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 first alpha release in the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release cycle is now available for download. Installing the Alpha release is not recommended due to its early yet rapid developmental stage. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is scheduled for release in April 26th 2012.
VLC is bar far and away the most popular media player on Ubuntu, if not Linux. But its interface has never been as slick as it could be. Thankfully the VLC nightly builds, unstable snapshots of the next release, have brought with them a slightly improved look...
The fifth day of Linux Game Store Gameolith's winter sale sees 60% sliced off the price of two titles from indie games developer 'NooSkewl'. The double pack contains old-school-style RPG game 'Monster RPG 2' and addictive arcade game 'Bobby', and, for today only, can be purchased for $1.60.
Yesterday evening London’s iconic Millbank tower became the canvas upon which an awe inspiring light show took place. The 387 ft tall building was painted, warped and transformed by an array of lights and sound […]
The most recent bug fix update to open-source multi-source music player Tomahawk is now available for Ubuntu users, coming just shy of a week after it was released for OS X and Windows.
Today marks Pay A Blogger Day – a new initiative lead by social micro-payment service Flattr. The day seeks to motivate readers, listeners and users of blogs, podcasts, and open-source software into showing their appreciation […]
GNOME designer Allan Day has updated GNOME 3's Nautilus mock-ups with a refined new look. The changes see Nautilus follow GNOME 3's new application design patterns.
A video advert for Ubuntu has been added to the YouTube channel of Portugal's most well known electronics retailer Worten. Click on inside to view the advert and learn more about the device it promotes...
A new Scope for Ubuntu's Unity Dash allows you to get time, weather and map information for almost any location in the world. By entering a city name into the Dash search field the 'Cities Scope' grabs various data from online services to provide the time and current weather conditions, along with a link to the location on Google Maps.
Online Linux games store Gameolith is having a winter sale - and today's title knocks 50% off the price of retro-styled platformer VVVVVV.
Discussions towards the shaping of Ubuntu's planned to foray into the Smart TV sector are ' warming up' according to a new blog post from Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth.
Hardcore Banshee user Leo McArdle sent in the following handy tip: – “Hey, today I stumbled upon the NOT operator in the search of banshee. For example, if I want to only see tracks without “demo” […]