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.
While Ubuntu Phone continues to stew, bereft of new devices and little developer interest, other efforts to create a fully-fledged Linux* smartphone are picking up pace. Chief among them is KDE Plasma Mobile. KDE itself needs little introduction. […]
Nimble GNOME-based Budgie desktop environment has gained support for indicator applets. A raft of well-known software, including Dropbox, Skype and Clementine, use indicator applets to provide tray-based access to various features, info and options. A swathe of indicator-only third-party […]
I'm having one of those days again. One of those days where I can't seem to stumble upon any app, update or news item worth covering.
If you love using GNOME Shell but wish that it was easier to create and customise folders in the App View, here's an app that might help.
A brand new Ubuntu t-shirt is available to buy from the Canonical store bearing the official mascot emblem of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak.
This weekend saw unofficial WhatsApp support arrive on the Ubuntu Phone, with the arrival of messaging app Loqui IM.
If you own an Ubuntu Phone or Tablet and miss having access to a basic offline word processor, you'll want to check out uWriter.
Linux Mint is making it lock-screen a little more useful, adding music and volume controls and MPRIS track data.
The Papirus Icon pack has been updated with new icons for 0ad, Sound Juicer, Harmony music player, and Skype for Linux Alpha and many, many…
Like a Spice Girls' solo career, I'll keep this post wonderfully short: a new version of the Harmony music player is available to download.
If you’re looking for a way to sync your Google Drive to your Linux desktop, the following app may be worth a look. It’s called OverGrive and it’s a closed-source, paid application. But don’t let that […]
The latest stats from analytics companies show Linux is maintaining a marketshare of over 2% — but is it what it seems?
A new YouTube video claims to show an ‘quick overview of what’s to come to Unity 8’ in a future update. Uploaded by Kugi Javacookies (not sure if that’s his real name), the clip is described as offering a […]
It's a desktop wallpaper. With a penguin. Using a terminal. In the dark. And it's adorable.
Skype has released a new update to the Skype for Linux Alpha client. Skype for Linux Alpha 1.11 includes “many new features and improvement”, with support for setting an avatar in group chats; performance improvements during video call and […]
GNOME To Do is one of those apps you’ve probably heard of, but do not use. And with a bunch of rivals task managers and to-do list apps available on Linux — from Simplenote to Remember the Milk — and online, the […]
There's a new stable release of WMail, the app that describes itself as "the missing desktop client for Gmail".
Zipping to life, live daily images of Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus are now available to download. The images arrive almost two weeks after the Ubuntu 16.10 release, more than enough time for you to get bored with […]