Section: News

Getting Started with Google Play Music on Ubuntu

Google's online music service 'Google Play Music' has officially launched in select European countries, having been restricted to America for the last year or so. If you're in the UK, France, Germany, Italy or Spain you can now buy legal music downloads from the some of the worlds biggest record labels.

13 November 2012

New NVIDIA Driver ‘Doubles Performance’ on Linux

The latest NVidia GeForce driver, released yesterday, gives Linux users 'double the performance' and 'dramatically reduces game loading times', according to the company's press release. Having been in development for almost a year, the GeForce R310 driver has been designed to 'showcase the enormous potential of the world's biggest open-source operating system'.

9 November 2012

Ubuntu for Nexus 7 Gets Updated

An updated version of Ubuntu for testing on the Nexus7 tablet has been released.

9 November 2012

Humble Bundle for Android 4 Launches with 5 Titles

It's that time of the seemingly-every-other-month again - yes, it's Humble Bundle time! The Humble Indie Bundle for Android 4 has been launched today with 5 games, plus an extra one for those paying more than 'the average' price.

8 November 2012

Humble Bundle Hire Full Time Linux Dev

The Humble Bundle team have hired a 'prolific Linux games developer' to join their team full time. Edward Rudd, known to many under the nickname of 'urkle', has already been responsible for the porting of 17 games to Mac and Linux for the Bundle.

7 November 2012

Ubuntu 13.04 Daily Builds Go Live

Daily builds of Ubuntu 13.04 - due for release in April 2013 - have today gone live for download.

7 November 2012
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Reddit Users Bypass Steam Linux Beta Invitations

OMG! Ubuntu! have learned from a reader that Reddit users on /r/linux_gaming have already figured out a way to bypass Valve's Beta Invitation - which allow users to start exploring Steam on Linux much earlier than the folks at Valve had likely planned for.

6 November 2012

‘Steam for Linux’ Beta Released

The limited-access beta of Steam for Linux has gone live. Over 60,000 people responded to the call for beta applicants made last month. From this pool an initial subset have been chosen to test the client and report their feedback.

6 November 2012

Almost Half Of Users Have Already Upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10

Almost 50% of OMG! Ubuntu! readers have already upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 - are you one of them?

2 November 2012

Ubuntu PC Sales Skyrocket in 2011

Canonical's VP of Sales and Business Development, Chris Kenyon, shared some interesting stats on Ubuntu's uptake in the world during the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit.

2 November 2012

Linux Mint Lands Another Hardware Deal

The Ubuntu-based Linux Mint distribution have announced a new tie-up with small American hardware reseller ThinkPenguin. For every Mint-branded computer sold by ThinkPenguin 10% of the total sale will be given back to the project.

1 November 2012
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Run Windows Apps in Ubuntu with ‘CrossOver for Linux’ – Free for Today Only

CodeWeavers are giving away their Wine-based CrossOver software for free - but only for the next 24 hours.

31 October 2012