Those testing Ubuntu 26.04 daily builds or monthly snapshots may have noticed that Showtime, GNOME’s spiffy new video player, is not preinstalled in the ‘extended selection’, despite being announced as a replacement for Totem. It’s especially confusing since Resources system monitor, announced as a software swap the same time as Showtime, […]

You get a range of improvements across the other editors too.

Meta has contributed React, React Native, and JSX to the newly formed React Foundation.

A small community project is building immutable Fedora images for tablets and phones.

Looking for a fancier way to track what music you’re listening to on Ubuntu? Dynamic Music Pill is a GNOME Shell extension that embeds a pill-shaped media controller into your desktop panel or dock. It shows album art, artist name and track title alongside an animated waveform visualiser. If that sounds unapologetically blingy, it’s because it […]

Think of it as a searchable, automated knowledge base for malware.

The Linux desktop has evolved, and it's high time for the “advanced package manager” experience to evolve with it.

Turns out AI is pretty handy when you need to port C++ code.

I am sharing some essential shortcuts to get you started. I will also briefly share how you can set custom shortcuts for all actions.

The Firefox 148 update sees its stable release today, bringing with it a much-request ‘AI kill switch’ to easily disable all AI-powered features within the browser. Mozilla has said future updates to the browser will not re-enable AI features once disabled. Given that Mozilla now measures its success by how much revenue it makes from AI […]

You don't need a MacMini for running OpenClaw. These alternative projects can run on SBCs and ESP32 microcontrollers.

A bill with a goal and vague language on how to achieve it.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ will use OpenJDK 25 as its default Java version. An expected change as OpenJDK 25 is a long-term support release, as Ubuntu 26.04 is, the bump brings various feature and performance improvements to developers over OpenJDK 21, the default version used in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS through 25.10. On Ubuntu, Java isn’t […]

From command line to Kubernetes and Terraform, this bundle covers a lot!

It handles time tracking, Jira sync, and Pomodoro timers without going after its users' data.

Ghostty's most-thumbed feature request is finally being answered. Yup, scrollbar support is finally coming in Ghostty 1.3 for Linux and macOS. You're reading Ghostty terminal is finally adding scrollbar support, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

The world isn’t short on keyboard-based Linux launchers. Albert, Ulauncher, rofi and GNOME Do (if you’re old enough to remember that one) are among those I’ve written about in the past. Rudra is a new spin on this old staple – albeit without the extensibility dedicated quick launchers provide. What’s different here is that it’s […]

BleachBit 5.1.0 beta is out with a new cookie manager, expert mode to prevent accidental data loss, new browser support, and fixes for Linux users. You're reading BleachBit 5.1.0 Beta adds cookie manager and expert mode, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

Quizzes and Puzzles? Yes or no?

If you are looking for a free video downloader that just works on Linux, Windows or macOS, VidBee is the ideal choice here.

The release also includes a new color blindness filter, an on-screen keyboard, and better high refresh rate display handling.

It is open source, vendor-neutral, and free to self-host.

KDE Plasma 6.6 release lets you extract text from screenshots, control app volume from the taskbar, save custom themes and fixes the 60Hz animation cap. You're reading KDE Plasma 6.6 is out – screenshot OCR, refresh rate fix + more, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will split its 600MB linux-firmware package into 17 vendor-specific packages to reduce bandwidth and download sizes of firmware updates. You're reading Ubuntu 26.04 splits firmware package to reduce update sizes, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.