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.
Popular icon set 'Faenza' has been updated to support Ubuntu 12.10. New icons for Ubuntu One Music and Ubuntu Online Accounts have been added, and new designs debut for Twitter, Spotify and Contact
The Electronic Frontier Foundation have published a critique of Ubuntu 12.10's 'Shopping Lens' feature.
A new team set up on Launchpad - the online hub for Ubuntu's development activities - appears to show just how seriously Canonical are taking gaming on their platform. Although little has yet been announced about the team - called 'Ubuntu Game Developers' - or their purpose, the existing members list reads like a who's-who of technical elite.
Valve engineer Drew Bliss has given a short talk to ubuntu developers present at the Ubuntu Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark. Revealing little in way of time schedules or release dates, instead referring to 'Valve time' - a 'release when it's ready approach' - Bliss did have one trick up his sleeve for attendees of the summit: guaranteed access to the forthcoming beta.
The Ubuntu 13.04 development cycle may not feature any alpha releases, a session at this weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit has mooted. Discussion, which although still preliminary is expected to be actioned, suggests disbanding with alpha builds for Ubuntu 13.04, and releasing only one beta.
The developers of Left 4 Dead 2 have dropped a hint about when the general beta release of Steam for Linux will arrive. Although a beta limited to 1000 users is currently seeking participants, and a UDS-only event is also rumoured for this week, a wider release date had yet to be given. But it seems we won't have long to wait: it seems it's coming the "middle of next month".
Love it or loathe the photo-sharing service Instagram is incredibly popular - but unless you using the iOS or Android app there is no way to get the most out of it. Until now...
The mascot logo for Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" is on show at UDS, which starts tomorrow in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Support for Ubuntu 11.04 - released 18 months ago today, on April 28, 2011 - officially ends today. Are you still using it? Will you miss it?
Want to help test Steam for Linux Beta? Valve have today launched a 'Steam for Linux Survey' - a short questionnaire potential users fill out to inform Valve of their hardware, software and OS set-ups.
Google's Nexus 7 tablet is, as Mark Shuttleworth revealed last week, to be Ubuntu's 'reference' device on which the 'core' of Ubuntu will be tweaked. By 'viewing Ubuntu through a mobile lens' developers will be address CPU, RAM and power usage issues, making them better. The net result is that all devices - tablet, desktop or TV, will benefit.
Imagine the pace of innovation, change and breakthrough that could happen if supercomputing was made affordable, accessible and adaptable to the average developer. It's a dream that isn't far from being reality with the 'Parallella' - a $99 credit-sized 'supercomputer for everyone' that has just over 1 day left to reach its funding goal of $750,000.
Steam fans will want to keep an eye on next weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit. As well as Valve rocking up on the event for a talk, an interesting listing has popped on the 'Open Steam Works' site titled "Steam Linux UDS Beta".
Take a second to imagine what the offspring resulting from a marriage of Pong married Guitar Hero would look like. Actually, don't imagine but play.
Ubuntu's founder has admitted that he 'really screwed up' an announcement on community-developer changes in 13.04.
Canonical have hired Faenza icon maker Matthieu James to work on a new icon set for Ubuntu. The news was revealed by Mark Shuttleworth during a community question and answer session earlier today.
The first all-in-one PC to ship with Ubuntu pre-installed has gone on sale. System76's 'Sable Complete' packs a powerful set of internals behind a 21.5" HD display with edge-to-edge glass, aluminium trimming and a 'sleek, industrial design'.
My favourite Twitter app for Ubuntu has been updated to support Ubuntu 12.10. Polly is a multi-account supporting and multi-column toting desktop app for Twitter. It sports a healthy set of features whilst also having a relatively light footprint on system resources. Although a stable release of Polly has yet to be made, although the 'development' build is, in my opinion, robust enough for daily use.