title: “How to Try Fedora Linux 44: DNF5, GNOME 50, and KDE Plasma 6.6” slug: fedora-44-guide date: 2026-08-20 21:13:16 tags: [Fedora, Linux Distros, DNF5, GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6] categories: [Linux Distros] Fedora Linux 44 shipped on 28 April 2026, after a two-week delay caused by a bug in the KDE setup wizard. As a... » read more

title: “How to Try Pixelorama 1.2 on Linux: A New Pixel Art Editor” slug: pixelorama-1-2-linux-pixel-art-editor date: 2026-08-19 21:06:04 category: linux-software tags: [pixelorama, pixel-art, sprite-editor, linux-software, open-source, godot] banner_image: body-images/hero.jpg banner_credit: “AI-generated illustration · not an official Pixelorama screenshot” AI-generated illustration, not an official Pixelorama screenshot. If you’ve ever wanted to draw a tiny knight, animate... » read more

How to Install Battle for Wesnoth 1.20 on Linux Battle for Wesnoth is one of those rare open-source projects that has been quietly shipping content for twenty years. The latest stable release, 1.20 “The Spanish Wave”, landed in late 2025 and is still receiving maintenance point releases through 2026 — a good time to revisit... » read more

title: “How to Try Soplos Linux 2026.08: Three Desktops, One Debian Base” date: 2026-08-17 categories: [Linux Distros] tags: [Linux, Soplos, Debian, Plasma, GNOME, XFCE, Spanish Linux] If you’ve been hunting for a friendly Debian-based desktop distribution with genuine Spanish flair, Soplos Linux 2026.08 (released 5 August 2026) is worth a look. Soplos is a young... » read more

title: “How to Set Up CopyQ as a Linux Clipboard Manager in 2026” slug: copyq-clipboard-manager-2026 date: 2026-08-16 21:00:27 category: linux-software tags: [copyq, clipboard-manager, linux-software, productivity, wayland] banner_bg_image: body-images/copyq-show.jpg How to Set Up CopyQ as a Linux Clipboard Manager in 2026 Copy and paste is one of those interactions you only notice when it stops working... » read more

How to Install and Play Speed Dreams 2.4.2 on Linux If you’ve been missing a proper, no-nonsense motorsport sim on Linux — one that doesn’t ask you to fire up Steam, doesn’t push you through a launcher, and doesn’t try to sell you DLC the moment you load a track — Speed Dreams has been... » read more

How to Try KDE Linux in 2026: An Immutable Distro by KDE If you’ve ever wished the KDE community would ship its own reference operating system – with Plasma, KDE apps, Btrfs snapshots, and image-based updates, all configured the way the upstream developers actually run it – that wish is now real. It’s called KDE... » read more

How to Set Up fastfetch on Linux in 2026 (2.67) If you have ever pasted a screenshot of your desktop into a forum post, Discord channel, or Reddit thread, there is a good chance you were running neofetch. It was the de-facto “show me your system” tool for over a decade — a tiny shell... » read more

How to Install and Play Endless Sky 0.11.2 on Linux If you’ve been waiting for a slow-burn space-trading sandbox that respects your time and your GPU budget, Endless Sky 0.11.2 — released on 27 June 2026 — is the stable build you’ve been waiting for. The latest release keeps the project’s signature 2D vector look,... » read more

How to Mirror Your iPhone or iPad to Ubuntu with UxPlay If you want to put an iPhone or iPad screen on your Ubuntu desktop — for a demo, a stream, a video call, or just to drag a file off the device without AirDrop blackmail — the answer in 2026 is still a small... » read more

title: “How to Try AerynOS 2026.08: An Atomic Linux” slug: aerynos-2026-08-moss-atomic-updates date: 2026-08-12 categories: [Linux Distros] tags: [AerynOS, Linux Distro, Atomic Updates, moss package manager, rolling release] How to Try AerynOS 2026.08: An Atomic Linux With Its Own Rust Package Manager AerynOS 2026.08 landed on August 2, 2026, and it is the first release of... » read more

How to Set Up OBS Studio 32 on Linux (2026 Edition) If you record your screen, run a Twitch stream, capture a Linux desktop demo, or host a video podcast, OBS Studio is still the open-source tool everyone ends up on. The 32.x line that landed in late 2025 and kept evolving through 2026 is... » read more

Beyond All Reason Hits Recoil 2026.07 With ARM64 Linux If you have been waiting for a free, open-source real-time strategy game that actually respects your time — and your CPU — August 2026 is a surprisingly good month. Beyond All Reason has just landed Recoil engine 2026.07, and for the first time the project ships... » read more

If you spent the 2010s thinking “boomer shooters” were dead, David Szymanski’s DUSK proved you wrong in the loudest, bloodiest way possible. Eight years after its December 2018 release on Windows, then Linux and macOS in February 2019, the retro FPS is still on Steam’s top sellers whenever it goes on sale — and 2026... » read more

CachyOS is the Arch-based rolling-release distribution that rebuilt itself around one bet: that the standard binary pipeline leaves easy performance on the table. On 28 June 2026 the project shipped its fourth release of the year, and unlike most Arch-derivative point releases, the headline items this time are not just “kernel bumped to 6.x.y” —... » read more

## Why Kopia in 2026 Linux backup is one of those topics where the recommended tool changes every few years and most articles age badly. Timeshift is great for system rollback but it is local-only. Borg is fast and dedups well, but its cloud story is bolted on with rclone. Restic is the default if... » read more

Lutris 0.5.22 is a timely way to tidy up a Linux game library that has outgrown a single store. The open-source game manager’s February 2026 release added a small but meaningful set of platform and runner improvements: Steam Family and ZOOM Platform sources, an Azahar runner, updated emulator runners, Wine’s native Wayland driver option, and... » read more

Archcraft has been quietly filling a niche that almost nobody else serves: a friendly, batteries-included Arch Linux that ships with several preconfigured tiling and stacking window managers, ready for daily driving on a normal laptop. The August 1, 2026 release (tag 26.08) is the biggest one in over a year — it adds a brand-new... » read more

If you have ever SSHed into a server and reached for htop, then sat down at your laptop and wished htop had a graph, per-thread view, GPU stats, and a window that did not feel like 2008 — Mission Center is what you were waiting for. The 1.2.0 release shipped in late July 2026 and... » read more

Simutrans is a long-running, open-source transport simulation in which success comes from building a network rather than merely placing vehicles. The project remains actively maintained, and its July 2026 activity gives Linux players a timely reason to revisit it. It runs natively, costs nothing, and can scale from a quiet bus route to a dense... » read more