While we wait to see what comes of the new X.Org Server Git branch plans and a possible X.Org Server 26.1 release, several X.Org libraries saw new point releases this weekend. These seldom-updated libraries saw new releases to ship various build fixes and other minor improvements…

Arch-based CachyOS’s January 2026 update lands with a reworked installer, Wayland Live ISO, Plasma Login Manager, and gaming and hardware improvements.

The 6.19-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for
testing.

So normally this would be the last rc of the release, but as I’ve
mentioned every rc (because I really want people to be aware and be
able to plan for things) this release we’ll have an rc8 due to the
holiday season.

And while some of the early rc’s were smaller than usual and it
didn’t seem necessary, right now I’m quite happy I made that
call. Not because there’s anything particularly scary here – the
release seems to be going fairly smoothly – but because this rc7
really is larger than things normally are and should be at this
point.

Along with the usual fixes, this -rc also includes a new
document describing the process to replace the kernel project
leadership should that become necessary in the absence of an arranged
transition. The plan largely follows what was decided at the Maintainers Summit in December.

The Linux 6.19 kernel remains on track for its official release two weeks from today, with the extra RC being baked in due to the end of year holidays. Out today is Linux 6.19-rc7 with a few changes worth highlighting for the week…

Because Deepin is Debian-based, we would use the linux-cachyos-deb tool provided by the community to generate compatible .deb files. See for instance https://itsfoss.com/news/cachyos-kernel-builder/ . Notice also that current Deepin’s modules names and dependencies appear to be the same as on Debian 13.3 at least during attempt to setup KVM Hypervisor, Libvirtd service and related tools as virt-manager.

In the absence of any official GUI control panel from AMD or Intel for their graphics cards on Linux, LACT remains a popular choice particularly for AMD Radeon Linux gamers/enthusiasts to manage various aspects of their GPU from a convenient UI. LACT also supports Intel GPUs and some features on NVIDIA GPUs too. Out today is LACT 0.8.4 for further enhancing this third-party GPU driver user interface…

Bottles 61 introduces Eagle, a new analysis tool that deeply inspects Windows executables to improve Wine and Proton compatibility on Linux.

This week’s batch of AMDGPU and AMDKFD changes queued up ahead of the next kernel merge window is focused on delivering a variety of driver fixes…

The GIMP project released GIMP 3.0.8 today as the latest stable update in the GIMP 3.0 series of this widely used open-source, cross-platform, and free image manipulation program.

Bernand Lambeau, the human half of a pair programming team, explains how he’s using AIfeature Bernard Lambeau, a Belgium-based software developer and founder of several technology companies, created a programming language called Elo with the help of Anthropic’s Claude Code.…

Following discussions from the 2025 Linux Maintainer Summit, merged overnight for the Linux 6.19 kernel is documentation concerning the Linux kernel project’s continuity in the event that Linus Torvalds’ official Git repository were to disappear or otherwise be inaccessible for continuing the upstream development of the Linux kernel…

The Focusrite Forte 2-in, 4-out USB audio interface as a portable audio recording solution will be supported by the mainline Linux 7.0 kernel. The patches are queued in the Linux kernel’s sound subsystem development tree. While a convenient little device, the Focusrite Forte is no longer manufactured but can still be found used online…

With Incus 6.21, users get a new incus wait command, smarter SR-IOV NIC handling, and stronger access controls.

Rob Clark this week sent out the latest MSM DRM kernel driver updates for the latest Qualcomm display/graphics enhancements ahead of next month’s Linux 7.0 merge window…

SVT-AV1 4.0 is out as the newest major feature release for this open-source AV1 video encoder that was originally started by Intel as an open-source project and now continuining on thanks to the Alliance For Open Media…

Wine 11.1 arrives with 22 bug fixes, resolving crashes and regressions affecting games, installers, and popular Windows applications.

The developers of the Arch Linux-based CachyOS distribution have released a new ISO snapshot today, for January 2026, which brings the latest package updates, new features, and various improvements.

Pangolin 1.15 introduces iOS and Android apps, device approvals, and stability improvements for zero-trust private access.

While the GIMP 3.2 release is expected out soon, GIMP 3.0.8 is available tonight as what could end up being the last set of bug fixes for GIMP 3.0…

Discover a step-by-step tutorial for downloading YouTube audio and video on Linux from the command line using yt-dlp.