Ubuntu 25.10 no longer includes the “Startup Applications” utility! Here’s a beginner guide shows how to run apps, custom scripts or commands automatically at login through an alternative method.
Ubuntu has a “Startup Applications” tool, allowing to easily add, remove, and edit items run at user login. Due to upstream (meaning GNOME) changes, it has finally been dropped in 25.10.
Startup Applications tool no longer available in 25.10
For Linux users with NVIDIA graphics card, the new 580 production branch driver got a new update few days ago!
It’s NVIDIA 580.95.05, the third stable release in this driver series. Like the last one, it introduced only one but important new feature, and fixed few bugs.
Linux 6.17 is out as the latest Kernel release! Linus Torvalds announced it yesterday afternoon in lkml.org:
No huge surprises this past week, so here we are, with kernel 6.17 pushed out and ready to go.
Below is the shortlog for just the last week – not the full 6.17 release – as usual. It’s not exciting, which is all good. I think the biggest patch in there is some locking fixes for some bluetooth races that could cause use-after-free situations. Whee – that’s about as exciting as it gets.
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Pop!_OS, the popular Linux Distribution powered by System76, announced the Beta release of 24.04 LTS few days ago.
As the version number says, it’s based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, but features Linux Kernel 6.16 and its own COSMIC desktop environment.
This is a step by step guide shows how to block certain app packages from Ubuntu local repositories, PPAs, or other apt repositories in Ubuntu 25.10 and higher.
Previously, we can set package pin-priority to prevent from or prior to installing certain app packages. Now, in Debian/Ubuntu with apt 3.1+, a new method is available to include/exclude packages for specified apt sources (repositories).
elementary OS, the Ubuntu based Linux Distribution that features Pantheon desktop environment, released new 8.0.2 version few days ago.
This is a second and last minor release for current 8.0 series, while, the developer team is busy working on the next major 8.1 version due to be released before year end.
OBS Studio, the popular free open-source live streaming and video recording software, released new 32.0.0 version today!
The new release is made available after 2 Beta and 1 RC testing releases. It features a new plugin manager, allowing to browser, install, update, and turn on/off plugins loading when OBS starts.
gThumb, the Gnome image viewer, browser, and organizer application, released new 3.12.8 version in last week.
The new release of this application finally added support viewing the GPS metadata in your photo images. Meaning for photos taken by cameras or phones have location services enabled, the image viewer will show where they were taken with latitude and longitude location data.
Zorin OS, the popular beginner friendly Linux Distribution, announced the Beta release of version 18 yesterday!
Zorin OS is a Linux distribution designed for newcomers switching from Windows and macOS. It features Ubuntu package base, and customized GNOME desktop experience, while a lite version is available for choice with XFCE4 desktop.
For Linux Mint users who prefer Debian package base, LMDE 7 code-name “Gigi”, is available for beta testing!
LMDE stands for Linux Mint Debian Edition. As the name says, it’s a Linux Mint edition based on Debian, aims to continue to deliver the same user experience if Ubuntu was ever to disappear.
