📰 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

📰 RADV Vulkan Driver Now Implements HPLOC For Even Faster Ray-Tracing Performance

There have been a number of nice RADV driver Vulkan ray-tracing performance optimizations for Mesa in recent times... Here is yet another merge request now merged for Mesa 26.0 and helping deliver some nice performance uplift for ray-traced games on Linux. And, yes, this is yet another Valve contribution to this open-source AMD Radeon Linux graphics driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-Vulkan-Driver-HPLOC-Valve

jQuery 4.0 Released After a Decade With Modernization Changes
https://linuxiac.com/jquery-4-0-released-after-a-decade-with-modernization-changes/

📰 OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE To Provide A Security & Performance Win For Dealing With Containers

A new feature expected to be merged for the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel cycle is adding an OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE flag for the open_tree() system call. This OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE option can provide a nice performance win with added security benefits if you are dealing a lot with containerized workloads on Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Open-Tree-Namespace

📰 Mozilla Now Offers an Official Firefox RPM Package for RPM-Based Linux Distros

Mozilla announces a dedicated RPM package for users of RPM-based distributions who want to install Firefox as a native RPM package.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-now-offers-an-official-firefox-rpm-package-for-rpm-based-linux-distros

📰 Just the Browser claims to tame the bloat without forking

Strips the slop and snoopery from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox The promise of Just the Browser sounds good. Rather than fork one of the big-name browsers, just run a tiny noscript that turns off all the bits and functions you don't want.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/19/just_the_browser/

📰 Running Debian on the OpenWrt One

With openwrt-one-debian, you can now install and run a full Debian system leveraging the OpenWrt One’s NVMe storage, enabling everything from custom services and containers to development tools and lightweight server workloads, all on open hardware.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/openwrt-one-meets-debian.html

📰 openSUSE Myrlyn Package Manager Reaches Version 1.0

The openSUSE Myrlyn package manager moves to version 1.0 with enhanced transaction history, RPM Recommends search, and usability refinements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-myrlyn-package-manager-reaches-version-1-0/

📰 How to Install RabbitMQ Server on Linux (Quick Guide)

RabbitMQ is a free and open-source message-broker program used for real-time communication between users in chat applications, supporting protocols such as STOMP, MQTT, AMQP, HTTP, WebSocket, and RabbitMQ Streams. Its functionality might remind you of Apache Kafka, but the difference is that RabbitMQ prioritizes end-to-end.

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

📰 Will Intel’s Core 3 Replicate the N100’s Budget Mini-PC Success?

Intel's Core 3 (Wildcat Lake) aims to replace the popular N100 CPU, but if it isn't as affordable, better performance won't matter to the budget conscious.You're reading Will Intel’s Core 3 Replicate the N100’s Budget Mini-PC Success?, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/intel-wildcat-lake-n100-successor

📰 Linux Snap Users Warned as Attackers Push Malware Through Old Trusted Apps

A new Snap Store scam campaign abuses expired publisher domains to bypass trust signals and deliver malicious app updates.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/linux-snap-users-warned-as-attackers-push-malware-through-old-trusted-apps/

📰 MX Linux 25.1 Is Out with Dual-Init Support, Debian 13.3 Base, and Linux 6.18 LTS

MX Linux 25.1 distribution is now available for download with dual-init support, Debian 13.3 base, and Linux kernel 6.18 LTS. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mx-linux-25-1-is-out-with-dual-init-support-debian-13-3-base-and-linux-6-18-lts

📰 Deepin 25.0.10 Released With File Manager and Installer Improvements

Deepin Linux 25.0.10 introduces upgrades to the File Manager, a smarter system installer, and multiple usability improvements across the desktop.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/deepin-25-0-10-released-with-file-manager-and-installer-improvements/

📰 DragonFlyBSD Now Allows Optional AMD GCN 1.1 Support In AMDGPU Driver

DragonFlyBSD's AMDGPU kernel graphics driver continues to be a port of the AMDGPU Linux kernel driver. Their latest porting effort for AMD graphics on DragonFlyBSD is now enabling optional support for the GCN 1.1 "Sea Islands (CIK) graphics processors on this modern alternative to the prior Radeon kernel driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-CIK-AMDGPU-DragonFlyBSD