Orion browser for Linux axed months after beta launch

Kagi has announced that it is ending the development of the Orion web browser for Linux. The native GTK port of Orion for Linux was announced in 2025 and a public beta launched earlier this […]

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

A 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 now costs 50% more than it did at launch

Raspberry Pi has announced further price increases for its single-board computers driven, of course, by the ongoing cost of memory components. The cost of a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 or Raspberry Pi 5 jumps by […]

2 October 2026

Linux App Release Roundup (September 2026)

I roundup of Linux software update from September, including updates to FOSS video editors OpenShot and Shotcut, Fooyin music player and more.

1 October 2026
A laptop on a desk shows Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray desktop

Ubuntu 26.10 Beta released with Linux 7.3 & GNOME 51

The beta release of Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) is now available for download – a week later than planned. Ubuntu 26.10 Beta runs on the Linux 7.3 kernel (release candidate) and ships the GNOME 51 […]

1 October 2026

Ubuntu 26.10 ships with Rust-based OpenPGP tooling

Ubuntu 26.10 adds a Rust-based OpenPGP implementation, Sequoia PGP, to default installs. GnuPG is still included, but Canonical plans to 'phase' it out.

1 October 2026
Snapdragon and Ubuntu logo on a Yoga Slim 7 laptop

Ubuntu 26.10 adds early support for Snapdragon X2 laptops

Canonical has released a test build of Ubuntu 26.10 with early support for laptops using Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 chips. The new preview ISO is built on the Ubuntu 26.10 Beta and Canonical’s Tobias Heider […]

30 September 2026

New FOSS web browser Blanc opts for a different kind of UI

Blanc is a new open-source web browser that swaps a traditional, always-visible tab strip and address toolbar for a minimal floating ‘island’. A dynamic pill sits top the of the browser’s window (not over the […]

30 September 2026
VLC media player traffic cone icon on a green background

VLC makes its ‘biggest security release ever’

VLC 3.0.24 is out, billed as the video player’s ‘biggest security release ever’ with more than 130 fixes across the app and its bundled libraries. VideoLAN president Jean-Baptiste Kempf says the bulk of security flaws patched by […]

30 September 2026
Ubuntu 26.04 and 24.04 mascots.

And we’re go – upgrades to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 finally enabled

It’s taken longer than expected, but users can now upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 directly, without command-line workarounds. Canonical has finally flipped the switch on in-place upgrades for LTS systems. A notification will let […]

29 September 2026

Destroy Any Website is a browser game that does what it says

Destroy Any Website is a browser-based run-and-gun that lets you run amok on any public-facing website – with an array of destructive weapons. You take command of a character and run, jump and jetpack around […]

29 September 2026
gThumb comparison showing GTK3 interface and GTK4 interface.

gThumb 4.0 has been released, and it looks like a brand new app

gThumb’s big GTK4 and Vala rewrite is officially stable and available for download. I previewed the gThumb 4.0 alpha back in May, remarking on how much of a difference the UI refresh makes to the […]

29 September 2026

What’s your Ubuntu 27.04 codename prediction?

I’ve only just gotten used to typing the Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’ codename carefully – autocorrect always thinks I mean stinking – yet I’m already thinking about what the next release will be called. We […]

28 September 2026
Firefox logo in front of the number 157

Firefox 157 released with ‘biggest visual refresh in years’

A new look Firefox 157 has arrived with what Mozilla describe as the browser’s “biggest visual refresh in years”. The latest stable update uses the new Nova theme by default. The ‘modernised’ look makes core […]

28 September 2026
Linux Mint desktop with arrow pointing to restyled Linux Mint desktop

Give Linux Mint a dramatic makeover with this theme pack

The refrain goes that ‘Linux Mint looks dated’, yet the Cinnamon desktop is highly customisable – something a new transformation pack shows to eye-catching effect. Silent Horizon is a Linux Mint makeover script that installs […]

27 September 2026
Era calendaring app showing month view with lots of colourful event labels in both wide window and mobile size

Era, the new Rust-based calendar for GNOME, is now in beta

Era is a new Rust-based calendar app for GNOME that describes itself as “beautiful and performant”. And you don’t need to schedule a date to try it; a beta release is available to install from […]

26 September 2026
Illustrated zombie hand coming out of the ground holding the Banshee music player logo

Banshee music player is back from the dead (well, kinda)

A revived Banshee music player is now available on the Snap store, making it possible to use it on modern Linux desktops decades after its last stable release. Packaged by Alan Pope (aka popey), this […]

25 September 2026

Ubuntu 26.10 adds Windows-style snap layouts

Ubuntu 26.10 offers a new way to tile your apps, with a layout picker sliding in from the top of the screen when you move a window. This “dropzone” concept for quick tiling will be […]

24 September 2026
Grab cursor pulls ubuntu mascot out of laptop screen against word BRB

Ubuntu 26.10 beta release delayed by a week

The Ubuntu 26.10 beta, which had been due on 24 September, has been pushed back to 1 October. Canonical’s Matthieu Clemenceau, announcing the delay, said “unforeseen infrastructure issues” require pushing the release back by one […]

24 September 2026