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Fastmail’s New Desktop App is Available on Linux

Users of the Fastmail email service can now download and an install a desktop app to access their mail. The standalone client is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

15 October 2025
Thunderbird logo and white numbers "143" behind.

Thunderbird 143 Release Delivers Mailbag Full of Fixes

A fresh flurry of fixes have arrived for Thunderbird, the open-source desktop e-mail client. The v143 release resolves a number of annoying issues.

17 September 2025
The number "142" in white; Thunderbird email client logo in foreground; yellow background with faint row of envelopes at an angle.

Thunderbird 142 Lets You Add Signatures to PDFs In-App

Thunderbird 142 release is here with message linking, PDF signatures, Fastmail calendar fixes, and some new-found respect for system Do Not Disturb modes!

27 August 2025

Thunderbird Pro Features Detailed in New Update

Thunderbird Pro will offer Thundermail email service, appointment scheduling, file sharing, and maybe even AI features. Email will be hosted on German servers.

21 August 2025

Ubuntu’s New “Dangerous” Daily Builds – What Are They?

Ubuntu devs are creating new "dangerous" daily builds with edge channel snaps pre-installed, designed to help with testing spikes at Canonical.

18 August 2025

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