📰 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS no longer offers Google Drive access in Nautilus
If you’re used to accessing your Google Drive in the Nautilus file manager sidebar, a heads-up that the feature no longer works in GNOME 50, the desktop version Ubuntu 26.04 LTS uses. GNOME Online Accounts integration continues to support linking your Google account to allow supported apps to access your contacts, mail and calendar data.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/google-drive-not-working-nautilus-ubuntu-26-04
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📰 Ubuntu MATE’s founder is stepping back after 12 years
Ubuntu MATE is looking for a new maintainer, with current project lead Martin Wimpress revealing he no longer has the ‘passion’ for the project he once had – nor the time, it seems. Wimpress created Ubuntu MATE back in 2014, pairing Ubuntu with the traditional MATE desktop, created as a fork of the old GNOME 2 codebase but now very much its own thing.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-needs-new-maintainer
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📰Showtime video player edges closer to Ubuntu debut
Those testing Ubuntu 26.04 daily builds or monthly snapshots may have noticed that Showtime, GNOME’s spiffy new video player, is not preinstalled in the ‘extended selection’, despite being announced as a replacement for Totem. It’s especially confusing since Resources system monitor, announced as a software swap the same time as Showtime, has been on the ISO for a while.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/showtime-video-player-ubuntu-2604-coming-soon
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📰 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta Is Out Now with Linux Kernel 7.0 and GNOME 50
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS operating system is now available for public beta testing with the Linux 7.0 kernel, Mesa 26.0 graphics stack, and GNOME 50 desktop environment.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-is-out-now-with-linux-kernel-7-0-and-gnome-50
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📰GNOME's Maps, Graphs, RustConn & Other App Improvements
For pairing nicely with the GNOME 50 desktop release last month, a number of GNOME-associated apps have been seeing new features and refinements...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Graphs-2.0-Maps-Transit
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📰 GNOME 50.1 Released with Basic Zoom Support for the Captive Portal
GNOME 50.1 is now available as the first point release to the GNOME 50 desktop environment series with various bug fixes and improvements across several core components and default apps.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-1-released-with-basic-zoom-support-for-the-captive-portal
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📰Quick Lofi – a GNOME extension for chill beats to study to
Quick Lofi is a GNOME Shell extension that puts a lofi radio player in your top bar. If you’ve ever opened a new browser tab to load a “lofi beats to study to” stream on YouTube — lofi girl, perhaps – to act as an ambient backdrop to work to, the appeal will be evident. If not, all you need to know is that mellow, lyric-free, low-tempo sounds are reputedly ideal for focus.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/quick-lofi-beats-gnome-extension
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📰 GNOME-Aligned Amberol 2026.1 Music Player Released, Phosh Improves X11 Support
A few weeks past the GNOME 50 release and there continues to be a lot of ongoing GNOME app activity worth highlighting...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Amberol-2026.1
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📰Dynamic Music Pill brings lyrics to your GNOME desktop
A clutch of new features are available in Dynamic Music Pill, the slick now playing and media controller extension for GNOME Shell. The “big” new addition is lyrics support. When you listen to a track with synced lyrics in a compatible player, you can view those lyrics by opening the applet controller and clicking on the album art inside of it: The lyrics are shown in a freely scrollable widget, with the active line bolder in white for more...
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/lyrics-feature-dynamic-music-pill-extension
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📰 GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Scheduled for September 16th, 2026
The development cycle of the upcoming GNOME 51 “A Coruña” desktop environment kicks off with a draft release schedule suggesting the final release is expected later this year on September 16th, 2026.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnome-51-a-coruna-desktop-environment-scheduled-for-september-16th-2026
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📰 Tails 7.6 Introduces Automatic Tor Bridges to Bypass Censorship
Tails 7.6 adds built-in Tor bridge support for restricted networks and switches to GNOME Secrets as the default password manager.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-6-introduces-automatic-tor-bridges-to-bypass-censorship/
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📰GNOME 50 “Tokyo” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New
GNOME 50 desktop environment is now available as a major release that introduces numerous new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-tokyo-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
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