GIMP Dev Release Adds New Painting Mode & Text Outline Settings
GIMP 3.2 will include a new Overwrite painting mode, support for Photoshop pattern files, and expanded file format support. You're reading GIMP Dev Release Adds New Painting Mode & Text Outline Settings, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce e...
GIMP 3.2 Dev Release Adds New Paint Mode + More
GIMP 3.2 will include a new Overwrite painting mode, support for Photoshop pattern files, and expanded file format support. You're reading GIMP 3.2 Dev Release Adds New Paint Mode + More, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without...
Vivaldi 7.5 Browser Adds Tab Stack Colours, New DNS Settings
Colourful tab stacks and concise tab context menu are the headline changes on offer the latest update to the Vivaldi web browser. You're reading Vivaldi 7.5 Browser Adds Tab Stack Colours, New DNS Settings, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduc...
GNOME 49 Makes Papers a Core App, Replacing Evince
When Ubuntu 25.04 made Papers its default PDF viewer rather than keep shipping Evince, it did so knowing that the expectation was that upstream GNOME would do the same — now it has. The GNOME 49 Alpha release will ship Papers as a GNOME Core App, rep...
Ubuntu Fixes Desktop File Thumbnails Not Showing
Image, PDF and other supported file thumbnails will once again appear on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop, after nearly a year of not showing. You're reading Ubuntu Fixes Desktop File Thumbnails Not Showing, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce e...
Source to production: Spring Boot containers made easy
This blog is contributed by Pushkar Kulkarni, a Software Engineer at Canonical. Building on the rise in popularity of Spring Boot and the 12 factor paradigm, our Java offering also includes a way to package Spring workloads in production grade, minimal...
Spring support available on Ubuntu
This blog is contributed by Vladimir Petko, a Software Engineer at Canonical. The release of Plucky Puffin earlier this year introduced the availability of the devpack for Spring, a new snap that streamlines the setup of developer environments for Spri...
Live Linux kernel patching with progressive timestamped rollouts
In internet connected environments, where Ubuntu instances can reach livepatch.canonical.com, Livepatch Client supports timestamp-based rollout configurations. Organizations can implement controlled and predictable update pipelines from staging to prod...
Linux App Release Roundup (June 2025)
How the Jeff is it July, already?! Blink-and-you-miss-it June flew by but it did deliver a number notable Linux app releases to act as blurred mile markers as we hurtle into another month. The redesigned ONLYOFFICE 9.0 generated a lot of opinion; the F...
digiKam 8.7.0 Release Offers Improved AI Tools
You don’t need to be a professional photographer (protographer?) to find photo management software digiKam helpful, as the canny crop of new “AI” powered features on offer in the latest release proves. Note: this is a news item covering what’s ...
digiKam 8.7.0 Released with Improved AI Tools
Faster AI-powered face recognition and an AI powered image rotation plugin are among new features in an update to open source photo manager digiKam. You're reading digiKam 8.7.0 Released with Improved AI Tools, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not repr...
Chiseled Ubuntu containers for OpenJRE 8, 17 and 21
Today we are announcing chiseled containers for OpenJRE 8, 17 and 21 (Open Java Runtime Environment), coming from the OpenJDK project. These images are highly optimized for size and security, containing only the dependencies that are strictly necessary...
Introducing Canonical builds of OpenJDK
Java has long been the most popular language for software development in large enterprises, with 90% of Fortune 500 companies using it for backend development, particularly in industries like finance, healthcare, and government. Java developers, more...
Ubuntu 25.10 Raises RISC-V Profile Requirements
Canonical confirm a technical shift for Ubuntu on RISC-V. With Ubuntu 25.10, it will only support hardware meeting the RVA23 profile spec. You're reading Ubuntu 25.10 Raises RISC-V Profile Requirements, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce el...
How to get a job at Canonical
If you’re interested in applying for a role at Canonical, it can help to have some insider guidance. A lot has been written on social media about Canonical and our hiring processes. Some of it is even true. I share responsibility for what we do, beca...
Rename Audio Devices on Ubuntu with this ‘Simple’ App
If you regularly switch between different sound sources on Ubuntu—which you can do from the Quick Settings menu—you’re probably used to seeing a list of audio devices with generic names that skew more technical than intelligible. E.g., Intel HDA ...
Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension
GNOME Shell extensions make it easy to reshape the standard desktop layout in novel new ways, with add-ons like Dash to Panel, OpenBar, and Task Up provide options to combine, configure and customise the top panel. Now, another choice has drifted on to...
Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell Extension
GNOME Shell extensions make it easy to reshape the standard desktop layout in novel new ways, with add-ons like Dash to Panel, OpenBar, and Task Up provide options to combine, configure and customise the top panel. Now, another choice has drifted on to...
