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.
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 […]
Panflute is a GNOME panel applet for controlling music playback and displaying playback information. The successor to the popular GNOME Music Applet, Panflute boasts many features its predecessor doesn’t including a seek bar and support […]
Shotwell is a photo management and editing application that is fast gaining popularity. Today Yorba, the team behind Shotwell, announced the release of version 0.5.0 which sees the application gain many new features including photo […]
Thanks to an aptly titled reader called SuperMatt we now have an IRC channel. Feel free to chime in whenever — can’t promise I’ll always be on there (i have posts to, well, post) but I’ll try. […]
The repositioning of window button controls in Ubuntu 10.04 has undoubtedly been one of the most ‘controversial’ decisions taken by the OS team period. They change can seem both trivial – they are just window […]
Since launching our, for want of a better term, ‘OMG! Blog! Idol’ yesterday we’ve received a veritable sack-load of submissions and ideas — thank you so much people! Although nothing is going be decided on just […]
Ubuntu many be getting a visual refresh for 10.04 but don’t expect an audible one as well. The system sound theme will likely be staying the same – and not on purpose! A commenter on […]
Despite Google Chrome/Chromium being able to use native GTK colouring the results are more often than not disappointing. Thus getting Chrome to blend in with your desktop works best when using Chrome Themes. Ubuntu Chrome […]
Pinta is a simple GTK drawing and graphics editing programme modelled after Windows application Paint.NET. New Features Version 0.2 has just been released adding the following features to the tool-set: – 5 new tools – […]