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.

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Some subtle icon changes in Natty

A Humanity Icon theme update in Natty yesterday brought with it a few subtle icon changes...

10 March 2011
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New Gwibber User Guide makes mastering social networking in Ubuntu easy

Gwibber is Ubuntu's default social networking client and boasts a powerful set of features for tweeting, denting and micro-blogging your life - but are you aware of everything that it can do?

10 March 2011
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The new Ubuntu One logo: beautiful

The Ubuntu One team have officially unveiled the new-look Ubuntu One logo - and boy is it sexy.

9 March 2011

Ubuntu Netbook Edition To Be Discontinued

Canonical has announced that 'Ubuntu Netbook Edition' - the netbook-orientated version of the Ubuntu operating system - will be 'folded' into 'Ubuntu Desktop Edition' for Ubuntu 11.04, with the latter being rebranded simple as 'Ubuntu'.

9 March 2011
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Adobe Flash Player 10.3 beta released

Adobe Flash Player 10.3 beta saw release yesterday/today/tomorrow (depending on your timezone) - but what's new? Quite a bit. Read on for more.

9 March 2011
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Quick tip: Enable full screen Dash in Ubuntu 11.04 desktop

This tip is solely for Ubuntu 11.04 testers, but it's a dozy worth sharing.

9 March 2011
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Chromify-OSD adds GMail support

Fans of Gmail and Google Chrome/ium are sure to be pleased at the latest update to Chrome notiofication extension 'Chromify-OSD': it's added GMail support.

8 March 2011
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Chromium browser gets new a logo. Ish.

As spotted over on the excellent Chrome-obsessed blog 'Chrome Story' the Chromium daily builds are sporting a redesigned logo

8 March 2011
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Natty sound menu adds microphone slider for Skype calls

Bid a fond farewell to faint false-starts in your Skype calls: Ubuntu 11.04 has added a microphone level slider to the Ubuntu Sound Menu.

6 March 2011
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Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 3 released

It’s here! Rejoice! The 3rd – and final – alpha release of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal has been released for your testing pleasure.

3 March 2011
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Ubuntu Unveils New Overlay Scrollbars for Natty

Ubuntu 11.04 continues with the surprises as Mark Shuttleworth and Ubuntu design team unveil ‘overlay scrollbar’s. When is a scrollbar not a scrollbar? When it’s in Ubuntu 11.04, it seems.

3 March 2011
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Follow this Customization Guide for a slick Ubuntu desktop

It was chosen as one of our top 5 readers desktops and  now it’s owner, Joakim Wahlgren, has put together a slick how-to letting you in on how to get the same slick look on […]

3 March 2011