Collabora Online Turns 10, Refusing to Hand Over Your Data to Someone Else's AI

Its newest version pulls in improvements from CODE 26.04, so there’s AI involved.

Thunderbird 153.0 ESR Released with DNS over HTTPS & Native ThunderMail Services

Thunderbird, Mozilla’s free open-source PIM (personal information manager) software, released new 153.0 version on Wednesday. The new version is an ESR (Extended Support Release) release, with more than one year support, designed for organization and education use. The new 153.0 release finally introduced native ThunderMail services support. Without installing a separate extension/add-on, user can now […]

FOSS Weekly #26.30: Vocalinux, My Computer, Alacritty Terminal, TDF Against Microsoft and More Linux Stuff

Torvalds’s love-hate relationship with AI continues.

Plex's Open Source Alternative Jellyfin is Having a Leadership Crisis

The departures come just months after the project flagged burnout as a growing risk.

Hister: Search Local Files Instantly in Linux

The post Hister: Search Local Files Instantly in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Hister is a self-hosted search tool that indexes your local files and browser history, so you can quickly search both
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Getting Windows-Like "My Computer" Feel on Linux File Manager

Get a beautiful, unified view of what drives and locations are on your computer in Nautilus file manager with this plugin.

COSMIC Desktop 1.4.0 Released with Enhanced System Monitor

COSMIC, the default desktop environment for System76’s Pop!_OS, released new 1.4.0 version today. The new version of this free open-source Linux desktop, code-name “Epoch”, introduced some new features for its core system monitor app, and fixed various issues. To make the desktop work correctly on more Linux systems, the new version now tells “I’m ready” […]

osip @ Savannah: osip2 [5.3.2]

A new security release was published today! A minor Out-of-bounds Read was discovered. And fixed!

No confidential impact is possible.

A very low risk of crash is possible.

Enjoy & update!

Aymeric

Nextcloud Names Christian Fu Müller as AI Team Lead

The hire points to Nextcloud’s plan to deepen AI automation while preserving its privacy- and safety-first model.
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New to Linux? This 10-day checklist will help you settle in nice and easy

I wish I had followed this 10-day plan when I started using Linux 30 years ago.

Here’s why your Ubuntu 26.04 install is quiet about updates

If Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hasn’t nagged you about pending updates in a while, there’s a reason for that. A Launchpad bug report and related discussion on the Ubuntu Discourse noticed that the distro’s update-manager no longer notifies when …

Firefox 153 enables Containers by default, and you can create your own – here’s how

Containers are a boon to your browsing security and privacy. Out of the box, Firefox now gives you four pre-configured containers: Personal, Work, Banking, and Shopping.

Raspberry Pi launch 10-inch Touch Display 2 for $80

Raspberry Pi has launched a 10-inch version of its Touch Display 2 with a 1200×1920 resolution and 10-point captive touchscreen for $80/£77. 5-inch and 7-inch variants of the Touch Display 2 have been available for a while, but Raspberry Pi’s Gor…

T-Mobile will give you the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip for under $100 – here’s how to get one

New and existing T-Mobile customers can save up to $1,100 on Samsung’s latest flip phone now (including the pink color). Here’s how.

OBS Studio 32.2.0 Released with SDR&to HDR Composer Sniffnet 1.5.1 added Latency Check Ubuntu 26.04 DEB

Sniffnet, the popular network traffic monitoring software, released new 1.5.1 version today. The new version of this free open-source software added some minor new features, translation updates, and fixed some issues. Without the requirement of running ping command from terminal, the new version now displays Latency row in the connection details page. To avoid extra […]

UbuntuHandbook 2026-07-22 07:20:01

OBS Studio, the popular software for desktop recording and live streaming, released new 32.2.0 version today for Linux, Windows, and macOS. The new version of this free open-source software added native .deb package for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, many new features, performance improvements, and various bug-fixes. First, the new 32.2.0 version improved it’s UI/UX experience by […]

VirtualBox 7.2.14 Released with Initial Linux 7.2 Kernel Support

Oracle announced the 7.2.14 version of the VirtualBox virtualization software on Tuesday for Linux, Windows, macOS, and Solaris. The new version of this free open-source hypervisor added initial Linux 7.2 Kernel support, though the kernel version is still in RC development stage. Linux 7.2 is the mainline kernel that’s in development, and, predicted to be […]

What made me finally switch to Vivaldi as my default Linux web browser

I’ve been an Opera/Firefox fan for a long time, but I recently switched to Vivaldi on Linux. The reasons may or may not surprise you.

Ubuntu 26.10 will add Ubuntu Certified checking to Settings

Wondering if your laptop or desktop PC is Ubuntu Certified? Ubuntu 26.10 is adding a new way to check from the Settings app. A new row in Settings > System > About reads “check if this computer is Ubuntu Certified”. Clicking it opens a new …

I tested the System76 Thelio Mira: it’s the custom Linux desktop of my dreams

The System76 Thelio Mira Custom is a whisper-quiet ’boutique” Linux workstation that actually feels practical.