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 so many Ubuntu folk in attendance at last weeks UDS Ubuntu's Amber Graner made sure she grabbed some prime interview time with many of Ubuntu's important figures. Head on in for video interviews with Mark Shuttleworth, Jason Warner, and many more.
It might be getting the ol’ heave-ho from the default application set in Ubuntu 12.04, but Banshee still has a lot to give. For example, the most recent release of Banshee, version 2.3.1, added in […]
Unity's Application Lens is pretty much perfect: you can search apps by text, or by category. Simple stuff, right? Well it's not simple enough for those who prefer the more traditional approach to application-menu structure. To that end the maintainer of the Unity Application Lens, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen, has put together an GNOME Menu inspired alternative. A lens he's called 'Unity Bliss'.
Ubuntu's shaky support for users of multiple monitors has long been an issue for many. But as part the fit and polish of planned for Ubuntu 12.04, users will soon find themselves at the helm of a well supported and dependable multi-screen solution. Watch a video of a working prototype inside.
Banshee will be replaced by Rhythmbox for Ubuntu 12.04. The news was confirmed during the wrap-up session of the Ubuntu Developer Summit.
Kiss goodbye to burning Ubuntu onto a regualr CD-R: the default disc size for Ubuntu 12.04 has been set to 750MB. In raising the .iso limit by a mere 50MB developers will benefit from a buffer of breathing room. Often during the development cycle tough choices have to made as to what can ship on the CD and what can't.
Canonical sell an Ubuntu-branded optical mouse in their online store - and i've can't decide whether or not to get one. My need? I can't stand the trackpad on my netbook. At all. It's small, overly responsive in places and not enough in others.
Just a short update to those who helped Seif with Gedit stats earlier this week: his wdashboard overview start page for Gedit is available to download.
Every 3 months Canonical conduct 'benchmark testing' of Unity, to ensure that the design decisions being made are improving user experience and not hampering. In a UDS session presenting the results of recent testing, some surprising results emerged - and most of it countering the negative perception many assume Unity has in the eyes of the target mind.
Ubuntu 11.04 has been listed as one 2011's 'standout hardware, software, or services' by PCWorld. The Natty Narwhal ranks in at '82', placing above Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' (83), Facebook's new timeline (87), and the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook (100).
What applications will be shipping out-of-the-box in Ubuntu 12.04? The bi-annual 'default apps' discussion taking place at this weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit has tasked itself with locking in a set of preferred choices.
Whilst I would advise against installing it just yet, daily builds of Ubuntu 12.04 (currently pre-pre-alpha) are available for download.