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.
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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.
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.
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.
Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 3, the third monthly development release of the next Ubuntu version, is available to download!
The new snapshot was scheduled for July 30th. It’s finally available a few days ago as the final snapshot, while, the next release will be beta schedule for September 24th according to the announcement.
Audacity, the popular open-source audio editor and recorder application, released a new stable maintenance update for the 3.7 series yesterday.
It’s Audacity 3.7.9, the 9th maintenance release, that includes two features backported from 4.0 development release and several bug-fixes.
NVIDIA VA-API driver, the free open-source video acceleration API implementation using NVIDIA NVDEC, released new 0.0.18 version yesterday.
The new version finally makes NVIDIA GPU accelerated video decoding usable in Linux with Chrome / Chromium web browser.
OpenShot, the free open-source Qt video editor, released new major 4.0 version on Sunday.
The new version introduced new Color View, Audio and Video recording, new AI based masks, and many other features.
gThumb, the GNOME image viewer and organizer, released the Released Candidate for the next 4.0 major version.
As you might know, gThumb 4.0 is the next major release that features GTK4 plus LibAdwaita port for a modern user interface looks native in recent GNOME desktop.
