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.
With several media players installed the Ubuntu Sound Menu can quickly become over populated - so how do you go about removing entries? With a bit of elbow grease, it seems.
A recent update to Ubuntu 12.10 has brought subtle improvements to the default "date and time" applet. The Indicator Datetime menu has supported the listing of "other locations" for several releases, but it's only with this update in Ubuntu 12.10 that an options to choose how they are sorted has been available.
Late last month Ubuntu computer makers System76 gave popular photography YouTuber SnapChick one of their meaty Gazelle Professional laptops to play with - but how is she getting on?
Unity Glass is a third-party "tweak" for Unity's Launcher tiles that can add a refined new look to your desktop. It replaces the default 'square' image tiles using by Unity with rounder versions that are in keeping with the shape of the BFB.
News on the fabled Ubuntu Phone is scant on the ground, so users are using their creativity to imagine how it might look.
Question: When is a web-app not a web-app? Answer: When it's created by Fogger. It allows native desktop features, like notification bubbles, Unity launcher badges and progress bars, to be utilised by websites to deliver updates, alerts and information right on the desktop. And the first website to get Fogger support is Facebook.
A refined, compacted session indicator has landed in Ubuntu 12.10. The new applet merges items from the previously separate User and System menus into one new look, unified drop-down.
The option to import and sync your Facebook contacts with Ubuntu One account has been switched off, Ubuntu One have today announced.
Like many UK readers, I was disappointed to hear that ASUS have no plans to bring their Ubuntu-toting EeePC netbooks to the UK. But the UK is just one territory; for anyone living in Italy the news is slightly rosier. ASUS have a selection of Ubuntu-powered netbooks readily available at retail. Notebook Italia have posted a thorough run down of what can be found, where it can be bought, and for how much. But for those not fluent in the ol' Italian language, here's a handful of picks - excluding the recently announced EeePC 1225c - to turn you green with envy...
Of all of the Ubuntu App Showdown apps that we wrote about over the last three weeks, none has been as hotly anticipated as Google Reader app 'LightRead'. Here's a hands-on look at what it can do, what it can't, and how you can get it.
The Ubuntu App Showdown is drawing to a close, but developers still have the weekend to polish off and package up their entries. Over the last three weeks we've taken a look at various entries in various states of progress - from RSS readers to an awesome desktop-integrated Google Docs app - but here some more interesting apps in development that we haven't previously mentioned...
When the Unity News Lens was first released earlier this year, our excuse for not being knowing what’s going on in the world …Well, it evaporated. And now, in the Unity News Lens’ most recent update, […]