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.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! Is Now Available on Linux

Today marks the North American release of much-hyped AAA action title 'Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!' — and yes, it's available on Linux.

14 October 2014
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LXQt 0.8 Released With New Themes, Admin Tools and More

LXQt 0.8.0 features a number of significant changes, fixes and performance improvements, including new themes and a set of new admin tools.

14 October 2014

Ten Years of Ubuntu — User Survey

Later this month Ubuntu will celebrate its 10th birthday, and to mark the occasion we're looking to find out more about what you think of it.

12 October 2014

Netflix Now Works On Ubuntu, No Hacks Required

Netflix is now available to watch on Ubuntu out of the box — no hacks, plugins or user-agent switching workaround required.

10 October 2014

Linux Kernel 3.17 Is Out With Plenty of New Features

The latest stable release of the Linux kernel, 3.17, has been released. It brings a batch of GPU updates and enhanced hardware support.

6 October 2014

How To Use Steam Music Player on Ubuntu Desktop

'Music makes the people come together' Madonna once sang. But can Steam's new music player feature mix the bourgeoisie and the rebel as well?

2 October 2014

Adobe Pulls Linux PDF Reader Downloads From Website

Things are about to get tricky if you need to use Adobe's own PDF reader application on Linux: the company has pulled the download links.

1 October 2014

Linux Calendar App California 0.2 Released

Following on from last month's update to Geary and Shotwell, Yorba is back with a new release of their California calendaring application.

1 October 2014

Microsoft Announces Windows 10 – One Platform for All The Devices

Microsoft today ended speculation on what it plans to call the next version of Windows. After the success of 7 and the muted enthusiasm that greeted 8, get ready for, er, Windows 10.

30 September 2014

Borderlands 2 for Linux Released, Available to Download from Steam Now

"Don't get your hopes up," they said. "Economics make it unlikely," they said. Borderlands 2 is available to buy and play on Linux today.

30 September 2014

Three Things to Expect from the First Ubuntu Phones

In the first of an ongoing series as we near the launch of the first two devices we highlight three key features the Ubuntu Phone OS has.

30 September 2014
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Ubuntu 14.10 Final Beta Now Available for Download

The first, and final, beta of Ubuntu 14.10 'Utopic Unicorn' is now available to download, along with the second beta builds of its flavors.

26 September 2014

LibreOffice 4.3.2 Goes Live With More Than 80 Fixes

LibreOffice 4.3.2 has been made available for immediate download and brings improved file compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats.

25 September 2014

Why GNOME 3.14 Won’t Be Included in Ubuntu 14.10

Wondering why the new stable GNOME 3.14 desktop won't be in Ubuntu GNOME 14.10 next month? Developer Ali Linx is on hand to explain.

25 September 2014

Is iOS 8 Spotlight Search Similar to the Ubuntu Dash?

If you've played with iOS 8 you might have spotted a new feature in Spotlight that is very similar to a key part of the Ubuntu desktop.

25 September 2014

GNOME 3.14 Released With New Features and App Updates

The GNOME project has announced the release of GNOME 3.14, a new stable update featuring multi-touch gestures, new UI animations and more.

24 September 2014

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Hits Steam for Linux

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive quietly hit Linux last night, arriving stealth-like in the games libraries of Steam users.

23 September 2014

Updated NSS Library Rolls Out To Bring Netflix Support on Ubuntu

An updated build of the 'NSS' library required to make HTML5 Netflix playback work natively in Ubuntu is now being rolled out to LTS users.

22 September 2014