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.
The flash-free desktop YouTube app MiniTube has been updated - and in the nick of time, too. Recent changes to YouTube has 'broken' video playback in all releases prior to this one, including the most recent version released in June of this year. But aside from 'fixing' itself to work with an update dYouTube there are also other changes to be taken advantage of...
A new beta release of Ubuntu 12.10 was released yesterday with a host of nifty new features, bug fixes and general improvements. But do you plan on using it?
The second beta release of Ubuntu 12.10 has been made available for download. It arrives ahead of Ubuntu 12.10's final release in just over 2 weeks time.
A new release of graphics app Pinta has been made available for download. Version 1.4 of the simple drawing tool sees a number of new features and improvements made, along with fixes for various bug and performance issues.
A new 'Sync Menu' is one of several new features available to those testing Ubuntu 12.10 Beta.
Ubuntu 12.10 may have not even reached its second beta - due out on 27th of September, fact fans - but planning for the next release, Ubuntu 13.04, is well underway. We'll have a few tidbits to share with you on 13.04 features/changes over the coming weeks, but the most important thing to know right now is when it's planned for release.
Ubuntu's last-minute decision to add shopping results to the Home Lens of the Unity Dash proved controversial earlier this week - but is a compromise on the cards? A Google+ update from Unity developer Didier Roche seems to hint so
Four extra games have been added to the Humble Indie Bundle 6 - including the PONG-like RPG 'Wizorb'.
Ubuntu's Global Marketing guru John Bernard has left Canonical to join Mozilla.
Ubuntu computer makers System76 are welcoming the arrival of Autumn with a nifty new offer: free hard-drive upgrades for customers.
Last week we (somewhat light-heartedly) wondered whether Ubuntu's minimize icon should be changed from a horizontal line to a vertical one so as to match the area of the screen it now affects. Not every agreed; some even felt short-changed at being "forced" to waste their time reading "blog filler". But a number of you thought: "Hey! This makes sense!".
The latest instalment of the online Ubuntu talkshow 'Ubuntu On Air' is, well, on air today. From 5:00 PM UTC you'll be able to tune in to the show live at ubuntuonair.com.
Icon changes to the Messaging Menu in Ubuntu 12.10 were met with a lukewarm reception from many users. The good news is that like all things open source if we don’t like it we can, with a little effort, tweak things to suit our personal preferences. And in this guest post from Sam Hewitt, we take a look at how to do just that....
Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, has taken to his blog to add context to the latest controversial change in Ubuntu: shopping results.
Amazon shopping results have been integrated into the Dash of Ubuntu 12.10. The feature comes a day after news that Ubuntu were adding Amazon and Ubuntu One Music web-apps as default items on Unity launcher.
WINE and/or Windows XP users wanting to add some Ubuntu style to their desktops have long been able to do so by using a custom-made 'Ubuntu Theme for Windows'. That theme has been updated to resemble Ambiance (and Radiance) as found in Ubuntu 12.10, having previously been modelled on Ubuntu 10.10.
When was the last time you paid any attention to the icons used inside Ubuntu's window controls? No. Can't say I have ever done so, either. But then someone sent me a link to this image...
A signed version of GRUB2 that enables Ubuntu to work with Secure Boot devices is being prepped for Ubuntu 12.10. Further details about the change are expected from Canonical later today.