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Ptyxis, the free open-source container-oriented terminal emulator, released new 49.3 version few days ago.
As you may know, Ptyxis is a GTK4 terminal emulator that’s default in Ubuntu since 25.10. It features first-class container integration with automatic discovery, direct spawning, and context preservation support for Podman, Toolbox, Distrobox, and JHBuild.
Notepad Next, the free open-source Notepad++ re-implementation with native Linux, Windows, and macOS support, released new 0.13 version few days ago.
In case you don’t know about the app, it’s a Qt6-based text editor that replicates the Notepad++ functionality and user interface with cross-platform support.
GIMP, the popular GTK-based image editor, released version 3.0.8 last night.
The new version of this free open-source image editor might be the final release in the 3.0 series. It primarily includes bug-fixes and performance improvements, while there are also some minor new features.
Fastfetch, the neofetch like system information tool, updated recently with many new features.
For those who don’t know about the app, it is a free open-source command line tool that can fetch and display system information for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc operating systems.
Looking for an infinite whiteboard tool for Linux Desktop? KDE has one that’s in development!
It’s Drawy, a free open-source C++ written application that aims to be a native-desktop alternative to the amazing web-based Excalidraw.
Easy Effects, the popular audio equalizer and effects application for Linux desktop, released new 8.1.0 version few days ago.
The new version of this free open-source software added new plugin for input/output effects, fixed some bugs, and introduced some other features.
Gedit, the classic GTK based text editor, released new 49.0 version few days ago.
For those who are new to Linux, Gedit was the default text editor for Ubuntu and Fedora etc Linux Distributions with GNOME desktop. And, it’s still the default in old Ubuntu LTS releases (e.g., 20.04, 18.04, 16.04) that are supported by either expanded security maintenance or legacy add-on.
GNOME 50, the default desktop for next Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44, is going to add more feature options for parental controls.
As you may know, GNOME has a built-in “Parental Controls” application, allowing parents to restrict their children’s activity on computer or laptop screen.
Shotcut video editor released the Beta version of 26.1 today for testing purpose.
The new version of this free open-source Qt and MLT based video editor fixed many bugs and added hardware decoding support for more processes.
For NVIDIA users, the latest nvidia-590 driver will be soon available for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 25.10 and next Ubuntu 26.04.
NVIDIA 590.48.01 is the latest feature branch driver for Linux that was released almost one month ago. Ubuntu community is now building it into the multiverse repository.
