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Heather Ellsworth

Heather Ellsworth

7 posts

Software Engineer


Heather Ellsworth
27 June 2023

Improving snap maintenance with automation

Desktop Article

Co-written with Sergio Costas Rodríguez. As the number of snaps increases, the need for automation grows. Any automation to help us maintain a group of snaps is welcome and necessary for us to be able to scale. The solution detailed in this article has two main benefits: Any users of snaps that have adopted this ...


Heather Ellsworth
15 December 2022

Ubuntu Summit Memories Live On

Ubuntu Article

The Ubuntu Summit in Prague was a wonderful and busy few days spent together. There were lots of amazing talks, workshops, and fun times had outside the hotel meeting rooms. If you missed it, go check out the Ubuntu Summit Highlight Reel blog post. One of the end results of the Summit is a large ...


Heather Ellsworth
28 November 2022

Ubuntu Summit 2022 Reflections

Community Article

Thank you for participating in the Ubuntu Summit! We successfully united the broader open source community to talk about their exciting projects and Ubuntu. ...


Heather Ellsworth
1 November 2022

What to Expect at the Ubuntu Summit 2022

Ubuntu Article

The Ubuntu Summit 2022 timetable is now available. There are some pretty neat people coming too! Join us remotely if you cannot make it in-person. ...


Heather Ellsworth
11 October 2022

Why You Should Attend the Ubuntu Summit In-Person

Community Article

The Ubuntu Summit will be packed with discussions and events you won’t want to miss! Learn more about why you should join us in Prague on November 7–9th. ...


Heather Ellsworth
15 September 2022

Ubuntu Summit — Calling All Proposals

Community Article

The Ubuntu Summit Call for Abstracts is open until September 30th. We are open to your submissions for talks and workshops and look forward to seeing you! ...


Heather Ellsworth
17 April 2020

GNOME 3.34 snapcraft extension

Desktop Article

We constantly strive to empower developers. Part of that aim extends to making development easier, for example improving build tools and documentation. As an element of this continued effort, we would like to introduce the new gnome-3-34 snapcraft extension! What is the GNOME snapcraft extension? The gnome-3-34 snapcraft extension is a co ...