Posts from April 2026

Opera GX logo on a space background.

Opera GX for Linux arrives on Flathub & Snap store

Installing Opera GX on Linux is now easier, with official packages available on the Canonical Snap Store and Flathub. Opera GX made its debut Linux release in March 2026, with the gaming-centric web browser porting […]

14 April 2026

Tributary is the GTK4 Rhythmbox port of your dreams

Ever wondered what a GTK4/libadwaita version of Linux music player Rhythmbox might look like? A new app in development imagines just that. Tributary is billed as a “high-performance, Rhythmbox-style media manager written in pure Rust […]

14 April 2026

Quick Lofi – a GNOME extension for chill beats to study to

Quick Lofi is a GNOME Shell extension that puts a lofi radio player in your top bar. If you’ve ever opened a new browser tab to load a “lofi beats to study to” stream on YouTube […]

13 April 2026
Linux kernel 7.0 released as a newspaper headline mockup.

Linux 7.0 kernel brings faster swap & Rock Band 4 controller support

Linux 7.0 kernel improves swap performance, turns on Intel TSX for newer CPUs and supports the Rock Band 4 Bluetooth guitar – more details inside.

12 April 2026

Ghostty finally lands in the Ubuntu repos

The Ghostty terminal is now packaged in the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS repositories – meaning for those on the new long-term support release, it’s only an apt install away. Ghostty is a fast, open-source terminal emulator […]

10 April 2026
Four older Kindle modes with concerned faces drawn on the screens.

Your old Kindle won’t stop working in May, but don’t get comfortable

Amazon is dropping support for Kindle older models from 20 May, 2026, meaning owners of pre-2013 models will be unable to download new books or set up a device that has been factory reset — […]

9 April 2026
Miracle WM on a monitor with giant cursor hovering over it.

Rust API and a new plugin system added to Miracle-WM

A new version of Miracle-wm, a tiling window manager built around the Wayland compositor Mir, has been released with a new WebAssembly plugin system and Rust API. Developer Matthew Kosarek, an engineer at Canonical who […]

9 April 2026

Dynamic Music Pill brings lyrics to your GNOME desktop

A clutch of new features are available in Dynamic Music Pill, the slick now playing and media controller extension for GNOME Shell. The “big” new addition is lyrics support. When you listen to a track […]

9 April 2026

macOS app Little Snitch is now available on Linux

Little Snitch is now on Linux. See which apps are making network connections, block unwanted ones and find out how chatty your system really is.

8 April 2026
Firefox VPN.

Firefox’s free VPN rollout finally reached me – is it any good?

Firefox recently added a free built-in VPN to its desktop browser, but access to the feature is rolling out gradually. It hit my Ubuntu machine last night – and I’m last to be invited to […]

6 April 2026
Ubuntu Pro logo

Enabling Ubuntu Pro from the OS setup tool is easier

Further to Ubuntu Pro features being added to the desktop Security Center, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS also makes it easier to opt-in to Canonical’s (free for home users) subscription to get extended security updates, right from […]

6 April 2026

More new icons arrive in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

A couple of new icons have been added to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, to ensure the Resolute Raccoon’s new default apps sport a Yaru-ified look in keeping with the rest of the distro. Ubuntu’s new default […]

4 April 2026