In a world where applications are increasingly delivered in cloud-based models, the line between native desktop and Web-based apps is blurring.
Ubuntu Linux vendor Canonical aims to blur the line even further with a new initiative called Ubuntu WebApps. The basic idea is to enable Web applications to interact with the desktop and its related services in the same manner that native desktop applications can.
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