All articles by Joey Sneddon

Joey Sneddon is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of OMG! Ubuntu. Since 2009, he has reported on Ubuntu and the wider open-source ecosystem, documenting every major Ubuntu release since 9.04 to the present. With over 16 years of hands-on experience in Linux desktops, distros and apps, Joey's insights and reporting have been cited by leading technology outlets including Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget and Forbes.

‘iRacing’ Simulator Readies Linux Release With New Alpha

iRacing, a popular realistic racing simulator used by both enthusiast and real-world racers alike, is finally available to play on Linux.

11 September 2013

Mass Effect Composer Offers To Create New Ubuntu Start-Up Sound

An award winning composer, best known for work on the Mass Effect trilogy of games, is offering to create a new start-up sound for Ubuntu.

11 September 2013

Ubuntu Crops Up In Mercedes-Benz Self-Driving Car Promo

Ubuntu and its XFCE-flavoured sibling Xubuntu both feature in the newest Mercedes Benz promo on YouTube. Unity’s familiar desktop layout can be seen at various points during the 2-minute spot that shows off the company’s […]

9 September 2013
Tweets displayed on Ubuntu Touch

Ubuntu Touch Adds Over-The-Air System Updates

Over-the-air updates have been enabled on developer builds of Ubuntu Touch for the four officially supported Nexus devices.

6 September 2013

Dell To Expand Ubuntu Retail Presence in China

Dell are to more than double the number of its Chinese retail stores stocking Ubuntu-loaded laptops, Canonical has announced.

5 September 2013
flavours

Ubuntu 13.10 Beta Releases Available for Download

Beta releases of various Ubuntu flavours, including Lubuntu, Kubuntu and the newest addition, Ubuntu GNOME, are now available to download.

5 September 2013

Popular Icon Theme ‘Moka’ Gets an Official GTK Theme Companion

The sumptuous Moka icon set now has the perfect companion: a GTK theme with purple highlights and more than a passing resemblance to Adwaita

4 September 2013
Final GIMP 2.8 Splash Screen

Give GIMP A New Look With ‘Flat’ Icon Theme

'Flat' is a 2D mono-chrome icon theme replacement for GIMP that looks especially good when used with Ubuntu's default themes.

3 September 2013

Ubuntu to Promote 64bit Downloads As Default

The Ubuntu website is to switch to promoting 64bit builds of Ubuntu desktop and server by default from this October.

3 September 2013
kde connect

KDE Connect Aims to Bridge Android & Linux Desktop

KDE Connect puts call, text and app notifications from Android on to the Ubuntu desktop, as well as sync clipboard contents and more.

1 September 2013

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release Schedule Revealed

17th of April - that's the tentative date set for the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS according to an early draft of the next release schedule.

30 August 2013

Ubuntu One Set-Up Added to Ubuntu 13.10 Installer

Ubuntu One login has been added to the the system installer of Ubuntu 13.10.

29 August 2013