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 second, and final, beta release of Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0 has been made available for download.
Apple will "probably" lose in its fight to block Amazon's use of the term 'AppStore, the Federal Judge over-seeing the case has said.
Indie games studio Big Fat Alien have refreshed the website for their premier ttitle 'BEEP', ahead of its release in the Ubuntu Software Centre later this year. BEEP, a 'high-definition physics-based platformer' in which you explore an solar system with a small robot, was announced for release on Linux, as well as OS X, back in May.
The latest instalment of Daniel Siegel's 'GNOME Screencasts' series, which aims to introduce new developers to the GNOME platform, is now online.
Opera Software have shown off the first phase of 'Project Featherweight' - a new initiative designed to refine and improve the interface of the Opera web browser.
Big. Bad. Apple.
elementary developers have shown off a small slick-looking calculator utility perfectly matched to the Pantheon desktop experience.
So you want a new netbook or ultra-portable, but you don't want Windows on it. With Ubuntu being free you're probably wondering why so many devices pre-installed with Ubuntu are expensive. If you look around you'll soon find there are a lot of choices. Here OMG! Ubuntu! picks five reasonably priced Ubuntu-installed laptops and netbooks.
Trying to play a DVD in Ubuntu but getting no-where? You probably forgot to enable DVD playback. Here I show you how.
Dual booters, or even full-time Windows users, who want to add some Ambiance style to their Windows 7 desktop can do so by downloading and install the 'Ubuntu 11' theme for Windows 7.
UnityMail is a small Launcher-based mail-alert app for Ubuntu 11.04 capable of displaying the number of unread messages in your inbox. It also has Unity Quicklist support, with a menu containing easy links for composing new messages and accessing your inbox by right-clicking on the launcher icon.
Reader Matt has created some mono icons for use with the Hamster time-tracking indicator-applet.