Blender 4.5 LTS Released with ‘Full Vulkan Support’

The new Blender 4.5 LTS release features major improvements, including full Vulkan support, faster startup, new Geometry Nodes, HDR and more.

15 July 2025
KDE logo styled like MTV next to Plasma Bigscreen running on a flatscreen TV.

Plasma Bigscreen, KDE’s TV Interface, is Back on Air

KDE's Plasma Bigscreen TV UI gets rebooted with slicker visuals, search functionality, and more – thanks to one developer tuning in to its potential.

15 July 2025
Android head logo on top of Chrome logo; screenshots of Chrome OS and Android 16 desktop mode behind.

Chrome OS is (Apparently) Merging with Android

Google has said it is 'combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform'. Why is it happening, and will the merger mean the end of ChromeOS as a brand?

14 July 2025
Rio terminal logo.

Rio is a Fast, WebGPU-Powered Terminal for Ubuntu

Seeking a fast, modern terminal for Ubuntu? Rio is a cross-platform, hardware-accelerated terminal emulator built in Rust with novel features.

13 July 2025
Calibre Ebook Manager logo on a cutout against a pile of books (image from Unsplash)

Calibre 8.6.0 Delivers a Dramatic Database Speed Boost

A sizeable database performance boost is available in the latest release of open source ebook manager, view and converter Calibre, plus plenty of bug fixes.

11 July 2025

Customise and Move Notifications on GNOME with this Extension

You can customise GNOME Shell notifications, including position on screen, RegEx filtering, and custom colours using the Notification Configurator extension.

11 July 2025
Intel Battlemage GPU on a coloured background with the Ubuntu logo.

Ubuntu 24.04 Users Get Major Kernel, GPU Driver Update

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users are getting a new HWE update with Linux 6.14 and Mesa 25.0, delivering a big gaming boost and support for newer hardware.

10 July 2025

Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on Flathub

The Mozilla VPN Client can now be installed on Linux distributions from Flathub, a change that will allow more users to access the paid VPN service.

10 July 2025

Miracle-WM 0.6 Release Brings More Refinements

Miracle-wm, a Mir-based Wayland compositor and tiling window manager, has picked up new features in its latest release. Details and how to install inside.

9 July 2025
Raspberry Pi 5, Compute Module 5, and Pi Zero W devices on a yellow background.

Ubuntu is Changing the Way it Boots on Raspberry Pi

Ubuntu will use an A/B boot approach on Raspberry Pi devices to improve reliability and boot failures, albeit with a minor drawback for users.

9 July 2025
Amarok music player logo.

Amarok 3.3 Released with Qt 6, GStreamer Audio Engine

A new version of free music player Amarok has been released, ported to Qt 6 and no longer using the Phonon audio backend. Details on what's new inside.

9 July 2025

Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension Adds Auto Mode

The Floating Mini-Panel GNOME Shell extension can now be made to automatically enable of an application goes fullscreen or is maximised.

8 July 2025