More posts about “terminal apps”

Ghostty 1.2 Adds Quick Terminal on Linux, Command Palette + More

Ghostty's latest Linux builds adds dropdown terminal support on Wayland, integrated tabs and titlebars, background images, command palette and more.

12 October 2025

Ghostty Terminal Rewrites GTK Build to Fix Linux Issues

Ghostty terminal has undergone a GTK rewrite, embracing the GObject type system. The result: new features, better memory management, and improved stability.

15 August 2025
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Rio is a Fast, WebGPU-Powered Terminal for Ubuntu

Seeking a fast, modern terminal for Ubuntu? Rio is a cross-platform, hardware-accelerated terminal emulator built in Rust with novel features.

13 July 2025
Bash logo on a dark background.

Bash 5.3 Release Adds ‘Significant’ New Features

A new version of the GNU project's Bourne Again SHell (better known to most as Bash) has been released with improvements and new features.

7 July 2025

Ghostty Terminal Now Supports Server-Side Decorations on Linux

A new version of Ghostty emerged this week and in this post I run-through the key changes. For those unfamiliar with it, Ghostty is an open-source terminal emulator written in Zig. It offers a “fast, feature-rich, […]

7 February 2025

Ghostty: New Open Source Terminal That’s Spookily Good

We’re seeing something of a terminal emulator renaissance of late, with developers eager to reimagine, rethink, and rewire the humble console to leverage modern hardware, GPU acceleration, containerised workflows, and (in some cases) AI/LLMs. Ghostty, […]

29 December 2024

Warp, the AI-infused Terminal, Relaxes Its Login Requirement

If you were put off trying the Warp terminal app on Ubuntu (or another Linux distro) due to the account and login requirement, there’s good news. The team behind the Rust-based, AI-infused terminal tool has […]

25 November 2024

Warp, Rust-Based Terminal with AI, is Now Available on Linux

Linux developers have a new toy to play with, Warp. Warp is a (currently) closed-source terminal emulator built using the Rust programming language. It offers hardware acceleration, integrated AI, collaborative capabilities, and uses a “block” […]

22 February 2024

My Fave Drop Down Terminal for Ubuntu Gets Updated

The popular ddterm GNOME extension has been updated to support GNOME 44 and GNOME 45, which is included in Ubuntu 23.10. This drop down terminal (hence the name ‘ddterm’) for GNOME Shell is my go-to […]

25 September 2023
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Black Box (GTK4 Terminal App) Adds Transparency, Sixel Support

A quick post about the latest update to Black Box, a GTK4/libadwaita terminal emulator for Linux desktop that focuses on being 'beautiful' – and yup, it is!

15 January 2023
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Nala is a Neat Alternative to Apt on Ubuntu

I look at using Nala on Ubuntu. Nala is a great alternative to Ubuntu's default package manager. It's faster, nice to look at, and more featured than APT.

6 January 2023
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How to Make Console the Default Terminal App on Ubuntu

GNOME Console app is a great new alternative to other Linux terminal emulators. In this post I show you how to set Console as default terminal on Ubuntu.

3 September 2022