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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Android Honeycomb wallpaper pack

Some wallpapers from Android Honeycomb. Many of which look lovely on Ubuntu.

24 February 2011
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Unity 2d’s new design in motion [Video]

Unity 2D - the Qt implementation of Ubuntu's Unity interface that doesn't require 3D graphic drivers, etc. - is advancing apace. In this video you can see just how slick Unity's little sibling is looking...

24 February 2011
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Banshee 1.9.4 Alpha for Windows released

The first alpha of Banshee 1.9.4 for Windows has been officially released for testing.

23 February 2011
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Firefox 4 improves appearance in Ubuntu

The latest nightly build of Mozilla Firefox 4 is looking rather dapper in Ubuntu of late, reader Sjoerd mailed us to say. And, indeed, it is!

22 February 2011
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‘Photo a day’ app Photostory adds new features

Photostory is a small application for taking a daily snapshot of yourself using your webcam. It's recently added some great new features. Read on for more.

22 February 2011
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Web browser Midori ditches menu bar by default

The latest development release of Midori follows the recent trend of web browsers downsizing their menu cruft in favour of 'Google Chrome' style single-button menus.

22 February 2011
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Banshee Alpha for Windows coming next week and other Banshee news

The much anticipated alpha release of Banshee for Windows is coming next week. The Windows port is attracting a lot of new contributors, bringing our new Windows effort up to 5 people actively working on […]

21 February 2011
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How to get your Realtek card reader working in Ubuntu

This guide will walk owners of HP Mini 110 series and Compaq Mini CQ10-500 series netbook owners - along with any one else owning a device using a Realtek rts5159 card reader - through downloading and installing the required driver.

21 February 2011
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Ubuntu Pocket Reference app for Android

Being an avid user of Android I'm always on the hunt for Ubuntu related apps on the Market place. A few days ago I came across 'Ubuntu pocket reference' - a free application for Android that claims to list 'the most popular and most useful Ubuntu/Linux commands.'

21 February 2011
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Unity launcher icon size to be resizable?

The Unity Launcher may, after all, end up with a few user-adjustable settings. A recent Unity launcher 'hack' by Andrea Azzarone allows icons on the Unity launcher to re-sized. By dragging a simple slider within Unity's CCSM settings page icons can be made as small as 32px or as big as 64px.

21 February 2011
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Unity theme for DockBarX

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Serial designer - and perennial OMG! favourite - BigRZA has begun a work-in-progress theme for panel applet 'DockBarX' that aims to admirably ape the look and feel of Ubuntu 11.04's Unity launcher, which is itself a work in progress. The video below shows it in action.

21 February 2011

Navisurfer II serves up Ubuntu in a fresh way

Have you gone the extra mile to install Ubuntu on every device you possibly can, even your kitchen toaster? When you get yourself a shiny new car, is the first thing you do customize it? Then the Navisurfer II is just what you need to "pimp your ride".

21 February 2011