Joey Sneddon

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Publisher and Editor at OMG! Ubuntu!

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11 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 25.04

5 days ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

The Ubuntu 25.04 release is packed full of fresh features, updated apps and other upgrades that deliver a practical, pleasing out-of-the-box experience. —Perhaps not a perfect one, though. What’s new in Ubuntu 25.04? All of this… I just installed Ubuntu 25.04 on my “couch potato” laptop and there were some “things” I needed to do to make the experience better — albeit for me.
How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04

1 week ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

Using Ubuntu 24.10 and want to upgrade to the new Ubuntu 25.04 release? Providing that you’re full up-to-date and you have an active internet connection, you can upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 directly, no need to do a fresh install. And now is as good a time as any. Ubuntu 24.10 supports ends in July, and those using it after that date will need to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 to continue receiving security updates.
It's Here: Ubuntu 25.04 Now Available for Download

1 week ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

Pull the party poppers and unpack the cake as today is Ubuntu release day — and Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is now available to download. Ubuntu 25.04 is arguably the most polished & performant release to date!The latest short-term release of the world’s best-known desktop Linux operating system, Ubuntu 25.04 receives ongoing support until January 2026 — not long, but Ubuntu 25.10 is out in October, with direct upgrades available from 25.04.
VirtualBox 7.1.8 Adds Support for Linux Kernel 6.14

1 week ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

Ubuntu 25.04 is out this week and many will be turning to virtual machine to test, trial or tie the release into their development workflows — perfect timing for a new version of VirtualBox, then!Oracle today (April 15) issued the fourth maintenance update in the current VirtualBox 7.1 series. No new features were added but a flurry of bug fixes, stability boosts and integration buffs are present, which users across all supported OSes will benefit from.
Ubuntu 25.10 is Officially Named 'Questing Quokka'

1 week ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

Drum roll those desks to help build some suspense because the Ubuntu 25.10 codename has been confirmed as …’Questing Quokka’. The new Ubuntu codename keeps with convention, following alphabetical order—previous release was a ‘P’—and using an adjective/noun and animal combo. Canonical previously teased a new codename, tweeting (or whatever the equivalent term is now it’s called X) “Quizzical Quokka” — on April 1, aka April Fools’ day.
Rnote 0.12 Released with Improved Linux Note-Taking Features

1 week ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

A major new release of Rnote, an open-source app for taking handwritten notes, sketching out ideas and annotating documents and pictures, is out. Rnote 0.12 brings several new features, new customisation and configuration options, user experience buffs, bug fixes, and other lower-level tune-ups. For those unfamiliar with it, Rnote is a digital note-taking app built using GTK4 and Rust.
Pinta 3.0 Released With New Effects and GTK4 Port

1 week ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

Indulging your casual creativity (read: making memes, defacing selfies, etc) using open-source tools is made easier with the long-awaited release of Pinta 3.0.Pinta, as long-time Linux users will be aware, is a cross-platform raster graphics tool with a feature set and user-interface partly inspired by popular Windows image editing tool Paint.NET. I previewed the Pinta 3.0 beta back in January and came away impressed.
Linux Mint Introducing Regex Searches to Nemo

2 weeks ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

Finding the exact files you want in the Nemo file manager will soon be easier and faster. Linux Mint has announced ‘enhanced’ search functionality will feature in the next major release of its GTK-based Nemo file manager (likely to see release the same time as Cinnamon 6.5 and be shipped out-of-the-box in Linux Mint 22.1 this July). New filters let you search, sift and surface files using regular expressions (often abbreviated to simply ‘regex’) queried against filenames (not contents).
Firefox Nightly Introduces Experimental Link Previews with AI Summary

2 weeks ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

Hate having to read an article to understand what it’s saying and would rather read what an AI says it (potentially) says instead? Mozilla Firefox has your back. Saltiness aside, the latest nightly builds of Firefox 139 include an experimental web link preview feature which shows (among other things) an AI-generated summary of what that page is purportedly about before you visit it, saving you time, a click, or the need to ‘hear’ a real human voice.
Celluloid 0.28 Adds Lua Module Support, Refreshes UI

2 weeks ago | omgubuntu.co.uk | Joey Sneddon

Open-source video player Celluloid premiered a new release this weekend with user-interface improvements, support for Lua models and more. Celluloid is a popular GTK front-end to MPV, the (incredibly) configurable cross-platform, command-line based media player, and makes many of MPV’s more advanced features a touch easier for users to find, try and benefit from.