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.
Some wallpapers from Android Honeycomb. Many of which look lovely on Ubuntu.
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...
The first alpha of Banshee 1.9.4 for Windows has been officially released for testing.
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!
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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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".