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Building off an initial request for comments (RFC) patch series posted during the winter holidays, an updated RFC patch series was posted this weekend for LLMinus. LLMinus is an effort led by NVIDIA Linux kernel engineer Sasha Levin to provide a large language model (LLM) assisted merge conflict resolution tool focused on Linux kernel development...

The LLVM/Clang compiler today introduced support for the Ampere Computing Ampere1C CPU core target...

Auto-CPUFreq 3.0 released this weekend as the newest version of this Linux user-space tool to help you extend your laptop battery life by automatically applying CPU speed and power optimizations. When all goes according to plan, Auto-CPUFreq means extending your battery life without compromises to the user experience...

Auto-CPUFreq 3.0 Released To Help You Extend Laptop Battery Life On Linux  Phoronix

BTW, Arch Users! Pacman Might Be Getting a Rust Replacement  It's FOSS

With Budgie 10.10 released this weekend, Budgie desktop developers have provided an update around Budgie 11 desktop development...

I tried the new Linux Mint 22.3 - it's a masterclass in polish and quality-of-life fixes  ZDNET

Over 1,500,000 Windows users downloaded this Linux distro in under three months  XDA

January 12, 2026  Hackaday

Linux Founder's "I Was So Wrong" Moment: Mocked AI Programming as Garbage, Now Dives into AI - Assisted Programming  36Kr

Mitsubishi Electric becomes Linux Foundation gold member  IT Brief Asia

In addition to Linus Torvalds doing some vibe coding and more with his new "AudioNoise" project this week, Linux 6.19 kernel development ticked back up with the holidays having passed. A variety of fixes made it into today's Linux 6.19-rc5 release in working toward v6.19 stable in early February...

Linux 6.19-rc5 Brings Fix For Newer NVIDIA GPUs, Logitech HID++ For Anywhere 3S & Fixes  Phoronix

Why is Everyone Talking About Window Tiling in 2026?  It's FOSS

Even Linux Creator Linus Torvalds is Using AI to Code in 2026  It's FOSS

I tried out North Korea's leaked OS so you don't have to  MakeUseOf

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 11th, 2026  9to5Linux

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 2, 2026 (Jan 5- 11)  Linuxiac

Ahead of the imminent Linux 6.19-rc5 release, the char/misc pull request was merged earlier today with a notable fix to the Rust Binder driver as well as adding the Intel Nova Lake Point S device ID to the MEI driver...

Linus Torvalds Calls AI-Generated Code ‘Slop’ in Linux Kernel Debate  WebProNews