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Kitty 0.50 Picks Up Where You Left Off After a System Restart

Sourav Rudra — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:47:21 +0530

kitty is a GPLv3-licensed, GPU-based terminal emulator for Linux and macOS that uses OpenGL for rendering and is written in C, Python, and Go.

It can organize work into tabs and windows across seven layouts, supports small terminal programs called kittens that can be used to extend it, and can be controlled from the shell.

v0.50, its newest release, can bring back your open windows after a logout on Linux and macOS.

Kitty 0.50

kitty now saves every OS window, tab, and window with its scrollback when a session ends and restores them at the next launch. You turn it on in kitty.conf with the restore_session_after_logout setting.

On Linux, this needs a desktop portal with v3 of the inhibit interface, and while Linux stores the state unencrypted and readable only by you, a macOS system would encrypt it with a dedicated key in the keychain.

Docked windows are new too, and they let you pin a window to the edge of another window or a tab. They sit outside the layout and are meant for things like a status bar or a file tree. A window dock goes wherever its window goes, and a tab dock stays until the last regular window in that tab closes.

There are also the three new cursor trail shaders called cursor-trail-railgun, cursor-trail-torpedo, and cursor-trail-pixiedust. When in use, these emit particles off the moving cursor, giving you a Neovide-like trail. They need cursor trails turned on, and shaders can also be triggered with key presses now.

Wayland users can now use a touchscreen to click with a tap, scroll with a swipe, and select text by holding a finger in place before dragging to select the rest of it. Window decorations on GNOME and similar compositors also look native and use the desktop's titlebar font and button layout (as shown above).

The release also fixes a flaw that let a malicious request bypass remote control password authentication, along with several memory safety bugs.

Some tests

I ran kitty 0.50 on Ubuntu 26.10 with GNOME 51 on Wayland, all running inside a virtual machine.

First, I tried docked windows by adding two key bindings to my config using Nano:

map f1 launch --type=tab-dock --dock-edge=bottom --dock-size=1 --dock-skip-focus watch -n1 date
map f2 launch --type=window-dock --dock-edge=left --dock-size=25% top

I pressed F1 first. A one-row strip showed up at the bottom of the window and stayed there. I had pointed it at watch -n1 date, but all I got was a shell prompt.

F2 was next. It opened a top panel on the left edge, and the shell made room for it. I kept pressing it, and each press added another panel beside the first, three in total.

Opening a new tab using Ctrl+Shift+T gave me a clean slate, with the earlier view going to the background.

Next, I tested one of the three new cursor trail shaders. I added cursor_trail 1 and custom_shaders cursor-trail-pixiedust to my config and restarted kitty. Whenever the cursor jumped across the window, it left a trail of small white specks behind it.

Installation

You can use the following cURL command to get kitty:

curl -L https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/installer.sh | sh /dev/stdin

It is also available in the repositories of most major Linux distros, but these tend to run behind when it comes to new releases. Here's a list to give you a quick start:

Ubuntu: sudo apt install kitty
Fedora: sudo dnf install kitty
Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S kitty

Building from source is also a possible installation path if you prefer that.

Before you click away, know that you can customize kitty to your liking by tweaking its various settings or installing kittens.

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Passbolt is an Open Source Password Manager Built Specially For Teams

Sourav Rudra — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:30:36 +0530

Sharing a login with a teammate often means pasting it into a chat, dropping it in a spreadsheet, or pinning a note somewhere everyone can see.

That works until a password changes, someone leaves the team, or your credentials get leaked thanks to an employee's hasty story post on social media.

Passbolt is built for exactly that problem. You might remember it from our Linux password managers list, where it was listed as the go-to for businesses and teams.

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If you were looking for solutions that are tailored for individuals, then Proton Pass (partner link) and AliasVault are good picks to consider.

No password woes?

Passbolt is the creation of Passbolt SA, a company based in Luxembourg. It lets teams store and share logins and other secrets, making them accessible from one place, reducing the chances of team members being served expired or exposed credentials.

Underneath, it uses OpenPGP for encryption, and you log in with two things, a private key and a passphrase. Every person with access to a secret gets their own separately encrypted copy of it.

To use it in a browser, you will need to install its extension, which takes care of the security-sensitive operations and auto-fills logins on websites.

But there's something you need to know.

The Community Edition is open source, available on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0 license, and so are the browser extension, the mobile apps, and the Docker and Helm setups.

Then there are the paid plans. Pro and Enterprise are the self-hosted ones, and Cloud Business, Cloud Sovereign, and Cloud Enterprise are hosted by Passbolt. They add things like SSO, account recovery, and activity logs on top of what the Community Edition offers.

Passbolt says the Pro and Enterprise editions use the AGPL license too. Its GitHub organization lists no separate repositories for them. Pro also needs a subscription key to run, and you lose updates and support once the subscription ends.

Trying the Passbolt Cloud

I signed up for the Cloud Business trial by filling out a form with my full name, email address, organization name, and the workspace URL I wanted all my content stored under.

Passbolt also asks you to give consent to it storing and processing this personal information in line with its privacy policy.

Once submitted, I was notified that an email with instructions was on its way.

I followed the link in it, after which a configuration page took over, running through a few steps before it let me get in without setting a password. Passbolt then nudged me to install its browser extension.

The browser extension

Seeing that I was on Vivaldi, it automatically showed me a download button to get the Chromium version of the extension installed. Before adding it, I went through the permissions it asked for.

It requests a broad set, covering reading and changing all my data on all websites, modifying the data I copy and paste, and managing my downloads.

After reviewing the permissions the extension required and accepting them, I was taken into the passphrase and security token configuration phase, where I had to pick a passphrase, followed by a security token made up of a color and three characters.

Managing entries

Now that I was logged in, I started adding new entries. They are created from the blue "Create" button at the top-left, and the types are diverse, including Passwords, TOTPs, Custom Fields, Pin Codes, and Notes. I started populating Passbolt with some social media-related logins.

The new entry form for passwords offers a lot of customizability. I could set the name, URI, username, and password, along with a color and an icon for the entry.

The generator is very useful too, letting me set the length, pick the character types to include, and even switch to passphrases for more flexibility when creating new accounts.

When I saved an entry, Passbolt asked for my passphrase, with the security token I had picked sitting right next to the field. It can also remember the passphrase for a while, with choices running from 5 minutes to staying remembered until I log out.

Sharing, exporting, and deleting can be done in batches as well. You just select the entries and pick an option from the toolbar above the list, and when you delete, Passbolt cautions that the entry is removed permanently and cannot be recovered.

Autofilling passwords

Next, I checked out the autofill feature through the browser extension. When I went to log in to Threads, it said no passwords were found for the current page and did not suggest the saved credential. I had to search for it manually, and only then did it fill in the login form once I clicked "Use on this page."

That came down to the entry's URI, which I had saved as threads.net while the login page sat on threads.com.

I could also add new entries from the extension and browse through the filters, groups, and tags from my account.

Collaborating with others

I then tried my hand at the highlight of the tool, collaborating with other team members.

For this, I went into the "Manage Users & Groups" menu accessible via the gear button on top-right and invited a colleague for collaboration (shown as P).

He received an invitation email, and once he was set up, I gave him access to a specific folder I had created (Passbolt Collaboration Test), filled with credentials I had imported.

To do that, I used the "Share" option found by right-clicking on the folder, where I typed his name into the field, giving him the read permission.

P could access the folder without much fuss, and with the permission he had, he could not edit any entries but could copy the username, password, URI, and permalink for an entry.

From the same Users & Groups menu from earlier, I could also promote him from User to Admin, giving him control over the workspace's users and settings, or suspend his account when needed.

Interested?

To try Passbolt Cloud, you sign up with your name, email, organization name, and a workspace URL. The 7-day trial starts automatically without Passbolt pestering you for your credit card info.

After that, paid options include Cloud Business, which costs $5.4 per user per month on a monthly plan, or $4.9 if you go yearly. Cloud Sovereign is $8 per user per month billed annually, and both need at least 10 users.

You can also get a custom quote tailored to your setup via Cloud Enterprise.

If you would rather host it yourself, the Community Edition is free with no cap on users, and you can install it on Debian, Ubuntu, Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, and more.

Pro adds extras like SSO and LDAP provisioning, and it costs $4.9 per user per month billed annually for a minimum of 10 users.

Browser extensions are also available for Chromium browsers like Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Vivaldi, as well as Firefox and Safari. There are apps for iOS and Android too, and the only desktop app is for Windows ☹️.

As an alternative, Linux users can make use of the CLI tool Passbolt offers.

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FOSS Weekly #26.45: Fedora 45, Immutable Ubuntu, Mint New Feature, Dual Boot Without USB and More Linux Stuff

Abhishek Prakash — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 19:08:00 +0530

Fedora 45 arrived about two weeks late, but it’s packed. You get Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and Plasma 6.7, plus kmscon replacing the old text console and a QR code that now leads to a page for kernel panics.

Could Ubuntu go immutable? Canonical has restarted Ubuntu Core Desktop, a snap-based system that stays locked down, and a dedicated team is now working on it. Both it and a proposed LTS firmware package are still early.

Ubuntu and many other distros turned hibernation off by default years ago, partly because it was slow. Linux Mint is bringing it back, with a few useful tweaks..

KDE Linux will load the ntsync kernel module by default. It gives Wine and Proton a closer match to Windows sync primitives, which can substantially boost performance.

A ministry merger ended Denmark’s Collabora pilot before its evaluation, Collabora says. It adds that the result shouldn’t count against the suite, and it says the first phase worked well.

France’s National Assembly has backed a tax of 5.5 euro cents per gigabyte delivered to French internet subscribers. VideoLAN, the nonprofit behind VLC, says it could cost over €1 million a year.

Nitrux is warning users that nitrux.org is an unaffiliated, AI-generated site using its name and logo.

Serious about using Ubuntu Linux on servers? Mastering Ubuntu Server book has now been updated for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. The new version is available on Amazon.

This bestseller book is written by Jay LaCroix, of LearnLinuxTV and Ken VanDine, Staff Engineer at Ubuntu. From the Linux fundamentals to Ansible, MicroK8s and even Local AI with Lemonade, the book covers it all.

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🧠 What We’re Thinking About

There are two trends I am noticing. More European countries are opting for open source software in public institutions.

Latest in this list is the news that schools in six German states can now sign up for a Nextcloud-based cloud run by IONOS in German data centers. The four-year contract is open to other states later, and schools aren’t required to join.

The next trend is to use AI for creating open source alternatives to mainstream software as a service platforms like Adobe and Microsoft. Take the example of Puter’s new everything repo that offers more than 50 open source web apps, under MIT, that you can use in the browser or self-host.

🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials, and Learnings

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The mv command has an interesting new option that lets you swap two files or directories. No need for the usual 3 steps with temp file in between.

Here's a collection of projects that let you run Linux directly on Apple Silicon Macs. My pick would be Fedora Asahi Remix, which works best, with nearly everything functional on M1 and M2 machines, while M3 support is still new.

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You can give every container in your homelab its own name instead of an IP and port by using Tailscale Services.

In other news, Raspberry Pi has yet again raised prices, this time on its 16GB Raspberry Pi 5, which goes up $80 to $385. The 16GB Compute Module 5 also sees a $40 hike.

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To turn it on, right-click the top toolbar, pick "Customize Toolbar," and drop the Sidebar button onto your bar. Click the new icon, right-click inside the sidebar, choose "Customize Sidebar," and enable the "Hide tabs and sidebar" option to collapse everything instantly.

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