Ubuntu 26.04 will be a long-term support release, but not all of its official flavours will be as 2 of the 10 official Ubuntu flavours have not applied for LTS status.

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Canonical will package AMD ROCm directly in the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS repos, making it much easier to get GPU-accelerated workloads running on the distro.

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Ubuntu's Yaru theme will closely follow the vanilla GNOME Shell design in the upcoming 26.04 release, as its developers aim to reduce the maintenance burden.

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Firefox 146 is out with fractional scaling on Wayland, local backups on Windows, and new tab weather widget rollout. A quiet but solid update for all platforms.

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The 2 Wallpapers GNOME extension changes wallpaper when apps open, letting you fake blurred window look in apps that support transparency – clever!

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Proton has launched Sheets, an encrypted spreadsheet app available to use in any browser with CSV/XLS import, real-time collaboration and more – for free!

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Want Firefox to dynamically match website colours? This free add-on changes toolbars based on page colours for Vivaldi-style theming. Works on all platforms.

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Canonical announce Ubuntu Pro for WSL, bringing extended security coverage to users running Linux on Windows. As on desktop, it's free for personal use.

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A recap of Linux app releases in November 2025, including updates to Blender, Euphonica, Vivaldi, Blender, Shotcut and a clutch of indispensable VLC tools.

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Linux Mint 22.3 Beta is due to be released in the coming weeks, but what new features can you expect to find in it? A quick recap on why this matters.

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ONLYOFFICE 9.2 is out. The free, open-source office suite now includes a built-in AI Agent for document generation, content analysis, and more. Feature details inside.

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The Raspberry Pi 5 price list has changed: most models jump up, with the 16GB model hitting $145. However, a cheaper 1GB version is now available – is it any good?

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Linux kernel 6.18 delivers performance boosts, new laptop drivers, and a controversial filesystem removal, plus more key changes inside.

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Mozilla says its AI 'rewiring' is a moral crusade to save the web from Big Tech. Our snarky explainer asks if the real goal is to goose revenue instead.

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The first Ubuntu 26.04 monthly snapshot is out, the first of 5 planned for the 'Resolute Raccoon' before next April's stable release. Fancy testing it? Details inside.

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Ubuntu developers confirm plans to ship 2 new apps in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, replacing its video and system monitor apps with a pair it feels are more 'modern'.

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Future versions of KDE Plasma will no longer support the Xorg/X11 display server, as developers set-out the timeline for a transition to a Wayland-only future.

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A font's a font – unless you're into typography! Google Sans Flex font is a new open source font made for screens. It looks great set as Ubuntu's system font.

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Raspberry Pi Image 2.0 goes stable with a major redesign, user flow and new features. Details on what's changed, what it can do and where to get it - inside!

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Canonical's engineers have submitted pull requests to add RISC-V support to Google's Flutter toolkit, which Ubuntu uses to built many of its desktop apps.

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Can the Raspberry Pi 500+ work as a standalone Bluetooth keyboard? Yes, using the open-source btferret project – but not without limitations, as I report.

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LibrePods brings AirPods Pro features to Linux desktops, including active noise cancellation, transparency mode, ear detection and accurate battery levels.

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Mozilla's new TABS API helps developers build AI agents to automate web tasks, as the company continues to bet on AI as its future. Details, pricing, and links inside.

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The Xubuntu team has shared an incident report on its October website breach. Attackers brute-forced the site to inject malware - but was anything else affected?

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