January 2026 was a productive month for Linux app releases, with updates to VLC, GIMP, Vivaldi, and VirtualBox among those pushed out. I covered many of

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VLC 3.0.23 brings dark mode support to Linux and Windows. Shotcut 26.1.30 adds GPU hardware decoding using VA-API on Linux. Vivaldi 7.8 introduces drag-and-drop tab tiling and domain restrictions for pinned tabs. SuperFile 1.5.0 adds video and PDF previews in the terminal file manager. VirtualBox 7.2.6 adds Linux kernel 6.19 support and moves VRDP, USB smartcard emulation, and VM encryption to the open-source base. GIMP 3.0.8 fixes WebP export corruption and improves font loading. Amarok 3.3.2 changes collection browser behavior to single-click for opening items. Typhoon 1.5.0 adds multiple location support for weather tracking.

Linux Release Roundup (January 2026)