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OpenShot 3.4: New Effects, Better Performance & LUT Support

OpenShot 3.4 brings 32% faster performance, LUT colour grading, new effects, and on-canvas editing tools. Details on how to get this update inside.

Wednesday

Mozilla’s New CEO Confirms Firefox Will Become an “AI Browser”

Mozilla's new CEO confirms Firefox will become an "AI browser", with opt-out features. The aim is to raise money. But what does this pivot means for users?

Tuesday
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GIMP 3.2 Release Candidate 2 Brings a Glut of Fixes

A second GIMP 3.2 release candidate (RC) is now available for testing, should you fancy sampling the various changes on course for the upcoming stable release. GIMP 3.2 iterates on the huge GIMP 3.0 release […]

Monday

New Website Lets You Scan Snaps for Known Security Vulnerabilities

Snapscope by Alan Pope lets you scan Snap packages to list CVES or security vulnerabilities in any bundled libraries, giving you more insight into Snap security.

Sunday

Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 2 Available to Download

The second Ubuntu 26.04 snapshot is ready to download, making testing of 'Resolute Raccoon' ahead of next April's stable release easier. Details inside.

12 December 2025

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Released with New COSMIC Desktop

A new stable release of Pop!_OS is out, the first to ship with the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment by default. I look at what's new in Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS.

11 December 2025

Thunderbird 146 Update Migrates Logins to AES + More

Thunderbird 146 has been released, making it easier to add OpenPGP keyservers, improving the security of login data with AES encryption, and fixing a ton of bugs.

11 December 2025

Ubuntu’s New Telemetry Tool to ‘Phone Home’ Monthly

Changes to Ubuntu's telemetry with the new Ubuntu Insights tool include more frequent reporting, more controls and more transparency on what's collected.

11 December 2025
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Two Ubuntu Flavours Won’t Be LTS Releases Next Year

Ubuntu 26.04 will be a long-term support release, but not all of its official flavours will be as 2 of the 10 official Ubuntu flavours have not applied for LTS status.

10 December 2025

Ubuntu 26.04 Will Look More Like Vanilla GNOME Shell

Ubuntu's Yaru theme will closely follow the vanilla GNOME Shell design in the upcoming 26.04 release, as its developers aim to reduce the maintenance burden.

9 December 2025
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Canonical is Bringing AMD ROCm to Ubuntu 26.04 Repos

Canonical will package AMD ROCm directly in the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS repos, making it much easier to get GPU-accelerated workloads running on the distro.

9 December 2025
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Firefox 146 Brings Full Fractional Scaling Support on Wayland

Firefox 146 is out with fractional scaling on Wayland, local backups on Windows, and new tab weather widget rollout. A quiet but solid update for all platforms.

8 December 2025

A Simple Way to Fake Blurred Windows on GNOME

The 2 Wallpapers GNOME extension changes wallpaper when apps open, letting you fake blurred window look in apps that support transparency – clever!

8 December 2025

Proton Launches Encrypted Spreadsheets (Browser-Based)

Proton has launched Sheets, an encrypted spreadsheet app available to use in any browser with CSV/XLS import, real-time collaboration and more – for free!

5 December 2025

This Add-On Brings Adaptive UI Colour to Firefox

Want Firefox to dynamically match website colours? This free add-on changes toolbars based on page colours for Vivaldi-style theming. Works on all platforms.

4 December 2025

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