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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 11, 2026

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1. This Week in Plasma: car of the year edition

   Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma

   New

2. First Look at Mageia 10 – Alpha Release Now Available for Public Testing

   After many months of hard work, the upcoming Mageia 10 Linux distribution now has its first alpha release available for public testing if you want to help the devs fix bugs before the final release hits the streets.

3. Budgie 10.10 Desktop Environment Released as the First Wayland-Only Version

   The Budgie desktop developers announced today the release and general availability of the Budgie 10.10 desktop environment, which is the last update in the Budgie 10 series and the first to go Wayland-only.

4. Security Leftovers

   Security picks for today

5. GNU/Linux Leftovers

   and some KDE

6. Debian: Debian goes retro with a spatial desktop that time forgot and "Debian Taco'

   some Debian picks

7. Red Hat Promoting Hype and Microsoft, Fedora Updates

   a bit sad to watch

8. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards

   FOSS leftovers mostly

9. Programming Leftovers

   Development picks for today

10. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Armbian, and More

    Devices, gadgets with GNU/Linux

11. OpenSUSE: Planet News Roundup and Tumbleweed's Review of the Week

    OpenSUSE's latest

12. GNOME Hey Hi (AI, Slop) Nonsense and GNOME Foundation Update Promoting Microsoft Stuff

    GNOME updates

13. today's howtos

    quite a lot this evening

14. Applications: Dockhand, diffoscope, RustDesk, and More

    Applications for GNU/Linux

15. Kernel: Bugs' Age, QEMU 10, and Slop in Linux

    4 new articles

16. Games: Steam Record for GNU/Linux, Free Software "Makes Steam Frame A Linux Playground", EU Impact on GNU/Linux Adoption for Gamers

    3 stories

17. I switched to Linux: Bye macOS and Windows

    For the past month or so, I've been dabbling with Linux across my devices

18. Games: Steam on ARM64 With GNU/Linux

    2 stories

19. Wine 11.0-rc5

    The Wine development release 11.0-rc5 is now available

20. KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Is Coming on February 17th, Here’s What to Expect

    KDE Project’s upcoming KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series is expected on February 17th, 2026, and it’s packed with many new features and improvements, so let’s take a look at the biggest changes so far.

21. Debian 13.3 “Trixie” Released with 108 Bug Fixes and 37 Security Updates

    Today, the Debian Project announced the release and general availability of Debian 13.3 as the third update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system series.

22. Games: Flatpaks, Nova Roma, and More

    half a dozen picks from GamingOnLinux

23. Arch Linux-Based ArchBang Linux Distro Introduces New Application Launcher

    The ArchBang Linux project has published a new ISO snapshot today with various improvements for this Arch Linux-based distribution using the Labwc window-stacking compositor on top of Wayland.

24. Android Leftovers

    I changed this Android setting and now I can fit 30% more on my screen

25. Dozzle 9.0 Real‑Time Docker Log Viewer Improves Log Grouping

    Dozzle 9.0 real‑time Docker log viewer adds collapsible homepage sections

26. loss32 Wants to Turn Linux Into a Full Win32 Desktop Powered by WINE

    loss32 is an experimental Linux project that runs an entire Win32 desktop under WINE

27. Daily driving Linux for 3 years taught me these 6 habits

    I deleted Windows off my work computer and permanently switched to Linux

28. LMDE 7 Users Get the Cinnamon 6.6 Desktop Environment

    Cinnamon 6.6 has landed in LMDE 7

29. Steam Is Coming to ARM64 as Ubuntu Opens Testing via Snap

    Steam is moving closer to ARM64 availability as Ubuntu opens testing of a Snap package powered by FEX x86 emulation

30. This awesome tool for Linux newcomers is like Ninite for Team Tux

    Well, it turns out that someone has made something similar for Linux distros

31. Turning freedom values into freedom practice with the FSF tech team

    Ian Kelling, FSF senior systems administrator, and also our president

32. Free and Open Source Software, and Benchmark

    This is free and open source software

33. Ubuntu Sway – Ubuntu with Sway Wayland compositor

    Ubuntu Sway aims to provide a user-friendly desktop based on Sway

34. This Week in GNOME: #231 Blueprint Maps

    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from January 02 to January 09

35. 2026 Exercise [original]

    I used to underestimate the importance of this, not just for physical but also for mental benefits

36. Security Leftovers

    Security related stuff

37. GNU/Linux and Hardware Leftovers

    mostly GNU/Linux links

38. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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