If you spent the late 90s clicking “Use walk” on LucasArts adventurers, ScummVM 2026.4.0 “Never-slop” might be the most useful thing to happen to your retro collection all year. Released on October 11, 2026 — exactly a few days past the project’s 25th anniversary — this version adds native Linux playback for 194 newly supported... » read more

title: “How to Try EndeavourOS Titan Nova in 2026: Linux Kernel 7.1” slug: endeavour-titan-nova-2026 date: 2026-10-10 21:08:04 category: linux-distros tags: [EndeavourOS, Arch Linux, KDE Plasma, rolling-release, Calamares] Figure: AI-generated illustration. Real screenshots were unavailable at time of writing. (source: EndeavourOS) If you have been waiting for an Arch-based distribution that hands you a fresh ISO... » read more

title: “Cinnamon 6.7 Lands a Native Screenshot Tool: How to Try It” slug: cinnamon-67-screenshot-tool date: 2026-10-09 19:02:00 category: linux-software tags: [cinnamon, linux-mint, screenshot, desktop, wayland] Cinnamon 6.7 Lands a Native Screenshot Tool: How to Try It Figure: AI-generated illustration. Real screenshots of the new in-development utility are not yet stable enough to ship; the screenshots... » read more

How to Play Tower64 on Linux in 2026: A Native Roguelite Figure: AI-generated illustration. Real screenshots were unavailable at time of writing. If you’ve been waiting for a fresh tower-defense roguelite that just works on Linux out of the box, Tower64 is one of the most interesting indie releases of late summer 2026. It launched... » read more

How to Try Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in 2026: COSMIC Desktop on Linux Pop!_OS is the Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution made by System76, a Linux computer manufacturer based in Colorado. The 24.04 LTS release, which landed in December 2025, is the first Pop!_OS to ship with COSMIC as its default desktop environment. COSMIC is System76’s in-house,... » read more

title: “How to Use btop 1.4.7 as Your Linux System Monitor in 2026” slug: btop-linux-monitor-2026 date: 2026-10-06 21:03:28 category: linux-software tags: [btop, system monitor, linux-tools, terminal, tui] If you have ever SSH’d into a Linux box and typed top only to squint at a wall of monospace text that hides the GPU temperature behind a... » read more

Figure: Official Steam library hero banner for shapez 2, a sprawling 3D factory floating in a cosmic nebula. (Real screenshot from the official Steam storefront.) shapez 2 is the 2026 full-release sequel to shapez, the minimalist factory-automation puzzle game from German solo developer Tobias Sprinkmann (“tobspr Games”). It hit 1.0 on 23 April 2026 after... » read more

How to Try Tails 7.14 in 2026: An Updated Anonymous Live OS If you have ever needed a Linux environment that routes everything through Tor, leaves no trace on the host machine, and is reasonably friendly out of the box, Tails has been the default answer for more than a decade. The project shipped Tails... » read more

How to Install PyGPT 2.8.35 on Linux in 2026 If you have spent the last two years switching between ChatGPT in a browser tab, Claude in another tab, Gemini in a third, and a separate terminal window for ollama run, PyGPT is the desktop app that folds all of that into one window. Version 2.8.35... » read more

How to Install Dirtnap on Linux in 2026 Dirtnap is a destructible-terrain arena shooter released on Steam Early Access on August 28, 2026 by a three-studio Finnish collective — Part Time Monkey, Unstable Entity, and Nitroyale. It is one of the few recent native-Linux multiplayer shooters where every pixel of the terrain can be dug,... » read more

title: “How to Self-Host Vaultwarden 1.37.3 on Linux in 2026” date: 2026-09-30 21:10:40 categories: [linux-software] tags: [vaultwarden, password-manager, self-hosted, docker, linux] How to Self-Host Vaultwarden 1.37.3 on Linux in 2026 If you keep your passwords in a managed cloud vault, you are trusting a third party to keep its infrastructure, billing system, and TLS configuration... » read more

title: “Slay the Spire 2 on Linux in 2026: Native Deckbuilder Revisit” date: 2026-09-30 categories: [Linux Gaming] tags: [slay-the-spire-2, roguelike, deckbuilder, native-linux, godot] Slay the Spire 2 launched into Early Access on March 5, 2026, and for the first time the deckbuilder sequel ships with a native Linux build as a first-class citizen — no... » read more

How to Try Alpine Linux 3.24 in 2026: musl, Limine, COSMIC Alpine Linux 3.24 is the release that turned this minimal, container-oriented distribution into something you can plausibly put on a desktop. Released on 2026-06-09, it ships with a refreshed toolchain (LLVM 22, Rust 1.96, Go 1.26, Qt 6.11), a much-improved installer that finally supports... » read more

How to Self-Host Karakeep 0.33 on Linux in 2026 If your browser bookmark bar has turned into a graveyard of tabs you will “definitely read later” and your read-it-later queue keeps overflowing into email drafts and sticky notes, you have probably already realised that hosting your own bookmark manager is the right answer. The question... » read more

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How to Try MX Linux 25.3 Infinity on Linux in 2026 MX Linux 25.3 “Infinity” shipped on September 20, 2026 — the third maintenance release of the Infinity series built on Debian 13 “trixie”. It is the version that most users will be pointed at when they ask for a “stable, friendly, mid-weight Debian desktop”... » read more

title: “How to Install Stirling PDF on Linux in 2026” slug: stirling-pdf-2026-v2-desktop date: 2026-09-24 category: linux-software tags: [stirling-pdf, pdf, self-hosted, docker, linux] If you’ve ever wanted a Swiss-army knife for PDF files that runs on your own hardware, Stirling PDF is the project to know in 2026. With 91k stars on GitHub, 50+ individual PDF... » read more

How to Install The Crust 1.0 on Linux in 2026 The Crust 1.0 launched on Steam on 10 September 2026 with a native Linux build, a complete story campaign, and a redesigned Sandbox 2.0 mode. This guide walks through installing the game on a SteamOS / Linux desktop, what the 1.0 release actually changed, and... » read more

title: “How to Try antiX 26 (Stephen Kapos) on Linux in 2026” date: 2026-09-22 category: Linux Distros tags: [antiX, Debian Trixie, systemd-free, runit, lightweight Linux] Figure: AI-generated illustration. Real antiX 26 screenshots were unavailable at time of writing. If you’ve been on Linux long enough, you remember when distributions shipped in 180 MB ISOs, ran... » read more

title: “How to Install Zed 1.20 on Linux in 2026” slug: zed-editor-linux-2026 date: 2026-09-21 category: linux-software tags: [code-editor, zed, rust, linux-software, developer-tools] hero_image: body-images/hero.jpg How to Install Zed 1.20 on Linux in 2026 If you have been waiting for a serious, GPU-accelerated code editor that does not come from Microsoft, Zed has quietly become the... » read more