You’re reading OMG! Ubuntu, a UK-based Linux blog focused on coverage related to the Ubuntu Linux distribution, its offshoots, as well as what’s happening in the wider Linux and open-source ecosystem.
We bring you fast, friendly and insightful coverage of everything happening in the Ubuntu world, helping you stay informed, understand what’s changing (and why), and get more out of your system – all presented in an approachable and engaging way.
- We give readers timely news on the latest Ubuntu developments
- We help readers understand changes affecting Ubuntu
- We show readers how to do more with their Ubuntu install
We sometimes touch on items of interest out in the the wider mainstream tech sector. But this is always framed within the context of Ubuntu and those who use it. For example, knowing a new graphics tablet has been released with day-one Ubuntu support.
OMG! Ubuntu began life in September 2009 (technically, it started in 2008 but the blog originally had a different name and was about more than Ubuntu).
In the decades since, mammoth shifts in technology have happened, affecting all of us – and affecting Ubuntu.
Android and iPhone were barely formed (much less dominant) when we started out; “cloud computing” was a buzz word; and Ubuntu was, for the most part, a nerdy desktop OS but promising new server operating system.
Today, Ubuntu is available on everything from laptops to supercomputers, routers to robots. It’s the leading server distribution, the lynchpin in cloud computing, a heavyweight in containers, and powering the bleeding edge of technological development in industry.
One can even find Ubuntu inside of Windows, as it’s most popular choice for developers working with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
A Reader First Publication
Readers of OMG! Ubuntu are smart and passionate, not just about Ubuntu, Linux and open-source software, but about what they can do with it. They aren’t passive spectators staring gape-mouthed as the future plays out, they play an active role in the shaping it.
Students, gamers, developers, and privacy-conscious home users keen to use tech that works for them, not the other way around.
To feed their (your?) appetite for “what’s next”, this blog delivers daily news articles, handy guides, tips and tutorials, videos, and a fair bit. My writing style isn’t beige corporate speak; I enjoy word play, puns, bad jokes and colour. Sometimes, there are even cats!
Put simply, we don’t regurgitate changelogs or parrot press releases here. We contextualise and explain changes so that you know why something matters or what a change does.
Even at the best of times the world of Ubuntu, Linux and open-source technology can be confusing or difficult to understand. But not here, on OMG! Ubuntu.