Ubuntu is transitioning another of its core system Deb packages to the sandboxed snap format, a move it says will improve ...

Ubuntu is often heralded as the king of beginner-friendly distros, and it more than lives up to its reputation. Its simple setup process, support for most consumer-oriented hardware, and strong ...

Ubuntu Summit More than one Linux-adjacent vendor presented at the Ubuntu Summit, and a small but recurring theme is offering official Snap packages.… Aside from relatively closed platforms such as ...

[Update, 2:00 pm ET, May 31: Ubuntu published a blog post about its Ubuntu Core desktop work after this Ars Technica post was published. Noting that Snaps “are a little famous for having some rough ...

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. Paul Hill ...

The Snap Store, where containerized Snap apps are distributed for Ubuntu’s Linux distribution, has been attacked for months by fake crypto wallet uploads that seek to steal users’ currencies. As a ...

Canonical has announced the Enterprise Store, a locally operated proxy for distributing Snap packages in networks where outbound internet connections are restricted. In completely isolated ...

A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Ubuntu component that isolates snap applications has been found to hand full root access to any local user on default installations of Ubuntu Desktop 24.04, ...