Canonical Makes Advanced Intel GPU Support Available on Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users can make use of the Intel Graphics Preview to unlock support for newer Intel GPU features, like faster ray tracing and ML.
#News #Canonical #Intel #Ppas #Ubuntu24_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-24-04-intel-battlemage-gpu-support
SuperTuxKart 1.5 Release Candidate Now Available
SuperTuxKart developers announce the first release candidate of SuperTuxKart 1.5, the next major version of the popular, open-source racing game.
#News #Gaming #Supertuxkart
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/supertuxkart-1-5-release-candidate-now-available
Canonical Announce Major Changes to the Ubuntu Summit
Ubuntu Summit 2025 will be hosted in London, UK as Canonical makes big changes to the nature of the event, focusing more on remote participation.
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-summit-25-10-event-date-changes
Mozilla Firefox 139 Brings Custom New Tab Wallpapers
The new Mozilla Firefox 139 release is rolling out from today and, compared to recent releases of late, it’s far lighter on user-facing changes. Not that every release can, of course. We have been spoiled: Firefox 136 came with vertical tabs, Firefox 137 brought tab grouping and revamped address bar, while last month’s Firefox 138 release debuted a proper profile manager/switcher. By comparison, the headline change in Firefox 139, per its release notes, is full-page translations on extension pages (but only if they start with the moz-extension:// URL scheme). Mozilla say this delivers a “popular request” from users. Elsewhere, Firefox 139 
#News #Ai/Ml #AppUpdates #Firefox
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/mozilla-firefox-139-released-new-features
Flexbar, USB Apple Touch Bar Clone, Now Supports Linux
Flexbar, a crowdfunded Touch Bar clone, has begun shipping to backers. Better yet: they team delivered Linux support too - which is great to see.
#Hardware #News #Flexbar #TouchBar
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/flexbar-touchbar-clone-ships-linux-support
Linux 6.15 Kernel Released, This is What’s New
Linux 6.15 kernel released with new NVIDIA Rust driver, major exFAT performance gains, controversial fwctl subsystem, and more hardware support.
#News #LinuxKernel
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-6-15-kernel-released
This Extension Adds Night Light Intensity Slider to Quick Settings
No need to hunt through GNOME Settings to adjust Night Light temperature intensity as this nifty extension adds an intensity slider control in the Quick Settings menu.
#News #GnomeExtensions #NightLight
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-night-light-slider-quick-menu-extension
Mozilla Kills Pocket so it can Focus on Firefox
Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, the “read it later” service it acquired in 2017 and integrated into the Firefox web browser. Pocket shuts down on July 8, but existing users and paying subscribers will be able to export saved stories until October 8, 2025. After that, finito. “Pocket has helped millions save articles and discover stories worth reading. But the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match browsing habits today,” they say. Why kill it? The driver, they say, was so it could “…focus our efforts
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/mozilla-kills-pocket-so-it-can-focus-on-firefox
Ubuntu 25.10 Will Ship with the Linux 6.17 Kernel
Day-by-day we’re learning more on what to expect in Ubuntu 25.10 ‘Questing Quokka’, the next short-term release of Ubuntu due for release in October. Today, Canonical’s Kleber Souza, member of the Ubuntu Kernel Team, confirmed the plan is to ship the Linux 6.17 kernel in Ubuntu 25.10 – barring any unforeseen upstream hiccups, of course. As we’re yet to see the release of the Linux 6.15 kernel, and 6.16 is yet to enter development, committing to a version so far out may seem a bit optimistic. But it tracks. Last year Canonical made a major change to its kernel cadence
#News #LinuxKernel #Ubuntu25_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-10-will-use-linux-6-17-kernel
GNOME Dropping X11 Support May Complicate Next Ubuntu LTS
GNOME is looking to jettison X11 session support this year, and the knock-on effects stand to affect Ubuntu ahead of its next long-term support release.
#News #Gnome #Ubuntu26_04Lts #Wayland
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-dropping-x11-support-ubuntu-impact
High Tide (Linux TIDAL App) Improvements
It’s been a few months since I spotlighted High Tide, a promising third-party TIDAL client for Linux desktops that’s under active development. I thought I’d recap some of its recent improvements. Before I do: keep in mind High Tide is still in development. There is no stable release, and many features are missing or a WIP. It’s also not a local music player; you need to be a paid subscriber of the TIDAL music streaming service to use this. It is a solid (and relatively reliable) alternative to the official TIDAL web app though, and installing it on Ubuntu isn’t
#News #AppUpdates #Tidal
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/high-tide-linux-tidal-client-updates
Fender’s New Music Creation Software Supports Linux
Fender Studio is a new free cross-platform DAW for Linux, backed by the iconic instrument maker. Details on what it can do inside.
#News #AudioApps #Daw #FenderStudio
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/fender-studio-linux-audio-recording-app
Microsoft Open-Sources Windows Subsystem for Linux
Well here’s a turn up: Microsoft just released the source code for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), making its nifty fully open source after almost a decade of development. The tech giant announced the news at its BUILD 2025 event, where it made some other open-source related announcements, including its own CLI text editor called Edit, and the code for WSL is already up on GitHub for interested devs to grapple with. For those not familiar with it, WSL is a specialised virtualisation setup that lets Windows users run Linux distributions (like Ubuntu) inside of Windows, with tight system, software
#News #Microsoft #Wsl
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/microsoft-open-sources-windows-subsystem-for-linux
Vivaldi 7.4 Update Adds Keyboard Shortcut Controls
A new version of the Vivaldi web browser is available to download, carrying changes said to make our collective “everyday browsing smoother, faster, and just a little more delightful.” How does Vivaldi 7.4 make browsing the increasingly gamified, algorithmically manipulative and Ai slopified modern web more ‘delightful’? Shortcuts. More specifically, Vivaldi 7.4 gives you the ability to “fine-tune” how shortcuts behave on a per-site basis. If you want a website’s shortcuts to take priority over Vivaldi’s, you can. “It’s about putting you in control, making sure your shortcuts work where and when you need them most”, says Jon von Tetzchner,
#News #AppUpdates #Vivaldi #WebBrowsers
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/vivaldi-7-4-released-with-stuff
elementary OS Preview Some Cool Upcoming Features
The elementary OS 8.0.1 release back in March brought an appreciable set of improvements with it, including a much-improved Files app, but as ever in development: the work never stops! Project founder, Danielle Foré, recently recapped a few smaller features that have been issued to users of the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution as software updates, including: If you run elementary OS 8.x, install your updates and eat your greens, you should be benefitting from the changes listed above (if you don’t have them, go update to get ’em). But Danielle also gave us an early-look at an exciting new app and
#News #Distros #Elementary #Pantheon
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/elementary-os-preview-upcoming-features
Ubuntu 25.10 to Include New Image Viewer, Terminal Apps
Ubuntu’s “Questing Quokka” has begun its journey to release land, and it seems it’s off with fresh provisions – devs just announced plans to ship a pair new apps in the 25.10 release out October. Loupe is to replace Eye of GNOME as the default image viewer in Ubuntu 25.10, while Ptyxis is set to supplant GNOME Terminal as default terminal emulator. Neither app swap is a surprise, though I should caution that neither are a given yet. The nature of development is such that intentions can get waylaid by realities as testing throws up issues, incompatibilities, and other inconsistencies
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-10-to-include-new-image-viewer-terminal-apps
Firefox Now Lets You Set a Custom New Tab Background Image or Colour
A number of new personalisation features have been added to the Firefox New Tab page in the past year, including the ability to pick a background image from a small set of hand-picked pics and solid colours. Pleasant though those curated images are, they’re not to everyone’s tastes. Which is Mozilla is working on a couple of enhancements – all of which are available to “test” in the latest stable release (Firefox 138 at the time of writing). The big change is that you can now “upload your own image” to use as a background for the New Tab page
#News #Development #Firefox #Mozilla
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/firefox-now-lets-you-set-a-custom-new-tab-background-image
Canonical Will Donate $120k to Open Source Projects This Year
Canonical commits to donating $120k to the open source developers building the projects and tools that help power the Ubuntu ecosystem.
#News #Canonical #Github
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/canonical-commits-funds-open-source-devs
NordVPN Linux App Now Has a GUI
NordVPN today announced a major update to its Linux app, adding a much-requested GUI front-end that makes it easier to control, configure and monitor connections. Linux users have been able to use an official, comprehensive command-line interface for NordVPN for many years. Today’s announcement of a graphical user-interface option sees the company widen access to its offerings to Linux users of all experience levels. Now, a Linux GUI is available, providing, NordVPN say, “visually rich elements and ease of use without compromising advanced features. With just a few clicks, users can connect to a server, manage preferences, and monitor their
#News #AppUpdates #Nordvpn #Security #Vpn
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/nordvpn-linux-app-update-adds-gui
Ubuntu 25.04 Upgrades Set to Go Live Again Soon
If you’ve been patiently waiting to do an in-place upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 from 24.10, your patience is about to pay off. Ubuntu developers were forced to halt upgrades to the new Ubuntu 25.04 release due to a number of major bugs affecting users across different Ubuntu flavours. Some users were left with broken desktops (environments, that is – upgrading wasn’t melting PC towers); upgrading was removing third-party packages it shouldn’t have, while many Qt-flavour users couldn’t upgrade using the GUI tool due to missing dependencies. This is why Ubuntu 25.04 upgrades are not working at present (unless manually forced
#News
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-04-upgrades-resume-after-bug-fixes
