Visual Studio Code 1.108, the December 2025 version of this free open-source code editor, was released yesterday.
The new version introduced experimental Agent Skills support, to customize the agent behavior for specialized tasks.
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For users who are still using Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin, the official support will end soon in the next week!
User may choose to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quakka with support until July 2026, then upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, or go back to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with standard support until 2029 and extended security maintenance until 2034.
Refine, the configuration tool for GNOME desktop, released version 0.7.0 today with more configure options.
As you may know, the Settings tool (aka Gnome Control Center) in GNOME only provides commonly used options to provide a simple and clean user interface. And, GNOME Tweaks is available for more configure options, such as themes, fonts, sounds, and startup applications.
VLC, the popular free open-source media player, released new 3.0.23 version few days ago for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
This is a small release that fixed some bugs, updated the dark palette, and improved the compatibility for recent dependency libraries.
Shotcut, the free open-source Qt and MLT based video editor, released new 25.12 version today for Linux, Windows, and macOS users.
The new version improved 10-bit video and added 12-bit video sources support to many video effects/filters.
SuperTux, the free open-source Super Mario inspired jump’n’run game, released new 0.7.0 beta version yesterday.
This is the first update after 4 years of making. It completely remade the worlds, redesigned the character, introduced new assets for the Tux, enemies, and backgrounds, and revived Android support.
KShutdown, the graphical shutdown utility for Windows and Linux, released new 6.2 version few days ago.
The new version of this free open-source application added some minor new features, UI tweaks, and basic D-Bus help dialog for those who would like to automate the process via a widget or script.
Inkscape, the free open-source GTK based vector graphics editor, released new 1.4.3 version few days ago.
This is a maintenance release that features around 124 bug and crash fixes, improved PDF import, and other improvements.
Pinta, the free open-source clone of Paint.Net 3.0, released new major 3.1 version today.
The new version of this simple GTK4 based painting software introduced Axonometric Grid. By going to “View -> Canvas Grid”, user can enable this feature with adjustable width, which is useful for drawing three-dimensional objects.
Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator, released new 2512 version yesterday! Ubuntu PPA updated for all current Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 25.04 and 25.10 releases.
The new release of this free open-source Nintendo video game console emulator added two new options Rush Frame Presentation and Smooth Frame Presentation.
