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.
Gnome's Help Documentation browser has finally received some long-overdue love and attention, the results of which will be appearing in Ubuntu 11.04.
Reader Christian S. sends word of an automated wallpaper script he's written that helps alleviate boring background blues (with some help from NASA).
As the fresh air of Spring approaches my hemisphere it seems many Linux distros are keen to keep in sync with the fauna and flora around me by birthing themselves some new releases. As I'm a busy chap with unnatural quantities of coffee to brew here is a quick pow-pow over-view of what's blooming in Distro land....
Apt-Linker for Google Chrome automatically turns "apt-get install" commands in online guides and tutorials into clickable apturl links for easy installation of apps in Ubuntu.
Further to our post calling for help in creating an Ambiance theme for Gedit in Ubuntu 11.04, developer Shnatsel has packaged Badschemer - a GtkSourceViewer 'style' editor - into a .deb installer for easy-as-pie installation in Ubuntu.
GNOME Panel looking dull? Try one of these 15 slick backgrounds - plus how to fix annoying panel applet background issues.
The first release of the long awaited e-mail client from the elementary project is now available.
The following small but noteworthy changes landed in yesterdays update to Unity in Ubuntu 11.04. You won't see anything too startling but where you will find is solid, dependable progress in evidence.
Calling designers and/or those with minute attention to detail: want to play your part in shaping Ubuntu 11.04? Of course you do, and here's how.
For as long as I am able to remember the Battery indicator in Ubuntu has, for me, been just shy of useless. Whilst it pictorially displays my battery charge it hasn't been able to provide me with anything more: all I get for enquiring further is a never-changing 'estimating...' menu entry. Thankfully an alternative indicator-shaped solution is available...
An actual 64bit .deb installer for Adobe Air? Yes. Sadly it's not from Adobe themselves, but it does cut out the chore of manually hacking the 32bit binary to install in Ubuntu 64bit.
OpenGL based display management system 'Wayland' - the X Window System replacement proposed for future versions of Ubuntu - has been made available in the Ubuntu 11.04 Repositories.