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

Skyscraper brings Bluesky to the Linux terminal

Skyscraper is a free, open-source Bluesky terminal client written in Rust. Browse, post and reply without leaving the command line - here's how to run it on Ubuntu.

3 April 2026
Linux mascot holding a bag of apps.

Linux App Release Roundup (March 2026)

March 2026 meted out a sizeable set of Linux software releases, including updates to FOSS stalwarts GIMP, digiKam, Krita and Blender. Major new releases were covered with dedicated articles, including Firefox 149 with free built-in […]

2 April 2026
Ubuntu terminal prompt.

Ubuntu 26.04 lets you hide sudo password feedback with shortcut

Ubuntu 26.04's sudo-rs now includes a keypress toggle for password feedback. Switch between visible asterisks and silent input without editing a config file.

2 April 2026
Raspberry Pi single board computer in front of a graph trending up and a hand holding cash.

Raspberry Pi’s eye-watering price rises & new 3GB RAM model

Raspberry Pi has announced a fresh round of price rises for its range of popular single-board computers, owing to industry-wide memory costs. It’s also launched a new version of the Pi 4 with 3GB RAM […]

1 April 2026
Ubuntu logo peeling back to reveal a computer circuit.

Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS raises its minimum RAM requirement to 6GB, the first increase since 2019. Systems with less memory still work, but the experience may suffer.

1 April 2026
Google Drive logo on top of the Nautilus file manager.

GNOME 50 dropped support for accessing Google Drive files

If you’re used to accessing your Google Drive in the Nautilus file manager, a heads-up that the feature is no longer available in GNOME 50, which is the desktop version the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS […]

31 March 2026