OMG! Ubuntu! is a Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 review blog that was launched in August 2009, that provides reviews, developments and updates about Ubuntu

Ubuntu (operating system)

Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...

 and its derivatives. The website is part of the Ohso Ltd Network. Its main focus is average Ubuntu users, rather than developers.

The site was registered on September 2, 2009, although it had existed prior to this date at another URL. Editor-in-Chief Joey-Elijah Sneddon reported in late May 2011 that OMG! Ubuntu! receives 3 million page views per month.

While initially based on Blogger

Blogger (service)

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, the site now employs WordPress

WordPress

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 blog software, with a custom theme designed by Ohso's co-owner and OMG! Ubuntu! writer Benjamin Humphrey and various custom built widgets and plugins.

Format

The site primarily provides blog-style updates about Ubuntu

Ubuntu (operating system)

Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...

 news as well as interviews with key people in the Linux community, such as Jono Bacon

Jono Bacon

Jono Bacon is a community manager, writer, musician and software developer, originally from the United Kingdom, but now based in California...

, Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish software engineer and hacker, best known for having initiated the development of the open source Linux kernel. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel, and now acts as the project's coordinator...

, and Jeff Waugh

Jeff Waugh

Jeff Waugh is an Australian free software and open source software developer. He is a consultant for Waugh Partners and is known for his past prominence in the GNOME and Ubuntu projects and communities.- Career :...

.

The site has a degree of integration with Ask Ubuntu

Ask Ubuntu

Ask Ubuntu is a community driven Question and Answer website for the Ubuntu operating system. It is part of the Stack Exchange Network, running the same software as Stack Overflow....

, by including high-ranking questions and information from the site.

In April 2011, to celebrate the release of Ubuntu 11.04 and as a response to the confusion surrounding the introduction of the Unity interface

Unity (user interface)

Unity is a shell interface for the GNOME desktop environment developed by Canonical Ltd for its Ubuntu operating system. Unity debuted in the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.10. It is designed to make more efficient use of space given the limited screen size of netbooks, including, for example, a...

, the site launched an interactive guide to help new users.

Other products

The OMG! Ubuntu! website has also released a commercial software

Commercial software

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 game for the Ubuntu platform called Volley Brawl, available through the Ubuntu Software Centre.

A free Android application for viewing the website is available.