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.
Hot on the heels of it’s older brother, Lubuntu Beta 1 has been made available to download. Improvements Lubuntu beta 1 sees many improvements since the last Alpha release including a beta version of default […]
Typography wallpaper is an awesome little script created by Dave Child that generates a wallpaper using your installed fonts – using a different font and character each time it is run. Download First download the […]
Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 has finally been released following yesterdays postponement. Grab yourself a copy (via torrent, preferably) over @ http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/ If you’re new to the Lucid testing cycle make sure you read through ‘What’s […]
Some comments that Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth recently made on a bug report have been flaming up and down the internet faster than a bushfire in the outback. Annoyingly the “popularity” of said comments is […]
Mark Shuttleworth, in response to the on-going Window Button Controversy™ , stated the he “..would like to experiment with some innovative options” in the right-hand space left free by the button shuffle to the left. […]
If you’re a fan of light themes then the following slice of gtk pie by Zac Barton will surely impress. Taking a popular never-made theme mock-up adding a sprinkling of elementary metacity and then a […]
Hello, I know some of you are fearing that the launch of our new IRC channel has been the cause in a slowdown of new posts over the last few days but let me assure you that […]
The first beta of the Ubuntu 10.04 development cycle has been postponed until tomorrow. In a message to the dev mailing list earlier this evening Steve Langasek states this the reason as: – Owing to […]
The first of two beta releases in the Ubuntu 10.04 development cycle is due to be released later today. Unlike previous Alpha releases no major new features or changes will be introduced at this stage […]
When heading for the ‘Suspend’ in 10.04 you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find that it’s been renamed to sleep. A little change but in the past even I have had to think about whether ‘Suspend’ […]
A change in the unit reading policy of file sizes in Ubuntu 10.04 is causing some confusion amongst early adopters. Previously Ubuntu showed 1MB as 1024 (1 MiB). Now it displays 1MB to be 1000kB. […]
Ubuntu 10.04 will ship with a new open-source Nvidia driver called Nouveau. Whilst only providing 2D support the driver allows Nvidia users to take advantage of several new features within Ubuntu 10.04 such as the […]