Joining this week’s beta releases of Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora 43 and LMDE 7 is Zorin OS 18, available for willing testers to download from today. Zorin OS 18 is the next major release of the popular Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and rebases atop of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, a sizeable uplift over the Zorin OS 17 branch that remains based on the older Ubuntu 22.04 series. Foundational uptick side — newer kernel, drivers, Wayland et al — Zorin OS 18 offers a redesigned desktop with floating rounded panel, various new desktop features (including the terrific Tiling Shell), Web App creation tool, and […]

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Ubuntu’s new daily “Dangerous” desktop builds are now available download — ideal for anyone who find the current Ubuntu 25.10 Beta a little too un-risky! Not that these Ubuntu Dangerous builds are inherently dangerous, of course. They are regular daily builds of Ubuntu’s development release, but with preinstalled Snaps preconfigured on their respective ‘edge’ channels, rather than the latest in-series stable (like a normal daily build). Canonical’s engineers announced plans for Ubuntu Dangerous desktop images last month (which I covered in a snarky conversation format). Today, 19 September, the first ISOs were published on the Ubuntu CD image server. Ubuntu […]

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Google Chrome is to become an AI browser powered by Gemini and agentic abilities to 'fundamentally change the nature of browsing', the search giant has announced.

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It’s time to get testing — or do I mean questing? — as the beta release of Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) is available to download. The Ubuntu 25.10 Beta brings a number of user-facing changes to the desktop, the majority of which come via the GNOME 49 release. There’s an accessibility menu on the login screen, media controls on the lock screen, and a Yaru theme update with new icons and smoother spinner animation on the boot screen. Canonical’s engineers have also plumbed in lower-level enhancements, designed to improve the distribution’s security, reliability and compatibility ahead of next year’s important Ubuntu […]

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Customisable tab bar, searchable tab overview menu and address bar actions are new features on offer in the latest update to the Vivaldi web browser.

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A fresh flurry of fixes have arrived for Thunderbird, the open-source desktop e-mail client. The v143 release resolves a number of annoying issues.

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A new version of the GNOME desktop environment has been released with new default video and document apps, Lock Screen features, and more - exciting!

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Kdenlive developers are working on keyframes dopesheet, UI changes, per‑project layouts and titler animations to improve this free video editor.

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Mozilla Firefox 143 brings new features and improvements, including access to Microsoft's AI chatbot, date info in the address bar, and web app support.

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Quadrapassel 49 modernises GNOME’s Tetris clone on Linux with GTK4, adds touch support, and improves scoring and gameplay for casual gamers.

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Canonical will package and distribute NVIDIA CUDA in the Ubuntu repositories, making it easier for developers to install with a single, simple APT command.

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VirtualBox 7.2.2 is out, fixing critical startup crashes and making TPM emulation on Linux work again. It's the first maintenance update in the new 7.2 series.

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Turntable, a desktop music controller for Linux that is also a universal scrobbler for any MPRIS-compataible app, has a new version out - and it's ace!

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Popular GNOME Shell extension Dash to Panel is updated for GNOME 49, but all of its changes, fixes and improvements are available on earlier releases too.

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Linux Mint 22.3 is due for release in December, and we just got our first idea of what's planned: redesigned app launcher, new applets, and Wayland integration.

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GNOME 49 brings new apps, lock screen media controls, multi-monitor brightness controls, file manager changes and fractional scaling improvements.

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A rundown of new features in development for Firefox, including visual image search, more sponsored results in the URL bar, and (of course) more AI integration.

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Spotify Premium users can now stream music in lossless audio quality at no extra cost. The desktop Spotify Linux app is likely to add support for it too.

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Ubuntu 25.10 daily builds switch to Dracut by default, after Feature Freeze Exception granted to replace initramfs-tools for a more modern boot process.

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Stop distracting wallpaper movement in GNOME Shell workspace transitions with Static Workspace Background extension, keepings the background fixed.

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Linux kernel 6.17 is now baked-in to the latest Ubuntu 25.10 daily builds, which means this will be the kernel version the next Ubuntu releases ships with.

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Mozilla is FINALLY pulling the plug on 32-bit Firefox builds for Linux, a decade after Google Chrome did the same. Why now? It says they're getting hard to build.

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Euphonica is a slick new MPD client for Linux, written in Rust and GTK4/libadwaita. It's currently in beta, but testing is easier as it's finally arrived on Flathub.

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Yaru, Ubuntu's default theme, has received a refresh ahead of October's 25.10 release. The artwork drop adds new app icons, and improves theme consistency.

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