LibreOffice 26.8 set a new first-week download record

LibreOffice 26.8 was download more than 1 million times in its first week of release, which The Document Foundation say is the highest first-week figure of any release of the free office suite. Released on […]

2 September 2026

Linux App Release Roundup (August 2026)

August saw a number of slew of notable Linux app updates, and in this post I roundup a few that might have passed you by. But unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock you’ll have […]

1 September 2026

Firefox 155 brings AI-powered Smart Window to more countries

Mozilla Firefox 155 is released, making Smart Window available in USA, Canada & France. Plus, blocked tracker counts, container reordering and Linux fixes.

1 September 2026

Ubuntu’s IRC support channels to be ‘sunset’, some aren’t happy

Ubuntu is planning to 'sunset' IRC as an official support channel, and some long-time users aren't happy – but there is a chance it may live on.

31 August 2026
Ubuntu 26.04 and 24.04 mascots.

Why Ubuntu 26.04 upgrades from 24.04 are delayed (until Sept)

If you’re wondering why you can’t do a directly upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 yet, despite the Resolute Raccoon’s first point release being live, there is a reason. Canonical’s Oliver Reiche said in the mailing […]

31 August 2026

OpenShot 4.0 adds colour grading, recording dock and Qt 6 support

OpenShot 4.0 sees the open-source video editor add colour grading tools, a recording dock for audio and screen capture and new AI effects.

30 August 2026
Calibre Ebook Manager logo on a cutout against a pile of books (image from Unsplash)

Calibre ebook manager lets you generate AI book covers

Calibre, the open-source ebook manager, now lets you generate AI ebook covers for content in your library, using genre prompts or custom ones.

28 August 2026
Laptop running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.

Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available to download

Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS downloads are out. The first point release to the 'Resolute Raccoon' sees an ISO refresh with fixes, like disk encryption PIN skipping.

28 August 2026
Google, Chrome and Flatpak logos on a cardboard box

Chrome moves a step closer to an official Flatpak

If you’ve installed Chromium or Google Chrome as a Flatpak, you’ve installed an unofficial, community-maintained package done independently of the search giant – that could be about to change. Chromium’s build system is now able […]

27 August 2026

First Look: Ubuntu’s new AI voice typing feature ‘Myna’

AI-powered voice typing is coming to Ubuntu in Myna, a speech-to-text feature that lets you talk into any valid text field. It’s still a work in progress, but I grabbed an early build to see […]

27 August 2026

LibreOffice 26.8 brings paragraph layout changes, draft view + more

The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 26.8, a major new version of the open-source office suite for Windows, macOS and Linux. Among the changes is a new Paragraph Composer. This improves the way Writer handles justified text. […]

26 August 2026
Desktop Icons NG text written around the outline of some icons.

A hidden Ubuntu feature that stacks desktop icons, macOS-style

Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons NG (DING) extension has a little-known way to bring order to a chaotic desktop: stacks. Stacks groups multiple files of the same type in a collapsible icon, e.g. images in one stack, […]

26 August 2026