New story! Garuda Linux Publishes First ISO Refresh of 2026 With NVIDIA 590 Drivers

Arch-based Garuda Linux ISO 260115 ships with NVIDIA 590 drivers, which no longer support NVIDIA 1000 series GPUs.

New story! Opera GX Gaming Browser Confirms Native Linux Version

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jan 15, 2026 12:04 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Opera GX, the gaming-focused web browser, is coming to Linux, with the company confirming active development.

New story! Anthropic Claude wants to be your helpful colleague, always looking over your shoulder

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Jan 15, 2026 5:59 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Just be careful not to entrust the AI model with your sensitive data Anthropic on Monday announced the research preview of Claude Cowork, a tool for automating office work that comes with the now familiar recitation of machine learning risks.…

New story! Intel Panther Lake GSC Firmware Published Ahead Of Laptop Availability

While Intel has been upstreaming various Panther Lake firmware bits to linux-firmware.git for pairing with their open-source kernel drivers ahead of Core Ultra Series 3 laptops shipping, one piece of the puzzle only published today is the GSC firmware for the Panther Lake graphics...

New story! Firefox 147 brings GPU boost, tidier tabs, and video that follows you around

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Jan 15, 2026 2:56 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Latest update focuses on hardware acceleration, security tightening, and a handful of quality-of-life tweaks The latest Firefox is here with some handy changes – most of which differ depending on what OS and type of CPU you run it on.…

New story! Python Software Foundation Receives $1.5 Million From Anthropic

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jan 15, 2026 1:24 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Anthropic commits $1.5 million to the Python Software Foundation to strengthen CPython and PyPI security over a two-year partnership.

New story! Fedora Games Lab Approved To Switch To KDE Plasma, Become A Better Linux Gaming Showcase

Back in December we reported on drafted plans for revitalizing Fedora Games Lab to be a modern Linux gaming showcase. This Fedora Labs initiative has featured some open-source games paired with an Xfce desktop while moving forward they are looking to better position it as a modern Linux gaming showcase...

New story! Use This Tool to Reduce Your Docker Images Size and Improve Performance

  • Make Tech Easier; By Anees Asghar (Posted by damien on Jan 14, 2026 10:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
SlimToolkit helps shrink Docker images safely, keeping only required files to improve performance, speed, and storage efficiency.

New story! GNOME 48.8 Released With Bug Fixes and Security Updates

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jan 14, 2026 9:00 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNOME
GNOME 48.8 desktop environment is out as a maintenance release, delivering bug fixes, security updates, and improvements across selected core components.

New story! $99 BeaglePlay Board Achieves "100% Open-Source" Upstream PowerVR Graphics

Going back many years Imagination PowerVR graphics were widely despised by open-source enthusiasts and Linux desktop users for their lack of an open-source GPU driver. But over the past few years the Imagination PowerVR driver focused on their Rogue graphics IP has matured nicely within the Linux kernel and the PowerVR Vulkan driver in Mesa taking shape too. Paired with Zink for OpenGL over Vulkan, there's a robust open-source PowerVR graphics experience now possible. For those interested in trying out said open-source driver stack, the TI AM62-powered BeaglePlay is an affordable way of doing so for that $99 USD single board computer...

New story! Why Ditching VirtualBox for KVM and Virt-Manager Makes Sense

Moving away from VirtualBox doesn’t have to be complicated. Jack Wallen walks you through installing virt-manager and spinning up your first VM with KVM.

New story! Popular Python libraries used in Hugging Face models subject to poisoned metadata attack

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Jan 14, 2026 4:26 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Python; Story Type: News Story
The open-source libraries were created by Salesforce, Nvidia, and Apple with a Swiss group Vulnerabilities in popular AI and ML Python libraries used in Hugging Face models with tens of millions of downloads allow remote attackers to hide malicious code in metadata. The code then executes automatically when a file containing the poisoned metadata is loaded.…

New story! Anthropic finds $1.5 million to help Python Foundation improve security

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Jan 14, 2026 2:54 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Python; Story Type: News Story
AI upstart also upscales its Labs to find the next frontier The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has an extra $1.5 million heading its way, after AI upstart Anthropic entered into a partnership aimed at improving security in the Python ecosystem.…

New story! Canonical: Make Ubuntu Bloated (Debian With Snaps), Then Sell the 'Debloated' Version for a Fee

  • Techrights; By Roy Schestowitz (Posted by schestowitz on Jan 14, 2026 1:23 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Ubuntu
Put bluntly, Canonical is trying to sell a solution to a problem it is creating

New story! DietPi 10.0 Enters Open Beta With Major Platform and Software Changes

DietPi 10.0 enters open beta with breaking changes, new software additions, and platform updates ahead of the stable release.

New story! Three Small Plugins That Make Joplin Click

  • FOSS Force; By Christine Hall (Posted by brideoflinux on Jan 14, 2026 10:20 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
According to our writer, three small, easy-to-miss plugins were all it took for Joplin to live up to its Evernote-killer reputation.

New story! Debian Libre Live 13.3 Images Released For Avoiding Non-Free Firmware

Building off this past weekend's Debian 13.3 release is now Debian Libre Live 13.3 images for this derivative that ships the install/live media without any of the non-free firmware assets to remain a free software blessed image...

New story! KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Is Out as a Feature Preview Ahead of February Stable Launch

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jan 14, 2026 7:17 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
The KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta is now available, giving users a first look at changes scheduled for the February 17 stable release.

New story! Unraid Plans Internal Boot Support and Multiple Arrays for 2026

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jan 14, 2026 5:45 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Unraid’s 2026 plans include booting without USB flash drives, expanded storage arrays, and a modernized web interface.

New story! ReactOS Receives Fix For A Very Annoying Usability Issue

ReactOS began 2026 with another "major step" towards Windows NT 6 compatibility with updating its MSVCRT implementation from Wine for the Microsoft C Runtime DLL library. That improved support for a number of Windows applications running on this open-source OS. ReactOS is taking another step-forward now with addressing a very annoying usability issue where up until now you may need to refresh the file manager for seeing folder changes...

New story! Thunderbird 147 Adds “Show Full Path” Folder Pane Option for Compact View Modes

After Firefox 147, Mozilla Thunderbird 147 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free email client app that also features chat, addressbook, calendar, and news capabilities.

New story! JPEG-XL Image Support Returns To Latest Chrome / Chromium Code

To the frustration of many developers and end-users, back in 2022 Google deprecated JPEG-XL support in Chrome/Chromium and proceeded to remove the support. That decision was widely slammed and ultimately Google said they may end up reconsidering it. In November there was renewed activity and interest in restoring JPEG-XL within Google's image web browser and as of yesterday the code was merged...

New story! 1M+ Windows defections fueling one of Linux’s biggest growth stories in 2026

Zorin OS 18 passes 2 million downloads in under three months, with most coming from Windows users as Windows 10 support ends and hardware limits tighten.

New story! Not Journalism: Almost 80% of the 'Articles' We Saw About Torvalds and 'Vibe Coding' Are LLM Slop (Sometimes Slop Images)

The real issue is, Torvalds who created Git as a solution to proprietary prison is entertaining Microsoft's own proprietary prison

New story! NVIDIA 580.126.09 Released to Improve Compatibility with Recent Linux Kernels

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jan 13, 2026 5:42 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
NVIDIA released today NVIDIA 580.126.09 for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris platforms with a few important changes for those using the production branch version of the graphics driver.

New story! KDE Ships Plasma 6.5.5 as January Bugfix Update for Plasma 6

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jan 13, 2026 4:11 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
KDE Plasma 6.5.5 is now available as the January 2026 bugfix release, delivering fixes across Wayland, KWin, Discover, and core desktop components.

New story! Linus Torvalds tries vibe coding, world still intact somehow

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Jan 13, 2026 2:39 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Emperor Penguin tries it… just for fun Perhaps the most famous low-level systems programmer has tried "vibe coding" for himself – and he seems to be enjoying it.…

New story! Canonical Launches Minimal Ubuntu Pro for Secure Cloud Deployments

Canonical expands Ubuntu Pro to minimal cloud images available on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

New story! Fresh Adds an Easy-to-use and Powerful Text Editor to the Linux Terminal

  • Make Tech Easier; By Haroon Javed (Posted by damien on Jan 13, 2026 11:36 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
Fresh is an easy-to-use and poweful text editor for the terminal. It takes many things we love about modern graphical editors and brings them to the terminal.

New story! Firefox 148 Enters Public Beta Testing with Improved Support for Screen Readers

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jan 13, 2026 10:05 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
With Firefox 147 hitting the stable channel today, Mozilla has promoted the next major version of its open-source, free, and cross-platform web browser, Firefox 148, to the beta channel for public testing.

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