This Flatpak runs a 30-year old version of GIMP – pre-GTK

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 14, 2026 | GIMP, News, nostalgia

Every wondered what famed FOSS image editor GIMP was like in 1996? Well, now you can find out. Developer balooii has packaged GIMP 0.54 into a Flatpak that runs on modern 64-bit Linux desktops with Wayland. It’s apparently the earliest version of the app with the...

Firefox is adding Vulkan video decoding for Nvidia GPUs

by quikefix quikefix.com | 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...

Ubuntu brings Livepatch to arm64 for rebootless kernel updates

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 14, 2026 | arm, Canonical, livepatch, News

Canonical has brought Livepatch to Arm64 devices for the first time, allowing Ubuntu systems on Arm hardware to apply critical kernel security patches without a full reboot. Livepatch is one of Ubuntu’s best hidden security features – it’s not enabled by default,...

Pine64 launch $50 smart speaker for Home Assistant tinkerers

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 14, 2026 | Hardware, News, pine64

Open-hardware manufacturer Pine64 has launched a $50 smart speaker that runs open-source software on a RISC-V chip. PineVoice (previously known as PineVox) is built around a Bouffalo Lab BL606P RISC-V SoC with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 and Zigbee radio...

Fed up with complex note taking apps? Try Whisp for Linux

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 14, 2026 | News, note taking apps, Whisp

Whisp is a Linux notes app with a difference. A gesture-driven GTK4/libadwaita UI offering a scratchpad for note taking. Inspired by Antinote for macOS. You’re reading Fed up with complex note taking apps? Try Whisp for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do...