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.
Reader Cullum Saunders pinged us with an interesting concept for an intelligent, friendly ambient boot screen, which he demoes in the video below. “It’s based on two ideas. The design teams idea for a wallpaper […]
Fed up of the old-look Ubuntu Wiki? Enable the re-branded new style version.
Natty's default application line-up will see not any major deviation from that included in Maverick.
Banshee is to be the default music player in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal - providing issues with disc space can be overcome.
Widgets on the desktop; some people can be quite snooty about them but there is a reason they are available by default on two of the most popular Operating Systems. ~Musl1m on DevinatArt thinks Unity has an opportunity there and has mocked up the following example of what Widgets on Unity could look like.
With Ubuntu 11.04 switching to a combined Netbook and Desktop image only one music player can takes its place on default. The formal decision is due tomorrow but before then why not have some fun and let everyone know which player -you- would make default.
Get your hands on these delectable mono icons for Deluge.
Ubuntu's Jorge Castro has confirmed that Maverick users will be able to test the newly announced Compiz port of Unity via a PPA 'as soon as possible'
The release of Mozilla's Firefox 4 has been pushed back to early 2011 despite being slated for relase in late 2010.
LimeWire, arguably one of the world's most well-known peer-to-peer file-sharing services, has been ordered to permanently shut down operations after a U.S. Federal judge found it liable for copyright infringement on a massive scale.
Let's take a break of all the wonderful UDS coverage to explore the first steps towards a new Podcast UI in Banshee.
During Mark's keynote address at the Ubuntu Developer Summit he played a very slick new video advertisement for Ubuntu. Whilst I doubt this will be rocking up on your TV anytime soon it's nonetheless an extremely slick introduction to Ubuntu and what it's all about.