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• KDE Plasma Customization | Cozy Sunset Vibes Desktop 2026-01-19
  I’m sharing a KDE Plasma desktop customization inspired by cozy sunset tones.The setup focuses on warm yellow–orange colors, a transparent panel, and a playful chibi astronaut wallpaper, creating a calm and comfortable desktop for daily use.
• How NVIDIA GB10 Performance With the Dell Pro Max GB10 Compares To The GH200 2026-01-19
  Earlier this month we looked at the Dell Pro Max GB10 performance up against AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" with the superior performance for the green team for performance and power efficiency. For those wondering how the Dell Pro Max GB10 performance comes up for the much talked about NVIDIA GH200, here are some […]
• Mozilla Now Providing RPM Packages For Firefox Nightly Builds 2026-01-19
  In late 2023 Mozilla began providing Debian packages of Firefox Nightly builds complete with an APT repository. Those on Debian/Ubuntu distributions have a much easier path for enjoying Firefox Nightly since then and now Mozilla engineers are providing similar RPM builds of Firefox nightly too...
• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 3, 2026 (Jan 12 – 18) 2026-01-19
  Catch up on the latest Linux news: EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo, Plasma 6.6 Beta, GNOME 49.3, Wine 11, Firefox 147, Debian to remove GTK2, Zorin OS hits 2M downloads, Let’s Encrypt launches IP address certificates, and more.
• Zen 5 x86 Bedrock RAI300 delivers 50 TOPS AI in fanless IPC 2026-01-19
  SolidRun has introduced the Bedrock RAI300, a fanless industrial PC built around one of AMD’s latest Ryzen AI 300 series processors. The system is SolidRun’s first industrial platform based on Zen 5, combining high-performance x86 compute, integrated AI acceleration, and modular I/O for long-term industrial deployment. The Bedrock RAI300 is powered by the AMD Ryzen […]
• Linux 6.19-rc6 Released With More Bug Fixes 2026-01-19
  Linus Torvalds just tagged the Linux 6.19-rc6 kernel in working toward the stable Linux 6.19 kernel release likely on 8 February...
• Setup Arch Linux KVM Guest via archinstall 3.0.15-2 2026-01-19
  Following below is an attempt to deploy Arch Linux KVM Guest via archinstall 3.0.15-2. Load Guest via virt-manager into spice console. Pre-install archinstall 3.0.15-2 seems to be needless. However, straight forward run `python -m archinstall` having git clone done and skipping first upgrade didn't work for me .
• Not hot on bots, project names and shames AI-created open source software 2026-01-19
  'OpenSlopware' briefly flowers, fades, falls – but fortunately was forked, fastThe splendidly-named "OpenSlopware" was, for a short time, a list of open source projects using LLM bots. Due to harassment, it's gone, but forks of it live on.…
• ReactOS For "Open-Source Windows" Achieves Massive Networking Performance Boost 2026-01-19
  ReactOS as the long-in-development "open-source Windows" project has been on quite a roll recently. Beyond a big Windows NT 6 compatibility improvement and fixing a very annoying usability issue, for this third week of the year there is another big change landing: a significant improvement in networking performance on ReactOS...
• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 18th, 2026 2026-01-19
  The 275th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on January 18th, 2026, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.
• Axiomtek Previews Jetson Thor T5000/T4000 Developer Kit for Robotics Systems 2026-01-18
  Axiomtek has unveiled the AIE015-AT, a robotics developer kit built around NVIDIA Jetson Thor. The system is described as combining high compute density with multi-camera support and industrial I/O for robotics and physical AI workloads. The platform is shown with Jetson Thor T5000 or T4000 modules, offering up to 2070 TFLOPS of compute performance. Axiomtek […]
• Synex Server: A New Debian Based Linux Distro With Native ZFS Installation Support 2026-01-18
  Synex is a Linux distribution that's been around for some months as a Debian-based, minimalistic Linux distribution out of Argentina focused on the needs of small and medium businesses. Making it a bit more intriguing for some now is that with their new release based on Debian 13 is a server edition and they have […]
• Linux Rescue and Repair Distros in 2025: Your Safety Net When Things Go Wrong 2026-01-18
  No matter how reliable Linux systems are, failures still happen. A broken bootloader, a corrupted filesystem, a failed update, or a dying disk can leave even the most stable setup unbootable. That’s where Linux rescue and repair distributions come in.
• ChaosBSD Is A New BSD For "Broken Drivers, Half-Working Hardware, Vendor Trash" Test Bed 2026-01-18
  A new BSD on the block is ChaosBSD that intends to serve as a testing distribution for unfinished and broken drivers not suitable for upstreaming to FreeBSD proper...
• Amarok 3.3.2 Brings Improvements to User Interface, Audio Backend, and More 2026-01-18
  Amarok 3.3.2 has been released today as the second minor update to the latest Amarok 3.3 “Far Above the Clouds” series of this open-source music player application designed for the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
• CVE-2026-0915: GNU C Library Fixes A Security Issue Present Since 1996 2026-01-18
  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...
• Zorin OS 18 Crosses 2 Million Downloads, Cementing Its Appeal to New Linux Users 2026-01-18
  Zorin OS has reached an important milestone. The team behind the popular Linux distribution has announced that Zorin OS 18 has surpassed two million downloads, underscoring the growing interest in Linux as a practical alternative to mainstream operating systems.
• Shotcut 26.1 Beta Video Editor Adds New Hardware Decoder Options 2026-01-18
  The Shotcut 26.1 beta was released overnight as the newest version of this Qt6-based, cross-platform video editing solution. Standing out the most with this new development release are some new GPU-accelerated hardware decode options for aiming to help speed-up this free software video editor...
• GNOME 49.3 Desktop Released with More Improvements and Bug Fixes 2026-01-18
  The GNOME Project released today GNOME 49.3 as the third point release to the latest GNOME 49 “Brescia” desktop environment series with various bug fixes and improvements.
• GNOME 50 Will Make Sure You Don't Use Your Computer Past Your Bedtime 2026-01-18
  As part of the GNOME Foundation funded Digital Wellbeing project, the GNOME Shell for GNOME 50 has merged options to prevent unlocking the desktop session past their bed time. The intent here is on rounding out GNOME's parental controls functionality...