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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Celebrate the Vernal Equinox with these Autumnal wallpapers

For those us situated in the upper hemisphere of the globe, today is the Autumn equinox; day and night are once again duelling in tradition with the triumph of night the ever excepted outcome. Why not mark the Equinox on your desktop with a pick from this selection of atmospheric Autumn art?

22 September 2010
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OpenShot once again raises the bar for video editors on Linux with its latest release

A new version of Linux video editor OpenShot has been released today, some 5 months after the previous stable release was made back in March this year. More information, feature list, a demonstration video and download instructions after the jump!

22 September 2010
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Faenza style icons for JDownloader

Users of Faenza who long for Java-based one-click hosting download manager Jdownloader to integrate into their desktops may wish to use the following Faenza-style replacement icons to get slick desktop syncopation.

22 September 2010
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Linux video editor PiTiVi sees new release, brings fixes galore

Ubuntu’s default video editor PiTiVi 0.13.5 has been released today, just in time for inclusion in Ubuntu 10.10. With the new version addressing stability and usability issues rather than adding ‘flashing new features’ the release […]

22 September 2010
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Ubuntu Mascots Vs OS X cats: The Wallpapers

It was so ace it's now a wallpaper. Yep - the tug o' war between Ubuntu (with Geeko from SUSE to boost the ranks) and the OS X cats...

21 September 2010
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OMG! 5! – Five Rhythmbox extensions

We list our five favourite extensible features for Rhythmbox in this weeks OMG! 5!

21 September 2010
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Easily export you Last.fm scrobbles to Libre.fm

If you've longed to make the leap from Last.fm to its’ open-source ‘rival’ Libre.fm but the thought of losing your thousands of scrobbles put you off then do read on...

21 September 2010
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Bricscad comes to Linux: CAD comes of age

Further to DraftSight’s announcement of an imminent Linux port, CAD software developer Bricsys has announced a native Linux release of their commercial CAD software Briscad. Software, it seems, is like buses: you wait ages for […]

21 September 2010
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Linux on TV: ‘The Glades’ – detectives run GNOME on a Windows-branded PC

Benedict ‘the.abyzz’ Mueller dropped off news of the following in the OMG! Ubuntu! inbox, so thanks to him! The Glades, a new A&E Network drama television series that is apparently ‘a bit like CSi’, was […]

20 September 2010
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Awesome image: Ubuntu Mascots take on OS X Cats

The awesome guys & girls over at cloud-storage service SpiderOak served up this image in a blog post earlier today and it duly caught our attention – for all the right reasons! It depicts a […]

20 September 2010
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Elementary styled GMusicBrowser anyone?

As wide in scope as the Elementary project has stretched in the last few years it is still one canon short of an arsenal -  it lacks a dedicated Elementary-styled media player. ~jdorenbush over on […]

20 September 2010
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‘Sent from Ubuntu’ Evolution signature turned off

The addition of a ‘sent from Ubuntu’ signature on mail sent from Ubuntu’s default mail client Evolution in Ubuntu 10.10 has been nixed, with Ubuntu’s Rick Spencer ensuring that the text is switched off by default […]

20 September 2010