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.
CES 2011 saw a veritable armoury of Ubuntu powered devices all ready to make a serious impact amongst competitors. None, however, impressed me as much as this Table PC demo running Ubuntu as its core […]
Screenlets, the desktop widget framework for Linux, was once the apple of eye-candy fans everywhere. Make the jump to grab five refreshing screenlets.
Transparent Qt music player 'MusicMe' has been forced to change its name. The change, the result of a trademark dispute with a European company, led to the the developers turning their ears towards the linguistic worlds of Tolkien for some inspiration.
Commercial Wine software 'Cedega' is to "cease operation" at the end of February, parent company TransGaming Inc. have today announced.
We wrote about it, Phoronix demoed it. The magic scheduler voodoo(tm)* which brings happiness to desktops that everyone wanted to test at the time..well it may be coming to your Natty desktop.
‘Borderless’ themes are all the rage currently. The Elementary-Borderless GTK+ theme we featured a few days back has been particularly popular with users so it was somewhat inevitable that the stock Ubuntu themes would get […]
Another day and another device finds itself capable of running Ubuntu. This time the device in question is Barnes and Noble’s ‘Nook Colour’ eBook reader. With its 7-inch colour multi-touch touchscreen the device makes for […]
Okay, I'll admit that I'm a bit obsessed about Ubuntu on ARM and have been scouring Twitter and YouTube for any interesting news from CES. But I found a gem.
Ubuntu has had an 'App store' capable of supporting paid applications for a good few months now: will we see some of the more popular cross-platform games and apps heading our way? It seems so.
openSUSE users intrigued by Ubuntu’s popular desktop applets will soon be able to install and use them on their own desktop.
An avid baking fan? Are you the next Nigella Lawson in the kitchen? Why not mix the decadent art of baking with the technical and exciting world of Linux with this Tux recipe.
The elementary project’s stable of experiments waxes and wanes with real buoyancy. Recent additions that have floated to the fore include the refined e-mail client Postler and slick contacts app Dexter.
RSS Aware is a useful tool for people who love to stay abreast of the latest news as and when it happens. See what's new and find the download link by clicking 'read more'.
There are themes and then there are really freaking cool themes. A great example of the latter is this 'Tron Legacy' inspired GNOME Shell theme by one of our favourite designers half-left.
Force quitting rogue applications could do with looking better. Acording to you guys that is, who often send in your mock-ups on how you think unresponsive application notifications should be shown.
MoonOS has a new theme - and if you want to install it in Ubuntu you can! Download link and pretty screenshot inside.
Yes! Another music player! At least this one looks different, right?
Sometimes the smallest of changes can make the biggest difference.