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.

Ubuntu Community Survey Needs Your Help

Got a spare 3 minutes? Why not be a helpful so-and-so and take part in this bi-annual Ubuntu Community Survey?

21 April 2013

10 Best Ubuntu 13.04 Features – From Social Lens to Window Snapping

Ubuntu 13.04 is now less than a week away from arriving - but what you can expect to find rocking up on the Raring desktop? We take a look at the 10 best new features....

19 April 2013
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Canonical Axe Ubuntu Discs for Non-LTS Releases

If you're looking forward to buying Ubuntu 13.04 on DVD later this month you might want to brace yourself

18 April 2013

Jolicloud Desktop Comes to Ubuntu – And Here’s How to Install It

The 'Jolicloud Desktop Environment' puts a HTML5 launcher with shortcuts to popular websites and services front and center, in place of the traditional desktop.

17 April 2013
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Ubuntu One Music Store to be Removed from Rhythmbox in 12.04, 12.10

The Ubuntu One Music Store is to be removed from Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 in favour of the online store.

16 April 2013

Ubuntu Button Tweaked to Meet ‘Cultural & Aesthetic’ Expectations

The Ubuntu button in 13.04 has received a last minute change: the background swirl now spins in a clockwise direction.

16 April 2013

Ubuntu Website Undergoes Subtle Revamp

Some minor design changes have gone live over on the official Ubuntu website.

15 April 2013

7 Subtle Unity Changes You Might Not Notice in 13.04…

They're not headline features, but these 7 bits of polish to the Unity desktop in Ubuntu 13.04 deserve a bit of limelight...

14 April 2013

How To Easily Install Minecraft on Ubuntu

Looking for an easy way to install and launch Minecraft on Ubuntu? 'Minecraft Installer' by Cody Garver makes installing, setting up and using the famous sandbox game a total cinch.

12 April 2013
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VLC 2.0.6 Released With Boatload of Bug Fixes

A new version of VLC is available for download. Videolan, the team behind the app, say VLC 2.0.6 is an 'important update' to the 2.x series of the popular media player.

11 April 2013

Focus Pip Added to Unity Quicklists

Here's an update to file under 'little things that matter': Unity quicklists in 13.04 now relay the state of the focused window.

11 April 2013

Ubuntu Website Warns Windows 8 Users: Don’t Use WUBI

A week or so after being thrown off of the default Ubuntu 13.04 disc image, the Ubuntu website is now also warning users against using WUBI to install Ubuntu 12.10.

11 April 2013

Where’d Gwibber Go in Ubuntu 13.04? And What’s Friends?

Anyone booting into the new-fangled Ubuntu 13.04 desktop later this month will notice something missing; Gwibber does not come pre-installed on Ubuntu any longer. Why not? We find out...

10 April 2013

Team IM App ‘HipChat’ Gets New Linux Release

Team-orientated instant messaging and collaboration tool HipChat is once again available for Linux users - this time without the crutch of Adobe Air that its old client required.

8 April 2013

Ubuntu’s Top Selling Apps for March 2013

Umbrellas at the ready for another shower of discontent in the comments section: Stormcloud was once again Ubuntu's best-selling app last month.

8 April 2013

Latest Release of GNOME Web Browser Available for Ubuntu 13.04 Users

Following on from its release last week, GNOME's default web-browser is now available for users of Ubuntu 13.04 to install.

5 April 2013

Ubuntu 13.04 Beta Released

The final beta of Ubuntu 13.04 has been made available for download.

5 April 2013

Microsoft’s Market Dominance Is Coming to an End, Say Leading Analysts

Microsoft's long-held dominance over the computing sector is coming to an end, say market experts Gartner.

4 April 2013