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.
The Ubuntu 12.04 Software Centre has added a new category – ‘Books and Magazines’. Although a variety of e-books are already available to purchase in Ubuntu 11.10 there is no distinct ‘filter’ available for their […]
Ever hand a pang curiosity about whether or not an app available in the Ubuntu Software Centre but not been near Ubuntu to see? Did you know that you can browse the entire contents of the Ubuntu Software Centre online - from any browser on any OS?
A new release of lightweight webkit web browser Midori is available for download. See what's new and learn how to upgrade by clicking on the 'read more' button below...
Oracle's Sun Java JDK packages are to be removed from the Ubuntu partner repositories and disabled on users systems. Oracle, in retiring the 'Operating System Distributor License for Java', means Canonical no longer have permission to distribute the package. The change will affect Ubuntu 10.04 LTs, Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 users only.
The familiar login sound of Ubuntu has been disabled by default in an update to Ubuntu 12.04.
PayPal payment support is now available in the Ubuntu Software Centre, as we previously reported. The update, which is only available to users of Ubuntu 11.10, provides millions of Ubuntu users with another safe and secure payment method for accessing the continually growing range of paid software and digital-publishings that are available through the Ubuntu Software Centre.
If you ever find wishing you could right click on a file folder to open it as root, convert it to an MP3 or hide it then the following pack of Nautilus Scripts is worth […]
Boomerang GTK3 theme aims to smarten up dull desktops with it shiny and professional look.
Lightweight music players are two a penny under GNOME but for Kubuntu? Not so much. Juk is a lightweight Qt music player that puts less of a stress on system resources than Kubuntu’s default Amarok. […]
Ubuntu Desktop team have asked for help in the creation of an Ubuntu derivative that uses 'GNOME-Shell by default'.
The Ubuntu One team have unveiled a new web streaming feature for the playback of stored music via a web browser. The feature, available to subscribers of the Ubuntu One Music package, is to compliment the […]
With the release of every new Humble Indie Bundle comes an influx of additional applications to my desktop. But as these don't match the Faenza icon theme the OCD-esque desire for desktop consistency prevents me from adding shortcuts to many of these games to the Unity Launcher. But that's where the 'Humble Faenza Bundle' - a set of Faenza-style icons for Humble-Bundeled games - comes in.