Roblox does not officially support Linux, but Linux users can run using Sober, an unofficial third-party ‘port’ that works without Wine (hence the name). I know; this isn’t a ‘game’ most of you are itching to play. Roblox users are mostly under 16, access it via mobiles and have an unhealthy interest in Robux, the in-game virtual currency. But you may – as I – have snotty relatives who demand to play it on your laptop because their tablet needs charging… Performance ‘the same or better’ than Windows Sober is a ‘specialised runtime just for Roblox’s code’ made by the Vinegar project, […]
Kagi has announced it is ending development of its Orion web browser for Linux to focus on the macOS and iOS versions. A native GTK Linux port of Orion was announced in 2025 and a public beta launched earlier this year. The goal had been to offer feature parity with the macOS version. While recent updates have edged closer, it seems that’s where it’ll remain – for now. Kagi will make Orion for Linux – and the WIP Orion for Windows port – open-source so that the wider FOSS community to step up to “carry them forward”. “Orion is built […]
Raspberry Pi has announced further price increases for its single-board computers driven, of course, by the ongoing cost of memory components. The cost of a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 or Raspberry Pi 5 jumps by $12.50 (£12) from 1 October, 2026: Model Old price New price Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB) $55 $67.50 (£64.80) Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB) $65 $77.50 (£74.40) For context, the Raspberry Pi 4 2GB model launched at $45 in 2019, was reduced to $35 in 2020, increased back to $45 in 2021 and rose by $10 in February. Prices of Pi models have increased in price several […]
Autumnal vibes may be blowing in (for the top-half of the globe, at least) but Linux app developers aren’t minded to hunker down. Aa varied set of Linux app updates were released in September 2026. Big releases to merit a full write up included the redesigned Audacity 4.0 and gThumb 4.0 releases (the former overdue, the latter looking like a new app entirely). I also covered Calibre’s wave of (peculiar) AI feature integrations, if reading books isn’t what you want to do. A pair of (count ’em) Firefox updates arrived, though it was the rollout of the Nova theme in […]
Chocks away – the beta release of Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stringray) is now available for download. Ubuntu 26.10 runs on the Linux 7.3 kernel (release candidate) and ships the GNOME 51 desktop with various user-facing features. Lower-level changes include a full set of Rust core utilities and better handling of low-memory situations. This beta is meant for testing, so users and developers can trial the changes and report any bugs ahead of the final, stable release of Ubuntu 26.10 due o 15 October 2026. For a concise overview of what ships in the Stonking Stingray, read on. What’s new in […]
More Snapdragon X1 and X2 laptops will be able to run Ubuntu 26.10, and a new concept image released to help test them. Canonical’s Tobias Heider says the new preview ISO is built on the Ubuntu 26.10 Beta and will help to find bugs in the upcoming release earlier. He also expects ‘most of the work’ here to be present in the final release in the generic Arm64 image. Ubuntu 26.10 Snapdragon Concept image notably offers early enablement support for Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 laptop, including the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7, HP EliteBook X G2q and the ASUS Zenbook A14/A16. It […]
Blanc is a new open-source browser that replaces the traditional, always-visible tab strip and address toolbar with a minimal ‘island’. This pill floats at the of the window (but not over the web page) to show current site address, common actions like back/forward and bookmark and to relay page security information. It expands as-needed to let you open, manage and switch between tabs, enter web addresses, run searches or sift through browsing history or bookmarks. You can click on it or press super + l at any point to get to it, with commands using /. Despite a lack of […]
VLC 3.0.24 is out, billed as the video player’s ‘biggest security release ever’ with more than 130 fixes across the app and its bundled libraries. VideoLAN president Jean-Baptiste Kempf says the bulk of security flaws patched by the update are “hard to exploit in practice” – among them OOB, integer overflow, double-free and use-after-free issues – he notes not all are ‘harmless’ so encourages users to update. No major new user-facing features arrive with this update to the open-source player, notable improvements are present. VLC 3.0.24 supports ATRAC3 & ATRAC9 decoding (the former used by Sony MiniDiscs the later for […]
It’s taken longer than expected, but users can now upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 directly, without command-line workarounds. Canonical has finally flipped the switch on in-place upgrades for LTS systems. A notification will let users know that a new LTS is available, which can be actioned right away, ignored or “remind me later”‘d. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was released on 23 April 2026, and direct upgrades from Ubuntu 25.10 were enabled a few weeks after the ISO downloads went live. However, upgrades from 24.04 LTS to 26.04 LTS were not. Canonical only officially gives LTS-to-LTS upgrades the go ahead once […]
Destroy Any Website is a browser-based run-and-gun that lets you run amok on any public-facing website. You take command of a character and access a variety of weapons. The aim is to score points by blasting your chosen target to literal pieces. Run, jump and jetpack around the site elements using WASD controls and take aim using your mouse. A competitive multiplayer mode lets you pick a website, share a code with a pal and then compete to reach a destruction score, replete with scoreboard. Lest anyone panic, the wanton destruction the in-browser game can unleash is done on a […]
gThumb’s big GTK4 and Vala rewrite is now officially stable and available for download. I previewed the gThumb 4.0 alpha back in May, remarking on how much of a difference the UI refresh makes to the app – the long-serving photo manager looks like an entirely new app. Every part of gThumb’s interface benefits from the port to GTK4/libadwaita, backend performance is improved by using newer versions of libraries and desktop integration catches up – on GNOME, the modern file chooser with icon thumbnails is used. Greater use of padding and spacing gives everything – editing tools, file properties, settings, […]
Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’ is about to be released – but what will the next release be called? Right now, we don’t know, but care to take a guess? Traditional dictates that the Ubuntu 27.04 title will be made up of an adjective and animal (real or mythical) that both begin with the letter ‘T’. There’s been a tranche of terrific names of late: But these tell us one thing: the codename combo is rarely an obvious pairing. On the adjective side, Ubuntu swings from silly (Saucy, Bionic, Disco, Hirsute) to professional (LTS’ have used Hardy, Trusty, Resolute) to “eDuKaShuNal“, […]
A new look Firefox 157 is out with what Mozilla say is the “biggest visual refresh in years”. The latest stable update to the desktop browser debuts the new Nova theme to all. The ‘modernised look’ makes core elements rounder and more colourful, using subtle pastel gradients in the window chrome on Windows, macOS and (opt-in on) Linux. We got our first look at Nova back in March when tech blogger Söeren Hentzschel shared internal Mozilla mockups of the planned changes. Things moved fast; Nova went from idea to implementation quickly. Recent months has seen the degree of change toned down. […]
People often say Linux Mint looks dated, but the Cinnamon desktop is highly customisable – something a new transformation pack shows to eye-catching effect. Silent Horizon is a Linux Mint makeover pack made up of desklets, panel applets, wallpaper, Plank dock theme and minor Cinnamon layout tweaks. The work of ~PersianVibeCoder, it aims to create a “calm, minimal desktop with little details that make it feel alive”. It has little “details” that do add to the dynamism – albeit at the cost of performance on lower spec devices (as I’ll come to in a moment). Take the weather and system […]
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