All articles by Joey Sneddon

Joey Sneddon is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of OMG! Ubuntu. Since 2009, he has reported on Ubuntu and the wider open-source and Linux ecosystem, covering every major Ubuntu release since 9.04 to the present. With 16 years of hands-on experience reporting on Ubuntu and Linux, his coverage has been cited by leading technology news sites including Ars Technica, Engadget and Forbes.

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Is Liferea Feed Reader Still the Best RSS App on Ubuntu?

We take a look at the Liferea feed reader for Linux, show you how to install it on Ubuntu from a PPA, and ask if it's the best RSS reader available for Linux.

8 December 2017
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CrossOver 17 Lets You Run Microsoft Office 2016 on Linux

CrossOver 17 is now available. It brings support for Microsoft Office 2016 on Linux, WINE performance improvements, and a slate of bug fixes and features.

6 December 2017
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Make Firefox Look like the GNOME Web Browser (Because Why Not, Right?)

If you’re using a vanilla GNOME session on Ubuntu with the Adwaita theme, and want to make Firefox look a little more at home, you can. In fact, with a bit of custom CSS you […]

6 December 2017
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Vivaldi Web Browser Comes to the Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi users can now use the Vivaldi web browser, with Vivaldi releasing an experimental ARM build of its browser through its website.

5 December 2017
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GNOME Boxes Makes It Easier to Test Drive Linux Distros

GNOME Boxes 3.28 lets you download Linux distributions and BSD images from within the app, making it easy to set up virtual machines for testing or fun.

4 December 2017
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Linux Release Roundup: Etcher, Mailspring, PulseEffects + More

We're now officially in Christmas season, but even the overuse of xmas music in public spaces isn't enough to stymie the flow of Linux releases.

3 December 2017
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Big Unity Desktop Update Coming to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

A big update to the Unity desktop stack is heading to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, including a security fix that allowed the lock screen to be bypassed on some systems.

1 December 2017

How to Search DuckDuckGo from the Command Line

When we showed you how to search Google from the command line a lot of you to say you use Duck Duck Go, the awesome privacy-focused search engine. Well, now there’s a tool to search […]

29 November 2017
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Joplin is an Open-Source Evernote Alternative

Joplin is an open-source Evernote alternative with apps for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android & iOS. There's also a CLI client, and sync support using OneDrive.

29 November 2017
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LibreOffice Is Now Available on Flathub, the Flatpak App Store

LibreOffice is now available to install from Flathub, the centralised Flatpak app store. Its arrival allows anyone running a modern Linux distribution to install the latest stable release of LibreOffice in a click or two, without […]

28 November 2017
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Atari’s Linux Games Console Now Has a Controller

Back in September we wrote about the Ataribox, a new Linux-powered console from Atari — today we get a look at its new joystick. Over on Facebook Atari shows off the new Ataribox Joystick that will (presumably) […]

27 November 2017
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Linux Release Roundup: gThumb, Peek Gif Recorder + More

With the Thanksgiving celebrations in the US the past week was never going to be chock-full of new Linux releases. That said, a couple of juicy app updates did manage to squeak out during the past […]

26 November 2017
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Firefox Nightly Adds CSD Option

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Firefox 57 is awesome — so awesome that I’m finally using it as my default browser again. But there is one thing it the Linux version […]

24 November 2017
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How to Install Android File Transfer for Linux

If you struggle to mount your Android phone on Ubuntu you should give Android File Transfer for Linux a try. This free, open source app is a clone of Google’s Android File Transfer app for macOS. This one […]

24 November 2017

Humble Is Giving Away Space Shooter ‘Sanctum 2’ for FREE

Sanctum 2, the acclaimed FPS/tower defense mash-up, is currently available for free on the Humble Store — but only until November 26, 2017.

23 November 2017
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Command Line Music Player for Spotify, YouTube & Other Streaming Services

Tizonia is a command-line music player that lets you listen to music on Spotify, Google Play Music, YouTube and Soundcloud from the terminal.

23 November 2017

Lumina Desktop 1.4.0 Released

Lumina 1.4.0 has been released. Among the changes in this update to the Qt-based desktop environment is multi-threading in the file manager and PDF viewer.

23 November 2017
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Icon Theme for KDE Plasma

If you're a KDE user who likes the Samsung Galaxy S8 icon pack you should check out the Dex icon theme for KDE Plasma 5.

22 November 2017