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.
How many times has an IM conversation popped seemingly out of nowhere after you were sure you had closed Empathy? In an update to the messaging menu today you will finally be able to tell […]
The default messaging client in Ubuntu 10.04 remains Empathy and although it has some detractors still smarting over the switch from perennial favourite Pidgin Empathy remains a fully capable and easy to use messaging client. […]
Having just reinstalled Ubuntu 10.04 I couldn't help but notice how "un-integrated" Firefox looks in the default set up. But this mismatch can be remedied by applying custom 'personas' - Firefox themes - to the browser.
Call me petty but i’m loving the new buttons Guayadeque is rocking out with in the latest updates. Very nice! It’s particularly awesome to see Guayadeque continue to push forward in crafting a distinctive look […]
UK users of OpenSource software could be restricted from watching and accessing free-to-air television signals if the BBC are granted permission to introduce DRM into their broadcasts. The result will make the use of non-sanctioned […]
If you read OMG! regularly you’ll likely be aware that there a few community artists/designers/themers that we really dig (DanRabbit, Mastropino and ZacBarton to name but a few.) Well the pantheon of win is about […]
We’ve blogged previously about the new-look installation slideshow (designed by Dylan McCall, Michael Forrest and Otto Greenslade) that will greet all users installing of Ubuntu 10.04 – but today finally saw it get pushed into actual […]
Although popular Dock application Docky is available in the repositories of Ubuntu 10.04 one of the most popular Docklets, for it, the GMail notifer docklet, doesn’t currently function in Lucid. Whilst entering your user credentials […]
The front of the Ubuntu homepage is now displaying a lead for the forthcoming Ubuntu 10.04 release, under the slogan ‘change is coming’. Just look at how the new branding elements contrast again the drab […]
Today is likely the last chance for UK citizens to demand full Parliamentary debate on the Governments’ proposed Digital Economy Bill before it slips into a political ‘loop hole’ known as Wash Up where it […]
I know, I know: you hate minor posts. I get it, but I just noticed that one of fave Linux artists, 0rAX0, has uploaded an Elementary icon for Caffeine, the cool power-inhibiter application. You can download the icons from gnome-look.org. […]
I held off mentioning last nights arrival of new (albeit WIP) icons in Ubuntu 10.04 because I know how much ‘minor‘ posts about visual changes irritate (some of) you. Typical that I wake up to […]