GNOME Document Viewer, aka Papers, released new 51 Beta version one day ago.
The new version of this GNOME core application for reading PDF / DejaVu documents as well as Comic Books archives introduced visual signature support.
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GNOME is going to support uninstalling applications directly from the App Grid, by adding “Uninstall” option to app icons’ right-click menu.
The feature is to be implemented by a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026 project via a contributor from India.
Dash to Dock, the popular Gnome Shell Extension that brings out the bottom dock launcher out of overview, released new 106 version a few days ago.
The new version of this extension that’s default in Ubuntu (known as Ubuntu Dock) added the upcoming GNOME 51 support, and explained why the “scroll over icon” switching workspace action does not work.
GNOME, the popular Linux Desktop, finally added keyboard navigation support for its built-in screenshot UI in the main branch.
Meaning if everything goes well, the next Ubuntu 26.10, Fedora 45 Workstation and other Linux with GNOME 51, will be able to use keyboard arrow keys to move or resize the screenshot selection area.
For users switching from Windows, this tutorial shows you how to enable the Windows style “My Computer” (it’s now “This PC”) navigation item in the left pane of Ubuntu 26.04 default file manager.
Nautilus (aka GNOME Files) used to have a “Other Locations” item in left pane, allowing to take a quick glance at local disk volumes on your computer, access network drives, and connect remote sources.
Blur my Shell, the popular extension that adds blur effect to GNOME shell, is finally adding blur support for pop-up menus.
Meaning that not only top panel, dash, and overview, but also calendar/notification popup, quick settings, OSD popups, right-click menus, switchers, and dialogs can be blurred now.
Rewaita, the free open-source tool to change the color scheme of GTK4/LibAwaita apps, released new 1.1.4 version today.
The new version of this theming application added GDM support, CLI interactions, more customization options, and some other improvements.
Want an email app between Evolution and Geary? Check out Gnome’s modern new “Stamp” app which is working in progress.
Stamp is an open-source mail, contact, and calendar suite application for Linux, which was unveiled at OpenSUSE conference 2026:
The project provides a complete mail client with integrated contact and calendar functionality. It features a modern UI built on GTK4, using WebKit for content rendering, and supports features like account management, email signatures, pgp/smime signed and encrypted mails, BIMI support and more….
GNOME 51, the Linux desktop expected as default in Ubuntu 26.10 and Fedora 45, is now available for Alpha testing!
The new version of this popular Linux desktop environment finally removed the code for legacy NVIDIA drivers support!
Meaning the old graphics cards, such as GeForce 700 series (except GTX 750 Ti, GTX 750, and GTX 745) and earlier, will only work in a basic and fallback mode using the open‑source Nouveau driver in GNOME 51.
Want to adjust the touchpad 2-finger scrolling speed in Ubuntu 26.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 with default GNOME Desktop on Wayland?
There’s now a free open-source application that provides a graphical user interface to do the things as easy as a few mouse clicks.
