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Linux Foundation Wants Open Standards for What AI is Actually Costing You

The Tokenomics Foundation will work on vendor-neutral benchmarks for token spend, with backing from major players.

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Tuta Joins Other European Companies Under the Euro-Office Umbrella

The growing coalition is days away from shipping Euro-Office’s first stable release.

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Not Kidding! Microsoft Just Brought Linux Commands to Windows Officially

The company that once called Linux a “cancer” is now the one shipping its core tools to Windows users.

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Ubuntu plans to add AI-powered voice input to all text fields

Ever wished you could talk in to a text field rather than type? Ubuntu 26.10 hears you – quite literally. Canonical’s VP of Engineer Jon Seager, at the Ubuntu Summit, said the distro will soon lets users “press a button and talk into any fi…

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GNU Octave 11.2.0 Released with Improved Performance & Fixes

GNU Octave, the open-source programming language for scientific computing and numerical computation, released new 11.2.0 version a few days ago. This is the second release in the 11.x series, which features many performance and core improvements, GUI enhancements, documentation updates, and bug-fixes. First, the new Octave 11.2.0 included many core improvements. It sped up the […]

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Vim Classic is a Vim Fork for People Who Want Their Editor AI-Free

Drew DeVault of SourceHut fame has shipped the first release of his Vim 8.2-based fork.

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Transmission 4.1.2 Released with A Few Dozens of Fixes [PPA Updated]

Transmission, the default BitTorrent client for Ubuntu, released new 4.1.2 version today. This is the second maintenance update for the 4.1 release series that features a few dozens of bug-fixes, and a few performance improvements. First, the new version fixed a bug that could cause duplicate HTTP announces to be sent to trackers. To prevent […]

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Canonical’s Steam Snap for ARM64 is now stable 

Canonical has bumped its Steam Snap for ARM64 to the stable channel. First announced in January, the snap has been tested across ARM64 hardware including the NVIDIA DGX Spark, Radxa Orion O6 and Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, with Canonical now reporting &#8216…

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Shotcut 26.6 Beta added Initial OpenFX & VST2 Filters Support

Shotcut, the free open-source MLT based video editor, released the 26.6 Beta version today. The new version of this Qt video editor introduced some new experimental features, Vulkan in FFmpeg, external monitor improvements, and various bug-fixes. First, shotcut 26.6 added new –experimental command line option. When you starts it with that option, you’ll see a […]

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AlmaLinux Day is Coming to Hollywood's Backyard This July

Expect a new AlmaLinux edition built for media and entertainment workflows to make its debut at the July 18 event.

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KDE Linux is Coming Along Nicely, Ditching the AUR and Tightening Up Security

The project’s May update also brings a better build system and replaces KWalletManager with the new KeepSecret app.

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Play Catan in your terminal with El Poblador, a FOSS clone

El Poblador is a fully playable Settlers of Catan clone that runs entirely in your terminal. Written in Go by developer vicho, El Poblador is a compete rendition of the iconic competitive board game, which is all about resources, trading, building sett…

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Flathub bans AI-coded apps and automated submissions

You’ll have to sift through fewer vibe-coded apps on Flathub in future, as the store has announced a policy change on software made using AI tools. Flathub, the de-facto place to find and install Flatpak applications, is banning the use of “AI” c…

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Linux Lite 8.0 Released! High Performance Kernel & Ubuntu 26.04 Base

After a month of RC testing, Linux Lite 8.0 was finally released today! Linux Lite 8.0, code-name Hematite, is a lightweight Linux Distribution that features XFCE Desktop 4.20 with custom themes and core apps, high performance custom Kernel 7.0, and Ubuntu 26.04 package base. The new version features a high performance custom kernel built specifically […]

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Audacious 4.6 Released! Built-in File Browser & .mpc Support [PPA Updated]

After a few weeks of Beta testing, the lightweight Audacious music player finally announced the new 4.6 version. The new version of this free open-source music player app features built-in file browser, macOS Now Playing, new audio format support and various bug-fixes. First, the new version introduced a built-in file browser through plugin, which can […]

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This Credit Card-Sized Linux Box Has a Keyboard, Camera, and AI Capability

M5Stack’s offering has already pulled in over 10,000 Kickstarter backers.

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Linux App Release Roundup (May 2026)

May 2026 delivered a sizeable set of Linux software updates, including the set I’ve rounded up for your reading pleasure in this post.  The month also saw a buffet of big browser updates, including Firefox 151 with new-look new tab page, Vivaldi …

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Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1 Released, But No Desktop Image for Intel/AMD

The first monthly development release, Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1, is available to download! Ubuntu developer team announced this snapshot last night, though a few images are missing, including Ubuntu 26.10 Desktop image for modern Intel/AMD platform. I’d like to announce the first successful publication of the Stonking Stingray monthly snapshot – Stonking Snapshot 1 (and […]

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Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1 is now available to download

Canonical has released the first monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’. This is the first of 4 planned testing builds in the lead up to the final, stable release of Ubuntu 26.10 on 15 October, 2026. Utkarsh Gupta announced th…

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Canonical takes over Flutter desktop maintenance

Google confirmed at Google I/O 2026 that Canonical is the new lead maintainer and ‘strategic steward’ of Flutter desktop for Windows, macOS and Linux. The announcement of an expanded partnership with Canonical came during the ‘What&#8…

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