KDE's digiKam now works better with Pixel phone photos
digiKam 9.1.0 brings support for Pixel Motion photos, time zone metadata, and improved facial recognition.
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"Bobby" is a new GNOME Circle app for browsing databases
With GNOME Circle certification, you can expect the app to meet reliability and accessibility standards that other FOSS apps aren't held to.
3 Linux apps to try on your new Linux PC
This week I'm trying a graphics editor, a MeshCore interface, and a terminal-based typing game.
The beta for Blender 5.2 LTS is out now. Here's what's new
New experimental physics simulations for hair and cloth are improving the capabilities of this open source 3D modelling app.
Certain Home Assistant servers can be remotely hacked with this tiny $22 radio
MeshCore cards for Home Assistant dashboards allow HTML delivered by mesh nodes to be rendered, potentially allowing the delivery of malicious payloads to the host.
Open source video editor Shotcut is getting OpenFX, Vulkan, and more
A beta for v26.6 was released that added OpenFX and VST2 plugins, as well as Vulkan display rendering for the application.
Behold: 3D Windows games running smoothly on open source RISC-V
The felix86 project showed off 3D x86 games like Portal 2 and God of War running at decidedly playable levels thanks to new RISC-V hardware.
We're one step closer to a KDE Linux beta
A new, independent package build system and an optimized collection of software and kernel modules means a pure KDE distribution is one step closer to reality.
Upgrade your Linux PC with these 3 handy apps
This week it's all about reviews. I'm trying a terminal history viewer, a log viewer, and an image viewer and editor.
Flathub is finally combating the AI slopware problem
Apps and pull requests made or assisted by AI can no longer be submitted to Flathub's software repository. There are exceptions though.
FOSS retro Windows on ARM64 Raspberry Pi is almost here
Developers are booting an open source version of Windows NT on the Raspberry Pi 5, and while useful software isn't here yet, it is a big step forward.
The self-hosted streaming app Feishin got a major update
Listening to music via Jellyfin, OpenSubsonic, or Navidrome? This app just got new themes and better organizing and reporting tools.
Wayland
The dream of Steam on Wayland just got closer to reality
Since Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) now supports Wayland natively, we can look forward to apps like Steam moving toward full Wayland support.
Jellyfin
Jellyfin has new versioning and AI code policies
Jellyfin is about to jump from version 10.11.x to 12.x, to avoid confusion.
Linux Apps
Refresh your Linux PC by trying one of these Linux apps
This week I'm trying a Flatpak browser, a screen recorder, and a VM manager.
Meshtastitc
This $45 gadget turns your Linux PC into an off-grid chat node
With this radio module, you can get directly onto the Meshtastic network without need to flash anything.
Tails
Here's what's new in Tails 7.8
You won't find Mozilla Thunderbird preinstalled on this release.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD 7.9 is released, here's what's new
It includes additional ARM and RISC-V processor support and drivers for Wi-Fi 6.
KDE Plasma
KDE Plasma 6.7 (in beta now): Here's everything new
New theming, new shortcuts, and better virtual desktops all make up this exciting desktop environment release.
DietPi
DietPi 10.4 adds full support for an Orange Pi, plus Copy Fail mitigations
Some self-hosted software is getting upgraded, too.
Linux Apps
Keep your software fresh: 3 more Linux apps worth trying
This weekend I'm trying a virtual ruler, a disk usage detector, and a movie storing tool.
Resources
These Linux distros still run on 32-bit hardware in 2026
Plus, what to expect when you install it.
New In Linux
What's happening at New In Linux
I'm keeping you in the loop on my thinking and direction.
KDE
KDE just got a big investment
Does this mean we're getting KDE Linux sooner?