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"Snaps"

Kyle Fazzari
28 February 2019

Building ROS 2 snaps with Colcon

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

The snapcraft CLI has supported building ROS1 snaps for a while via the catkin plugin. We supported the ROS2 betas via the ament plugin, but that was before Open Robotics had a ROS2 package repository setup, which meant that the ament plugin built the ROS2 underlay from source, and it was predictably dreadfully slow. However, ...

Tony Espy
25 February 2019

EdgeX Foundry, the common framework for IoT edge computing, now available as a snap

Edgex Ubuntu tech blog

EdgeX Foundry is now available as a snap, making it available to millions of Linux users and developers via the ever-expanding Snap Store. EdgeX Foundry is a vendor-neutral open source project hosted by The Linux Foundation building a common open framework for IoT edge computing. EdgeX provides the ability to extract data from a multitude ...

Sarah Dickinson
20 February 2019

How selecting the right Linux OS expedites IoT time to market

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

With a proliferation of related hardware, software and solutions being rushed out to capture the promise of a multi-billion dollar IoT industry, vendors are under pressure to decrease their development time and speed up their time to market. Choices such as selecting the right infrastructure from the outset become even more important duri ...

Robert Ancell
19 February 2019

Easy IoT with Ubuntu Core and Raspberry Pi

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

My current job involves me mostly working in the upper layers of the desktop software stack however I started out working in what was then called embedded engineering but now would probably be know as the Internet of Things (IoT). I worked on a number of projects which normally involved taking some industrial equipment (radio ...

Igor Ljubuncic
31 January 2019

Where eagles snap – A closer look

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about snap security, taking a journey through the eyes of a developer and handing over to a user who wants to install applications from the Snap Store. We discussed concepts like application confinement, interfaces, store review, and automatic updates. Today, we will look under the hood, and examine ...

cprov
27 November 2018

The power of installed-base snap metrics

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The Snap Store is able to provide insightful information to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) about usage of their snap applications. Our goal is to help snap publishers interact better with their users and make the most of their relationship. The primary metric provided by the store is the active installed-base. We will show how this ...

Canonical
18 October 2018

Infographic: Snaps in numbers

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Coinciding with the release of Ubuntu 18.10 today, we have celebrated the exceptional adoption of snaps by sharing the infographic below. From popular snaps to daily installs, this infographic demonstrates where, when and why users are installing and adopting the secure, Linux application format. For more commentary around these numbers, ...

Igor Ljubuncic
10 October 2018

Snapistics – Snaps in numbers

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Actions speak louder than words. So do numbers. When we talk about snaps, we often focus on the application packages, and talk about their individual merits. However, a no less important – and interesting – facet is the collective numbers behind the scenes. They tell a compelling story for developers and users alike. They allow ...

James Nunns
3 October 2018

Fing: future-proofing Fingbox the IoT home network monitoring device

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

As many as 20.4 billion internet of things devices are estimated to be in use by 2020, according to Gartner, with consumer products making up 63% of this figure. A large amount of these will be low-cost devices, rushed out by manufacturers in order to capitalise on this opportunity. Unfortunately, this method typically pays no ...

James Nunns
13 September 2018

Robots that run Ubuntu

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

The home for innovators, Ubuntu is a place where developers can create what previously lived solely in the realms of fiction. The internet of things, the cloud, and robots are world changing technologies and they’re all running Ubuntu. With an estimated worldwide spending figure of $103bn by 2020, according to IDC, the field of robotics ...

Sarah Dickinson
29 August 2018

Moving towards a software defined IoT business model

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Fig 1: The journey to a software-defined business model The opportunity to capitalise on the internet of things is significant for many companies, but that doesn’t mean that it is a straightforward journey to success. Companies need to analyse their current business practices and evaluate where benefits can be gained – and for some this ...

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