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Ubuntu 26.10 adds a Windows-style window snapping panel
Ubuntu 26.10 offers a new way to tile your apps, with a layout picker sliding in from the top of the screen when you move a window. This “dropzone” concept for quick tiling will be familiar to users of Windows 11 users or those who’ve tried the Tiling Shell extension for GNOME Shell – they do…
Ubuntu 26.10 beta released delayed by a week
The Ubuntu 26.10 beta, which had been due on 24 September, has been pushed back to 1 October. Canonical’s Matthieu Clemenceau, announcing the delay, said “unforeseen infrastructure issues” require pushing the release back by one week. The exact issue isn’t detailed, but Clemenceau did add that the…
You can try Ubuntu’s new Myna AI dictation tool
Ubuntu’s new AI-powered dictation tool Myna isn’t officially ready, but you can give it an early test. Canonical has added the Myna orchestrator snap and a pair of speech-recognition AI models to the Snap Store recently, and made its new desktop Myna Settings tool available to test from a PPA…
Ubuntu speeds up kernel security updates because of AI
Ubuntu kernel security updates will arrive on a near-weekly basis, as Canonical tries to keep pace with an 'explosion' of issues being detected through AI. You're reading Ubuntu speeds up kernel security updates because of AI , a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu . Do not reproduce elsewhere without…
Ex-Microsoft dev builds a new task manager for Linux
TMOG is a cross-platform task manager for Windows, macOS and Linux created by ex-Microsoft developer Dave Plummer, who created Windows' first one. You're reading Ex-Microsoft dev builds a new task manager for Linux , a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu . Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
OpenShot is now officially available as a Snap
An official snap of OpenShot, the open-source video editor, is available on the Snap Store. Users can install it from App Center, or the command line. You're reading OpenShot is now officially available as a Snap , a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu . Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
Ubuntu wiki gets its first overhaul in 16 years
An all-new Ubuntu Wiki has gone live, giving the information hub its first substantive overhaul since 2010. The updated wiki now runs on MediaWiki, which adds a slate of modern backend and frontend features readers and editors alike will appreciate, e.g., search auto-suggest, mobile-friendly…
Obscura VPN now offers a desktop app for Linux
Obscura VPN has launched a native Linux app, giving desktop users an easier way to access it (without wrangling Wireguard configuration files). Linux isn’t short of VPN providers, but Obscura, founded by former Bitcoin Core contributor Carl Dong, has a different pitch to most. Rather than your…
Ubuntu cloud images dropped another package by accident
Another package went missing from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS’s minimal cloud images, this time xxd , a CLI tool for viewing files as hexadecimals. It’s the second time this has happened, following the accidental removal of curl I reported on in August. Both packages vanished for the same reason. When…
Wallpapi gives you a cooler way to change wallpaper on GNOME
Wallpapi is an Omarchy-inspired wallpaper switcher for GNOME desktops that offers a slicker. When installed, it lets you “browse a folder of wallpapers as a full-screen carousel of parallelogram cards”. As you page through available options, the focused image is previewed as your wallpaper in the…
Sublime Text gains new C# highlighter, file icon themes
A new version of Sublime Text is out – the first major update to the cross-platform (and closed-source) text editor since May 2025. Sublime Text v4213 makes Python 3.14 the default (replacing v3.8). The editor still ships Python 3.3 – ancient as it is – but disabled by default. It will be removed…
GNOME saves blushes by replacing ‘inappropriate’ screenshot sound
Say goodbye to people thinking you’re a creep next time you take a desktop screenshot in a public space, as GNOME 51 has changed the sound effect that plays when you do. For a while now, when you screen grab your desktop or an app window, the accompanying sound effect is a camera shutter, like the…
Steam snap using core26 is now available for testing
Ubuntu gamers can help test a new version of Canonical’s Steam snap that uses a core26 base and an updated Mesa graphics driver stack. A new testing channel sees the Steam snap’s underlying base runtime bumped to a version based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, paired with a matching gaming-graphics-core26…
Ubuntu 26.10 stops low memory from killing your desktop session
Ubuntu 26.10 changes how the system choose which processes are killed when memory runs low, making a rogue browser tab is less likely to punt you back to the login screen. When your system runs out of memory, the kernel’s out-of-memory (OOM) killer kicks in, terminating processes to recover some…
Convey is a GTK4 fork of Linux email app Geary
Convey is a new Linux email client based on the code of Geary, remade with a GTK4/libadwaita UI and support for Microsoft 365 accounts. You're reading Convey is a GTK4 fork of Linux email app Geary , a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu . Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
Laser is a new, modern CD ripper for Linux
Under my bed is a giant box of CDs that I’ve been meaning to rip for years. Some aren’t on Spotify, some are, but not the right version and one is by an artist I’m half convinced is a folk memory – perhaps the Mandela effect in action. Laser is a new GTK4/libadwatia CD ripping application for Linux…
Calibre ebook manager adds AI-powered writing game
The latest update to Calibre, the popular open-source ebook manager, features an AI-powered writing game. Calibre v9.15’s “Create Your Own Adventure” mode, per the release notes, lets you build a fictional world and hand control of it to an AI who will manage it in real time based on your…
Microsoft’s open-source CLI text editor adds syntax highlighting
Edit, Microsoft’s open-source command-line text editor, added syntax highlighting, improved regex handling in Find & Replace and new editing shortcuts in its v2.0.0 update. Microsoft open-sourced Edit last year. It’s a small, cross-platform text editor with VS Code-style keybindings, mouse support…
Ubuntu 26.10 snapshot 4 released ahead of next week’s beta
In the mood for testing? The fourth monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10 is now available for download. It’s unusual for Ubuntu to produce a snapshot the same month a beta release is due, and this is also the second snapshot published this month: Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 3 arrived in early September…
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