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.

Vivaldi 1.3 Released, This Is What’s New

A new version of the power-user web browser Vivaldi has been released and is now available for download.

11 August 2016
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How To Make Your Ubuntu Desktop Look Like My Ubuntu Desktop

People keep asking what GTK theme and icon set I'm using. I figured I'd be helpful. This is how to make your Ubuntu desktop look like mine.

10 August 2016
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Make Sudo Show Asterisks When You Type Your Password in Ubuntu

Enter your sudo password in the terminal and you'll see nothing. No asterisks, no characters, no nothing. You're not doing it wrong and your keyboard isn't broken. It's by design.

10 August 2016
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This Guy Tested 100 DRM-Free Humble Games on Linux So You Don’t Have To

This guy installed over 100 DRM-free Humble Bundle games on his Ubuntu laptop to see whether they work without any manual hackery and workarounds.

10 August 2016
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Arc Theme for KDE Plasma? Yup, It Exists

We’re big fans of the Arc GTK theme here on OMG! Ubuntu! — but I’m going to guess you already know that. Over the past few months we’ve shown you how to install the Arc theme […]

9 August 2016
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GNOME Improves Handling of Unknown Audio Devices (Thanks to Unity)

Is it a mic? Is it a speaker? No, it's a … well, actually GNOME doesn't know either — but the open-source desktop is about to be smarter about finding out.

9 August 2016
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How to Upgrade to LibreOffice 5.2 on Ubuntu

LibreOffice 5.2 is now available to install on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS & Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from the official LibreOffice PPA.

9 August 2016
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Ubuntu Designers Show Off New Look ‘Scopes Toolkit Cards’

Back in May we got a peek at what the Canonical Design Team has in store for the future of Ubuntu — now there's more to see.

8 August 2016

Meet Museeks, A Stylish New Cross-Platform Music Player

Meet Museeks, a new cross-platform desktop music player written in Node.js, Electron and React.js.

8 August 2016

Claws Mail 3.14 Released with Improved Password Security

Claws Mail 3.14.0 is the latest release of the lightweight GTK+ email client. Among its latest crop of changes is master passphrase support.

8 August 2016

Papirus Icon Theme Update Adds More App Icons

Papirus is one of the best Linux icon themes, so we were pleased to hear it has been updated with icons for more apps, many of which we've written about.

7 August 2016

Analyse Your Wi-Fi Signal Strength on Ubuntu With This Script

Wifi signal strength can vary from room to room so knowing where the best spot to pitch up when snagging the latest 1.5GB Ubuntu .iso is valuable information. There are several apps available on Linux that […]

7 August 2016

Bq Say They “Don’t Have Any Plans” For New Ubuntu Phones

Bq say they "don't have any plans" for new Ubuntu Phones — but is this reason to be worried? We don't think so, and here's why.

7 August 2016
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Choqok Lives — Qt Twitter App Sees First Update in Over a Year

There's a brand new version of Qt Twitter app Choqok on the way — and it's loaded with new features.

7 August 2016
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Nocturn Is a Cross Platform Twitter App With a Clean Design

Nocturn is a simple desktop Twitter app for Mac and Linux built using React, Electron and JavaScript. I know what you’re thinking: “Not another electron app!?” but this one is at least a bit different to […]

6 August 2016
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Yes, Someone Has Ported The Arc GTK Theme to Windows

Last month we featured an Ubuntu theme for Windows 10 called Maverick — and a lot of you were pretty bemused by it. That theme aimed to bring the familiar look of Ubuntu and its […]

5 August 2016
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Give VLC A Dramatic New Look With These Dark Skins (Including Arc)

VLC is often described as being the most versatile media player — and that doesn’t solely apply to its’ ability to play almost any file format you can chuck at it! The default look of VLC […]

5 August 2016

Mozilla Has Axed Firefox Hello, Will Remove It From Installs Next Month

Firefox Hello becomes Firefox Goodbye, as Mozilla announce they've discontinued the WebRTC feature and plan to remove it from the browser starting next month.

5 August 2016