mintCast 244 – Ubuntu Snap

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News:

• Linux Mint updates (blog.linuxmint.com)
  • More notes about Mint 18
• Let’s Encrypt is leaving Beta and has new sponsors (https://letsencrypt.org//2016/04/12/leaving-beta-new-sponsors.html)
• Nest is permanently disabling the Revolv smart home hub (http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/4/11362928/google-nest-revolv-shutdown-smart-home-products)
  • The time that Tony Fadell sold me a container of hummus (https://medium.com/@arlogilbert/the-time-that-tony-fadell-sold-me-a-container-of-hummus-cb0941c762c1#.tsud8t7hs)
• Nest’s Hub Shutdown Proves You’re Crazy to Buy Into the Internet of Things (http://www.wired.com/2016/04/nests-hub-shutdown-proves-youre-crazy-buy-internet-things/)
  • When your tech becomes an expensive paperweight
  • Revolv devices bricked as Google’s Nest shuts down smart home company (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/05/revolv-devices-bricked-google-nest-smart-home)
  • Google’s parent company is deliberately disabling some of its customers’ old smart-home devices (www.businessinsider.com/googles-nest-closing-smart-home-company-revolv-bricking-devices-2016-4) 

Main Topic: Ubuntu Snap

• Adding snaps for secure, transactional packages in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/13/snaps-for-classic-ubuntu/

• Snap! Ubuntu 16.04 Just Made Installing New Apps MUCH Easier
  • http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/ubuntu-16-04-lts-snap-packages

• Snapcraft Overview
  • https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/build-apps/

• Setting up your Ubuntu development host
  • https://github.com/ubuntu-core/snapcraft/blob/1.x/docs/get-started.md

• Canonical Kills Desktop Ubuntu Software Center, Focuses on Mobile Apps
  • http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/082415/canonical-shifts-focus-mobile-apps-away-desktop-ubuntu-so

• Canonical is letting the Ubuntu Software Center wither and die
  • http://www.pcworld.com/article/2974148/software/canonical-is-letting-the-ubuntu-software-center-wither-and-die.html

• Ubuntu Core on the cloud
  • http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud/snappy

• Launch Snappy locally with KVM on Linux
  • https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/start/

Tips & Websites:

• Are You Doing Something Extraordinary with Linux?
• Need help with Grub?

Pre-Show Music:

• “Yesterday’s Conversation” by Angus Wallace
• “The Red Stone” by Ground & Leaves

Podcast Announcements:

• LinuxFest Northwest 2016 – April 23-24, 2016, Bellingham, WA
• Kansas Linux Fest 2016 – May 21-22, 2016, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
• SouthEast LinuxFest 2016 – June 10-12, 2016, Sheraton Charlotte Airport, Charlotte, NC
• Texas Linux Fest 2016 – July 8-9, 2016, Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX
  • Call for papers – Article provided by the subreddit
• FOSS TALK LIVE 2016 – August 6, 2016, The Harrison, London, UK
  • Believe this is sold out now, but believe Joe is asking for some volunteers to help out
• List of conferences according to the Linux Foundation

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe and Isaac
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

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• Forum: forums.linuxmint.com (rarely)
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Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

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