Linux App Release Roundup (April 2026)
Linux App Release Roundup (April 2026)
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/linux-release-roundup-april-2026
Publish Date: 2026-04-30 23:19:00
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April 2026 has been and gone, but not before delivering an array of Linux software updates, including new versions of popular FOSS video editor Kdenlive and Oracle’s virtualisation offering VirtualBox.
We also got Firefox 150 with GTK emoji picker support and split tab improvements, and a modest bug fix update to the GIMP image editor, albeit resolving an annoying on-canvas text tool quirk.
Below, I list other notable Linux app releases to arrive in April. While these didn’t merit a dedicated article (hey, it was a busy month with the release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS), they still brought nifty new features and welcome improvements that are worth hearing about.
Zed text editor reaches 1.0
Zed text edito
Zed, the open-source IDE written in Rust, issued its 1.0 release. It’s built up a notable following since I last featured it on on the blog, having kept pace with development changes by adding AI and agentic features (some paid), but not neglecting its core: text.
Not that the rounded v1.0 version number means that the text editor is now perfect. More that its makers feel it’s good enough for developers to rely on day-to-day.. If you’ve tried Zed in the past and found it lacking, it may be worth checking out the new update.
What’s new? On the AI side, Zed 1.0 adds support for China’s impressive DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash models. It also gains session-persistent bookmarking, improved Git CLI integration and some Linux-specific fixes, like finicky spacebar behaviour.
One removal of note: preferred_line_length, which is gone in favour of bounded soft wrapping. Some developers may consider that a hindrance rather than a help, so being aware of it before upgrading is permanent (assuming you care about it).
Head to the Zed website to download the editor and try it out. The core editor is free and open source software, and AI features can be used via Zed’s hosted models (free tier available,…
