope you’ll enjoy a shiny new 6-part blog series I recently published at Linux.com.The first article is a bit of back story, perhaps a behind-the-scenes...
Competition winner – Timer App
By Canonical, 9 August 2016
Back in June we hosted a competition that asked developers to use the AdaptivePageLayout component from the UI toolkit to create an app that converges across...
Web team hack day
By Anthony Dillon, 8 August 2016
Last week the developers in the web team swapped the office for the lobby of the hotel across the street. The day was geared up to allow us to leave our daily...
Refreshed scrollbars!
By Andrea Bernabei, 8 August 2016
You may have noticed that the scrollbars available on Ubuntu Touch and the Unity8 environment have recently received a huge overhaul in both visual appearance...
IBM and Canonical: This Is Just The Beginning
By Canonical, 5 August 2016
The partnership between Canonical and IBM continues to thrive. As we embark on the era of Containerization, Cloud, NFV, IoT, and Machine Learning, companies...
Layer Docker deep dive
By Charles Butler, 5 August 2016
Juju is all about modeling your application. That means that an application can be in a docker container, use a configuration management utility on top of a...
App Design Guides phase 2 release: Patterns
By Canonical, 4 August 2016
Last week we released phase 1 of the new App Design Guides, which included Get started and Building blocks. Now we have just released phase 2: Patterns. This...
Our IoT webinar series continues: Industrial IoT edge gateway
By Amrisha Prashar, 4 August 2016
We’re into our third webinar in our IoT series with a focus on Industrial IoT edge gateway. The next session will focus on The Convergence of Information and...
How the M10 tablet can save you luggage space
By Amrisha Prashar, 4 August 2016
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...
Use any app from your Ubuntu Phone or Desktop
By Amrisha Prashar, 4 August 2016
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...
10 Desktop Snaps written in July
By Didier Roche, 4 August 2016
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...
Cloud Chatter: August 2016
By Canonical, 3 August 2016
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...
The App Design Guides go live (bit by bit)
By Stephanie, 2 August 2016
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...
Best converged apps
By Amrisha Prashar, 2 August 2016
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...
July’s reading list
By Inayaili de León Persson, 1 August 2016
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...