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01:44 New phone brings Android, Linux & Windows together https://nexphone.com/

05:38 Photoshop can now install and run with Wine https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/adobe-creative-cloud-linux-wine-patches

08:02 A lot of Cosmic updates https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-adds-rounded-corners-and-window-shadows/ https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-1-updates https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-1-0-3-brings-file-manager-improvements/

11:29 New Plasma Login manager requires SystemD https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-login-manager-wont-support-systemd-free-linux-or-bsd-systems/

13:23 Ubuntu works on making NVidia faster on GNOME https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04-Faster-NVIDIA

15:05 Snap malware rises up again https://linuxiac.com/linux-snap-users-warned-as-attackers-push-malware-through-old-trusted-apps/

17:25 Parental controls work completes for GNOME https://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2026/01/20/digital-wellbeing-contract-conclusion/

18:59 LLVM compiler sets AI policy https://www.phoronix.com/news/LLVM-Human-In-The-Loop

21:39 Nvidia apparently used pirated books for training its AI https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contacted-annas-archive-to-secure-access-to-millions-of-pirated-books/

24:15 Desktop portals updated https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/tag/1.21.0

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02:03 Brand new X11 server in the works https://git.dec05eba.com/phoenix/tree/README.md

04:53 New packaging solution for portable apps https://itsfoss.com/pkgforge/

08:27 Steam Deck LCD is discontinued https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-discontinuing-the-last-steam-deck-lcd-model/

10:28 Linux Foundation publishes annual report https://linuxiac.com/the-linux-foundation-spent-8-4-million-on-the-linux-kernel-project-in-2025/

13:15 elementary OS 8.1 released https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-1-available-now/

16:14 Older AMD GPUs get 30% performance boost https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-619-amdgpu-radeon/5

17:59 Arch Linux under DDoS attack again https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-website-hit-by-ddos-and-temporarily-limited-to-ipv6/

18:47 CachyOS looks at the server now https://cachyos.org/blog/2025-christmas-new-year/

21:25 Italy fines Apple for their privacy framework https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/italy-fines-apple-116-million-over-app-store-tracking-privacy-practices/

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01:38 France starts adopting Nextcloud on a big scale https://nextcloud.com/blog/digital-sovereignty-momentum-france/

03:42 German state saves 15M€ per year moving to LibreOffice https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

05:52 Jolla launches new Linux smartphone https://www.gizmochina.com/2025/12/06/jolla-phone-launch-specs-price-sailfish-linux-os/ https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder

08:04 Cosmic and PopOS 24.04 released https://system76.com/pop/

11:14 KDE reaches 275K euros in funding this year https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

12:43 Proton launches Proton Sheets https://proton.me/blog/sheets-proton-drive

14:19 Ubuntu adopts vanilla GNOME shell style with a few tweaks https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ubuntu-26-04-yaru-theme-gnome-shell-changes

16:06 Ubuntu MATE and Unity won’t be LTS https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ubuntu-unity-mate-26-04-lts-status

18:10 Major library goes unmaintained https://linuxiac.com/libxml2-becomes-officially-unmaintained/

19:50 HDMI 2.1 still not possible on AMD on Linux https://www.heise.de/en/news/Valve-HDMI-Forum-Continues-to-Block-HDMI-2-1-for-Linux-11107440.html

22:03 D7VK released for older, DX7 games https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.0-Released

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