Thunderbird 146 Update Migrates Logins to AES + More

Thunderbird 146 has been released, making it easier to add OpenPGP keyservers, improving the security of login data with AES encryption, and fixing a ton of bugs.

11 December 2025

Ubuntu’s New Telemetry Tool to ‘Phone Home’ Monthly

Changes to Ubuntu's telemetry with the new Ubuntu Insights tool include more frequent reporting, more controls and more transparency on what's collected.

11 December 2025
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Two Ubuntu Flavours Won’t Be LTS Releases Next Year

Ubuntu 26.04 will be a long-term support release, but not all of its official flavours will be as 2 of the 10 official Ubuntu flavours have not applied for LTS status.

10 December 2025

Ubuntu 26.04 Will Look More Like Vanilla GNOME Shell

Ubuntu's Yaru theme will closely follow the vanilla GNOME Shell design in the upcoming 26.04 release, as its developers aim to reduce the maintenance burden.

9 December 2025
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Canonical is Bringing AMD ROCm to Ubuntu 26.04 Repos

Canonical will package AMD ROCm directly in the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS repos, making it much easier to get GPU-accelerated workloads running on the distro.

9 December 2025
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Firefox 146 Brings Full Fractional Scaling Support on Wayland

Firefox 146 is out with fractional scaling on Wayland, local backups on Windows, and new tab weather widget rollout. A quiet but solid update for all platforms.

8 December 2025

A Simple Way to Fake Blurred Windows on GNOME

The 2 Wallpapers GNOME extension changes wallpaper when apps open, letting you fake blurred window look in apps that support transparency – clever!

8 December 2025

Proton Launches Encrypted Spreadsheets (Browser-Based)

Proton has launched Sheets, an encrypted spreadsheet app available to use in any browser with CSV/XLS import, real-time collaboration and more – for free!

5 December 2025

This Add-On Brings Adaptive UI Colour to Firefox

Want Firefox to dynamically match website colours? This free add-on changes toolbars based on page colours for Vivaldi-style theming. Works on all platforms.

4 December 2025
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Ubuntu Pro is Now Available on Windows (For WSL, Obvs)

Canonical announce Ubuntu Pro for WSL, bringing extended security coverage to users running Linux on Windows. As on desktop, it's free for personal use.

3 December 2025

Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Will Be Released This Month

Linux Mint 22.3 Beta is due to be released in the coming weeks, but what new features can you expect to find in it? A quick recap on why this matters.

2 December 2025

Linux App Release Roundup (November 2025)

A recap of Linux app releases in November 2025, including updates to Blender, Euphonica, Vivaldi, Blender, Shotcut and a clutch of indispensable VLC tools.

1 December 2025