Ubuntu Desktop

Gitter and Mattermost: two desktop apps for your future chat platform

by David Callé on 15 June 2017

In the hunt for the perfect communication platform or protocol, a lot of companies are experimenting, which can lead to some confusion as not everyone is...

Project Sputnik: crazy idea to community driven developer systems

by Guest on 14 June 2017

This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-iot@canonical.com Five years ago, I...

Vectr: a fresh take on vector graphics edition on Linux

by David Callé on 13 June 2017

There is new desktop app available in the Snap store: Vectr. A free vector graphics editor for the Web and the Linux desktop Following the Inkscape snap,...

Ubuntu Desktop – GNOME Extensions poll results

by Ken VanDine on 12 June 2017

Recently, with the help from our friends at OMG! Ubuntu, we ran a poll to collect data on usefulness of some GNOME Shell extensions. We limited the poll to a...

Visual Studio Code is now available as a snap on Ubuntu

by David Callé on 19 May 2017

There is a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Visual Studio Code. A versatile and open source code editor Launched in 2015 by Microsoft, Visual Studio Code...

Simplenote gives a new life to your notes

by David Callé on 17 May 2017

There’s a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Simplenote. Write in Markdown, sync, tag, collaborate and publish If you haven’t tried it yet, Simplenote brings...

Atom is now available as a snap for Ubuntu

by David Callé on 11 May 2017

There’s a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Atom. The hackable editor, backed by GitHub Launched in 2014, Atom has been rapidly adopted by a large community...

Discord is now available as a snap for Ubuntu and other distributions

by David Callé on 4 May 2017

There’s a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Discord. Ever heard of Discord? Within 1.5 years of its launch Discord has become an almost mandatory tool for...

Snap support lands in Fedora 24, 25 and 26

by David Callé on 11 April 2017

As part as our mission to get snaps running everywhere, we are pleased to announce that support for snaps has now officially landed in Fedora, starting with...

Fresh Snaps from March 2017

by didrocks on 6 April 2017

It’s that time of the month! We’ve put together a selection of top ten snaps written in March ranging from snapping an electron app through to a simple screen...

Fresh Snaps from February 2017

by Didier Roche on 9 March 2017

It’s that time of the month! Didier has put together a selection of top ten snaps written in February ranging from blockchain to graphical applications. To...

8 KDE snaps written in January

by didrocks on 9 February 2017

It’s a special this month. Instead of our round-up of desktop snaps, we’re focusing on KDE! 8 KDE snaps written in January have been selected from a...