📰 New York’s incoming mayor bans Raspberry Pi at his inauguration party

Zohran Mamdani appears not to understand that smartphones can be used for evil New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has invited the city’s residents to join him at a block party to celebrate his inauguration but told attendees not to bring a Raspberry Pi single-board computer to the event.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/31/zohran_mamdani_raspberry_pi_ban/

📰 Pinta 3.1 is Out with Axonometric Grids, Marching Ants + More

Pinta 3.1 is available for download. The open source image editor adds axonometric grids, polygon selection tool, lower memory usage – and lots more!You're reading Pinta 3.1 is Out with Axonometric Grids, Marching Ants + More, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/pinta-3-1-released-new-axonometric-grids

📰 Open-Source Crown Game Engine v0.60 Released

While the Godot Engine receives a lot of attention as a prominent open-source game engine, it's far from the only one in this space. Another open-source game engine capping out 2025 with a new release is the Crown Engine...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Crown-Engine-0.60

📰 Arch Linux Installer Adds CUPS, rEFInd Boot, IWD, COSMIC & Power Management Options

Ahead of the January 2026 ISO refresh for Arch Linux, Archinstall 3.0.15 released today as the newest update to this convenient text-based OS installer...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Archinstall-3.0.15

📰 Intel Meteor Lake On Linux Two Years Post-Launch: 93% The Original Performance

As part of the various end-of-year annual benchmarking comparisons and the like on Phoronix, today is a look at how the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H "Meteor Lake" performance has evolved under Ubuntu Linux in the two years since launching. Plus with next-gen Intel Panther Lake laptops expected to be showcased next week at CES, it's a good time for revisiting the Meteor Lake performance to see the difference two years have made for Intel Meteor Lake...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-meteor-lake-2025

📰 Asahi Linux Has Experimental Code For DisplayPort, Apple M3/M4/M5 Bring-Up Still Ongoing

Prominent Asahi Linux developer Sven Peter spoke at this week's 39th Chaos Communication Congress "39C3" in Hamburg, Germany. He provided an update around the still-in-the-works Apple M3 / M4 / M5 SoC and device support as well as other outstanding features like getting DisplayPort working on Apple Macs under Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-EOY-2025-CCC

📰 NYC mayoral inauguration bans Flipper Zero, Raspberry Pi devices

New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi devices.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nyc-mayoral-inauguration-bans-flipper-zero-raspberry-pi-devices/

📰 VLC 3.0.23 Media Player Improves Dark Palette in the Qt GUI, Codec Information

VLC 3.0.23 open-source media player is now available for download with support for exposing additional audio codec information for FLAC 24-bit, improvements to the dark palette in the Qt interface, and more.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/vlc-3-0-23-media-player-improves-dark-palette-in-the-qt-gui-codec-information

📰 SDL 3.4 Released With Many New APIs, Better Emscripten & Native PNG Support

Kicking off the new year for Linux gaming and cross-platform gaming at large is the release of the SDL 3.4 library. SDL is part of the Steam runtime and continues to be widely-used for abstracting software/hardware for creating more portable games and other applications...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL-3.4-Released

📰 ReactOS Starts 2026 With Another "Major Step" Toward Windows NT6 Compatibility

The ReactOS free software project is turning 30 this year and its "open-source Windows" OS ambitions remain. They are starting out this year with another "major step" towards Windows NT 6.0 compatibility...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Starts-2026

📰 Arch Linux Kicks Off 2026 with New ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS

Arch Linux 2026.01.01 is now available for download as the January 2026 ISO snapshot powered by Linux kernel 6.18 LTS.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-kicks-off-2026-with-new-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-18-lts

📰 Systemd-Free Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 Released with Unofficial Raspberry Pi Images

Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 distribution is now available for download based on Debian 13.2 “Trixie”, but without including the systemd init system. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-devuan-gnulinux-6-1-released-with-unofficial-raspberry-pi-images

📰 4 things Windows gets right that Linux still struggles with

After years of using Windows, I decided to give Linux a try. I knew it wasn't an easy path and that there would be a learning curve, but I couldn't ignore the privacy concerns with Windows. Linux, on the other hand, being open-source, seemed like the best alternative. I tried a dual-boot setup with both Linux and Windows 10 installed on my laptop. While the initial Linux setup was a breeze, it was the post-installation experience that made me...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/things-windows-gets-right-that-linux-still-struggles-with/

📰 Radeon Linux Driver Enhancements, Linux 6.19 Activity & Other December Highlights

During the month of December on Phoronix there was new and original content each and every day, ending the month with 305 original news articles and 25 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. Here is a look back at the most exciting Linux/open-source hardware content in ending out 2025...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/December-2025-Recap

📰 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/