News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
After almost 4 months of development, KDE announced the new major 6.6 version of its Plasma desktop yesterday.
The new version of this popular Linux desktop environment introduced a new on-screen keyboard (aka virtual keyboard), that will be automatically enabled when there’s no real keyboard detected.
Libinput, the input device management library for most modern Linux distributions, released new 1.31.0 version few days ago.
The new version of this input handling library added support configuring the timeouts of disable-while-typing and disable-while-trackpointing, allowing to set how long the touchpad or trackpoint should be should be inactive after key presses.
Ubuntu 24.04.4, the fourth point release of the current LTS was released! Ubuntu developer team announced it on Thursday:
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support.
For those who like the old Unity Desktop, there’s new work in progress Linux Distribution features that desktop environment.
It’s Glacia OS, a free open-source Ubuntu based distribution that promotes itself as:
a lightning-fast, secure, and beautifully designed Linux distribution built for developers, creators, and everyday users who demand performance without compromise.
GNOME 50, the default desktop environment for Ubuntu 26.04 and Fedora 44 Workstation, now is available for Beta testing, while the final release is planned for March 18th, 2026.
The last Alpha introduced first day of a week setting option which can be configured by gsettings command. This Beta improved the feature by adding an option in Gnome Control Center (aka Settings) -> System -> Date & Time, allowing to configure it graphically.
Google Chrome web browser released new 145 version yesterday for Linux, Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, and Android users.
The new version added support decoding JPEG-XL (.jxl) image format by using jxl-rs, a memory-safe pure Rust written decoder, instead of libjxl.
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Linux Kernel 6.19 was released! Linus Torvalds announced the kernel release on Sunday afternoon:
No big surprises anywhere last week, so 6.19 is out as expected – just as the US prepares to come to a complete standstill later today watching the latest batch of televised commercials. The betting man would expect them all to be AI-generated, but maybe some enterprising company decides to buck the trend? Doubtful, but there’s always a slight chance.
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Visual Studio Code 1.109, the January 2026 release of Microsoft’s AI code editor, was released few days ago.
The new monthly release introduced preview support for Claude Agent, allowing to delegate tasks to the Claude Agent SDK using the Claude models included in your GitHub Copilot subscription.
GCompris, KDE’s educational software suite, released new 26.0 version few days ago.
The new version introduced official companion tool for teachers, added two new activities, and fixed various bugs.
Darktable, the free open-source photography app and raw developer, released new 5.4.1 version one day ago.
This is a minor release that focuses on bug-fixes, stability improvements, as well as camera support changes and translation updates, but no new features.
