A few days back a new default wallpaper landed in Ubuntu 10.10 and whilst we weren’t convinced that this was the final iteration (our own post on it was layered with a questioning tone) the reaction […]
It’s August the 1st already! Geesh… time flies when you’re busy blogging! Here are the 10 most read posts here on OMG! last month. The best advert for Ubuntu you’ve probably never seen… OMG! Ubuntu! […]
A new mockup of Gnome Shell shown off at GUADEC this week gives us a hint as to what the it may look like further down the track. While it’s a distinct improvement on what […]
After a couple of months and many, many delays, The Ubuntu Manual Team has released Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 in some more languages, Greek and German. The setbacks in translated editions being released was […]
We’ve opened up an OMG! Merchandise Store (link since removed) where you can purchase exciting designs printed on everything from clocks to t-shirts and help support us at the same time. We don’t get any […]
I’m sure we’ve all asked dumb questions on IRC when we started using Ubuntu – and I’m sure those that hang out in IRC support channels like #ubuntu are all too familiar with said questions. […]
The Ubuntu Developer Week is back and at it again for another fun-filled, action-packed week of learning and education on how you can contribute to Ubuntu and become an exciting developer. Developers are in shortage […]
In an article I wrote a few weeks ago, I talked about how the little things count when it comes to product quality. Unfortunately, not all developers have enough time or knowledge to add that extra […]
No, The Ubuntu Manual Project is indeed not dead. We’ve just been quieter than usual recently due to a number of things, mainly because our core contributors have been tied up with University exams taking […]
Seif Lotfy from Zeitgeist and Elementary fame has been working on a new file searcher/browser called “Sezen” that provides contextualized results based on time and file type. Sezen makes use of Tracker and Zeitgeist to give […]
There are some awesome screenshots of desktops in the OMG! Ubuntu! Facebook group so I thought it would be cool to post ten of the coolest ones here for you guys to admire, ask questions about […]
Our favourite alternative to the main Ubuntu menu applet has received an update today which makes it easier to configure settings and also includes a new plugin to perform Google searches right from your desktop! The new […]
A GNOME panel applet to search the internet and local files, that sits in your panel like the one in Unity would be awesome, but I can’t find one for the life of me. I’ve […]
We’ve featured a lot of wallpapers recently ” but they’ve all been quite striking, colourful or, in the words of my mother ‘”fancy”. http://www.minimalwall.com features backgrounds that are far removed from that and, as such, […]
I’m interested to see what you guys think the biggest selling points, and the biggest issues are in Ubuntu right now. I use Ubuntu because it’s fast, reliable, secure, pretty and safe. It lets me […]
The first Alpha of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat has been made available for download. This is the first of four Alpha releases before the 10.10 beta in September. As to be expected so close after […]
Confirming the long-rumoured general release date, Google has announced that its new Chrome OS will be released in the Autumn (or fall, to American readers). For those of you unfamiliar with Chrome OS, it is […]
Boxee was demoed at UDS with the hopes of getting it into the main Ubuntu repositories, and I say rock on! It’s an amazingly polished home media center running Linux that allows you to stream media […]