Blender 4.2 LTS has landed, delivering a slew of new features and improvements that open-source 3D artists are sure to love. You're reading Blender 4.2 LTS Brings New Render Engine, GPU Compositor + More, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. … [Read more...]

The recent update to AppArmor to remedy issues with 3rd-party apps being unable to run on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (due to its security hardening) inadvertently prevents a fleet of popular Flatpak apps from running either. The Telegram Desktop, KeePassXC, and Steam clients are among Flatpak apps users have reported issues with, seemingly due to the … [Read more...]

When Scott suggested I cover a new open-source app for Linux on the basis it is “like Microsoft PowerToys for developers”, I wasn’t exactly sure what I’d be writing about — or why. But after reading the website for DevToys, which describes the app as a “Swiss Army knife for developers”, things made a lot more … [Read more...]

Linux kernel 6.10 has been officially released. The latest version of the Linux kernel adds an array of improvements, including a new memory sealing system call, a speed boost for AES-XTS encryption on Intel and AMD CPUs, and expanded Rust language support within the kernel to RISC-V. Plus, as with all kernel releases, there’s a glut of … [Read more...]

This weekend Apple officially approved the first PC emulator on the App Store, the open-source app UTM SE which is based on QEMU and is entirely free to download (no IAP). UTM SE can emulate a variety of desktop operating systems and system architectures, including MS-DOS, Windows XP, and (of course) many Linux distributions—all without … [Read more...]

A major update to the open-source e-mail client Thunderbird is now available to download. Thunderbird 128 ‘Nebula’ builds on last year’s stellar Thunderbird 115 release with a flurry of new features, major code improvements, and bug fixes. And like the recent Firefox 128 release this version of Thunderbird is an Extended Support … [Read more...]

Ubuntu’s Flutter-based App Center can now open and install 3rd-party DEB installers. An App Center update that adds support for ‘side-loading’ DEB packages began rolling out to users on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in the past few weeks (but as snaps update in the background silently, without any indication or alert, I only just noticed). To … [Read more...]

A major overhaul of the GNOME extensions website is in the works. As the recent revamp of Flathub proved, engaging store fronts for software and extensions are not the preserve of big-time tech companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft. Good design is good design, whoever does it. GNOME Extensions offer a quick and easy way to add new features, … [Read more...]

Open-source editor Zed is now available for Linux. Zed is a GPL licensed IDE written in Rust, developed by the authors of the Atom editor and the creators of the Tree-sitter parser generator. Out-of-the-box it offers the essential features one expects of a modern IDE, including: But it also has some unique touches, too. Notably, Zed is … [Read more...]

News that GNOME’s design team is looking to make Inter the default font in GNOME 47 got me curious about what the typeface might look in action. Why Inter? This clean, open-source sans-serif font is designed specifically for user interfaces. It’s legible and clear at various sizes and resolutions, boasts a broad character set, and … [Read more...]

Mozilla Firefox 128 is now available download, freshly stocked with some sweet new features. It’s been three weeks sinceFirefox 127delivered a deft new way to get rid of duplicate tabs, bolstered security by auto-upgrading mixed-content elements in webpages, and souped-up its in-page screenshot capabilities. And Firefox 128 adds a clutch of … [Read more...]

There are a lot of reasons to love the Raspberry Pi 5, and the inclusion of a single-lane PCI Express 2.0 interface for expansion is, for me, chief among them. I (hastily) bought a Pimoroni NVMe Base so I could use an M.2 SSD with my Pi 5 (a stonkingly faster experience than a slow-poke microSD card). Only problem is it’s large. With that … [Read more...]