Linux App Release Roundup (March 2026)
Linux App Release Roundup (March 2026)
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-release-roundup-march-2026
Publish Date: 2026-04-06 03:00:00
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March 2026 meted out a sizeable set of Linux software releases, including updates to FOSS stalwarts GIMP, digiKam, Krita and Blender.
Major new releases were covered with dedicated articles, including Firefox 149 with free built-in VPN, the ‘biggest ever release’ of OpenShot video editor, the new GIMP 3.2.0 release, a bump to terminal tool Ghostty 1.3 and the Opera GX for Linux launch.
A busy month, but those weren’t the only app updates of note.
Below, I run through other releases made in March. While these didn’t get dedicated articles at the time, they offer new features, fixes or changes that are worth knowing about.
FreeCAD fleshed out its features
FreeCAD, the free and open-source 3D modeller, saw its first major update arrive in late March, roughly a year and a half after version 1.0.
The FreeCAD 1.1 release brings a “significant amount of improvements and new features”, according to the release notes, including a new CAM tool library system, transparent Part Design previews and a new 3 point lighting system.
Interactive draggers were added to Part Design features, letting you adjust values by directly dragging in the 3D view. Three-point lighting improves how models look in the viewport, with main light, back light and fill light used.
If you’ve ever struggled to click the right face on a complex 3D model, the new Clarify Selection tool will help. Activate it by pressing G and G again and FreeCAD temporarily makes a model transparent and shows a list of all nearby geometrical entities (object, face, edge, vertex).
FreeCAD’s Assembly workbench sees two additions: a new Create Simulation tool can add motion to joints and produce animations of assemblies; an improved Transform tool supports precise numeric inputs and the ability to align its dragger to any element in the document.
Elsewhere, a search bar got added to…
