Joey Sneddon is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of OMG! Ubuntu. Since 2009, he has reported on Ubuntu and the wider open-source ecosystem, documenting every major Ubuntu release since 9.04 to the present. With over 16 years of hands-on experience in Linux desktops, distros and apps, Joey's insights and reporting have been cited by leading technology outlets including Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget and Forbes.
The image editing app Pinta has a new bug-fix release out. Pinta 1.7.1 is intended as the final update in the GTK2-based series, with a GTK3 build (dubbed Pinta 1.8) said to be nearly ready […]
Want to log your thoughts and memories without leaving the command line? Well, you can do so using jrnl. As its vowel-less moniker ably conveys, it is journaling app, albeit one with a big difference: […]
FSearch is a super fast file search tool for Linux desktops inspired by the 'Everything Search Engine' for Windows. Features and install info in this post.
Thunderbird 91 is being back-ported to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. A security vulnerability affecting the Thunderbird 78.x series both builds offer is being actively exploited in the wild. But as upstream support […]
Scrcpy is a super-useful Android mirroring tool for desktop PCs. The tool gains physical keyboards simulation and a high-res app icon in the latest update.
Our pick of the best command line tools for Ubuntu & Linux Mint. It includes CLI apps for listening to music, searching the web, managing files, and more!
GNOME 41 just got its first major update. GNOME 41.1 is a point release billed as a 'boring bug fix update' with tweaks for GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and more.
System76 has revealed it is working a new desktop environment that is not based on GNOME Shell. The American company already maintains its own Ubuntu-based Linux distro called Pop!_OS. Presently, that distro ships with a […]
What is it they say about big things in small packages? The pint-size TUXEDO Nano Pro is able to hold its own against bigger Linux PCs. Learn more inside.
Updating firmware on Ubuntu is about to get a whole lot easier as Canonical is working on a new Flutter-based firmware updater app for Ubuntu desktop.
Firefox 94 is rolling out to Ubuntu users. The latest version carries a considerable set of changes aimed at improving the browser's performance on Linux.
What better way to kickstart a brand new month than with a brand new Linux kernel. Yes, Linux 5.15 is now officially released. Announcing the new kernel’s arrival on the Linux Kernel mailing list Linux […]