📰 Icecast 2.5 Streaming Media Server Brings Web UI Enhancements

Icecast 2.5 open-source streaming media server is out, delivering refinements to the web UI, protocol behavior, and API reporting.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/icecast-2-5-streaming-media-server-brings-web-ui-enhancements/

📰 ACEMAGIC stuffed an AMD Strix Point mini PC into a NES-inspired chassis

The ACEMAGIC Retro X5 is a mini PC with an AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 Strix Point processor featuring a 12-core, 24-thread CPU, Radeon 890M 16-corer integrated graphics, and an NPU that delivers up to 50 TOPS of AI performance. But there are plenty of mini PCs with those specs. The Retro X5 stands out .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/acemagic-stuffed-an-amd-strix-point-mini-pc-into-a-nes-inspired-chassis/

Ubuntu Year in Review: 10 Biggest Changes in 2025
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-2025-year-in-review

Archboot Adds COSMIC Desktop as a New Install and Rescue Option
https://linuxiac.com/archboot-adds-cosmic-desktop-as-a-new-install-and-rescue-option/

GNOME Glycin Adds XPM/XBM Support To Address Fedora's Last Unsandboxed Image Loader - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Glycin-Does-XPM-XBM

FFmpeg Is Done Waiting For Rockchip To Comply
https://youtu.be/cYvvYPth1fo

Manjaro 26 Released With Plasma 6.5 and GNOME 49 on Wayland
https://linuxiac.com/manjaro-26-released-with-plasma-6-5-and-gnome-49-on-wayland/

Box64 v0.4 Improves Support For DRM Protected Games, Steam Is Now More Stable
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Box64-0.4-Released

📰 First Good News of 2026!COCOS 4 Game Engine Goes Open Source

Previously proprietary, this game engine is now fully open source.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/cocos-4-game-engine/

📰 Apple SMC Power Driver Posted For Linux Kernel To Finally Expose Battery Stats

The newest open-source Apple Silicon driver being submitted for review in working toward its inclusion in the mainline Linux kernel is the Apple Silicon SMC power driver for being able to expose MacBook battery power metrics as well as AC power adapter status reporting under Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Silicon-Power-Driver-2026

📰 NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gains Native Linux Support

VideoCardz reports that NVIDIA is preparing native Linux support for GeForce NOW, a long-awaited move for Linux gamers.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-geforce-now-gains-native-linux-support/

📰 Kimwolf Android Botnet Infects Over 2 Million Devices via Exposed ADB and Proxy Networks

The botnet known as Kimwolf has infected more than 2 million Android devices by tunneling through residential proxy networks, according to findings from Synthient."Key actors involved in the Kimwolf botnet are observed monetizing the botnet through app installs, selling residential proxy bandwidth, and selling its DDoS functionality," the company said in an analysis published last week.Kimwolf.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/kimwolf-android-botnet-infects-over-2.html

📰 GNOME & Firefox Consider Disabling Middle Click Paste By Default: "An X11'ism...Dumpster Fire"

Both the GNOME desktop and Mozilla Firefox browser projects are considering disabling middle-click-paste functionality by default...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Firefox-MiddleClick-Paste

📰 Driving a seamless Chromium experience on MediaTek SoCs

As Chromium becomes the default UI runtime on embedded Linux devices, we’re closing long-standing V4L2 gaps and enabling efficient hardware video encoding and decoding on MediaTek platforms for both downstream and upstream.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/driving-a-seamless-chromium-experience-on-mediatek-socs.html

📰 How to Install RQuickShare (NearbyShare/QuickShare) on Linux

RQuickShare is a Rust implementation of the smartphone NearbyShare/QuickShare feature for Linux and macOS. It’s a free, open-source, lightweight tool designed to seamlessly transfer files between desktops and smartphones. There are very few options available in the settings; you can only adjust the default bootup.

🔗 Source: https://linuxtldr.com/install-rquickshare-on-linux/

📰 Radeon Linux Driver Patches For Next-Gen Hardware Point To New NPU Integration

Back in November AMD began posting open-source Linux graphics driver patches for some next-gen graphics IP. Those IP block patches were for MMHUB, PSP, and other blocks making up modern AMD GPUs. The GFXHUB patch pointed it to being part of the GFX12 / RDNA4 family. Out today are new patches for enabling the SMU15 IP and an interesting takeaway there is some apparent NPU integration for future Radeon graphics...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Radeon-GPU-NPU-SMU15

📰 GNOME and Mozilla Discuss Proposal to Disable Middle Mouse Paste on Linux

Long-standing Linux behavior is under threat as GNOME and Mozilla review a proposal to disable middle mouse paste.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gnome-and-mozilla-discuss-proposal-to-disable-middle-mouse-paste-on-linux/

📰 Dell XPS with Ubuntu Option Due Soon

Dell has announced the return of its XPS laptop line at CES 2026, introducing redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch models, the former of which will be available to buy pre-loaded with Ubuntu later this year. The tech company retired the XPS branding in last January as part of a marketing revamp of its product lines. Inspiron, Latitude, and Precision devices became “Dell,” “Dell Pro,” and “Dell Pro Max” respectively, while XPS models were re-badged...

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/new-dell-xps-2026-with-ubuntu

📰 AMD Announces Ryzen 7 9850X3D, New Strix Halo SKUs & Ryzen AI 400 Series

Lisa Su's keynote just wrapped up at CES 2026 and in turn the embargo regarding AMD's first consumer product announcements for 2026. The AMD Ryzen AI 400 series and new Ryzen 7 9850X3D 3D V-Cache processors are what's in focus for CES this year.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen-ai-400-9850x3d

📰 New n8n Vulnerability (9.9 CVSS) Lets Authenticated Users Execute System Commands

A new critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in n8n, an open-source workflow automation platform, that could enable an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the underlying host.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68668, is rated 9.9 on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as a case of a protection mechanism failure.It affects n8n versions from.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/new-n8n-vulnerability-99-cvss-lets.html

📰 KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller

Finally! One of the most annoying issues is your system going to sleep while gaming with a controller, and KDE Plasma 6.6 will solve it..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/kde-plasma-6-6-will-finally-stop-the-system-sleeping-when-gaming-with-a-controller/