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.

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GNOME’s Revamped ‘Web’ Browser Is Minimal, Mighty

GNOME's work on a revamped and repurposed 'Epiphany' web browser - which seeks to make the browser a core part of the GNOME experience - is coming along nicely. The redesign of Epiphany, which is relabelled 'Web' in the app itself, seeks to to offer GNOME users a 'simple, clean, beautiful view of the [internet].'

18 January 2012
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Desktop YouTube Music Player Gets Updated

Innovative YouTube music player 'Musictube' has a new release out - but is it a hit?

17 January 2012
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Nautilus Quicklist Adds Bookmark Support for Precise

Support for accessing bookmarked folders through the Nautilus Quicklist in Ubuntu 12.04 has finally arrived. The feature, one long overdue, lists user's bookmarks - both custom and default - alongside a static entry for opening a new Nautilus window. Which is all very handy.

17 January 2012
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Leading GNOME Theme Designer Talks Tools and Trials of Working on Linux

If you've downloaded a good-looking GNOME-Shell theme in the past year then there's a good chance that the following 25-year-old Algerian designer was the hands behind it. Reda Lazri, or 0rax0 as he is better known online, is a prolific designer. GTK, Metacity and GNOME-Shell themes; application icons, wallpapers and a multitude of mock-ups line the walls of his DeviantArt Gallery. But it's not the quantity and variety that makes Reda's work so notable - it's the sheer quality.

16 January 2012
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SOPA Shelved – For Now

America's contentious SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bill has been shelved until "greater consensus" on its scope can be reached. But don't celebrate just yet.

16 January 2012
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Updates Arrive for Ubuntu One Android App

Recent updates to the Ubuntu One Files application for Android have added some welcome features. You can now sign up for an Ubuntu One account within the application itself. Prior to this one had to use the Ubuntu One website.

16 January 2012
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KDE Font Oxygen ‘Fit for Testing’

KDE's very own font is coming along nicely, with its developer releasing an updated preview version for download.

15 January 2012
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[How To] Make Unity’s Launcher GNOME-Shell Friendly

The expression ‘Have your cake and eat it‘ springs to mind when looking at the following GNOME-Shell tweak put together by Tobias Mann. ‘Unitary GNOME’ lets you run a modified version of the Unity 2D […]

15 January 2012
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Lubuntu 12.04 News Roundup

The hands behind everyone’s favourite lightweight Linux distro ‘Lubuntu’ are hard at work crafting the next major release. Lubuntu 12.04 won’t have LTS (Long Term Support) status like its siblings Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Edbuntu […]

15 January 2012

My papercraft style mountain wallpaper – here’s where to download it

I've created a monster! Actually I created a pair of wallpapers. But since I began using them in screenshots and videos here on the site I've been inundated with requests from readers wanting to know where they can get hold of them. So here's how.

14 January 2012

[How to] Install Unity 5.0 in Ubuntu 11.10

Unity 5.0 hit Ubuntu 12.04 last night, but Ubuntu 11.10 users don't need to miss out: Unity 5.0 is also available to install in Oneiric.

14 January 2012
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Facebook Chat, New Features Land in Latest Release of Smuxi IRC App

Smuxi, my personal favourite IRC client, has a new release available. It adds a number of new features that make it capable of pleasing the most ardent of IRC users.

14 January 2012