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Check in for a recap of Linux app releases in September 2025, including updates to gThumb, Apostrophe, Rio Term, MPD Client Euphonica and more! You're reading Linux App Release Roundup (September 2025), a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.... Read more

The next version of the Cinnamon desktop environment improvs the way alternative keyboard layouts and input methods are handled and configured. Both the keyboard settings panel and the keyboard applet will show IBus input alongside traditional keyboard layouts “as if they were the same”, say Mint’s developers. This will improve... Read more

If you see the "unable to capture a screenshot, all possible methods failed" error when using GNOME Screenshot in Ubuntu, it is not a bug – but by design. You're reading Why the GNOME Screenshot App Doesn’t Work in GNOME 49, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce... Read more

A redesigned and retooled Raspberry Pi Imager app is available for early-bird testing. Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 sees “nearly every aspect of the UI has been changed, with a view toward improving accessibility and making the tool easier to understand”, say its makers. It also adds opt-out anonymous telemetry to... Read more

An update to the Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell extension is out, adding the ability to move the compact panel to a different part of the screen by clicking. You're reading Mini Floating Panel Adds New Auto-Positioning Options, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.... Read more

Imgur, the popular online image-hosting platform, is no longer available in the UK. Brits who visit the Imgur website, click a link to an image hosted on Imgur, or — more pointedly for those reading blogs — load a webpage with an Imgur embed inside of it, will see a... Read more

Tiling Shell, the GNOME extension providing you with a myriad of ways to tile windows in all kinds of cool ways — which is preinstalled in Zorin OS 18 — has issued an update adding a raft of new keyboard-focused features. GNOME 49 support also lands, meaning this extension works... Read more

The Linux 6.17 kernel has been released, bringing a swathe of improvements to desktop distro users and beyond. There’s also bunch of lower-level changes touching on everything from CPU security to a bug fix dating back to 1993. Announcing the release on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), Linus Torvalds... Read more

Want your favourite app to start automatically when you log in to Ubuntu? You used to reach for the Startup Applications tool, but in Ubuntu 25.10, it’s no longer there. Ubuntu 25.10 ships with GNOME 49, and a new version of the gnome-session package. This is what previously included the... Read more

System76 has officially released the first public beta of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS, which features the company’s new, Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment by default (which is also in beta).  System76 say COSMIC will ‘propel the Linux desktop to new heights of user empowerment’ Pop!_OS 24.04 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS... Read more