PhotoCraft is an open-source, AI-built clone of Photoshop

It was only a matter of time before someone would point AI coding tools Photoshop and get it to build a copy. PhotoCraft is that copy – an open-source, cross-platform image editor written in Rust. […]

8 October 2026
Ubuntu desktop being watched by malicious eyes

Ubuntu websites offline due to ‘sustained’ DDoS attack [Resolved]

Canonical reports a 'sustained distributed denial of service attack' on its websites, leading to outages. It says its teams are working to get them back online.

8 October 2026

A pair of flashy-looking weather extensions for GNOME Shell

I revised my list of the best Linux weather apps recently, but I know most people prefer to use panel applets to glean current conditions and future forecast data. There’s no drought in weather extensions […]

8 October 2026

Ubuntu 26.10 drops Btrfs, XFS & ZFS /boot with Secure Boot

Canonical has changed how Ubuntu 26.10 boots on system with Secure Boot enabled, in an effort to reduce the attack surface of the boot process.

7 October 2026

Scrcpy 5.0 adds hardware decoding for Android mirroring

Scrcpy, the open-source tool for mirroring your Android phone on your desktop, now supports zero-copy hardware decoding in its latest release.

6 October 2026

Firefox GNOME theme updated to work with Nova

The unofficial GNOME theme for Firefox has been updated to work with the Firefox 157 release and its newer, rounder Nova theme. It is not a traditional Firefox theme (like the ones you can install […]

6 October 2026

Hylki is a modern, Rust-based email client for GNOME

Hylki is a Rust-based email client designed for the GNOME desktop with an incredibly amount of customisation packed in. Like Postcard, Convey and Letters, Hylki is part of the new(ish) Linux mail clients aiming to […]

5 October 2026
Tux the Linux penguin holding the Sober logo in place of the O in the Roblox logo.

Play Roblox on Linux without Wine, using Sober

Roblox does not officially support Linux, but Linux users can run using Sober, an unofficial third-party ‘port’ that works without Wine (hence the name). I know; this isn’t a ‘game’ most of you are itching […]

4 October 2026

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