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 latest stable release of Linux Twitter client Turpial is now available to install in Ubuntu. The python application, which also supports the Identi.ca service, has been updated with a small, but welcome, set of new features and improvements. Read on for what's new in the app, and how to get install it in Ubuntu 10.04 through 12.04.
An update to the 'Unity Cities Scope' has added wind speed and Fahrenheit to its roster of location-based stats. Windspeed is displayed in both 'km/h' (Kilometers per hour) and 'mph' (miles per hour). Temperature is now displayed in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.
Ubuntu's plan for a multi-device presence, to potentially include smartphones, has fired up the imagination of users. And the community have been quick to stoke their creative talents in mocking up a variety of possible implementations. Inside we show off three of designs that have been mailed into us...
Does the placing of the 'back' and 'forward' navigation buttons in GNOME 3's Nautilus bug you? Let it no more: OMG! Ubuntu! reader Tim has written up a solution on switching the navigation arrows back to their old placing.
With the GNOME Extension catalogue now online it's never been easier to add extra features to your GNOME Shell desktop. Inside we list five extensions that you might find handy...
Finding 'the right' kind of keyboard is a subjective affair, but one niggle that bugs me, as a Linux user, is seeing them come with a Windows logo on the 'Super' key. So I was stoked to see industrial tech engineer and inventor Jason Gidding's Multi-Touch Glass Keyboard - which has surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal of $50,000 for prototype, tooling and pre-production of the device - shuns the familiar emblem in favour of something less OS-bound.
Adding additional functionality to the GNOME Shell experience has just gotten much easier with the launch of an official 'Extensions' site.
GNOME's Allan Day has announced the launch of a new development project aimed at fixing 'the small bugs [in GNOME] that ..undermine the overall experience.'
The first alpha release in the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release cycle is now available for download. Installing the Alpha release is not recommended due to its early yet rapid developmental stage. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is scheduled for release in April 26th 2012.
VLC is bar far and away the most popular media player on Ubuntu, if not Linux. But its interface has never been as slick as it could be. Thankfully the VLC nightly builds, unstable snapshots of the next release, have brought with them a slightly improved look...
The fifth day of Linux Game Store Gameolith's winter sale sees 60% sliced off the price of two titles from indie games developer 'NooSkewl'. The double pack contains old-school-style RPG game 'Monster RPG 2' and addictive arcade game 'Bobby', and, for today only, can be purchased for $1.60.
Yesterday evening London’s iconic Millbank tower became the canvas upon which an awe inspiring light show took place. The 387 ft tall building was painted, warped and transformed by an array of lights and sound […]
The most recent bug fix update to open-source multi-source music player Tomahawk is now available for Ubuntu users, coming just shy of a week after it was released for OS X and Windows.
Today marks Pay A Blogger Day – a new initiative lead by social micro-payment service Flattr. The day seeks to motivate readers, listeners and users of blogs, podcasts, and open-source software into showing their appreciation […]
GNOME designer Allan Day has updated GNOME 3's Nautilus mock-ups with a refined new look. The changes see Nautilus follow GNOME 3's new application design patterns.
A video advert for Ubuntu has been added to the YouTube channel of Portugal's most well known electronics retailer Worten. Click on inside to view the advert and learn more about the device it promotes...
A new Scope for Ubuntu's Unity Dash allows you to get time, weather and map information for almost any location in the world. By entering a city name into the Dash search field the 'Cities Scope' grabs various data from online services to provide the time and current weather conditions, along with a link to the location on Google Maps.
Online Linux games store Gameolith is having a winter sale - and today's title knocks 50% off the price of retro-styled platformer VVVVVV.