Ubuntu’s AI-powered dictation tool Myna isn’t officially ready to test, but if you’re eager to give it ago, you can do so – I show how in this post. Canonical recently added the Myna orchestrator […]
Ubuntu kernel security updates will arrive on a near-weekly basis, as Canonical tries to keep pace with an 'explosion' of issues being detected through AI.
TMOG is a cross-platform task manager for Windows, macOS and Linux created by ex-Microsoft developer Dave Plummer, who created Windows' first one.
An official snap of OpenShot, the open-source video editor, is available on the Snap Store. Users can install it from App Center, or the command line.
An all-new Ubuntu Wiki has gone live, giving the information hub its first substantive overhaul since 2010. The updated wiki now runs on MediaWiki, which adds a slate of modern backend and frontend features readers and […]
Obscura VPN has launched a native Linux app, giving desktop users an easier way to access it (without wrangling Wireguard configuration files). Linux isn’t short of VPN providers, but Obscura, founded by former Bitcoin Core […]
Another package went missing from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS’s minimal cloud images, this time xxd , a CLI tool for viewing files as hexadecimals. It’s the second time this has happened, following the accidental removal of […]
Wallpapi is an Omarchy-inspired wallpaper switcher for GNOME desktops that offers a slicker. When installed, it lets you “browse a folder of wallpapers as a full-screen carousel of parallelogram cards”. As you page through available […]
A new version of Sublime Text is out – the first major update to the cross-platform (and closed-source) text editor since May 2025. Sublime Text v4213 makes Python 3.14 the default (replacing v3.8). The editor […]
Say goodbye to people thinking you’re a creep next time you take a desktop screenshot in a public space, as GNOME 51 has changed the sound effect that plays when you do. For a while […]
Ubuntu gamers can help test a new version of Canonical’s Steam snap that uses a core26 base and an updated Mesa graphics driver stack. A new testing channel sees the Steam snap’s underlying base runtime […]
Ubuntu 26.10 changes how the system choose which processes are killed when memory runs low, making a rogue browser tab is less likely to punt you back to the login screen. When your system runs […]
Convey is a new Linux email client based on the code of Geary, remade with a GTK4/libadwaita UI and support for Microsoft 365 accounts.
Under my bed is a giant box of CDs that I’ve been meaning to rip for years. Some aren’t on Spotify, some are, but not the right version and one is by an artist I’m […]
The latest update to Calibre, the popular open-source ebook manager, features an AI-powered writing game. Calibre v9.15’s “Create Your Own Adventure” mode, per the release notes, lets you build a fictional world and hand control […]
Edit, Microsoft’s open-source command-line text editor, added syntax highlighting, improved regex handling in Find & Replace and new editing shortcuts in its v2.0.0 update. Microsoft open-sourced Edit last year. It’s a small, cross-platform text editor […]
In the mood for testing? The fourth monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10 is now available for download. It’s unusual for Ubuntu to produce a snapshot the same month a beta release is due, and this […]
Miracle-wm v0.11.0 gains a fancy new overview mode inspired by GNOME Shell. For those unfamiliar with miracle-wm, it’s a tiling window manager built around the Wayland compositor Mir, created to be a “hackable and flashy” […]