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.
More cool Compiz-inspired effects for your Linux desktop including claw-ripping, tv tune-out, and Matrix-style dissolving. All totally OTT, all super cool.
A new job listing at Canonical shows that the company is taking gaming on Ubuntu seriously. Choosing graphics drivers is among tasks the new job requires.
Planning to indulge your creative ice this year? If so, check out the release of Pinta 2.0. The open source image editor has been ported to GTK3 & .NET 6.
A saccharine post of colossally cloy sincerity expressed through the medium of words (when I can enter them in the right order), topped with appreciation.
It's big, bold, and controversial – and it's now here. Libadwaita 1.0 has been released. Learn why it's a big deal, and what it could mean for Ubuntu.
Arc Menu GNOME extension just released a new version. It adds a menu layout inspired by Windows 11 (again), plus a standalone mode. Learn more in this post.
Firefox tells me about Mozilla VPN every time I open the browser. In this post I let off some steam about it, and detail how to disable it.
Learn how to install Flatpak on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later to access hundreds of Flatpak apps available on Flathub — it's easier than you think!
A faster way to toggle settings in GNOME Shell is explored in these mockups from the GNOME design team. Though not final, they hint at an exiciting future.
Fans of the Enlightenment desktop need to check out the new Enlightenment 0.25 release. It includes a new look, fingerprint support, and more.
The Maui Project recently shared designs for a new convergent Linux shell that will work across mobile devices and regular desktops — and it really fires the imagination. Now, “convergent” Linux UIs aren’t new. Ubuntu […]
Big improvements are on offer in the latest release of Darktable, an open source alternative to Adobe Lightroom. Full details on the what and why's inside.
Big performance improvements are on offer in the latest update to Audacity, the open source audio editor, as well as new shortcuts and several UI tweaks.
It's been a good year for Linux distros with plenty of highlights and few surprises throughout the year. But here are my picks for best Linux distro 2021.
A big update to open source graphics app Krita is available. Krita 5.0 includes a huge number of enhancements as well several major new features.
Thunderbird is Ubuntu’s default e-mail client but it’s not the most well integrated of tools — at least, not by default. For instance, some Linux apps (e.g., Telegram) show an unread count on the Ubuntu […]
We look at elementary OS 6.1 "Jólnir", which is available to download. An improved App Center experience and new Alt + Tab switcher is among the changes.
As OS-prober is disabled in GRUB 2.06, Ubuntu 22.04 won't add Windows or other Linux distros to your boot menu. We explain why and share a fix.