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Pebbled Ventures’ AI tool analyzes 20 years of Linux bugs  The New Stack

Six Linux Distros Set To Lead 2026  findarticles.com

Xbox gaming makes the jump to Windows on Arm, but can it stem the tide of gamers turning to Linux?  Tom's Guide

The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - as someone who's tested hundreds of them  ZDNET

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...

Bottles 61 Turns Into an Analysis Tool With the New Eagle Feature  linuxiac.com

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...

Focusrite Forte USB Audio Interface To Be Supported By Linux 7.0  Phoronix

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...

DAXFS Proposed as a Zero-Copy Shared Memory Filesystem for Linux  linuxiac.com

Nexus Mods Vortex Gets Linux Support in 2026 Thanks to SteamOS  eTeknix

Mecha Comet is an open-source hardware, modular Linux handheld computer (Crowdfunding)  CNX Software

CachyOS is the latest Linux distro to put Wayland first in its new update  XDA

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...

Following yesterday's release of Wine 11.1 for kicking off the new post-11.0 development cycle, Wine-Staging 11.1 is now available for this experimental/testing version of Wine that present is around 254 patches over the upstream Wine state...

Wine-Staging 11.1 Adds Patches For Enabling Recent Adobe Photoshop Versions On Linux  Phoronix

Microsoft just gave us another great reason to switch to Linux  MakeUseOf

CachyOS ISO Release for January 2026 Brings KDE’s New Plasma Login Manager  9to5Linux

The Arch Linux powered CachyOS distribution is out with its first new ISO release of 2026. This Linux distribution continues to be quite popular with Linux gamers, enthusiasts craving peak performance, and others for wanting to enjoy a polished Arch Linux desktop experience...