Neowin News Feed for: Snaps

Ubuntu snap developers can now roll out their updates progressively

Paul Hill — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 05:18:01 +0000

Ubuntu snap developers can now progressively release their apps to end users. This will let app creators test their app among a subsection of users to ensure there are no lingering bugs. Read more...

Linux Mint 20 reins in belligerent snapd over stealth installs

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 13:16:01 +0000

Linux Mint 20 will prevent snapd from being installed stealthily. It found that several packages, like Chromium, are just snap packages. It will advise users on how to get the software by other means. Read more...

Canonical improves snap performance significantly in latest update

Paul Hill — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:56:01 +0000

Canonical has updated snap in order to make software open up much quicker. By including fontconfig cache binaries in snap, it made GUI applications open between two and six times faster. Read more...

Canonical releases statistics showing “exceptional adoption of snaps”

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:46:01 +0000

Canonical has released a slew of data pertaining to its homegrown snap packages. The firm said that 100,000 packages are being installed every single day, which equates to three million a month. Read more...

Opera web browser now available as a snap on Linux

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:06:01 +0000

Canonical and Opera have announced the availability of the Opera web browser as a snap for Linux systems. Snaps install apps in a secure container so they can't infect the rest of the system. Read more...

Microsoft makes PowerShell Core snap package available for Linux

Paul Hill — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has published its PowerShell Core program as a snap package. Snaps make installation easier as you don't need to manually install software dependencies and you get updates automatically. Read more...

Kotlin programming language snap available on Ubuntu

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 02:40:01 +0000

The popular programming language, Kotlin, is now available on Ubuntu as a snap package. Installing software via a snap packages means that you'll always be running the latest version of the software. Read more...

Policies for snaps shipped with Ubuntu being created

Paul Hill — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:16:02 +0000

Canonical has begun the process of formulating policies surrounding snap packages that could ship in Ubuntu by default in future releases. Policies are important to ensure stability of the software. Read more...

Canonical announces Ubuntu product month for February

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:58:01 +0000

Canonical has announced Ubuntu product month which will kick off on February 7th and run until the end of the month. The event will comprise of several webinars that teach important technologies. Read more...

Linux users can now get Slack as a snap package

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:00:01 +0000

The collaborative platform, Slack, can now be installed on a plethora of Linux computers via a snap package. This will make installing the software much easier for users of the platform. Read more...

Ubuntu now supports popular React Native for first-class webapps

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 05:50:01 +0000

Ubuntu now has support for the popular framework, React Native. The framework allows web applications to have a native user interface, making them feel like first-class apps on any platform. Read more...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will bring snap packages for up-to-date apps

Paul Hill — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:32:01 +0000

Canonical has announced that snap-packaged apps will be arriving on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Snaps (snappy apps) are more secure than deb-packaged apps and are easier for developers to push updates to. Read more...

Google snaps up biggest single email client in the world

Tom Warren — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:19:02 +0000

GOOGLE has snatched what is believed to be its biggest single client in the world - the NSW Department of Education - away from its rival Microsoft to claim up to 1.3 million new users... Read more...

Nvidia snaps up PhysX with Ageia buy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:26:52 +0000

Graphics firm Nvidia has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ageia Technologies, a privately held gaming physics technology developer based in California. Ageia is best known for its PhysX software, which is shipping or in... Read more...

Firefox Snaps at Microsoft's Heels

Barney Tormey — Wed, 31 May 2006 01:58:41 +0000

Firefox has an estimated 50 million customers worldwide and a 15 per cent share of the global browser market. The reason you may not have heard of Mozilla is that it has no shareholders, no... Read more...

Novell snaps up Linux company Ximian

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 17:42:21 +0000

Networking software maker Novell on Monday boosted its Linux portfolio with the acquisition of Linux software maker Ximian for an undisclosed sum. The purchase of Ximian's desktop Linux software will complement Novell's efforts... Read more...

Acclaim snaps up Alias

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 05:13:43 +0000

Acclaim announced today that they signed a deal with Disney Interactive to for the publishing rights to ABC's critically acclaimed TV show Alias. The stylish adventures of CIA operative Sydney Bristow, Alias has grown into... Read more...