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Arduino’s new AI single-board computer runs Ubuntu 

The Arduino Ventuno Q runs Ubuntu and targets edge AI workloads with 40 TOPS of compute and 16GB LPDDR5 RAM. Release date and price yet to be confirmed.

10 March 2026
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Ghostty 1.3 terminal released with search, scrollbars and more

A big update to Ghostty terminal emulator has dropped, delivering a raft of new features like scrollback search, native scrollbars and and process completion notifications. Ghostty 1.3.0 packs in 6 months of development effort: 2,800+ […]

10 March 2026
Linux Mint redesigned Lock Screen.

Linux Mint shows off its new lock screen/screensaver

Linux Mint is working on a redesigned screensaver and lock screen for the Cinnamon desktop. Based on our first look, it’s a solid improvement. If the word “screensaver” conjures flying star fields or photo slideshows, […]

4 March 2026

Linux Release Roundup (February 2026)

February 2026 delivered a fresh batch of Linux app releases, with updates to Ardour, Lutris and Bazaar among the many that filtered out during the month. I covered some of the month’s biggest releases with […]

1 March 2026

Dynamic Music Pill adds slick media controls to the GNOME panel

Add animated media controls to your GNOME panel or dock with Dynamic Music Pill, a slick GNOME Shell extension showing album art, waveforms and track info.

24 February 2026

Firefox 148 released with AI kill switch + more

The Firefox 148 update sees its stable release today, bringing with it a much-request ‘AI kill switch’ to easily disable all AI-powered features within the browser. Mozilla has said future updates to the browser will […]

23 February 2026
Linux 6.19 kernel release headline on a newspaper with ASUS Ally ROG, Strix motherboard and Radeon 2070 GPU around it.

Linux 6.19: 40% Speed Boost on Old AMD GPUs & Faster Ext4

Linux 6.19 brings native Vulkan support to older AMD Radeon GPUs, hardware-accelerated HDR via the DRM Colour Pipeline API and ext4 speed boosts.

8 February 2026

New AppImage Offers an Easier Way to Run Affinity on Ubuntu

No more fighting with Wine dependencies: an unofficial Affinity v3 AppImage runs Canva's creative suite on Ubuntu via a simple, self-contained executable.

26 January 2026

14 Years Later than Planned, NexPhone is Up for Preorder

NexPhone is a $549 Android smartphone that dual-boots with Windows 11, and runs a full Debian desktop when connected to a monitor. See specs, price and details.

22 January 2026
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Wine 11.0 Brings Ntsync Support, Complete WoW64 + Other Changes

Wine 11.0 improves gaming performance with kernel-level synchronisation, legacy 32-bit Windows app support and expanded Wayland integration. Full details inside.

13 January 2026

How to Install COSMIC Desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 [PPA]

Want to run COSMIC desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS? A new (unofficial) PPA makes it easy to. Follow the steps in this guide, learn about the caveats and how to 'undo'.

23 December 2025

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Released with New COSMIC Desktop

A new stable release of Pop!_OS is out, the first to ship with the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment by default. I look at what's new in Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS.

11 December 2025