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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Docky Adds Session Docklet by Default

Remember that awesome scroll-tastic session management docklet that we drooled lovingly about middle of last week? Well Docky now includes it by default! Hurrah! Users of the DOcky PPA will see this slip in via […]

28 March 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Window Buttons back on the right (sort of)

Welcome back to another round of Eyes down! Look in! where we briefly run-down some of the minor changes that Lucid has garnered over the last few days that we almost didn’t pick up on… […]

28 March 2010
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Desktop Imgur.com Uploader ‘Gimgur’

Many OMG! readers use image-hosting service imgur.com for uploading screenshots to share in our IRC or in the comment sections of posts. Due to popular screenshot tool Shutter lacking Imgur support most users have to […]

28 March 2010
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GNOME Media Player Adds Volume control; 2nd release in 2 days

GNOME Media Player has issued a second stable release in as many days, this time adding volume control support alongside numerous bug fixes. This feature was much requested by users and gives the multi-engine player […]

27 March 2010
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Little things that matter: Lucid restart warning

One way in which Ubuntu 10.04 will alert users of the need to restart their machines is by turning the panel power icon red. An unobtrusive yet excellent way to notify users who may have […]

27 March 2010
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Docky CPU Docklet to add power management control

Docky fans rejoice – the CPU docklet is getting some proposed changes that allow users to manage CPU speed directly from the docklet itself via some right-click karate. This change isn’t in trunk yet so […]

26 March 2010
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First stable version of GNOME Media Player Released; gains ad-hoc engine support

The first stable release of GNOME Media Player – formally GNOME VLC – is now available. This release sees the fresh-faced newcomer gain support for 3 engines (VLC, Xine and GStreamer) for playing media, with […]

26 March 2010
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Shutter screenshot tool updates; Gains Ton of new features

Indomitable screenshot tool Shutter sees the releases of a new version today that sees it add a slew of welcome new features including: – Ability to “redo” screenshot New speech bubble shapes in the editor […]

26 March 2010
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Pino Twitter Adds Spell checking, fixes missing cursor

Pino twitter application has updated itself with two very important fixes Spell check Fixes the missing cursor in entry field issue The Pino application website also has had a minimal makeover. Looking good! Install Pino […]

26 March 2010
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Ubuntu Reverts File Size Reading Changes

The introduction of a new file size unit reading policy in Ubuntu 10.04 that caused many users confusion has now been reverted and postponed until Ubuntu 10.10. The debut of the new policy was, as […]

26 March 2010
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…and the other changes.

Over the last day or so there has been a veritable flood of little refinements to the odd icon here, a revision in wording there and some really awesome changes slap-bang in the middle of […]

26 March 2010
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Ask Ubuntu’s Jono Bacon Whatever You Like – Weekly!

Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon’s live interactive Ubuntu community videocast ‘At Home With Jono Bacon‘ is moving to a new weekly slot from next week. The show, broadcast on ustream.tv, sees Jono discuss the latest […]

26 March 2010