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The Awesome New Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is Here

App replacements aside, there are quite a few interface upgrades worth knowing about too!

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released with Kernel 7.0, GNOME 50 & More

Ubuntu 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 […]

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Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) release date & schedule

Grab 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…

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS released: GNOME 50, Wayland-only and Linux 7.0

Canonical 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…

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Microsoft Has WSL, But This Developer Built One for Windows 95

WSL9x lets you run a modern Linux kernel 6.19 inside Windows 9x without needing virtualization.

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A Linux Hardware Maker Is Convincing Colorado to Leave Open Source Alone

After months of advocacy, Colorado’s age verification bill is set for an amendment to exclude open source.

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New Framework 13 Pro is the first to be Ubuntu Certified

Framework’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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VirtualBox 7.2.8 Released with Initial 7.0 Kernel Support

Oracle announced the new maintenance release for VirtualBox 7.2 release series yesterday. The new version of this free open-source virtualization software added the recent Kernels support and fixed various issues. VirtualBox 7.2.8 added initial support for Linux host with Kernel 6.19 and 7.0. Meaning it now runs on the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 and Fedora 44, […]

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The People Who Put Emulators on Your Steam Deck Now Want to Sell You a Linux Console

The Playnix Console is a €1,179 Linux-powered gaming machine with an RX 9060 XT inside.

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Ubuntu confirms the 26.10 codename, and it sounds strange…

Ubuntu has announced the codename for Ubuntu 26.10 is “Stonking Stingray”. As codenames go it’s certainly unique. The distro gives each release a codename that pairs an adjective with an animal, the latter of which becomes the release…

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: What’s new since 24.04?

If you plan to upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, you’re going to inherit two years’ worth of improvements. As an LTS-to-LTS jump, you don’t simply benefit from what’s new in Ubuntu…

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Firefox 150.0 is Out with RPM Package & GTK Emoji Picker for Linux

Firefox 150.0, the new monthly release, is available to download for Linux, Windows, and macOS users. The new version of this popular web browser added official .rpm package, allowing to easily install the browser in RHEL, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and other RPM-based distributions according to the github release page. It as well added GTK emoji picker […]

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LXQt 2.4.0 Released with Continued Wayland Improvements

LXQt, the lightweight Qt-based Linux desktop environment, released new 2.4.0 version yesterday. The new version of this free open-source desktop improved Wayland, multi-monitors, and sandboxed apps support, and fixed many issues. For Wayland, the visibility of the desktop items with multiple screen setup is consistent now, and, each monitor now has its own “Hide Desktop […]

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Firefox 50 brings Linux emoji picker, PDF page ordering + more

Firefox 150 is released this week with an enhanced Split View features, multi-tab sharing and a clutch of welcome PDF editor improvements. Split View debuted in Firefox 149 last month, letting you easily view two web-pages side-by-side in a single tab …

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Parabolic Video Downloader Released 2026.4.0 with macOS App

Parabolic, the popular application for downloading web video and audio, released new 2026.4.0 version today. The new version of this free open-source yt-dlp front-end finally added macOS support, by introducing new macOS app built using the GNOME (GTK/libadwaita) version of Parabolic, with yt-dlp, deno, ffmpeg and other Parabolic dependencies in bundle. It also added a […]

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GIMP 3.2.4 Released with Better Performance & New Script Function

GIMP 3.2.4, the second maintenance update of the 3.2 major release series, was released yesterday. The new version of this popular GTK-3 based image editor continued improving UI/UX experiences, fixed various issues, and added new function for plugin developers. The 3.2.4 now shortens long file names in the Welcome dialog’s Create page, while, user may […]

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GIMP 3.2.4 released with fresh set of bug fixes

Bug fixes arrive in GIMP 3.2.4, the latest maintenance update for the current 3.2.x stable series. Assorted improvements made since GIMP 3.2.2 dropped in March include a variety of layer workflow tweaks, like ensuring certain actions, like ‘Layer…

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Thunderbolt Wants to Do for AI Clients What Thunderbird Did for Email

This self-hostable enterprise AI client lets you bring your own models and keep your data off third-party servers.

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Pods 3.0.0 Released with Initial Docker Containers Support

Pods, the graphical front-end for Podman, released version 3.0.0 in last week. The new version of this free open-source Gnome application implemented a new backend architecture to support multiple container engines. Not only Podman, it now also works with your Docker containers. In the “new connection” dialog choose either Podman Unix Socket or Docker Unix […]

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Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app

Your mouth can say things faster than your hands can type them, yet voice typing is rarely used as a primary input method on desktop (most of us think nothing of it on mobile). That’s despite speech-to-text being available on desktop OSes for dec…

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