📰 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

📰 New Linux Patch Improved NVMe Performance +15% With CPU Cluster-Aware Handling

Intel Linux engineers have been working on enhancing the NVMe storage performance with today's high core count processors. Due to situations where multiple CPUs could end up sharing the same NVMe IRQ(s), performance penalties can arise if the IRQ affinity and the CPU's cluster do not align. There is a pending patch to address this situation. A 15% performance improvement was reported with the pending patch...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Faster-Linux-NVMe-Cluster-Aware

📰 Window Shadows Finally Arrive on COSMIC Desktop

System76 adds window shadows and consistent corner rounding to COSMIC Desktop, harmonising appearance across GTK, Qt, and native apps on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS.You're reading Window Shadows Finally Arrive on COSMIC Desktop, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/cosmic-desktop-window-shadows-arrive

📰 Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop

Maintainer hopes hackers send bug reports anyway, will keep shaming ‘silly ones’ The maintainer of popular open-source data transfer tool cURL has ended the project’s bug bounty program after maintainers struggled to assess a flood of AI-generated contributions.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/curl_ends_bug_bounty/

📰 Fastfetch 2.58 System Information Tool Enhances Linux and macOS Detection

Fastfetch 2.58 system information tool improves system detection on Linux and macOS while fixing KDE Plasma 6.6-related bugs.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-2-58-system-information-tool-enhances-linux-and-macos-detection/