Ubuntu Snap isn't the one making poor security choices. Rather, X11's security model is giving Snap packages access to other applications The new Ubuntu distribution is out, along with the new Snap ...

As of Canonical’s announcement, Snaps already work on Arch, Debian, and Fedora, as well as the Ubuntu-based Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu systems ...

Snapscope by Alan Pope lets you scan Snap packages to list CVES or security vulnerabilities in any bundled libraries, giving ...

[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 ...

Canonical is today bringing Snappy Ubuntu Core out of the cloud and into physical devices with the reveal of Snappy Core for smart devices. First announced in December 2014, Snappy Core is a new ...

Ubuntu’s “snappy” new way of packaging applications is no longer exclusive to Ubuntu. Canonical today is announcing that snapd, the tool that allows snap packages to be installed on Ubuntu, has been ...

1. Ubuntu Core is built around snaps that are modules with a defined interface for connecting to other snaps. For example, a MySQL database server could be a provider to an application that consumes ...

Ubuntu unveiled Snappy Ubuntu Core today -- a new, lightweight version of the OS that offers a barebones platform combined with cloud-based application hosting. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Ubuntu is about to undergo a dramatic overhaul. No, I don’t mean the huge shift to a converged Unity 8 desktop with the Mir display server, although that’s also coming. Ubuntu is going to move past ...