A roundup of notable Linux app releases from March 2026 covering updates to FreeCAD 1.1 (new CAM tools, assembly simulation, Wayland fixes), Blender 5.1 (speed improvements, new Raycast node), digiKam 9.0 (Survey tool, Qt 6.10.1, expanded RAW support), Krita 5.3.0 (rewritten text tool, comic panel editing), GIMP 3.2.2 (bug fixes), Vivaldi 7.9 (UI Auto-hide, Follower Tabs), DeaDBeeF 1.10.1 (GTK3 default, lyrics plugin), Rnote 0.14.0 (PDF handling via Rust library), and Euphonica (async Rust rewrite).
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FreeCAD fleshed out its featuresBlender saw a speed boostdigiKam added a survey toolRnote improved its PDF handlingEuphonica got an async rewriteDeaDBeeF (finally) defaulted to GTK3Krita got a dual releaseVivaldi intro’d follower tabsGIMP squashed some bugsSort: