Celluloid 0.28 Adds Lua Module Support, Refreshes UI

Open-source video player Celluloid saw a notable new release at the weekend, bringing a refreshed user interface (among many other changes) to users. Celluloid is a popular GTK front-end to MPV, the (exhaustingly) configurable cross-platform, command-line based media player, and makes many of MPV’s more advanced features a touch easier for users to find, try and benefit from. In Celluloid 0.28 its developers have focused on improving the UI —not hugely, don’t fret. Player controls see refinement in both regular mode, full-screen mode and if ‘floating’ controls are enabled for windowed mode – fewer buttons are shown by default: As
#News #AppUpdates #Celluloid

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/celluloid-0-28-adds-lua-module-support-refreshes-ui

Tauon Music Player Adds Slick Transparency Mode for Linux

A new version of Tauon music player is out, gifting fans of the powerful and unique-looking audio app a raft of new features to play with – including some Linux exclusive eye candy! Tauon 8.0 has been fully ported to SDL3, an efficient cross-platform and open-source multimedia library that provides a robust API for interacting with hardware (like audio devices). Tauon mention that the port provides better stability and scope for adding interesting new capabilities. Features-wise, Tauon 8.0 adds an options menu to the stop button so let users define stop behaviour (including an ‘always’ setting, e.g., ‘always stop after
#News #AppUpdates #MusicPlayers #Sdl3 #Tauon

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/tauon-8-0-app-update-transparent-linux

Inkscape 1.4.1 Brings Snap App Fixes, New Features

Digital artists, designers and vector illustrators among you may be be interested to know that an updated version of open source graphics app Inkscape is out. Inkscape 1.4.1 builds on the giant set of features last year’s release of Inkscape 1.4 brought with it with a number of worthwhile enhancements and bug fixes, plus two new features. When opening Inkscape a new splash screen is shown during loading (it can be disabled) to let users (especially those on older/slower devices) know something is happening since they clicked or tapped on Inkscape icon to open it. The welcome dialog which shows on
#News #AppUpdates #Inkscape

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/inkscape-1-4-1-brings-snap-app-fixes-new-features

DeaDBeeF 1.10 Release Brings New Features

A new version of DeaDBeeF music player is out, bringing some cool features, FFmpeg 7 support, and a flurry of bug fixes to long-time fans. The popularity of traditional desktop music player apps has dipped considerably since the arrival of music streaming services like Spotify, which give users on-demand (and often free) access to a far larger catalogue of artists, albums and releases. Still, many people (myself included) have libraries filled with MP3 and other audio files, and do enjoy listening them. I’d wager most such users have (by now) settled on their preferred local music player; for many, that
#News #AppUpdates #Deadbeef #MusicPlayers

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/deadbeef-1-10-release-brings-new-features

Linux App Release Roundup (March 2025)

March was another stellar month for Linux software updates, with big improvements to essential privacy tools like KeePassXC, creative apps such as Shotcut and DigiKam, and many more — updates that didn’t warrant dedicated articles on this blog. Why? Well, sometimes it’s an update making small changes hat it’s hard to say much1 about. Other times I’m just deathly late to hearing about it (which is why new tips via the contact form are super appreciated – you help me catch the things I miss). For those of us on fixed-release Linux distributions like Ubuntu, even small app updates can
#News #AppUpdates #Blender #Crossover #Lrr #Shotcut

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/linux-app-release-roundup-march-2025

Firefox 137 Released with Tab Groups, Address Bar Revamp + More

Tab grouping is the latest big-ticket feature to be added to Mozilla Firefox, which sees a new stable release roll out from today. Last month’s Firefox 136 update delivered long-requested support for vertical tabs, a redesigned sidebar experience giving easy access to existing and new features (including online AI chatbots), and flipped the switch on AMD video hardware decoding for Linux users. Firefox 137 is an equally big update, bringing tab grouping, a revamped search bar, and a host of other changes. Let’s take a look. Firefox 137: New Features Tab Grouping Firefox 137 brings Tab Groups to users on the stable
#News #AppUpdates #Firefox #Hevc

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/firefox-137-new-features

Developer Revives Iconic Desktop Weather App for Linux

An iconic desktop weather app from Linux’s past has just blown in — yes, Typhoon is back! Typhoon’s conceit is simple: display current conditions at a location plus a 4 day forecast on a customisable coloured background. Weather data is via Open-Meteo, the open source meteorological API other Linux weather apps use. Long long-time OMG! Ubuntu readers may just about recall that Typhoon was forked from an older app called Stormcloud, the latter being the best-selling app on Ubuntu for 6 consecutive months (in the era when paid apps were sold in Software Center). Development on Typhoon dried up a
#News #AppUpdates #Stormcloud #Typhoon #Weather

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/developer-revives-iconic-desktop-weather-app-for-linux

Tiling Shell GNOME Extension Update Adds New Features

An update to Tiling Shell, the efficient window snapping extension for GNOME Shell, is rolling out with some appreciable enhancements. Its nifty ‘Windows Suggestions’ feature, which makes it easy to tile your other open windows to remaining spaces in a layout, is now available when using the Snap Assistant. The option has to be manually enabled, but once done: As a reminder for those less-familia with this extension, Tiling Shell offers lots of different ways to tile windows besides the slide-in Windows 11-esque) ‘Snap Assistant’ drop zone demoed above. You can tile windows using (custom) keyboard shortcuts; a combination of
#News #AppUpdates #GnomeExtensions #TilingShell

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/tiling-shell-gnome-extension-update-adds-new-features

Vivaldi Browser Adds Integrated Proton VPN

The Vivaldi web browser is famed for offering a plethora of options, settings and features that cater to all kinds of use-cases and needs — today it added a new one: an integrated VPN. Proton VPN for Vivaldi is exactly what it says it is: Proton VPN in Vivaldi – as in, baked in so there’s no need to download an app, install a web extension, or configure anything on a system level. It’s there, in the browser, ready to work when/if you want it. A couple of other web browsers include a built-in VPN (like Opera) or have a
#News #AppUpdates #ProtonAg #Vivaldi #Vpn

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/vivaldi-browser-now-includes-built-in-proton-vpn

Extension Manager Update Brings UI Buffs, Support for GNOME 48

If you’re an avid user of GNOME Shell extensions then a) you’re in good company, and b) you’ll be familiar with Matt Jakeman’s terrific Extension Manager app since it makes finding, installing and managing GNOME extensions terrifically easy. This week Extension Manager received a small-ish update. I was going to cover the changes in my next Linux Release Roundup at the end of the month, but with GNOME 48 out—cue the “does my favourite extension still work” panic—it feels fitting to let the update stand in a solo spotlight. Especially since Extension Manager‘s Flatpak build now depends on the GNOME
#News #AppUpdates #GnomeExtensions

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/extension-manager-update-brings-ui-buffs-support-for-gnome-48

Calibre Ebook Manager Improves Support for Kobo E-Readers

A new version of Calibre, the Swiss-army knife for e-book management is out, and it brings some notable new features for e-bookworms to dig into. Calibre 8.0.1 boasts improved support for Kobo e-readers, with Calibre now equipped to natively edit, view and convert Kobo’s proprietary KEPUB file format to regular EPUB files for reading on non-Kobo devices and apps (like Calibre itself). Additionally, users of Kobo devices can now use Calibre to convert EPUB to KEPUB automatically when sending books across, saving time and hassle of first converting and then sending. I’ll admit, I hadn’t heard of KEPUB before writing
#News #AppUpdates #Calibre #Ebooks #Kobo

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/calibre-update-convert-kobo-kepub-files

Vivaldi 7.2 Released with Speed Improvements + More

A big Vivaldi web browser update is rolling out with a set of appreciable improvements long-time users will like, and would-be users may be tempted to try. Vivaldi 7.2 amps up its address bar logic to proffer more relevant results, faster. Search suggestions and search accuracy have been tweaked so that “finding what you need feels seamless”, according to Vivaldi Technologies’ CEO Jon von Tetzchner. Sticking with the speed theme, Vivaldi 7.2 is said to load pages faster—up to 2x as fast for some—thanks to some nifty optimised connection handling work on the backend that reduces latency on domain lookup.
#News #AppUpdates #Vivaldi #WebBrowsers

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/vivaldi-7-2-release-whats-new

GIMP 3.0

Good things come to those who wait, and heck knows we’ve been waiting a while for GIMP 3.0 to be released — but rejoice: GIMP 3.0 is now available to download. With four years of development bundled up inside, the list of improvements is significant. GIMP 3.0 is front-loaded with major new features, UI changes, and workflow buffs. GIMP 3.0 introduces a GTK 3 UI with native Wayland and HIDPI support, improved tablet/touch input, and a new CSS-based theme system that will enable users to create their own custom themes for the app. Non-destructive editing in GIMP 3.0 is another big change that
#News #AppUpdates #Gimp

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/gimp-3-0

Audacity 3.7.2 Released with Ubuntu AppImage Fix + More

Open source audio editor Audacity has issue a new patch release with a sizeable set of bug fixes, including an appreciable one for Ubuntu users using the official Audacity AppImage. Audacity 3.7.2, the second point update in the currently Audacity 3.7.x series that debuted in October of last year, fixes FFmpeg loading in its official AppImage when run on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (and Linux distributions based on it). Audacity’s noise reduction filter regains its “Residue” option thanks to a community contribution, and no longer screws up pasting content from a clip by offsetting the beginning, and now warns when trying
#News #AppUpdates #Audacity

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/audacity-3-7-2-released-with-ubuntu-appimage-fix-more