All articles by Joey Sneddon

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.

Ubuntu 11.04 Beta Released

The first beta release of Ubuntu 11.04 is available to download and test.

31 March 2011

Hercules eCAFE Runs Ubuntu Netbook Remix – That’s Not the Interesting Bit

A pair of new ARM netbooks running Ubuntu have launched in the UK, described as the slimmest, lightest HD netbooks available.

31 March 2011
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HTML5 browser-based media player: plays your mp3’s & works offline

"Yawn - yet another music player?" might be your first reaction at the sight of yet-another media player gracing the pages of OMG! Ubuntu, but this one is actually rather special. The HTML5-written media player runs in the browser (so what?) but is designed to play back your local media: your entire music library can be added and played through it.

30 March 2011
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So I deleted Windows – but why did I have it in the first place?

I deleted my Windows partition yesterday after asking myself one question: what the hell do I use it for?

30 March 2011
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Thunderbird Unity Launcher extension available to Ubuntu 11.04 64bit, more users

The Ubuntu Unity Launcher extension for Thunderbird is now available for x64 bit Ubuntu users.

29 March 2011
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Longhorn Linux transformation pack hits beta, adds auto-installer

Long for the look of the Windows OS that never was? The Longhorn Linux transformation pack has hit beta and now comes with an automatic installation script for simple installation on Ubuntu 10.10.

29 March 2011
The Board gets a minor update - and window borders!

Minor update pushed out for thought-taking app ‘The Board’

A minor update to Lucas Rocha's note-space application 'The Board' has been pushed out to early testers.

29 March 2011
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How to enable Global Menu support for LibreOffice in Ubuntu 11.04

Ubuntu 11.04 users can free up some screen space and gain desktop consistency in LibreOffice by enabling LibreOffice Global Menu support.

28 March 2011
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Tomahawk media player offers multi-source library and genius playlists

Tomahawk is a new QT media player with a difference: it wants to playback anything you ask for - even if you don't have it on your hard-drive.

28 March 2011
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Indicator-Weather: "Is it just me or…"

Panagiotis Skintzos has begun on a Vala port of Indicator-Weather. Whilst there are many great ideas in the new design layout there is one aspect that bugs me...

28 March 2011
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Neat video review of OMG! Words! – the free game from OMG! Ubuntu!

Browsing around YouTube I also came across this pretty neat video review of the game by YouTube Ubuntu-er darockero11 that does an excellent job of showing off how the games works and just how addictive it can be...

28 March 2011
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Music player Clementine 0.7 released with auto track tagging, new library views and more

Barely a week after developers called for testing on the release-candidate, the latest stable version of Amarok 1.4 inspired music player Clementine is ready to download.

27 March 2011