A new version of free music player Amarok has been released, ported to Qt 6 and no longer using the Phonon audio backend. Details on what’s new inside.
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Are you in the mood to stream or screen-record? If so, a new version of OBS Studio is out with an appreciable set of improvements you’ll want to take advantage of! OBS Studio 31.1 adds support for multitrack video on Linux (and macOS) having been…
Thunderbird 140 ‘Eclipse’ is the latest ESR release of this famed open source email client. See the new features, changes and how to upgrade to it in this post.
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Gradia makes it easy to annotate add text to screenshots in Ubuntu, and now it lets you upload them directly to image hosting sites like Imgur.
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Colourful tab stacks and concise tab context menu are the headline changes on offer the latest update to the Vivaldi web browser.
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How the Jeff is it July, already?! Blink-and-you-miss-it June flew by but it did deliver a number notable Linux app releases to act as blurred mile markers as we hurtle into another month. The redesigned ONLYOFFICE 9.0 generated a lot of opinion; the F…
You don’t need to be a professional photographer (protographer?) to find photo management software digiKam helpful, as the canny crop of new “AI” powered features on offer in the latest release proves. Note: this is a news item coveri…
Firefox 140 released with tab unloading, custom search engines, and more. ESR users gain major new features like tab grouping and vertical tabs.
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A new version of open source productivity suite ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is available, packed out with another round of welcome improvements. ONLYOFFICE 9.0 introduces two new theme options: Modern Light and Modern Dark. Both offer restyled UI elemen…
High Tide, the GTK4/libadwaita TIDAL client for Linux, is now available on Flathub. The app has been in development for a while but installing (and updating) the app has thus far required going to the project’s GitHub page, finding the latest Fla…
A new version of the Raspberry Pi Imager, an open source and cross-platform image writing tool, has been leased for macOS, Windows and Linux.
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The first beta of Audacious 4.5 is available for testing. It brings improved PipeWire support, better Qt/GTK parity, and a number of new plugins and skins.
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I run through a selection of smaller Linux app releases made in May 2025, from a flashy MPD frontend to a local AI-powered image enhancer.
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Firefox 139 adds custom New Tab wallpapers, improved HTTP/3 performance, and AI-powered link previews, but nothing flashy – for the first time in a while.
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It’s been a few months since I spotlighted High Tide, a promising third-party TIDAL client for Linux desktops that’s under active development. I thought I’d recap some of its recent improvements. Before I do: keep in mind High Tide is…
A new version of the Vivaldi web browser is available to download, carrying changes said to make our collective “everyday browsing smoother, faster, and just a little more delightful.” How does Vivaldi 7.4 make browsing the increasingly gam…
NordVPN today announced a major update to its Linux app, adding a much-requested GUI front-end that makes it easier to control, configure and monitor connections. Linux users have been able to use an official, comprehensive command-line interface for N…
Open source system cleaning app BleachBit has put out its first major update in more than a year, adding improved cleaning capabilities, security fixes, and stability buffs. For the benefit of those with dusty memories, BleachBit is a free, open source…
Linux system monitoring app Mission Center has put out its first update in 6 months – and it’s a big one! Mission Center 1.0 adds new hardware tracking, UI tweaks, and refactors its backend to provide palapble performance improvements, boost the …
April brought a solid set of software updates to an assortment of different apps. In this post, I run through recent releases that didn’t get the “whole article” treatment on this blog. Sometimes, it’s a challenge to cover everything …