Ubuntu’s New “Dangerous” Daily Builds – What Are They?

Ubuntu devs are creating new "dangerous" daily builds with edge channel snaps pre-installed, designed to help with testing spikes at Canonical.

18 August 2025

Ubuntu 25.10 Reveals New Wallpaper, Mascot Artwork

Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" default wallpaper features a line-art quokka motif, purple gradient, and a cute nod to the 'questing' part of the codename.

17 August 2025
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Kiro (Agentic AI IDE) Tightens Free Access, Adds Paid Tiers

Kiro, an IDE with AI-powered agentic features, has announced pricing tiers with usage limits and restricted new downloads by implementing a waitlist.

16 August 2025
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Mini Floating Panel Extension Adds Sought-After Features

A new version of the nifty Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell extension is available, and adds the sought-after ability to show/hide indicator and applet icons.

15 August 2025

Ghostty Terminal Rewrites GTK Build to Fix Linux Issues

Ghostty terminal has undergone a GTK rewrite, embracing the GObject type system. The result: new features, better memory management, and improved stability.

15 August 2025

VirtualBox 7.2 Release Brings Big UI Change, Better ARM Support

VirtualBox 7.2.0 brings hardware-accelerated video decoding for Linux hosts, a rejigged interface, and support for running Windows on ARM.

14 August 2025

Fuzzy Application Search Extension for GNOME Shell

GNOME Shell search asks for perfect spelling, but fuzzy search extensions let you find apps even with typos – and a new one has just appeared to help.

14 August 2025

Linux Firmware Service Calls on Hardware Makers to Help Fund It

Linux's firmware hub, the LVFS, announces a new funding model with quotas for vendors to help firm up the future of the service, benefitting us all.

13 August 2025

Orion Browser for Linux Gets Exciting Progress Update

Kagi's privacy-focused Orion browser for Linux hits Milestone 2 with working tabs, bookmarks, and performance parity with GNOME Web/Epiphany.

13 August 2025

CrossOver 25.1.0 Released with Microsoft Office Fixes on Linux

CrossOver 25.1.0 brings Microsoft Office 2016 stability buffs, fixes for EA and Ubisoft launchers, better Xbox and 8BitDo controller support, and more.

12 August 2025

Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Released, This is What’s New

Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" beta brings fingerprint login, improved theming, new Hypnotix viewing modes, and a fair bit more – do you fancy testing it?

12 August 2025
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Ubuntu 25.10 May Ship with an “Unstable” Linux Kernel

Ubuntu 25.10 may ship with a Linux 6.17 release candidate kernel due to timing conflicts, marking the first Ubuntu release with an "unstable" kernel.

11 August 2025