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Extensions manager update
A new version of Extension Manager, the desktop app that makes it easier to browse, install and manage GNOME Shell extension without a web browser, has been released. Extension Manager 0.7.0 includes a number of welcome improvements, new features and restores a few nifty bits that had stopped…
Calibre adds new sources for finding free books & journals
Another week, another set of features added to Calibre, the open-source ebook reader, converter and manager. Calibre 9.18 adds more accessibility tools to its editor, with Tools > Accessibility now letting you set the language for books and HTML files. Image descriptions, including those of inline…
GNOME Shell global menu extension puts app menus in the top panel
A new global menu extension for GNOME Shell was released this week, and unlike ones you may might tried (and given up on) in the past, this one seems to work well. Earlier global menu efforts have been scuppered by Wayland, API changes and the fact that many modern Linux apps no longer ‘export’…
Firefox has a hidden snake game, here’s how to play it
If you get bored and fancy a quick game of something, you can play one in Firefox’s address bar – one you know how. Mozilla’s browser boasts an easter-egg, as spotted by Soeren Hentzschel, that is only triggered when using the address bar’s calculator feature. Normally, the sum of a calculation…
mpv 4.20 adds support soft DVD & Blu-Ray menus, Wayland HDR
A new version of mpv, the open-source command line media player is out. mpv v0.42 is now able to navigate DVD menus, and the two menu systems that Blu-ray discs use, HDMV and BD-J (the latter requires Java). DVD-Audio support was also added, a nich format that offers higher-resolution audio. Plus…
Ubuntu refreshes time zone data for Canadian clock changes
This time of the year, clocks spring forward and fall back across the globe, but some places are making permanent changes – and Ubuntu needs to keep pace. Over recent weeks, Canonical has refresh Ubuntu’s system time zone database package tzdata on all supported releases to ensure the system…
Ubuntu users say Canonical “asleep at the wheel” over critical Linux kernel bug
Canonical is fixing a critical Linux kernel flaw in Ubuntu, weeks after Debian and other distros did – and users aren’t happy about the wait. As of 3 November, patched kernels for CVE-2026-98432 are in testing for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 and 26.04 LTS, but are yet to hit the stable updates pocket…
GIMP 3.2.8 released with text tool, performance improvements
GIMP 3.2.8 is out, the fourth maintenance update in the current stable series, which first launched in March 2026. No shiny new features ship, as fixes and fine-tuning are the primary focus. Major work is happening alongside maintenance efforts, but that work is targeted at the next major series…
Canonical adds FIDO2 hardware key support to Launchpad
Developers who use Launchpad can now use a USB FIDO2 security key to restrict API access, which makes any stolen login details useless without it. Launchpad is, as I’m sure you know, where Canonical builds Ubuntu’s package, hosts code, PPAs and many other things that end up on a users’ system…
Affinity is coming to Linux, but there’s no release date yet
It’s official: Affinity, the free design app made by Canva, is coming to Linux. Replying to users on X asking about possible Linux support, the official account said a version is ‘in active development’, though it can’t say when a release might arrive. Affinity is a free design app (not…
Linux Mint is bringing back hibernation
Linux Mint will include a hibernation mode in its next release, so laptop owners can close the lid and not worry about returning to a drained battery. The option will be available in a new Sleep Modes page in the System Administration tool, alongside the existing suspend mode. While that remains…
Raspberry Pi 5 price goes up another $80
Hot off the back of price rises it announced in October, the Raspberry Pi Foundation today said the cost of its Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers is going up again. From November 2026, the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM rises by $80, now priced at $385 from approved resellers. The model launched…
Linux App Release Roundup (October 2026)
October’s Linux app releases brought plenty of treats, a couple of tricks and mercifully few frights. In this post, I recap the updates that landed last month. There were other spooks in the shadows with a spotlight. October gave us a double-whammy of Firefox and Calibre updates, with JEPG XL…
Enlightenment desktop 0.28 released with better networking
Enlightenment 0.28 has been released, the first major update to the open-source desktop environment since early 2025. Given the time between this and the previous 0.27 release, the changelog is suitably lengthy. Networking and audio stack enhancements, UI and UX tweaks and, of course, plenty of bug…
Sanket lets you redesign GNOME’s date menu and Quick Settings
Sanket is a GNOME Shell extension that lets you rejig how the desktop’s date menu, calendar, notifications and Quick Settings look and behave – and then some. It can put notifications beneath the Quick Settings menu in a floating island, or embedded inside of it. Quick Settings toggles can shrink…
Ubuntu 27.04 ‘Tenacious T-Rex’ opens for development
Development on Ubuntu 27.04, codenamed ‘Tenacious T-Rex’, has officially begun. The tenacious archive is now open (30 October 2026), with auto-sync from Debian set to pull in a tranche of updated packages since the Ubuntu 26.10 release. Over the course of the next six months, those will be tested…
This app lets you manage Nothing & CMF earbuds on Linux
Adjusting active noise cancellation (ANC) on Nothing or CMF earbuds means taking out your phone to use the official mobile app. EarA, a new open-source tool, that. It’s a GTK4 app (with a CLI for those who prefer the terminal), and it controls settings on earbuds like the Nothing Ear (a) and CMF…
We added a manual dark mode toggle to the site (cos you asked)
You may have noticed OMG! Ubuntu looking a little cleaner lately. Earlier this month, Sam and I finally rolled out a refreshed site backend, along with some changes to the bits you look at when you come here. Boring stuff to read about, I know. But a few of the changes were done because readers…
Gelly is a GTK desktop music player for Jellyfin and Navidrome
If you run your own music streaming server via Jellyfin or Navidrome/Subsonic, you’ll want a decent desktop player – Gelly is a solid choice for GNOME. It bills itself as “native, lightweight music player” for the aforementioned streaming servers (and compatible ones). It’s written in Rust and…
Ghostty 1.4 released with big improvements
A major new release of Ghostty, the open-source terminal emulator, has been released. Ghostty 1.4.0 brings a varied set of changes after 7 months of development. There are welcome performance optimisations on Linux and macOS, a more capable SHH implementation and an easier way to rearrange tab…
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