Joey Sneddon is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of OMG! Ubuntu. Since 2009, he has reported on Ubuntu and the wider open-source and Linux ecosystem, covering every major Ubuntu release since 9.04 to the present. With 16 years of hands-on experience reporting on Ubuntu and Linux, his coverage has been cited by leading technology news sites including Ars Technica, Engadget and Forbes.
"Unexpected complications" have delayed the second point release to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The new HWE stack will also arrive later than planned.
Heard about Ubuntu's new installer built with Flutter? Well, it's shipping by default in the latest Ubuntu 23.04 daily builds - I grabbed an ISO to test it.
Mozilla Firefox 109 is the latest version of this open-source, cross-platform web browser. This update adds a new unified extensions button, plus bug fixes.
A look at the latest updates to Burn My Windows and Desktop Clock GNOME extensions, with more personalisation options offers by these blingy bolt-ons.
A quick post about the latest update to Black Box, a GTK4/libadwaita terminal emulator for Linux desktop that focuses on being 'beautiful' – and yup, it is!
We all dream of software updates that makes our computers faster. Now System76, who develop the Pop!_OS Linux distro, have made it a reality.
A new Xubuntu Minimal installation image will be available to download this spring. The first official release will be produced alongside Xubuntu 23.04.
Want to add Markdown preview to the Gedit text editor? With the Gedit Markdown Preview extension (catchy name, eh?) you can do so quickly. See how!
GNOME's design team are exploring ways to make window focus more obvious when switching between apps. One proposal is available for testing, here's how.
We look at Time Switch, a GTK app makes it easy to schedule a restart or shutdown on Ubuntu. It also allows you to run a custom command at a specific time.
Things were looking promising for ZFS on Ubuntu. In 2019 Ubuntu was the first major Linux distro to offer a ZFS install option. Sadly, things have changed.
I look at using Nala on Ubuntu. Nala is a great alternative to Ubuntu's default package manager. It's faster, nice to look at, and more featured than APT.
Mouse cursor effects are a great way to draw attention to an area of the screen during screencasts and presentations. Here's how to enable one in Ubuntu.
Monitorets is a very simple app that shows live updating graphs for CPU, RAM, network, and disk usage. It can also show GPU and temperature information too.
GTK Paint.NET clone Pinta has a new version out. In this post I run through what's new, plus tell you how you can install Pinta 2.1 on your system.
Keep that vital reminder, task, or goal in mind with this simple GNOME extension. It lets you enter text (including emoji) and see it on the GNOME panel.
Using this free, open source app you can convert an image into another image format on Linux, including converting an image to a PDF. Learn more inside.
If you're an avid follower of financial markets or the stock price of specific companies then definitely invest in one of these 2 GNOME extensions.