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Linux App Release Roundup (July 2025)

Roundup of July's smaller Linux app releases: Shotcut and Kdenlive video editors, Plank Reloaded dock, Krita performance fixes, and more.

2 August 2025

Proton’s New 2FA Authenticator App Supports Ubuntu

Proton launches a free, open-source 2FA app with cross-device sync. It works on all major OSes, including Ubuntu, as a privacy-focused alternative to Google Authenticator.

31 July 2025

Thunderbird 141 Adds ‘Archive’ Notification Action & Fixes

Thunderbird 141 brings minor changes to the email client, including a new notification action, OpenPGP key warnings, and better Exchange login support.

23 July 2025
Constrict GUI with three video files queued for compression, showing 10MB target size setting, automatic framerate selection, and H.264 encoding options.

New App to Compress Video to Target File Sizes on Ubuntu

New Python video compressor Constrict uses FFmpeg to compress videos to target file sizes on Ubuntu. Simple GTK4 GUI now available on Flathub.

17 July 2025
The number 140 in white behind the Thunderbird e-mail client logo.

Thunderbird 140 ESR Released with New Features

Thunderbird 140 'Eclipse' is the latest ESR release of this famed open source email client. See the new features, changes and how to upgrade to it in this post.

7 July 2025

Linux App Release Roundup (May 2025)

I run through a selection of smaller Linux app releases made in May 2025, from flashy MPD frontend to offline, AI-powered image enhancer.

1 June 2025

Linux App Release Roundup (April 2025)

April saw a solid set of software updates land for an slew of popular Linux apps. In this post, I run through a number of recent releases that didn’t get the “full article” treatment on […]

30 April 2025

Free Proton VPN is Now Included in Vivaldi Web Browser

The Vivaldi web browser is famed for offering a plethora of options, settings and features that cater to all kinds of use-cases and needs — today it added a new one: an integrated VPN. Proton […]

27 March 2025

Vivaldi 7.2 Released with Speed Improvements + More

A big Vivaldi web browser update is rolling out with a set of appreciable improvements long-time users will like, and would-be users may be tempted to try. Vivaldi 7.2 amps up its address bar logic […]

18 March 2025

Thunderbird 136 Release Adds New Appearance Controls

Desktop email client Thunderbird announced a move to monthly releases by default earlier this year, allowing new users to benefit from new features, sooner – as the new Thunderbird 136.0 release makes evident! Thunderbird 136.0 sees […]

6 March 2025

Linux Kernel 6.13 Released with Big Changes

The first new kernel release of the year has arrived — yes, Linux 6.13 has gone stable. Linux kernel 6.13 adds, as ever, a vast array of improvements, from an updated Raspberry Pi graphics driver […]

20 January 2025
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Ubuntu 24.10: The Best New Features

Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ was released on October 10, 2024 and, as you’d expect for an update following an LTS, it’s overflowing with an array of new features. As a short-term release Ubuntu 24.10 only […]

18 September 2024