KDE Plasma desktop 6.8 is now available for beta testing, while the final release is planned for October 14, 2026.
The new version of this popular Linux desktop environment, introduced some new features, UI improvements, and fixed various bugs.
Firefox 156.0, the new biweekly release of Mozilla’s web browser, is now available to download.
According to the Github release page, the new 156.0 release introduced some improvements to its Windows and MacOS app, improved the performance loading large JPEG images as well as the built-in PDF viewer, and fixed various bugs.
Shotwell, the digital photo organizer for GNOME, released new major 33.0 version a day ago.
The new version of this Ubuntu default/pre-installed app (when Ubuntu installed in Extended selection mode) is finally ported to GTK4.
GIMP image editor released new 3.2.6 version a few days ago. Here’s the PPA update for Ubuntu users who prefer the native .deb package.
GIMP 3.2.6 is a stable maintenance release that features various bug fixes, security updates, performance improvements.
This is a step by step guide shows how to enable NVIDIA GPU accelerated video decoding for Google Chrome, Chromium, Brave, Edge, etc web browsers in Ubuntu.
As you may know, Chromium based web browsers do not support NVDEC (NVIDIA Decoder) for video acceleration in Linux by default. The open-source NVIDIA VA-API driver workaround the issue by translating VA-API calls (that most browsers supported) into NVIDIA’s NVDEC video decoding functionality.
NVIDIA driver for Linux released new 615.71.09 version yesterday, as the latest new feature branch driver.
The new driver added some new Vulkan extensions support for better Linux gaming and memory management, and fixed various Wayland and Blackwell GPUs related issues.
Ubuntu developer team announced the default wallpaper for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 yesterday, along with the winning images from the wallpaper competition.
As before, the new default wallpaper is made of a purple background with mascot (stingray) in center. Similar to the one for 26.04, it uses a large, curved origami crease in the background.
Paint.NET image editor added experimental Linux support with version 5.2 Alpha. Here’s step by step guide shows how to try it out in Ubuntu.
There are quite a few Paint.NET alternative apps with native Linux support, but it’s always good to see a Windows app add Linux support.
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GNOME 51, the Linux desktop expected to be default in Ubuntu 26.10 and Fedora Workstation 45, now is available for RC testing!
The developer team announced this RC release last night. While, the GNOME 51 Final release is scheduled for September 16th in next week.
For those who want to try out the most recent Mesa graphics library 26.2, it’s finally easy to install in Ubuntu through the popular kisak-mesa fresh PPA.
Mesa is the user-space open-source graphics drivers and libraries let apps and games on Linux access to the GPU, especially for Intel/AMD GPUs.
