by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | App Updates, Bazaar, Cine, LRR, News, qBittorrent
June was sweltering, but the summer heat didn’t slow down open-source software developers. Last month delivered a wave of app updates, including the release of Firefox 152 with its streamlined settings, HandBrake resolved its Linux WebM handling and the Audacity 4.0...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Bug Fixes, News, thumbnailers, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
If you installed Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and noticed video and music files weren’t showing image thumbnails in the file manager, a packaging oversight was to blame, not anything you did. It turns out that Ubuntu’s Default install option (aka minimal install) wasn’t pulling...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Monthly Snapshot, News, Ubuntu 26.10
Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 2 is available to download, the second of four snapshots planned for the ‘Stonking Stingray’ development cycle ahead of a stable release in October. As with the first snapshot, there’s not a lot “new” stuff to see or test out, so unless you’re a...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | AI/ML, Explainer, Myna, News, Ubuntu 26.10
Ubuntu is working on speech-to-text AI transcription so you can talk to type. It’s powered by project Myna. Here’s how it’ll work and why it’s adding it. You’re reading Ubuntu’s new ‘Myna’ AI offers voice typing – but how?, a blog post...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Firefox, Hardware, News, Nvidia, vulkan
Firefox is adding hardware-accelerated Vulkan Video decoding, saving Nvidia users on Linux the hassle of manually configuring the nvidia-vaapi-driver package. The change will be included in Firefox 153, out July 21, but it will not be enabled by default – not to start...
