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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...

Linux 6.19-rc7 Released With Kernel Continuity Plan, A Few Important Fixes  Phoronix

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 4, 2026 (Jan 19 – 25)  Linuxiac

Nvidia challenges, overkill changes  overkill.wtf

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...

LACT 0.8.4 Brings Improved Overclocking UI For GPUs On Linux  Phoronix

Mecha Comet Brings Real Modularity to Pocket-Sized Linux Computing, Hits Kickstarter  TechEBlog -

A Real Linux Computer You Can Carry in Your Pocket  Hackster.io

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...

Not the Linux You Remember: 16 Every Day Tasks That No Longer Need the Terminal  It's FOSS

I tried playing my 90s Windows CD-ROM games on Linux, and it was surprisingly easy  How-To Geek

Photoshop 2021 And 2025 Now Run On Linux Thanks To New Wine Patches  Ubergizmo

Emmabuntüs DE 6: A newbie-friendly Linux to help those in need  theregister.com

This Unlikely Microsoft Prediction Might Just Hit The Mark  Hackaday

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