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Blog posts tagged
"snapcraft.io"

Martin Wimpress
31 July 2018

Create your Linux development workstation in seconds

Desktop Article

Linux is the best platform for developers. Here’s how you can get popular languages and development environments up and running in moments. The first step is to install snapd (the service that runs and manages Snaps) on your distro, then you can install your pick from some of our recommendations below. We regularly share new ...

Guest
27 July 2018

Kata Containers – now available in the Snap Store

Cloud and server Article

Guest blog by Julio Montes, Linux Software Engineer at Intel Kata Containers is now available as a Snap and to install from the Snap Store. Kata Containers is a lightweight, fast to boot, virtual machine (VM) designed to provide the speed of containers and the isolation of VMs. Inside the VMs, the processes run on ...

Alan Pope
26 July 2018

Bringing Electron applications to millions of Linux users

Desktop Article

Electron is one of the most popular frameworks for creating cross-platform desktop applications right now. Many developers use electron-builder to do the heavy-lifting of package management for their Electron apps. electron-builder has support for creating snap packages out of the box. Bringing your Electron desktop app to Linux can be as ...

Alan Pope
24 July 2018

Graphical Abstinence, Living the Terminal Life

Cloud and server Article

In today’s modern world of multi-gigabyte browser based applications we can get overwhelmed by busy, interrupting graphical environments. Sometimes it’s nice to downsize and focus, VT100-style. So let’s leverage the power of the terminal to get stuff done with a selection of apps, utilities and a couple of games for your Linux console. Yo ...

Canonical
20 July 2018

PowerShell launches as a snap

Cloud and server Article

PowerShell Core from Microsoft is now available for Linux as a Snap. Built on the .NET Framework, PowerShell is an open source task-based command-line shell and scripting language with the goal of being the ubiquitous language for managing hybrid cloud assets. It is designed specifically for system administrators and power-users to rapidl ...

Alan Pope
19 July 2018

Snaps Add Flexibility with Tracks

Ubuntu Article

Snap packages have a rich set of features beyond getting the latest shiny on your Linux distribution. Tracks enable developers to publish multiple supported releases of their application under the same name. With this enabled, a user can switch tracks at any time to install and use an alternate supported relase of software. Within each ...

Alan Pope
18 July 2018

Perfectly Formed Snaps Challenge

Cloud and server Development

Summer is here (sorry Southern hemisphere), and with the World Cup and Wimbledon over, it’s time for a new challenge! Background Snaps are universal Linux software packages. That means they can work anywhere, and contain anything. Whether you’re a Pythonista, a Golang developer or if C++ is your bag, Snapcraft can package your software as ...

Martin Wimpress
17 July 2018

Get productive on the Linux desktop with 7 essential apps

Desktop Article

The Linux desktop is not just for people who like to mess with computers. With a wide range of enterprise class productivity and collaboration tools Linux users can enjoy computing parity with their peers and colleagues running other popular desktop computing platforms. Here are 7 apps that will boost your productivity and you’ll also fin ...

Alan Pope
12 July 2018

Demystifying Snap Confinement

Desktop Development

Snaps introduce some new concepts to the Linux ecosystem which developers can take advantage of, and snap users need to appreciate. When installing a snap, it’s important to understand what parts of the system the application wants access to. It’s up to the user to decide to install (or not) a snap, and the confinement ...

Martin Wimpress
10 July 2018

6 IDEs you need to know about

Desktop Article

Linux has long been a favourite platform with developers due to the rich array of languages and toolchains available. In this article we highlight 6 IDEs that can boost your productivity. Each IDE is just a Snap away so you can easily craft your complete development workstation in seconds. Here are six of the best ...

Martin Wimpress
5 July 2018

Make your snap store page pop!

Tutorials Article

Last updated: February 2019 When you publish a snap you want to grab the attention of as many users as possible. The Snap Advocacy team regularly review high quality, new and interesting snaps published in the store so that we can feature them in Editor’s Picks, blog about them here or promote them via social ...

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