Two new apps are coming to Linux Mint later this year: a new calendar and eBook reader. Plus, the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution has redesigned its (overlooked) document hub, Library, to make it easier to find and manage documents scattered across you device from one place. Both new apps join (…)

GIMP 3.2.6 has arrived, a new maintenance update in the 3.2.x series that made a splash earlier this year. You won’t find any major new features, but plenty of improvements – not least in font handling. GIMP say font loading is faster, with start-up times, Text tool typing and closing large font (…)

Ubuntu 26.10 'Stonking Stingray' is getting a newer kernel than planned. Canonical has switched its target from Linux 7.2 to Linux 7.3. You're reading Ubuntu 26.10 will ship with Linux kernel 7.3, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

The fifth (and final) point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is available to download. Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS delivers refreshed installation media (ISOs) that includes the software updates, bug fixes and security patches released since the last ISO was produced. This cuts down on the number of updates (…)

You can now give the Ubuntu desktop a ‘Liquid Glass’ makeover using a new GNOME Shell extension that was written with ‘significant’ help from AI. Its developer, Ryosuke Watanabe, said they loved the look of Liquid Glass – Apple’s new design material that gives UI elements light-bending surfaces (…)

A new version of BleachBit, an open-source system cleaning tool, is out. BleachBit 6.0.4 brings everything I mentioned in my spot on the BleachBit 6.0.4 beta release, including macOS support for the first time – albeit in an early state, and including a Cleaner for Safari and a choice of the (…)

Love Firefox enough to drop $200 on a branded keyboard? Tough, it’s sold out Mozilla is flogging a full-sized, 108-key mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX switches. It has a unique keycap colour scheme and branding with Firefox logo super/meta key and the new Firefox mascot Kit on Esc. It works (…)

The official wallpaper for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stringray’ release has been revealed, alongside artwork bearing the official mascot. No huge surprises to see the standard formula hole. The distro’s designers have, once again, opted for a dark purple/aubergine backdrop that bears a (…)

Photos is a new(ish) image viewer and organiser for KDE Plasma aiming to give Gwenview a run for its pixels. Linux distributions that use KDE Plasma typically ship Gwenview, which has been the KDE image app for over 25 years. It’s a solid, feature-filled and Qt-based tool that and many love and (…)

Ubuntu 26.10 adds an amd64-v3 ISO to its daily builds, letting you to install the Linux distribution with packages optimised for the x86-64-v3 CPUs. You're reading Ubuntu 26.10 daily ISOs now include Amd64-v3 installer, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

Firefox’s new ‘Nova’ redesign will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157, due the end of September – barring any last minute hiccups, of course. Mozilla’s engineers have been working on Nova since March. The original pitch was for rounded UI elements, floating toolbars, framed web content no (…)

Sushi, the spacebar preview utility for Nautilus file manager, has been ported to GTK4 for GNOME 51. For anyone unfamiliar with it, Sushi is like Quick Look on macOS: you highlight a file (image, music, video, document, etc) in Nautilus, press the spacebar and an instant preview of its content (…)

Firmware updates on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS have got smaller, as Canonical has backported the split Linux firmware packages it introduced in 26.04. To make the change in noble, the linux-firmware package is now a meta-package that pulls in all of the individual firmware packages. Functionally, nothing (…)

The third, and potentially final, monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10 is available for download. There were no monthly snapshots of the ‘Stonking Stingray’ in August or July – no reason has been given – and the Ubuntu 26.10 beta release is scheduled for release on 24 September. Thus, this could be (…)

Vivaldi 8.2 rolled out today (3 September 2026) and lets you do quick and private math calculations directly in the address bar. This may prove useful when you don’t want to open to a new tab or a calculator app. I’ve often narrowed my eyes at an online checkout page after applying a coupon code (…)