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 Android-bound icon set from designer Nicklas Hirsch has caught a lot of attention recently – but not only from Android users.
Scoffing at the headline? Sure, it doesn’t sound entirely believable but, in a stroke of awesome-osity, it is. Developers at the Interactive Computing Lab of ENAC have created just that: the ability to use multi-touch […]
Windows users miss an easily accessible tray icon for un-mounting their drives safely in Ubuntu should check out ‘Ejecter‘ (*), an nitfy tool that has recently received some new features…
The first stable release of the free office suite 'LibreOffice' is now available for download.
Just a short little update to let the OMG crowd be the first to hear. Andy Whitcroft reported in a bug report that Natty is about to get the 2.6.38 kernel. Meaning, slightly, better performance, Nick […]
I doubt that dictionaries are on the top of most peoples 'must have app' lists but the release of the elementary projects lush looking lexicon may just change that...
Want a three-finger pinch on your multi-touch trackpad to minimize all windows? Dream of a five-finger tap emulating your mouse scroll-wheel? Hyperbole aside, you got it with Touchégg. Touchégg Touchégg is a “multitouch gesture recognizer” […]
Volume in Ubuntu; always one of the first things I hammer my keyboard volume keys to reduce after a fresh install. It's so loud!
Welcome news for Ubuntu 11.04 alphas testers partial to non-default icon sets: Unity's launcher now adheres to your chosen icon set.
Ubuntu 10.10 users will be able to rate and review applications within the Ubuntu Software Center on February 11th, according the official wiki page timeline for the project.
These are too great to pass up on posting; Faenza-style game icons for a gaggle of popular Linux games.
GizChina have posted news of another new (albeit dual-booting) Ubuntu tablet. The tablet boasts a dual-core 1.6Ghz Atom CPU, 1GB Ram, a 16Gb SSD hard-drive and a 9.7″ screen, all tucked up inside an iPad-esque […]
An updated version of RSS-aware - an indicator applet for displaying and alerting you to new news items in given feeds - is available for download.
A new Chrome Web App (okay, 'glorified bookmark') provides you with quick access to your Ubuntu One file storage.
OpenShot developers have been hard at work since November cooking up improvements & upgrades for this already awesome video editor.
Just in, and an update to the Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha has brought with it the first iteration of what will soon blossom into Unity’s long-awaited Dash revamp.
The fourth release candidate of OpenOffice fork LibreOffice has been made available for download.
A new plug-in for Totem movie player allows it to receive and play AirPlay video streams.