KDE
Power users will love these new KDE app features
KDE Gear 26.04 brings keyboard shortcuts galore to the file browser.
Jordan Gloor
Jordan Gloor is a journalist of over five years, having covered tech, agriculture, and local history. He likes to tinker with computers in his free time, especially in self-hosting and the Linux desktop. He also enjoys drinking hot tea and gardening.
GNOME
A core GNOME maintainer has stepped down and is no longer working for Red Hat
Christian Hergert was responsible for GtkSourceViewer and many other crucial open source software.
Firefox
Firefox web apps on Linux are almost here. You can try them now
Just enable one flag and you can start Alt-Tabbing to your web apps.
Software Updates
An anti-AI fork of KeePassXC just appeared
While KeePassXC has officially started accepting LLM code contributions, the developers of KeePassChi have forked an earlier version and hope to keep it clean.
Software Updates
My favorite free pixel art app just got a big update
Pixelorama's game asset creation tools got an upgrade.
News
Kernel 7.0 makes Linux an even better choice for old laptops
Swap memory optimizations make it easier to put off upgrading your RAM, meaning Linux kernel 7.0 comes just in time for the computer parts price apocalypse.
Linux Apps
3 neat Linux apps that might be new to you
This weekend I'm exploring a website generator, a retro-style terminal, and a powerful command bar.
Software Updates
A great self-hosted music app is now a Flatpak
The selfhosted music streaming app Feishin's latest update spreads into the Flatpak format, and it also improves the visualizer and the playlist controls.
Self-Hosting
TrueNAS 26 beta is here and trying to save you money
Efficiency improvements to ZFS will supposedly keep your memory costs down.
Software Updates
The nano editor has new features and mouse-friendly settings
In nano version 9.0, not only can you now use a mouse-clickable scroll bar, but you're protected against losing macros and clipboard content now, too.
Desktop Environments
COSMIC's file browser just made file recovery easier
Quitting programs also just got a handy shortcut.
Software Updates
Terminal text editor Fresh 0.2.21 is here
Code completions are now possible without external language server protocols.