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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Ubuntu Looking to Drop 32-bit Support for Desktop and Server

Ubuntu 32-bit desktop installers may soon be a thing of the past. Developers are debating how best to drop support for 32-bit Ubuntu ISOs.

29 June 2016

Do These Photos Show a New Ubuntu Phone? (Updated)

We've been passed a photo that purports to show the 'mystery' new Ubuntu Phone we reported on yesterday.

27 June 2016

See How Far GNOME 3 Has Come in 5 Years [Video]

It's been 5 years since the GNOME 3 was first released. In a talk at OSC2016, GNOME dev Tobias Mueller walks through the major changes since.

27 June 2016

How to Install Gedit 3.10 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Updated)

Wish Gedit still had its toolbar? We show you how to install an older version of popular open-source text editor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

26 June 2016

A New Ubuntu Phone Is In Development

Midori is the name of a nimble WebKit-based web browser — but might it also be the codename for a new Ubuntu Phone?

26 June 2016
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Nominate Your Favorite GNOME Shell Extensions

We're on a hunt to find the very best GNOME Shell extensions — and you can help

23 June 2016
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I Guess I Should Write About Flatpak, But I’m Finding It Hard To

I’m two large soya lattes into my day and I’m yet to write anything about the “hot topic” of the moment: Flatpak. So, I’m going rogue. I’m going to write for the sake of writing […]

22 June 2016

GNOME Web Wants to ‘Compete With Electron’

GNOME Web, also known as 'Epiphany', now allows system web apps to run on other Linux desktops, positioning the app as a rival to Electron.

21 June 2016
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TextSuggest Is an Autocomplete Tool for Linux Desktops

Ever wanted autocomplete on the desktop? Save some keystrokes with this autocomplete and text expansion tool.

20 June 2016

5 Terminal Commands Every Linux User Should Know

We asked you to list the top Terminal commands every Linux user should know — and these are the results.

20 June 2016
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Audio Tag Editing Features Head to GNOME Music

GNOME Music is a capable music player for the GNOME desktop, but it lacks many of the features that make rival apps like Rhythmbox and Clementine so popular. I might be old school but I still to use […]

19 June 2016
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How to Install VLC 3.0 Nightly On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

A couple days ago we got a little giddy covering burgeoning support for Chromecast in VLC 3.0. Many of you were equally as excited as us, even though a formal, stable release of VLC 3.0 is still many […]

16 June 2016

Facebook Just Made It MUCH Harder to Chat on Ubuntu Phone

If you use an Ubuntu Phone: it just got a bit harder to keep in touch with your Facebook buddies.

15 June 2016
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Ubuntu Snap Apps Can Run On (Pretty Much) ANY Linux Distro

Ubuntu’s Snap packages will now work on other Linux distros. Snapd, the tool powering them, has been ported to Arch, Gentoo and Fedora among others.

14 June 2016
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Ubuntu Phone Band-aids Are Bitesize Bugs That YOU Can Help Fix

Don't worry; Canonical isn't branching out to launch a range of adhesive bandages for cracked screens.

14 June 2016

Scripts to ‘Fix’ ThinkPad Touchpad Issues on Ubuntu

I don’t own a ThinkPad, but I know that a lot of you do. A reader who doesn’t wish to be credited pinged us a link to a set of scripts that claim to “fix” touchpad and […]

13 June 2016

Control Fan Speed on Clevo Laptops With This Indicator Applet

'Clevo Indicator' is a small panel-based applet that allows Clevo laptop owners running Ubuntu to monitor and control their CPU fan speed.

13 June 2016
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Get Reddit Inbox Alerts on the Ubuntu Desktop

This nifty Reddit indicator applet for the Ubuntu desktop alerts you to new inbox notifications as and when you receive them.

12 June 2016