Ubuntu 26.04 fixes Papers bug that sent PDF links to wrong page

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is prepping a bug fix update to Papers, the document viewer that replaced Evince in 25.04, resolving several annoyances – including internal PDF links that jumped to the wrong page. The internal […]

13 July 2026
Night Light Scheduler GNOME extension settings panel showing a 24-hour colour temperature graph and time-based controls

Night Light Scheduler brings hourly colour control to GNOME

Night Light Scheduler is a new GNOME Shell extension that lets you control how warm your screen is throughout the evening (or day). GNOME’s built-in Night Light feature offers a customisable daily schedule, and lets […]

12 July 2026
dbus-broker text written in the font style of the Vengaboys

Ubuntu 26.10 retires dbus-daemon after 22 year run as default

Ubuntu 26.10 is replacing its D-Bus implementation for the first time since 2004, swapping dbus-daemon for dbus-broker – a change end-users are unlikely to notice. Processes on your desktop talk to each other and to […]

11 July 2026
Tux the Linux penguin peers out from behind Anthropic's Claude logo

Claude desktop app for Linux enters beta – here’s how to try it

Anthropic has released a beta of its Claude desktop app for Linux, launching alongside an apt repo Ubuntu users can add for ongoing updates. According to the official docs, Claude desktop for Linux offers “the […]

9 July 2026

Linux Mint 23 to offer full Wayland support (but X11 is staying)

Linux Mint says Wayland support in its next release will no longer be considered experimental, but available as a fully-supported option. However, it will continue to provide and support X11, unlike other Linux distributions which […]

8 July 2026
Paper with Ubuntu logo being fed into a paper shredder.

TUXEDO OS drops Ubuntu to rebase on Debian Testing

TUXEDO Computers is rebasing TUXEDO OS on Debian, moving away from Ubuntu. The German Linux hardware company launched TUXEDO OS in 2022, building on top of an Ubuntu long-term support (LTS) release to, chiefly, support […]

7 July 2026
Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka desktop running on laptop showing GNOME 49 interface.

Ubuntu 25.10 loses security updates on 9 July, 2026

Support for Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” ends 9 July 2026 – which is this week. If you’re still using it, you can upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS directly to keep receiving updates. Ubuntu 25.10 was released in […]

5 July 2026

Ubuntu is swapping its time sync tool for a Rust-based version

Canonical wants ntpd-rs, a Rust rewrite of NTP (Network Time Protocol), to become Ubuntu’s default time sync client. To help get there, Canonical has become a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation, the non-profit behind ntpd-rs, […]

4 July 2026
Ubuntu and Snapcraft logos arranged in a grid.

Snap Store will be down for maintenance this weekend

Canonical’s Snap Store will be shutting down for database maintenance at the weekend, meaning users won’t be able to install or update snaps until it’s back online. The planned downtime is expected to last for […]

3 July 2026

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS has fixed its missing video/audio thumbnails

If you installed Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and noticed video and music files weren’t showing image thumbnails in the file manager, a packaging oversight was to blame, not anything you did. It turns out that Ubuntu’s […]

2 July 2026
Bag fill with app icons, Tux the Linux mascot behind.

Linux App Release Roundup (June 2026)

June was sweltering, but the summer heat didn’t slow down open-source software developers.  Last month delivered a wave of app updates, including the release of Firefox 152 with its streamlined settings, HandBrake resolved its Linux […]

1 July 2026
Firefox logo with a pleased face drawn on it, sitting on a purple background.

Firefox is adding Vulkan video decoding for Nvidia GPUs

Firefox is adding hardware-accelerated Vulkan Video decoding, saving Nvidia users on Linux the hassle of manually configuring the nvidia-vaapi-driver package. The change will be included in Firefox 153, out July 21, but it will not be enabled […]

1 July 2026