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.
An updated Session Menu containing links for various system settings has landed in Ubuntu 11.10 this weekend.
We all want the latest features and changes an app has to offer, and for many of us that means using unstable, beta or sometimes even alpha quality software. This 'bite of the beta pie' approach has drawbacks: application performance may not be ideal and you risk files being trashed by buggy new features.
The sixth instalment of wannabe-developer orientated web series 'Gnome Screencasts' is now online. And this time it's a web browser in the making...
Google have announced the release of Google Music Manager for Linux.
The third maintenance update to Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS has been released.
So the long heralded 'flood' of ARM netbooks on to the shelves barely even materialised as a drop, with a drop in demand for netbooks and massive growth spurt in touch-screen Tablet devices seemingly diverting attention elsewhere. PC company Hercules are pinning their hopes on a 'better late than never' approach with the launch of a new ARM powered netbook series dubbed the 'eCafé'.
A new collaborative robotics project is ripping the idea of autonomous assistance for the disabled out from the land of science-fiction and planting it firmly in the real world - and all using the power of Open Source.
The design overhaul of the Ubuntu Software Centre many had hoped would land in Ubuntu 11.10 is seeming less likely.
Dark Toolbars and a new panel gradient are amongst the 'work in progress' changes to Ubuntu's default theme for Ubuntu 11.10.
As the momentum behind Google+ continues to gather pace its users are longing for desktop integration. To help tide us over until Google release some proper Google+ tools for developers to play with reader Tom LeJeune has added 'drag n' drop' Picasa image uploading to the Google+ Unity Quicklist we shared a few days back. If it sounds like something you'd use, here's how...
If you're old enough (and might I say cool enough) to remember the original Commodore 64 home computer then prick your ears up: not only is it back, but it's back running Ubuntu.
The 'Me Menu' will no longer be installed by default in Ubuntu 11.10. In its place comes a rejigged Messaging Menu.
Linux users can get their paws on physic-based platform game BEEP ahead of its launch in the Ubuntu Software Centre through Gameolith.com - a new online store for games on Linux.
A new episode of Daniel Siegel's awesome 'new developer friendly' series 'GNOME Screencasts' is available to watch online.
A new beta release of Adobe Flash Player has been released for both 32 bit and 64 bit users.
Dudu M. mailed in to share a time-lapse video he created on Ubuntu using nothing but free open-source tools and a camera.
Gwibber - it's Ubuntu's default social client, but do you use it? Chances are you don't. Despite have a great feature set and support for almost every major social networking sites Gwibber is tarnished with a reputation for being slow, laggy, resource hungry and a notification-nuisance. But come Ubuntu 11.10 in October Gwibber will be a very different beast. Gwibber just got sexy.
How many handheld gaming consoles-stroke-platforms can you name? Chances are a good few. But is there room for another? The 'Nd' project hopes so.