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.

Wi-fi Gesture Controller ‘WiSee’ Built on Ubuntu, Pimped on the BBC

WiSee, a new technology able to read gestures using WiFi signals, is gracing the pages of tech sites the world over today. But that's not why we're interested...

5 June 2013

4 More Games, Including Oilrush, Added to Latest Humble Bundle

The pay-what-you-want offer now boasts an impressive collection of 11 gaming titles, all of which are available for Linux.

5 June 2013

Does Your Ubuntu PC Look This Cool?

With a bit of imagination, some paint, and plenty of LEDs a boring PC box can be transformed into a terrific tower.

2 June 2013

Surface Pro Owner? Here’s How to Install Ubuntu

Own Microsoft Surface Pro tablet? If you do and you want to make it insanely cooler you could install Ubuntu on it.

31 May 2013

Mark Shuttleworth Marks Bug 1 – ‘Microsoft Has Majority Marketshare – As Fixed

It had to happen one day - and today is as good as any, right? The infamous Bug #1 has been marked as fixed by Mark Shuttleworth.

30 May 2013
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Ubuntu Axe Laptop Competition After Just 2 Weeks

Ubuntu's "Take a Billboard Photo and Win a Laptop" contest has been axed after just two weeks.

28 May 2013

Humble Indie Bundle 8 Launches, Brings New Games to Linux

The Humble Indie Bundle 8 is now available to buy - for whatever you're willing to pay.

28 May 2013

Standalone Opera Mail Client Coming to Linux

Opera's popular e-mail feature is to be removed from the browser and released as a standalone application, developers have announced.

28 May 2013

Football Manager 2014 Will Support Linux

Popular PC sport simulation game 'Football Manager' will supporting Linux with its next major release, games developers Sports Interactive have said.

26 May 2013

Ubuntu-Powered Cirrus 7 PC Gets Priced, Delayed

There's a new release date, new prices, and new information on how the 'sandwich' cooling system works...

26 May 2013

New Interface Animations Demoed for Ubuntu Touch

A video demonstrating a new set of animations on Ubuntu Touch has been posted online.

24 May 2013

Intel Demo GNOME-Powered Tizen OS Ultrabook

Take one come-back kid of an OS, pair them up with Intel, then sit them atop one of the most stable desktop environments known to Linux. What do you get? This.

23 May 2013

Mark Shuttleworth Talks Mir, Ubuntu Touch Marketshare & Mudslinging

Following a new release of Ubuntu Mark Shuttleworth puts himself in front of the community for a Question & Answer session. This, folks, is what he had to say...

22 May 2013

Latest Chrome Release Fixes Ubuntu 13.04 Install Issue

The latest stable release of Google Chrome fixes an issue that prevented it being installed on Ubuntu 13.04.

22 May 2013
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Skype for Linux 4.2 Released With Much Needed Bug Fixes

Skype has released an updated version of its Linux client, bringing with it bug fixes, tweaks and a few new features...

21 May 2013
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Microsoft Office Clone Updates Interface, Improves File Support

Microsoft Office clone Kingsoft Office WPS for Linux has been updated with an improved theme and improved file support.

20 May 2013

Google Devs Install Ubuntu on Google Glass

Google developers have today shown off Ubuntu running on …Google Glass. In a session at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, cheekily titled “Voiding your warranty“, developers shared how to root Google Glass and […]

17 May 2013

What to Expect from Unity in Ubuntu 13.10

It may be 5 months away from release but we already know most of the new features planned for Unity in Ubuntu 13.10.

17 May 2013