1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (293+ words) Redmond adds more carrots to its stick Microsoft has released Coreutils for Windows, allowing a stack of familiar "Linux-like" command-line utilities to run natively on Windows. The project is based on uutils, the Rust-based reimplementation of GNU coreutils that Ubuntu…...

17+ hour, 58+ min ago  (394+ words) Change sparks concern in wider FOSS community Mozilla has added support for Google's Play Integrity API, known for blocking users of custom ROMs from accessing banking apps, to Firefox for Android. Per a resolved issue in Mozilla's public tracker, a…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (317+ words) Proton has confirmed it is working on a Proton Drive client for Linux desktops. The announcement slipped out as part of a broader platform update. Proton has rebuilt Drive around a new shared SDK, with a single codebase powering its…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (279+ words) Unofficial, but it works Canonical has bumped its Steam Snap for ARM64 to the stable channel. First announced in January, the snap has been tested across ARM64 hardware including the NVIDIA DGX Spark, Radxa Orion O6 and Lenovo Think Pad X13s, with Canonical now…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (416+ words) Multi-window app support is on the way too Google confirmed at Google I/O 2026 that Canonical is the new lead maintainer and "strategic steward" of Flutter desktop for Windows, mac OS and Linux. The announcement of an expanded partnership with…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (333+ words) Nothing to see yet, really Daily builds of Ubuntu 26. 10 "Stonking Stingray" are now available for download, as development on the distro"s next major release kicks in to gear. As the name suggests, new ISOs are produced from development code…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (393+ words) It's not quite a revival project, but interesting nonetheless If Canonical hadn't burned through cash and goodwill during its smartphone detour in the mid-2010s, Ubuntu would likely still ship with the Unity desktop today " albeit in an evolved form. What would…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (835+ words) AI features are coming to Ubuntu in 2026, though Canonical has made clear that the distro is not becoming an AI product. In a community post, Jon Seager, VP of engineering at Canonical, says the company is "ramping up its use…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (575+ words) Flavour lead begins hunt for someone to step up Ubuntu MATE is looking for a new maintainer, with current project lead Martin Wimpress revealing he no longer has the "passion" for the project he once did " nor the time, it…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (405+ words) Asterisks or silence: it's time to pick a side" Name: Password feedback in sudo. Age: New, but itsabsence is over 40 years old. What's this about? When you run a command in Ubuntu 26. 04 LTS using sudo and enter your password, you…...