Stretch Break Linux App Reminds You to Stop Pixel-Gawping
Stretch Break is a simple reminder app for Linux that prompts you to take a break, helping prevent eye strain and promote healthy screen habits.
#News #Apps #DigitalWellbeing
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/stretch-break-eye-strain-reminder-app-linux-flathub
elementary OS 8 Updates Add New Dock Features + More
The team behind elementary OS recently detailed a number of improvements to recently roll out to users of the distro. Gala, the default window manager used by the Pantheon desktop environment, is described as seeing an “absolutely massive release” fixing scores of issues and plumbing in a new Gesture Controller offering tangible improvements to the way gestures work. Precisely how? Hey: I ain’t the developer! But reading the pull request which adds the changes it sounds like the new Gesture Controller ought to deliver smoother interactions, hard to convey in words, but things like properly calculated deceleration, handling of gesture cancellation and 
#News #Distros #Elementary
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/elementary-os-8-recent-updates
Audacious 4.5 Beta Brings New Plugins, Better PipeWire Support
The first beta of Audacious 4.5 offers improved PipeWire support, better Qt/GTK parity, and new plugins and skins.
#News #AppUpdates #Audacious #Pipewire
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/audacious-4-5-beta-improvements
Linux App Release Roundup: May 2025
May saw another sizeable set of Linux app updates, including a big update to system monitor tool Mission Centre and long-awaited version bump to system cleaner BleachBit. We also got new versions of web browsers Mozilla Firefox and Vivaldi; the NordVPN Linux app gained a GUI; and more — but they weren’t the only releases of note. That’s why I do these Linux app release roundups: I like to highlight app updates that didn’t warrant a headline of their own, but are still worth knowing about. As always, if you hear about a notable app update I haven’t covered, tips
#News #AppUpdates #Inkscape #Lrr #Virtualbox
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/linux-app-release-roundup-may-2025
Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based sudo
Ubuntu 25.10 will replace the sudo command with sudo-rs, a new Rust rewrite designed to improve memory safety and security. What does this mean for users?
#News #Rust #Sudo #Ubuntu25_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-10-rust-sudo-rs-change
After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine is No More
In May 2000, the first issue of a brand new Linux magazine hit British newsstands, delivering a monthly mix of news, reviews, interviews, tutorials and learned insight on all things free and open-source — plus that all-important cover-mounted CD/DVD! Now, 25 years later, the final ever issue has gone on sale. Linux Format, a monthly magazine covering Linux and open-source, . Future Plc, the UK-based publisher of Linux Format, hasn’t said why the magazine is closing, but one doesn’t need an Oracular Oriole to divine the reason: print publishing is struggling to survive. The writing is less on the pages
#News #LinuxMagazines
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-format-magazine-closes
Ubuntu Announce New Monthly Snapshot Releases
Ubuntu's announced new monthly snapshot releases. The development builds use new automated release processes, but won't replace stable releases.
#News
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-monthly-development-snapshots-announced
Ubuntu Fixes Vanishing ‘Install’ Button Issue in Software Updater
Name: The install button in Software Updater (nee Update Manager). Age: Er, however long it’s been since 2005, when Ubuntu added a GUI software updater. Appearance: Invisible when you need it most! So this bug… If you unchecked every package listed in Software Updater, the Install Now button vanishes completely… Doesn’t sound like a bug… No, because I haven’t finished. If you then re-select any package (because you want to install it), the Install Now button does not reappear, meaning you can’t. You have to restart Software Updater to get it to show up. Perhaps it was upset? I mean, the install button does
#News
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-software-updater-install-button-bug-fixed
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.
#News
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
#News
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
