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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

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The Argo CD Agent is now Generally Available with the release of Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.19. Organizations using Kubernetes and OpenShift have widely adopted the GitOps methodology to manage clusters and applications, with Argo CD being the leading open source GitOps solution on Kubernetes. However, organizations adopting Argo CD have faced challenges selecting an appropriate Argo CD deployment model. There's often a choice between prioritizing scalability across multiple clusters or to implement centralized GitOps management. The Argo CD Agent for OpenShift GitOps solves this challenge by

After much anticipation, Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes in AWS GovCloud is now authorized against the FedRAMP High baseline controls in accordance with the Rev 5 authorization path. This means that customers are now able to use the hosted control plane architecture with ROSA in the AWS Government Community Cloud (GovCloud). The hosted control plane architecture, based on the HyperShift project, streamlines ROSA in AWS GovCloud classic architecture by providing a more effective and efficient use of customer resources, which can lead to improved security postu

In today’s IT world, change is not coming; it is here. Hybrid cloud, automation, and AI are transforming how organizations operate, and the pace shows no sign of slowing. Teams that cannot keep up risk falling behind. However, there is a way to stay ahead: investing in the right skills, at the right time, without disrupting ongoing work.Red Hat Learning Subscription Course helps teams add new skills and refine existing expertise through a flexible, scalable approach to learning. This helps teams adapt, innovate, and thrive, while limiting disruption to existing operations.Choosing a course

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...