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Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 3 is available to download - OMG! Ubuntu

The third Ubuntu 26.04 snapshot is out, giving you an easy way to test the 'Resolute Raccoon' ahead of its stable release in April. Details and links inside.

AerynOS Establishes Policy Against LLM Contributions, 2026.01 ISO Refresh

In kicking off 2026, AerynOS developers have continued to make progress on their build tooling and infrastructure for this Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS

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Funding, AI and Politics Take Center Stage at FOSDEM 2026 - OMG! Ubuntu

FOSDEM 2026 confronts open-source burnout, the rise of ‘adversarial’ AI, and celebrates 30 years of KDE in one of the even's most packed schedules yet.

Budgie 10.10.1 Released With Better Stability & Improved Labwc Integration

Plasma 6.7 Restoring The Air Plasma Theme, Fixes KWin Issue With Intense Alt+Tab'ing

KDE Plasma developers remain quite busy preparing for the Plasma 6.6 desktop release coming up in a little more than two weeks while at the same time continuing to land early features for the Plasma 6.7 release coming later in the year.

KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta 2 Released For Testing

Following the KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta from two weeks ago, a second beta of the upcoming Plasma 6.6 desktop is now available for testing

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Tiling Shell 17.3 adds new tiling modes, touchscreen support - OMG! Ubuntu

The Tiling Shell 17.3 GNOME extension update introduces new ‘Adaptive’ and ‘Granular’ edge-tiling modes, Wacom and touchscreen support, and layout reordering.

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Control Anything from GNOME Quick Settings with this Extension

Add custom command and script toggles to GNOME Shell's Quick Settings menu. Create up to 6 buttons to trigger any action you want, easily and in reach!

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COSMIC Desktop 'Frosted Glass' UI Effect Previewed - OMG! Ubuntu

Frosted blur effect is coming to System76's COSMIC desktop, giving apps and desktop elements a modern feel. These images shared by the team show how it looks.

SonicDE Looks To Preserve & Improve The X11-Specific KDE Code

In light of Plasma 6.8 looking to go Wayland-exclusive and retire their X11 session support, SonicDE (formerly 'KDE-Lite') is getting off the ground as a fork of the relevant X11 support within the KDE desktop.

Phosh Mobile Phone UI Making Progress On GTK4 Port

Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras presented today at FOSDEM on the latest work around Phosh, the mobile phone user interface / Wayland shell project for mobile Linux environments

GNOME 50 Is No Longer Treating Variable Rate Refresh "VRR" As Experimental

Another great albeit overdue improvement for GNOME 50 has landed: Variable Rate Refresh 'VRR' functionality for modern displays is now promoted and no longer treated as an experimental feature.

GamingOnLinux

CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC)

The Open Gaming Collective (OGC) was an interesting announcement recently from a few bigger names, but the CachyOS team opted out of it and now we know why.

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Open Gaming Collective (OGC) formed to push Linux gaming even further

An exciting new announcement is the formation of the Open Gaming Collective, a collaborative organisation between many names in the Linux sphere.

GNOME 50 Finally Lands Improved Discrete GPU Detection

The upcoming release of GNOME 50 to be found in the likes of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44 will feature improved discrete GPU detection within the GNOME Shell

GamingOnLinux

Xfce is getting a brand-new Wayland compositor called xfwl4

The Xfce desktop environment is expanding with plans afoot for a new Wayland compositor called xfwl4.

GamingOnLinux

The simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4.1 is out now

Minigalaxy is a simple and to the point GOG client for Linux, making it easier to download and install all your GOG games.

GamingOnLinux

Heroic Games Launcher v2.19 released adding ZOOM Platform, AppImage updates and more

Heroic Games Launcher remains as one of the best ways to play games from GOG, Epic and Amazon on SteamOS / Linux and Steam Deck with a new version out now.

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DietPi 10.10 drops Debian 11, adds Uptime Kuma & ownCloud Infinite Scale, and more

DietPi 10.10 has been released, raising minimum requirements to Debian 12, dropping support for older SBCs and software, introducing Uptime Kuma and ownCloud Infinite Scale, and bringing other enhancements and bug fixes.

LINux on MOBile

Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (02/2026): Plasma on a Comet

LINMOB.net is a blog about LINux on MOBile devices. With the PinePhone (Pro) and Librem 5 shipping it is back to report on GNU+Linux on mobile devices.