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.
Microsoft Office has it, OpenOffice may/will/should/was getting something similar - but what about its' fork LibreOffice? LibreOffice user by ~usrnametaken has mocked-up what it might look like, should LibreOffice ever go down the ribbon route.
I'm addicted to reading my horoscope everyday. For real. Call me gullible or call me cool but it's something I've grown up doing and I'm too lazy to bother stop doing so now. But why do I have to get my astrological fix by running an OS X dashboard widget in Ubuntu?
Wikipedia is ace but it wouldn't hurt looking a little bit nicer, right? Chrome extension 'Ubuki' aims to do just this by replacing the default Wikipedia font with the gorgeous new Ubuntu font.
A few new features/options for Unity landed in the Ubuntu 11.04 alpha recently.
We once labeled it no more than 'Banshee with ads', but Moovida core media player has really come on in leaps and bounds since then. Albeit for Windows. So just where is the Linux port at? We find out...
A new 2D implementation of Unity, Ubuntu 11.04's new default desktop, is to be made available for users without accelerated 3D graphics support, in addition to the 'Classic Ubuntu desktop'.
The first Linux release of award-winning open-source Wi-Fi scanner tool inSSIDer 2 has been made available for download. inSSIDer scans any network(s) available to your WiFi card/dongle and tracks the signal strength over time even if you’re […]
Natty alpha testers keen to gain Firefox app-menu support now can, thanks to the work of Ubuntu's Chris Coulson. The small extension enables Firefox's app menu to be displayed in the panel as most other applications shipped with Ubuntu are able to do. The result helps bring a clean and consistent experience to the Ubuntu 11.04 desktop.
OneTeam instant messenger - ever heard of it? I hadn't either until news of its 'open-sourcing' caught a bit of attention in late December last year. Intrigued, I took the 'still in beta' client for a spin and found a lot to like, but nothing to love...
The third release candidate of OpenOffice fork LibreOffice has been made available for download.
Ubuntu 11.04 will include 'at least 3' non-photographic wallpapers, a move many designers within the community have been longing for.
Squashed for screen space? Whilst my desktop has 1440x900 glorious pixels to fill my netbook sadly doesn't. As such I tend to run all my apps maximized on my netbook, I noticed that by removing the title bar from app windows could free up some much needed room - but how do you go about doing it?