📰 Native Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental"

A fresh update on the upcoming game Hytale which will no doubt be quite popular, and it will have what they now say is "experimental" Linux support.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/native-linux-support-for-hytale-will-be-launched-as-experimental/

📰 With a Touch of Nostalgia, MiDesktop Brings KDE 1 Back to Life

MiDesktop revives the KDE 1 desktop for modern Linux with a development preview now available for Debian 13 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/with-a-touch-of-nostalgia-midesktop-brings-kde-1-back-to-life/

📰 Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025

The very popular gaming-focused Bazzite Linux has a fresh release out that ended 2025 with a little spring cleaning, and I've finally joined the ranks..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazzite-linux-gets-a-spring-cleaning-update-to-end-2025/

📰 Pebble Round 2 smartwatch ships in May, available for pre-order now for $199

Last year Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky announced that he was bringing back Pebble smartwatches. And then his new company, Core Devices, managed to do just that, launching the Pebble 2 Duo and Pebble Time 2 smartwatches running an open source version of Pebble OS. Now Core Devices is ready for Round 2. Literally. The Pebble .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/pebble-round-2-smartwatch-ships-in-may-available-for-pre-order-now-for-199/

📰 Immutable Linux distros fix the update problem Windows never solved

2025 was a really interesting year for me, technology-wise. It was the year I finally managed to pry myself off Windows after several decades of use and moved to Linux. I distro hopped, tried different things, and eventually settled down on the immutable Fedora KDE spin, Kinoite. Those last five words would have been incomprehensible to me a year ago, but today, they act as my daily driver.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-distros-fix-the-update-problem-windows-never-solved/

📰 Linux Addressing Out-Of-Memory Killer Inaccuracy On Large Core Count Systems

A patch is on the way to the Linux kernel and looks like it could be ready for the 6.20~7.0 kernel for addressing out-of-memory "OOM" killer inaccuracy behavior when dealing with large core count systems...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Inaccuracy-OOM-High-CPUs

📰 Icecast 2.5 Streaming Media Server Brings Web UI Enhancements

Icecast 2.5 open-source streaming media server is out, delivering refinements to the web UI, protocol behavior, and API reporting.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/icecast-2-5-streaming-media-server-brings-web-ui-enhancements/

📰 ACEMAGIC stuffed an AMD Strix Point mini PC into a NES-inspired chassis

The ACEMAGIC Retro X5 is a mini PC with an AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 Strix Point processor featuring a 12-core, 24-thread CPU, Radeon 890M 16-corer integrated graphics, and an NPU that delivers up to 50 TOPS of AI performance. But there are plenty of mini PCs with those specs. The Retro X5 stands out .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/acemagic-stuffed-an-amd-strix-point-mini-pc-into-a-nes-inspired-chassis/

Ubuntu Year in Review: 10 Biggest Changes in 2025
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-2025-year-in-review

Archboot Adds COSMIC Desktop as a New Install and Rescue Option
https://linuxiac.com/archboot-adds-cosmic-desktop-as-a-new-install-and-rescue-option/

GNOME Glycin Adds XPM/XBM Support To Address Fedora's Last Unsandboxed Image Loader - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Glycin-Does-XPM-XBM

FFmpeg Is Done Waiting For Rockchip To Comply
https://youtu.be/cYvvYPth1fo

Manjaro 26 Released With Plasma 6.5 and GNOME 49 on Wayland
https://linuxiac.com/manjaro-26-released-with-plasma-6-5-and-gnome-49-on-wayland/

Box64 v0.4 Improves Support For DRM Protected Games, Steam Is Now More Stable
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Box64-0.4-Released

📰 First Good News of 2026!COCOS 4 Game Engine Goes Open Source

Previously proprietary, this game engine is now fully open source.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/cocos-4-game-engine/

📰 Apple SMC Power Driver Posted For Linux Kernel To Finally Expose Battery Stats

The newest open-source Apple Silicon driver being submitted for review in working toward its inclusion in the mainline Linux kernel is the Apple Silicon SMC power driver for being able to expose MacBook battery power metrics as well as AC power adapter status reporting under Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Silicon-Power-Driver-2026

📰 NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gains Native Linux Support

VideoCardz reports that NVIDIA is preparing native Linux support for GeForce NOW, a long-awaited move for Linux gamers.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-geforce-now-gains-native-linux-support/

📰 Kimwolf Android Botnet Infects Over 2 Million Devices via Exposed ADB and Proxy Networks

The botnet known as Kimwolf has infected more than 2 million Android devices by tunneling through residential proxy networks, according to findings from Synthient."Key actors involved in the Kimwolf botnet are observed monetizing the botnet through app installs, selling residential proxy bandwidth, and selling its DDoS functionality," the company said in an analysis published last week.Kimwolf.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/kimwolf-android-botnet-infects-over-2.html

📰 GNOME & Firefox Consider Disabling Middle Click Paste By Default: "An X11'ism...Dumpster Fire"

Both the GNOME desktop and Mozilla Firefox browser projects are considering disabling middle-click-paste functionality by default...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Firefox-MiddleClick-Paste

📰 Driving a seamless Chromium experience on MediaTek SoCs

As Chromium becomes the default UI runtime on embedded Linux devices, we’re closing long-standing V4L2 gaps and enabling efficient hardware video encoding and decoding on MediaTek platforms for both downstream and upstream.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/driving-a-seamless-chromium-experience-on-mediatek-socs.html

📰 How to Install RQuickShare (NearbyShare/QuickShare) on Linux

RQuickShare is a Rust implementation of the smartphone NearbyShare/QuickShare feature for Linux and macOS. It’s a free, open-source, lightweight tool designed to seamlessly transfer files between desktops and smartphones. There are very few options available in the settings; you can only adjust the default bootup.

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