Topic: App Updates

Reporting on the latest Linux software releases, app updates and command-line tooling – new features, performance improvements and critical bug fixes for scores of popular Linux applications you can run on Ubuntu.

OnlyOffice desktop editors

ONLYOFFICE 8.1 Released with Enhanced PDF Editor + More

A new version of ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, a free, open-source, and cross-platform office suite, is now available to download. If you’ve not yet found a reason to try this productivity powerhouse out, this latest update […]

20 June 2024
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Vivaldi 6.8 Released with Mail Client Improvements + More

A new version of Vivaldi, the power-user’s preferred browser (right?) is out with a symphony—don’t groan—of improvements. While most people use the Vivaldi web browser for browsing the web, and it offers plenty of buffs […]

20 June 2024

Mozilla Firefox 127 Released, This is What’s New

“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me and I’m feeling…“ like I should stop singing and crack on with writing this post to say Mozilla Firefox 127 has […]

11 June 2024
Mission Center Linux system monitoring app

Linux System Monitor App ‘Mission Center’ is Now Even More Useful

A new version of Mission Center, the super-slick system monitor for Linux, has been released. I’ve written about this utility a number of times before (here and on OMG! Linux) so if you read this […]

10 June 2024
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HandBrake 1.8 Released with GTK4 UI, FFV1 Encoder + More

The popular, powerful, and cross-platform video converter HandBrake recently put out a new version with a notable improvement. HandBrake 1.8.0 now uses GTK 4 for the user interface, dropping GTK 3 entirely. This toolkit uplift […]

9 June 2024

VLC Adds AMD VQ Enhancer Filter, Improved Opus Ambisonic + More

A new version of VLC, the perennially popular open-source media player, is out with an assortment of improvements and new features. VLC 3.0.21 is the first maintenance release to be issued year, following on from […]

6 June 2024
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Mozilla Firefox 126.0.1 Fixes Drag and Drop Quirk on Linux

This month’s Firefox 126 release brought with it a modest set of improvements for Linux users — as well as an annoying bug which temporarily breaks drag and drop actions in the browser. And that […]

28 May 2024
usb thumb drive ubuntu

Rufus Fixes Creation of Persistent Ubuntu 24.04 USBs

Rufus, a popular open-source tool for making bootable USB drives on Windows, just released an update that includes a ‘fix’ for working with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ISOs. A truly versatile tool, Rufus is able to […]

24 May 2024

Mozilla Firefox 126 is Now Available to Download

Mozilla Firefox 126 is now available download, and in-app updates beginning to roll out to existing users on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. As Firefox updates go the 126 release is rather light on user-facing […]

14 May 2024

Amarok 3.0 Released, Ported to Qt5/KDE Frameworks 5

A new version of the open-source music player Amarok has been released, the first major update to the Qt-based media app since 2018. Amarok 3.0 is the first stable release to use Qt 5 and […]

30 April 2024

Clapper Video Player for Linux Gets First Update in 2 Years

A new version of Clapper, a GTK4-based video player for Linux desktop has been released — the first major update in nearly 2 years. I first wrote about Clapper back in 2021 having been seduced […]

24 April 2024
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Audacity 3.5 Released with Cloud Saves, Beat Detection + More

A new version of Audacity, a popular open-source audio workstation, is available to download. Audacity 3.5 introduces major new features and improvements, fixes a number of issues in earlier builds, and removes a number of […]

22 April 2024