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.
Do you want the aesthetics of i3-gaps but without the i3 bit? If so, that’s exactly what the wryly titled ‘Useless Gaps’ GNOME extension gives you. The dev says of their creation that it adds […]
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is going to be very orange. I didn’t want to write about this change quite so soon as a) it’s not finished or final and b) the code hasn’t landed in Ubuntu […]
You’ve decked the halls, put up the lights, and thrown handful upon handful of garish, glass baubles at the nearest tree — next xmas task: decorating your Ubuntu desktop? There’s no reason your desktop should […]
If you like App Images and want an easier way to find, download, and update them, check out AppImage Pool. This app is pretty cool — come see!
First came a GNOME extension reimplementing wobbly windows, then we saw the return of the (very cool) 3D desktop cube effect — now comes the final part of the holy Compiz trinity: window fire. For […]
Pop!_OS is now available for the Raspberry Pi. The sweetly-named Pop!_Pi is available to download as a ‘tech preview’ alongside the latest Pop!_OS 21.10 release from System76. While Pop!_Pi is the first version of Pop!_OS […]
System76 have slipped in to their Santa suits to deliver Linux users an early festive treat: Pop!_OS 21.10. Yes, the latest version of their Ubuntu-based Linux distro is available to download. It includes a new […]
Kdenlive 21.12 is out. Several pro features are added to the free video editor in this update, including AI-enhanced motion tracking and multi-cam editing.
Linux Mint 20.3 beta is available to download do dp go hands-on to find out what's changed. From a revamped theme to a new app, there's plenty to see.
We look at various ways to customise the GNOME Shell clock. From showing the date through to creating a 'stacked' layout split across two lines.
If you want to move notifications on Ubuntu to a different part of the screen, you can. We look at three way to change notification position in this post.
A 743 word opine on my inability to settle on a colour treatment for a part of the site most people scroll away from pretty quickly.
'Video Trimmer' is a small, supremely-focused editing too for cutting down video clips. It just got a new release with a few new features – details inside.
Zorin OS 16 Lite is now available to download. In this post we look at what's new in Zorin OS 16 Lite, and how well it runs on lower-spec'd computers.
I launch headfirst into 2009, aka the era flashy Linux desktop effects, as I check out a new GNOME extension that enables a rotating 3D cube desktop effect.
'Sticky' is a desktop sticky notes app created by Linux Mint but available to install on Ubuntu. We look at its features and show you how to install it.
Firefox 95 is rolling out to users on Windows, macOS and Linux. This update has a new security feature and enhanced support for Slack. More details inside.
A new version of the free 3D creation software Blender is out and it looks phenomenal. Blender 3.0 comes with new features and updates like an upgraded ‘Cycles X’ rendering engine, 2-3 times better mesh […]