If you’re still running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), heads up: Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) ended this month and your system is no longer receiving security updates. Having debuted in April 2016, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS received five years of…
Read MoreIt may look like a small addition, but standardizing something many Linux users already do can improve workflows, application behavior, and even documentation over time.
Read MoreCanonical’s plan favors local inference and open models over cloud-dependent AI services.
Read MoreChatter from a Fedora developer meeting points to Microsoft wanting to shift Azure Linux closer to Fedora.
Read MoreAI features are coming to Ubuntu in 2026, though Canonical has made clear that the distro is not becoming an AI product. In a community post, Jon Seager, VP of engineering at Canonical, says the company is “ramping up its use of AI tools in a foc…
Read MoregThumb, the free open-source image viewer and organizer, is finally porting to GTK4 plus LibAdwaita. With version 4.0 alpha, the user interface has been rewritten in Vala that looks modern and native in recent GNOME based distros, such as Ubuntu and Fedora Workstation. As you see in the screenshot, the new development version features rounded […]
Read MoreArchived, unarchived, and archived again, the repo’s status may keep changing, but MinIO’s direction hasn’t.
Read MoreMozilla has attracted kudos since it added a free built-in VPN to its Firefox web browser, not least because of the generous 50 GB a month usage limit. Now it’s set to add another sweetener: server location choice. Mozilla began rolling out VPN i…
Read MoreLaunchpad, the home of Ubuntu development, has finally received some design attention. Canonical last updated the site’s homepage back in 2024, but many of the pages that the distro’s developers actually use or reference on a regular basis …
Read MoreMozilla shipped it in Firefox 149 without a mention in the release notes.
Read MoreThe LeafKVM packs a 2.4-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi 5, and PoE into a CNC aluminum box.
Read MoreThe lightweight Ubuntu flavor hits the 30 release mark with a refreshed app stack and Wayland support still in the works.
Read MoreYou also get Plasma 6.6, Linux 7.0, and three years of standard LTS support.
Read MoreApp replacements aside, there are quite a few interface upgrades worth knowing about too!
Read MoreUbuntu 26.04, code-name Resolute Raccoon, was released after 6 months of development. Here are the changes since the last Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Ubuntu 26.04 is a new Long Term Support (LTS) release with 5 years of standard support, another 5 years expanded security maintenance, and 5 years more legacy addon for paid users. Meaning a […]
Read MoreGrab your diary and jot down the date, as Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’ is going to be released on 15 October, 2026. The Ubuntu 26.10 release date and those of other notable milestones in the next development cycle have now been shared b…
Read MoreCanonical has released Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ – the first LTS in Ubuntu’s history to ship without an Xorg desktop session. It runs on the latest Linux 7.0 kernel with the GNOME 50 desktop, and includes new video player an…
Read MoreWSL9x lets you run a modern Linux kernel 6.19 inside Windows 9x without needing virtualization.
Read MoreAfter months of advocacy, Colorado’s age verification bill is set for an amendment to exclude open source.
Read MoreFramework’s new 13 Pro laptop is the company’s first to ship as certified for Ubuntu, who say you can buy it knowing you’ll get “guaranteed support right out of the box”. Framework hardware have been popular with Linux use…
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