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.
Despite having had my ASUS Transformer – the company’s hugely successful Android tablet – for almost a week it’s only today that I got around to seeing how it fared when hooked up to Ubuntu. […]
Alligators in sewers, lucky escapes from hook-handed serial killers and the unpalatable notion that we all eat 8 spiders a year whilst snoozing: all are Urban myths. Until recently I assumed that the well-known story of a girl from Wisconsin USA, whose inadvertent purchase of a Dell laptop running Ubuntu saw her dropping out of her online college classes, was like all of the example above, a load of hot-air. Turns out it actually happened.
The third alpha release of the Ubuntu 11.10 development cycle has been made available for download.
With Adobe this week announcing a new HTML5 design tool for web developers and creatives, many folk are wondering whether this could, finally, be the start of official Adobe application support on Linux.
Further to Jorge and Ahmed's excellent Unity and in-depth update on recent Unity developments (the post below this one!) here are a handful of screenshots showing off many of the visible changes and options that have appeared in Ubuntu 11.10 over the last few days.
Unity support is one of several changes making up the latest release of lightweight web browser Midori. Screenshots and installation information are tucked inside.
When I think 'blue-coloured desktop themes' my mind instantly recalls the harsh Crayola hues of Windows XP. Can Fusion Blue GTK heal those wounds?
Multiple photo uploading and easier installation feature in the latest release of Facebook Unity applet 'Faccialibro'. Also fixed is a bug that prevented some users from running the applet properly.
Last week the developer of Schizobird' sought the help of OMG! Ubuntu! readers in choosing a new name for his Twitter app. The post in question received over 247 comments pretty much overnight. Nestled amongst all of the sane, and not so sane, suggestions was one clear winner...
A condensed varient of theUbuntu Font Family was uploaded to the Private testing PPA yesterday. The condensed font is provided in one weight, 'regular', and is provided without an accompanying italic.
As if paying whatever you want for 5 Linux friendly games wasn't tempting enough the Humble Indie Bundle 3 has added a sixth game to tempt: top-down action shooter 'Steel Storm: Burning Retribution'.
Earlier today I pulled the latest development branch of the Ubuntu Software Centre to check in on development. Upon running the 'software-centre-gtk3' file inside this stunning Software Centre revamp appeared my desktop - and I just had to share...