If you were hoping to see a new Ubuntu phone released sometime soon, we’ve some bad news for you. And if you already own an Ubuntu phone and were hoping to see a new update released soon, we’ve some bad news for you too. Bad news for everybody, it seems — or is there some silver lining in […]
This post, No New Ubuntu Phones Planned (And No Major Updates for Existing Ones, Either), was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
Snapd is the “behind the scenes” machinery that lets you install, update and run Snap apps on Ubuntu. Snapd 2.18 was recently released. It introduces a couple of new Snap commands, and improves on a few old ones. Canonical’s David Calle recently ran through the additions, and I figured I’d use the spec bump to write a quick overview of […]
This post, 6 Essential Ubuntu Snap Commands You Should Know, was written by Joey-Elijah Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
In the mood to read a quick round-up of a some popular desktop Linux apps that are now available to install as Snappy apps? Me too, so I wrote one. For the purposes of this post (read: cos i’m lazy) you won’t find apps that are not intended to be distributed widely listed (i.e. apps which require an argument to […]
This post, 4 Snap Apps You Can Install on Ubuntu Right Now, was written by Joey-Elijah Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
Over the next few release cycles Ubuntu developers plan to refine, hone and add to the Unity 8 desktop. So, what’s planned for Unity 8 in Ubuntu 17.04?
This post, What’s In Store for Unity 8 in Ubuntu 17.04 (And Beyond), was written by Joey-Elijah Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
All weekend I’ve been itching to write about telegram-cli, a command-line interface to—faux gasp of surprise—the Telegram messaging service. Naturally, because I have something I’m keen to write about, the Wi-Fi in the coffee shop is acting up. As I’m relying on a ropey 3G tether (complete with 750MB data cap) I haven’t actually been able to […]
This post, How To Use Telegram From The Command Line, was written by Joey-Elijah Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
Ubuntu Software is now able to show app screenshots for desktop Snap apps, just like it can for apps in the standard Ubuntu archive and in PPAs.
This post, Ubuntu Software Can Now Show Screenshots of Snap Apps, was written by Joey-Elijah Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
Most of us love using the cloud. It gives us on-the-go-access to our personal files, photos and documents, and helps keep our busy lives in sync. But loving the cloud doesn’t mean you have to love using a proprietary closed-off services like Dropbox, Google Drive or One Drive. Homespun solutions that let you host your […]
This post, Run Your Own Private Ubuntu Cloud with the Nextcloud Box, was written by Joey-Elijah Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
A shiny new version of snapd, the service that powers Canonical’s ‘Snap’ packaging format, is now available.
This post, Snapd 2.11 Released With New Commands, Interfaces, was written by Joey-Elijah Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
It’s no longer possible to see a list of Snap apps at the command line by running the ‘snap find’ command. This is why.
This post, This is Why the ‘Snap Find’ Command No Longer Works on Ubuntu, was written by Joey-Elijah Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
Road testing the latest daily build of VLC just got a whole heap easier on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS — a snap, you might say.
This post, Testing the Latest VLC Player on Ubuntu Is A Snap, was written by Joey-Elijah Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.