Linux App Release Roundup (May 2026)
Linux App Release Roundup (May 2026)
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/linux-app-release-roundup-may-2026
Publish Date: 2026-05-31 20:20:00
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May 2026 delivered a sizeable set of Linux software updates, including the set I’ve rounded up for your reading pleasure in this post.
The month also saw a buffet of big browser updates, including Firefox 151 with new-look new tab page, Vivaldi 8.0 with a new-look generally and a new public beta of Kagi’s Orion.
Elsewhere, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS support was added to VMware Workstation (and Fusion for macOS), while open-source system cleaner BleachBit debuted a TUI for interactive command-line based spring cleaning.
Below, I run through a crop of other Linux app releases that landed in May and caught my eye.
Drawy dotted its v1.0 release
Drawy UI
Drawy, a “handy, infinite brainstorming tool” built in Qt, put out its version 1.0 release at the start of May. The app is a lightweight whiteboard tool providing a focused set of tools for doodling down diagrams and jotting down notes using (primarily) a stylus input.
It provides an infinite canvas, work with pressure-sensitive graphics tablets and allow you to import mages, add regular text and use basic shapes (ovals, arrows, etc) to your session. Whiteboards can be saved as an image to add, use or share elsewhere.
A deft little tool – if you want to try this whiteboard out, go grab Drawy on Flathub.
Haruna cast new features
Image: Haruna
Haruna, the Qt-based media player for KDE, picked up new features in its v1.8.1 update, including support for opening multiple files from the command-line, or only selected files via the file manager. It also shows filename/title in the OSD when a file is opened.
Elsewhere, there’s a new setting to enable taskbar progress, you’ll find a ‘stop’ action in toolbar to end media playback without quitting the app and you might spot a new custom loading animation (or not, depending on what you’re doing in the player).
Bug fixes, compatibility and minor UI tweaks aplenty, including a setting for mpv’s…
