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.
Last month developers across the world spent three short weeks crafting over 130 applications as part of the Ubuntu App Showdown contest. From these, three winners were picked by a jury of judges: RSS reader 'Lightread', puzzle game 'Picsaw' and web-app creator 'Fogger'. But that's not where the contest ends. It's now up to you to decide which apps win the last 3 prizes up for grabs. To help you get started we've listed our top 20 submissions - jury winners omitted - that are worth installing regardless of whether you intend to vote or not
Another month, another Humble Bundle. This time it's the third iteration of the '...for Android' series. But don't let the title fool you: all of these games can be installed on Ubuntu, through the Ubuntu Software Center.
How does 25GB of free Ubuntu One storage sound to you? Well that's the total space on offer for free Ubuntu One accounts as part of the Ubuntu one referral scheme.
Community Voting on the 130+ apps submitted to the Ubuntu App Showdown contest has begun. Developers of the three best-rated applications during the period will win Nokia N9 phones.
It is often said that good things come in small packages, and at just 114KiB the latest update to the Ubuntu Light themes certainly counts as that. For sitting inside tis an update that sure to please users of the GNOME Classic session in Ubuntu 12.04: an Ubuntu icon for the Application Menu!
A new version of KDE productivity and office suite Calligra has been released. Calligra comprises of a nine core apps which encompass everything from word processing and presentations to graphics editing and mind-mapping.
Over in the development scape of the Quantal Quetzal Ubuntu's Unity desktop has just reached version 6.2.
We've seen Ubuntu Cola, Ubuntu car license plates, and even Ubuntu crop circles. But a wine? That's new to me The familiarly-named beverage was produced in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Portuguese wine makers Niepoort as part of celebrations making the then World Cup host nation of South Africa.
If you're an iPhone user who uses Ubuntu One then the following new App might be of interest. WebNotes is a note-taking application for iOS (nothing special about that) that uses Ubuntu One as its sync service (something very special about that).
A new version of music app Beatbox has been released, with the focus this time falling on the 'tidying up' of existing features rather than adding new ones. Amongst the areas given polish in Beatbox 0.6 are the main toolbar, which now sports a tighter, if somewhat cramped, look, and the album track selection pop-up.
Ultra in name, looks, and price, the ZaReason UltraLap 430 is the worlds first user-orientated Linux Ultrabook. Ultrabooks are a relatively new segment of the computing market. Defined (primarily) by Intel, Ultrabooks are thiner, lighter, and use less power than traditional notebooks. They also carry a premium price tag.
Here's some good news for developers of all platforms: the popular Mac text editor 'Text Mate' is going open-source