Calibre v9.15, the latest update to the open-source ebook manager, adds an AI-powered "Create Your Own Adventure" writing game that lets users build a fictional world and hand real-time control of it …
Developer Ryosuke Watanabe released a GNOME Shell extension that brings an Apple-style 'Liquid Glass' look to the Ubuntu Linux desktop, with what the report calls significant help from AI. Watanabe sa…
Arduino's VENTUNO Q edge AI and robotics board, priced from $299 and running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, sold out after pre-orders opened in August. The board features a dual-brain architecture with a Qualcomm …
OMG! Ubuntu's August 2026 Linux app roundup highlights Firefox 153, OpenShot 4.0 with colour grading, Calibre's new generative AI cover generation, Tuba's feature updates, LibreOffice 26.8's new parag…
Mozilla released Firefox 155, the first under its new twice-monthly schedule, expanding the AI-powered Smart Window browsing mode to users in the USA, Canada, and France, with opt-in access and suppor…
Calibre 9.14, released August 28, adds an AI Generate button that lets users create custom ebook covers in styles such as romance, sci-fi, and pulp fiction, requiring an AI provider with an API key th…
Ubuntu's upcoming 26.10 release will include Myna, an AI-powered speech-to-text dictation feature that lets users dictate into any text field, with a new GNOME Shell extension providing an on-screen i…
Postcard, a new email client for GNOME built in Python with GTK4/libadwaita, was released by solo developer gxanshu on GitHub, who used AI coding tools to create the app. The client features a Geary-l…
PINE64, the open-hardware company, announced it will stop producing Linux devices due to the AI infrastructure boom driving up memory and storage chip costs, with existing stock of devices like the Pi…
Mozilla released Firefox 154, the final monthly release before the browser moves to a twice-monthly schedule in September, featuring improved full-page translations, faster video seeking, and small AI…
Linux kernel 7.2 has been released with cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4 and Btrfs filesystems, and improved hardware drivers, according to OMG! Ubuntu. The 9-week development cycle set a merge-win…
OpenAI has released a preview of its official ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, making the app available on all major operating systems. The Linux version supports running Codex in local repositories, co…
The Resources v51 beta, the system monitor tool that Ubuntu 26.04 LTS made its default, adds AMD NPU utilization, power, and performance stats for Ryzen 7040, 8040, and Ryzen AI 300/400-series chips, …
OMG! Ubuntu's July 2026 Linux app roundup highlights Firefox 153, which adds container tabs and rounded window bottom corners on GTK-based desktops including Ubuntu, and Mission Center's major update …
Starling, a Linux desktop environment built by a single developer in six months using AI coding tools, is now available as a preview .deb for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. The developer used AI to rewrite Flutter…
Google has released an official Chrome build for Arm64 Linux, now available for download on devices including the Raspberry Pi and Snapdragon laptops. The build, promised for Q2 2026, has been added t…
Firefox's New Tab page now includes an AI-powered daily crossword widget from the AI news reader Particle, with puzzles based on recent content summarized by Particle's AI and links to articles for cl…
Codeberg, the nonprofit alternative to GitHub used by FLOSS projects, will no longer host software that is mostly AI-generated, following a vote that passed 358 to 144 with 14 abstentions on 22 July 2…
Nearly three-quarters of app submissions rejected by Flathub under its AI-coded app ban are already dead, according to an analysis by Linux developer Evangelos Paterakis. Paterakis examined 120 code r…
Anthropic released a beta of its Claude desktop app for Linux, offering features like parallel sessions and an integrated terminal, but lacking Computer Use and voice dictation. The app is available v…