📰 Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Handling for Files Larger Than 4GB

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 SD card flashing utility is now available for download with improved handling of files larger than 4GB and other changes. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-4-improves-handling-for-files-larger-than-4gb

📰 Ready for a newbie-friendly Linux? Mint team officially releases v 22.3, 'Zena'

Newer kernel, newer Cinnamon, new tools, and even new icons The timing is right if you're looking to try out Mint. New improved "Zena" is here – still based on Ubuntu Noble, but now with Cinnamon 6.6 and improved Wayland support, plus better internationalization, new System Information and System Administration tools, and clearer icons.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/linux_mint_223_zena_officially_release/

📰 COSMIC Desktop Adds Rounded Corners and Window Shadows

COSMIC Desktop now supports rounded corners and window shadows across all apps, with new appearance options available in Settings.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-adds-rounded-corners-and-window-shadows/

WhisperPair Attack Leaves Millions of Audio Accessories Open to Hijacking

https://www.securityweek.com/whisperpair-attack-leaves-millions-of-bluetooth-accessories-open-to-hijacking/

📰 Pop!_OS is what Ubuntu should have been for gaming PCs

Gaming on Linux is here, but Ubuntu could have been so much more.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/pop-os-is-what-ubuntu-should-have-been-for-gaming-pcs/

📰 Upcoming exFAT Linux Driver Patch Can Boost Sequential Read Performance By ~10%

A patch for the open-source exFAT file-system driver for Linux can boost the sequential read performance by about 10% in preliminary tests...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/exFAT-Faster-Seq-Reads-10p

LibSQL, a modern SQLite fork, enabling replication and scalability. This DevOps Toolbox video details LibSQL Server for remote access and demonstrates its use with practical examples, including encryption and vector databases. Learn about TSODB, a drop-in replacement for SQLite utilities, offering enhanced features.

Vid —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrIkUwo8FiY

Repo —> https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql

📰 KDE Begins Landing Features For Plasma 6.7, Some Last Minute Plasma 6.6 Improvements

KDE developers have been quite busy this week in preparing for the upcoming Plasma 6.6 release in February while also beginning to land features for what will be the Plasma 6.7 desktop...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.6-Scheduler-Priority

📰 FreeBSD 15.1 Aims To Have KDE Desktop Installer Option

FreeBSD 15.0 had been aiming to offer a KDE desktop installation option as part of the FreeBSD OS installer. This initiative as part of the FreeBSD laptop support enhancements project didn't pan out in time for FreeBSD 15.0 but now they are working on getting the installer option ready for FreeBSD 15.1. Adding a NVIDIA GPU driver option to the FreeBSD installer was also recently carried out...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.1-KDE-Desktop-Option

📰 Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more

Valve launched a new update for Proton Experimental for January 16th to improve various games and launchers working on SteamOS / Linux..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/proton-experimental-brings-updates-for-monogame-rockstar-launcher-and-more/

📰 CVE-2026-0915: GNU C Library Fixes A Security Issue Present Since 1996

CVE-2026-0915 was published on Friday as a security issue with the GNU C Library "glibc" for code introduced 30 years ago. The latest Glibc Git code is now patched for this issue introduced in 1996...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glibc-Security-Fix-For-1996-Bug

📰 4 lightweight open-source tools that replaced all of my paid apps

These past couple of years, I realized I wasn’t necessarily paying for better tools. I was more so paying for familiarity and the fear that switching to alternatives would break the setups that already worked for me. However, many of my subnoscriptions had pro features I barely touched and basic features that were easily replaceable.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/lightweight-open-source-tools-replaced-paid-apps/

📰 Developer Claims Photoshop Installers Now Work on Linux Using Wine

A developer has published a patched Wine build that reportedly allows Adobe Photoshop installers to complete on Linux.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/developer-claims-photoshop-installers-now-work-on-linux-using-wine/

📰 Important AMDGPU & AMDKFD Driver Improvements Readied For Linux 6.20~7.0

On Friday AMD sent out another set of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver patches for queuing in DRM-Next ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle kicking off in February...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/More-AMDGPU-PR-Linux-7.0-Dongle

📰 Immutable Linux desktops finally cured my upgrade anxiety

When it comes to computers, big updates feel like a blessing and a curse. They can bring about some nice new features, performance tweaks, and security patches, and they can also introduce some weird and wonderful bugs that you have to deal with.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-desktops-finally-cured-my-upgrade-anxiety/

📰 Multi-column Dock for GNOME Rethinks What a Dock Can Do

A dock is a dock, right? A line of icon shortcuts for quick access to your apps. The Multi-Column Dock extension for GNOME 45-47 takes that simple idea, but adds organisational features. A GitHub denoscription describes this as: “a customizable multi-column dock for GNOME Shell Keep your apps neatly organized with grouping, smooth scrolling, easy drag-and-drop reordering, auto-hide, and full multi-monitor support.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/multicolumn-dock-gnome-shell-extension

📰 Linux 6.19 Landing Fixes For USB2/USB3 Issues With Apple M1/M2 Macs

Ahead of the Linux 6.19-rc6 kernel release due out later today are two USB fixes for Apple M1 / M2 Macs running the mainline kernel. These Apple USB fixes are also marked for back-porting to the stable Linux kernel series...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Apple-Mac-USB2-Fixes

📰 Amarok 3.3.2 Brings Improvements to User Interface, Audio Backend, and More

Amarok 3.3.2 open-source music player is now available for download with improvements to user interface, audio backend, playlist, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/amarok-3-3-2-released-with-improvements-to-user-interface-audio-backend-and-more

📰 NixOS finally clicked for me when I stopped treating it like Ubuntu

The whole thing made a lot more sense to me once I started treating my system as code, not a pile of Ubuntu-style tweaks.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/nixos-finally-clicked-stopped-treating-like-ubuntu/

📰 Linux Gamers Are Finally Getting Their Own Browser

As Linux gaming continues growing past the 3% mark on Steam, Opera finally commits to native support.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/opera-gx-linux-announcement/

📰 New Patches Provide HDMI VRR & Auto Low Latency Mode Gaming Features For AMD Linux GPU Driver

Support for newer HDMI features in the open-source AMD Linux graphics driver have been limited due to being blocked by the HDMI Forum. There are though some new HDMI gaming features being enabled via new AMDGPU kernel driver patches that are coming outside of AMD and based on public knowledge and/or "trying things out until they work/break" for functionality like HDMI Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and Auto Low Latency Mode...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-Gaming-Features