📰 Debian Urgently Seeks Volunteers After Data Protection Team Resigns

Debian seeks contributors with an interest in privacy to restore its Data Protection Team after all members stepped back.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/debian-urgently-seeks-volunteers-after-data-protection-team-resigns/

📰 Gentoo Linux Made Progress On RISC-V, WSL & More In 2025 While Pulling In Just $12k USD

The Gentoo Linux project published their 2025 retrospective this week with their many accomplishments, including the recruitment of four more developers and now being up to 31,663 ebuilds and a total of 89GB worth of x86_64 binary packages on mirrors...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-2025-Accomplishments

📰 Immutable Distro Nitrux 5.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, New Tools

Nitrux 5.1 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, new tools, updated components. and other changes. Here's what's new!Uri Herrera announced today the general availability of Nitrux 5.0 as a major update to this immutable and systemd-free distribution.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-nitrux-5-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-new-tools

📰 Ongoing Attacks Exploiting Critical RCE Vulnerability in Legacy D-Link DSL Routers

A newly discovered critical security flaw in legacy D-Link DSL gateway routers has come under active exploitation in the wild.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0625 (CVSS score: 9.3), concerns a case of command injection in the "dnscfg.cgi" endpoint that arises as a result of improper sanitization of user-supplied DNS configuration parameters."An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/active-exploitation-hits-legacy-d-link.html

📰 Lilbits: WiFi 8 hardware is coming this year, LEGO introduces SMART Brick system, and Intel could make handheld-specific Panther Lake chips

CES 2026 appears to be the coming out party for WiFi 8 hardware… which is kind of weird because the WiFi 8 specification isn’t expected to be finalized for a few more years. But it’s not unusual to see companies start to release hardware for a work-in-progress version of the WiFi standard. What is a little .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-wifi-8-hardware-is-coming-this-year-lego-introduces-smart-brick-system-and-intel-could-make-handheld-specific-panther-lake-chips/

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📰 Compiler-Based Context & Locking Analysis On Deck For Linux 7.0 Paired With Clang 22+

A new feature in the queue for likely introduction with the next version of the Linux kernel (Linux 6.20~7.0) is compiler-based context and locking analysis. This kernel code depends on the yet-to-be-released LLVM Clang 22 compiler but can provide some powerful insights to kernel developers...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Compiler-Locking-Analysis

📰 SteamOS 3.7.19 arrives with a bunch of essential bug fixes

Valve have released the latest stable update for SteamOS version 3.7.19, bringing a bunch of bug fixes to improve the Linux gaming platform..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steamos-3-7-19-arrives-with-a-bunch-of-essential-bug-fixes/

📰 Radeon RADV Vulkan Driver Is On The Verge Of Another Big Ray-Tracing Performance Gain

Natalie Vock as one of the open-source developers on Valve's Linux graphics team has been spearheading another big ray-tracing performance improvement for the AMD Radeon Vulkan driver. RADV ray-tracing performance improved a lot in 2025 but it's looking like 2026 could be even more exciting...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-More-RT-Performance-2026

📰 CrowView Note, the All-in-One Portable Monitor Laptop, Gets Upgrades

In the market for a dumb laptop? No—I don’t mean one of those gobbledygook brands on Amazon powered by weak-sauce Intel Celeron processors forever listed at 90% off pretend RRPs. No, I’m talking about a laptop that… Isn’t a laptop at all. The CrowView Note 15.6 from Elecrow is a portable monitor in the form of a laptop. It has a keyboard, touchpad, speakers, USB ports and an internal battery.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/crowview-note-15-6-portable-monitor-with-keyboard

📰 Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost

One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-radv-driver-on-linux-looks-set-for-a-big-ray-tracing-performance-boost/

📰 Lenovo Legion Go 2 with SteamOS and Ryzen Z2 Extreme coming this summer for $1200

The Lenovo Legion Go 2 is a high-performance, versatile handheld gaming PC with an 8.8 inch FHD+ display, detachable controllers, and an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor with 16-core RDNA 3.5 graphics. When Lenovo first introduced the handheld in September, it was only available with Windows 11. But this summer the company plans to add a SteamOS .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/lenovo-legion-go-2-with-steamos-and-ryzen-z2-extreme-coming-this-summer-for-1200/

📰 5 terminal tools that make learning commands easier

If you're new to Linux, especially coming from Windows, the terminal can feel intimidating. However, there is no doubt that the terminal holds immense power; it can customize your system in many ways that a GUI can't. But one wrong command can cause real damage, so the key is to master an understanding of what each command actually does before you hit Enter.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/terminal-tools-that-make-learning-commands-easier/

📰 AMD Linux GPU Driver Improvement Coming For DP-HDMI Dongles

For those using a DisplayPort to HDMI dongle currently with the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver may find some higher resolutions / modes unavailable. Fortunately, a fix is on the way for dealing with this situation due to an oversight in the kernel driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-DP-HDMI-Dongle-340MHz

📰 Lenovo Yoga Mini i is a hockey puck-shaped mini PC with Intel Panther Lake inside

The Lenovo Yoga Mini i is a compact desktop computer with an aluminum chassis that measures about 130 x 130 x 48.6mm (5.12″ x 5.12″ x 1.91″). With support for up to an Intel Core Ultra X7 358H processor, it’s a reasonably powerful little computer. But what really makes it stand out is the design. Instead .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/lenovo-yoga-mini-i-is-a-hockey-puck-shaped-mini-pc-with-intel-panther-lake-inside/

📰 AMD threatens to go medieval on Nvidia with Epyc and Instinct: What we know so far

AMD boasts 1000x higher AI perf by 2027 and pulls the lid off Helios compute tray ahead of 2H 2026 launch AMD teased its next-generation of AI accelerators at CES 2026, with CEO Lisa Su boasting the the MI500-series will deliver a 1,000x uplift in performance over its two-year-old MI300X GPUs.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/mi500x_amd_ai/

📰 I Thought This Wikipedia App for Linux was Pointless (I Was Wrong)

I don't need to tell you that this application is for the people who enjoy the free and open knowledge provided by Wikipedia.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/wike-wikipedia/

📰 Arch-Based Omarchy 3.3 Brings AI Dictation Hibernation and Hyprland Fixes

Arch-based Omarchy 3.3 introduces local AI dictation with Voxtype, hibernation support, dynamic themes, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-3-3-brings-ai-dictation-hibernation/

📰 Linux Kernel Considers Linking The Relocatable x86 Kernel As PIE In 2026

To allow for additional security hardening of the Linux kernel, a patch series has been updated more than one year later to link the relocatable x86_64 kernel as Position Independent Executable (PIE) code...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-x86-RFC-Linking-PIE

📰 Linus Torvalds: "The AI Slop Issue Is *NOT* Going To Be Solved With Documentation"

The Linux kernel developers for months now have been debating proposed guidelines for tool-generated submissions to the Linux kernel. As part of the "tools", the main motivator for this documentation has been around the era of AI and large language models with coding assistants and more. Torvalds made some remarks on the Linux kernel mailing list around his belief in focusing the documentation on "tools" rather than explicitly focusing on AI,...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Linux-Kernel-AI-Slop

📰 The State of Trusted Open Source

Chainguard, the trusted source for open source, has a unique view into how modern organizations actually consume open source software and where they run into risk and operational burdens. Across a growing customer base and an extensive catalog of over 1800 container image projects, 148,000 versions, 290,000 images, and 100,000 language libraries, and almost half a billion builds, they can see.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/the-state-of-trusted-open-source.html