#Linux Weekly Roundup for January 18th, 2026: #Firefox 147, #Wine 11, #KDE Plasma 6.6, #GNOME 49.3, #GRUB 2.14, #Ubuntu 25.04 EOL, #NVIDIA 580.126.09, #Thunderbird 147, #Wireshark 4.6.3, #Tails 7.4, #EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo, GNOME 50 Alpha, MX Linux 25.1 Beta, #PipeWire 1.4.10, #Amarok 3.3.2, #Debian on #OpenWrt One, #RaspberryPi Imager 2.0.4, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-january-18th-2026

#OpenSource #FOSS

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup - January 18th, 2026

@evgandr @chewie @zeank

#DmitryBogatov a.k.a. #kaction used to be a #Debian developer until 2019, IIRC.

https://chronicles.debian.org/www/News/2017/20170417

One of the upstream projects I maintain in #Debian is guile-gcrypt,
and I noticed there was a new upstream version in #Guix but I could not update my git repository, as the platform hosting it, notabug.org, seems to be going through some rough "404 page not found" times.

Because it is packaged in Guix, I knew there was a very good chance it was also archived on #SoftwareHeritage and sure enough, I was able to download and refresh my local git repository, and even verify the latest signed tag!

@rfr The project? You mean #debian? Have you monitored the list whenever someone talks about AI work? There is no project policy.

So. "AI fun", in a different way. Within #debian I am part of the FTPMaster team. We are multiple (as you can see here: https://www.debian.org/intro/organization#ftpmaster ). One part of what we do is writing dak, the software that keeps the Debian archive running. And that recently got a commit authored with the help of AI.

I *dislike* AI. I took a nights sleep and thought about it, and today spoke up in our IRC channel, asking to not use AI for work on dak.

Well, obviously, we now have one in favour and one against AI usage. I *currently* see no useful way out. There may be one, but what is a middle ground between AI usage and no AI usage?

📺 Démo vidéo et guide complet sur le Wiki : 👉 https://wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/optimisation-gpu-hybride-debian-13-hp-pavilion

#Linux #Debian #OpenSource #Reconditionnement #BlablaLinux #Hardware

Debian's AWKward essential set

#Linux #Unix #BSD #AWK #FOSS

Mit der Main Story von The Callisto Protocol bin ich dann jetzt durch ​​ Die Bosskämpfe waren ein bisschen nervig und ein paar Dinge in diesem Spiel waren unlogisch, aber die Atmosphäre war überzeugend düster und bis auf die Stellen, wo kaum jemand hinschaut, sah es schon recht hübsch aus. Ein brauchbarer "spiritueller Nachfolger" der Dead Space-Reihe IMHO. #debian #linux #gaming #CallistoProtocol

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Screenshot der Errungenschaften "Ich gehöre hier her" für den Abschluss der Kampagne (39,5% der Spieler) und "Sensenmann" für das einsammeln aller Collectibles (5,5% der Spieler).

I recently had to deploy a change to #Debian Code Search to limit the amount of memory used during indexing a single package — because of #Firefox, which now ships as 388_859 files, totaling 1.78 GB! The resulting search index is 2.76 GB. Doing this entire indexing in one go is just too much for typical servers.

So now we flush into intermediate index files and merge them in the end: https://github.com/Debian/dcs/commit/8e76d5b9408cd12cfb6b728c1f1f3a96a9775310

The resulting drop in max heap usage is nicely visible on the graph by now :)

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Grafana dashboard showing the go_memstats_heap_sys_bytes Prometheus metric dropping when the change rolled out on January 15th

Hmm, am I going to upgrade my (Debian) VPS, am I going to rebuild it (also switching to an amd64 server), or maybe install NixOS instead 🤔

All the queers seem to be running NixOS but honestly Debian is likely going to be the least hassle since I just want a working system that I can ignore most of the time and I don't know NixOS yet.

(Suggestions welcome!)

#vps #debian #nixos

This is a photo of a #bug in my 27inch 'unibody' iMac 2014.

I've never levered-off / unglued the screen cover from the case. I thought it too much trouble because I believed it to be bonded to the display panel.

But, now it seems not true - otherwise the bug could not have got inside.

#Apple people,
What's the best way to debug my iMac?
Once inside, would you go further and add ram and a silicon drive?

#imac #screen #fauna #debian
#hardware

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Close-up photo of display screen, pixels clearly visible, as is a dead bug, about 3mm wingtip to wingtip

Hat schon jemand im FediLZ ein aktuelleres iServ-Paket der "IServ Softwareverteilung Linux" im Einsatz, als "Version: 24.10.22-1" ?

Debian 12 Bullseye funktioniert gut damit, aber ich hätte gerne 13 Trixie. … 😉

Wie pflegt Ihr eigene Software und Konfigurationen dafür?

Ich überlege, ein eigenes Debian-Software-Repository aufzusetzen¹ und Updates mit FAI zu organisieren, damit habe ich zumindest Erfahrungen, und das könnte zur Not auch das dist-upgrade automatisiert übernehmen. …

Aber wenn schon wer was mit Ansible o.ä. gemacht hat, bin ich auch gerne dafür zu haben.

[1] für LocalSend, Obsidian, Greenfoot, BlueJ, Filius, o.ä.

#FediLZ #iServ #Linux #Debian #FAI #Ansible

New year, new Debian project: How to install and run a full Debian system on the OpenWrt One, turning open router hardware into a compact, general-purpose Linux system!

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/openwrt-one-meets-debian.html

#Debian #OpenWrtOne #OpenWrt #EmbeddedLinux #Linux #OpenSource #SelfHosting #NVMe

Street art in #Paris is weird these days.
#Debian #GNU/#Linux

You Can Now Run #Debian GNU/Linux on the #OpenWrt One Open-Source Router https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-run-debian-gnu-linux-on-the-openwrt-one-open-source-router

@collabora #Linux #OpenSource

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Photo of the OpenWrt One router

Ephraims Wochenrückblick (in Vertretung): KW 2, 2026

Man merkt, dass die Feiertage vorbei sind, denn von Desktops über Distributionen bis zu CLI-Programmen ist alles vorhanden.

#Wochenrückblick #Gnome #kde #Manjaro #bose #zlib #Firefox #Debian #Ubuntu #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/ephraims-wochenrueckblick-in-vertretung-kw-2-2026

Debian diskutiert die Entfernung von GTK 2
https://linuxnews.de/debian-diskutiert-die-entfernung-von-gtk-2/ #debian #gtk2 #linux #linuxnews

#^https://thomas-leister.de/mailserver-debian-buster/

#^https://thomas-leister.de/mailserver-migrate-config-to-dovecot-2.4-debian-trixie/

Mir scheint allerdings das der wechsel von dovecot 2.3 zu dovecot 2.4.1 ein echter Headfuck ist.

Die Konfiguration habe ich nun 4 mal gecheckt und es bleibt bei einem Problem.

an 11 06:59:11 hostname postfix/lmtp[158690]: 31814C0E6E: to=[url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], relay=xxx.xxx.xx[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=405, delays=405/0.03/0.02/0.04, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (host xxx.xxx.xx[private/dovecot-lmtp] said: 550 5.1.1 [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url] User doesn't exist: [email protected] (in reply to RCPT TO command))

Mir fällt leider nichts mehr ein... jemand eine Idee der/die dasselbe Problem hat/hatte? Eine gute #frage könnte vielleicht auch schon helfen. Bin gerade für jeden Hinweis dankbar!!!

#mailserver #postfix #dovecot #debian #trixie #linux #it #admin #sysadmin

DietPi 10.0 liegt als Beta-Version vor
https://linuxnews.de/dietpi-10-0-liegt-als-beta-version-vor/ #dietpi #debian #linux #linuxnews

Nach Aufgabe des bisherigen Teams: #Debian sucht Datenschützer | Security https://www.heise.de/news/Debian-sucht-neue-Datenschuetzer-11134251.html #Datenschutz #privacy #DSGVO #GDPR #Linux #OpenSource

An die #linux Ein- und Umsteiger. Ihr müsst das Terminal unter Linux nicht unbedingt mehr nutzen, als unter #windows. Ich habs mir angewöhnt zu nutzen, weil Baum, aber es muss nicht. Und ich bin/werde halt auch Fachinformatiker, da ist das was anderes.

Unter #debian bzw. Distributionen, die darauf aufbauen, ist vor allem das (De)Installieren und Aktualisieren von #software wunderbar grafisch möglich mit #gnome "Software", #kde "Discover" oder etwas altmodischer mit "Synaptic". ➡️

I love Flatpaks.
I hate Flatpaks.
It really is a “Haßliebe” at the moment.

It's *finally* easy to get the latest version of an app. (Although outdated Apps are traditionally a #Debian/#Ubuntu problem.) Using them feels mostly native now.

But they are confusing: You can install an app twice!? The data path is different. And they're still not good with hardware: #Firefox didn't give me video acceleration recently.

Luckily, these last problems will probably be fixed soon.

#Linux #Flatpak

@nuintari we have a customer renting U's and power for a single server. They have been failing to not need for quite a while.
#Debian jessie with uptime 2347 days. Almost 6.5 years. Load of 0.4 so it is not idle either.

Debian GNU/Linux 13.3 »Trixie« und 12.13 »Bookworm« veröffentlicht
https://linuxnews.de/debian-gnu-linux-13-3-trixie-und-12-13-bookworm-veroeffentlicht/ #debian #linux #linuxnews

@karen This year marks 30 years that I've been using #Debian as my primary operating system. FLOSS has been daily living for me for that long.

3/

Brilliant idea of systemd to apply sysctl settings from configuration files ignoring their folders and the Debian Kernel team to put defaults in a "/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf" file.

Why 50 and not 00? I have all my settings in a "/etc/sysctl.d/10-custom.conf" file. One of them was mysteriously erased by those defaults in a file starting with a higher name hidden in the system files.

Now I understand why all configuration files are prefixed by "zzz".

#linux #systemd #sysctl #debian

The PAM Duress is a module designed to allow users to generate 'duress' passwords that when used in place of their normal password will execute arbitrary scripts.

This functionality could be used to allow someone pressed to give a password under coercion to provide a password that grants access but in the background runs scripts to clean up sensitive data, close connections to other networks to limit lateral movement, and/or to send off a notification or alert (potentially one with detailed information like location, visible wifi hot-spots, a picture from the camera, a link to a stream from the microphone, etc). You could even spawn a process to remove the pam_duress module so the threat actor won't be able to see if the duress module was available.

https://github.com/nuvious/pam-duress

#security #Linux #Arch #Debian

Tonight I had to upgrade a HP Probook.
Under Windows the USB loader was blinking irregular and didn't load. After Debian was installed it didn't blink and loaded. And the boot up was significantly faster. Even the touchscreen responded better.
Did I say I installed Debian?
Oh yes, I did install Debian. 🙂 🐧

#linux #debian #technology

trying to track down a hidden screensaver service that apparently cannot be disabled. no screensavers are installed, power management is disabled and yet the screen shuts off within 10 minutes.

#debian #debianlinux #linux saying, ¨fuck off I am windoze and do what I want¨?

One #FOSS project I use that's languishing a bit is the #Git browser QGit.
Some long-standing issues are not being addressed so I have a soft fork called QGit-Re over at #Codeberg.

The main changes so far:
- Fix program freeze when browsing huge commits.
- Remove the Log/Diff tabs so both can be seen together.
- Improve find & search highlighting for dark mode palettes.

Packages for #Debian & #Fedora are available via the Releases page.

https://codeberg.org/wickedsmoke/qgit/release

Manifesto and status update by Ian Jackson about the effect that, since Git repositories have become the preferred method to distribute source, that is how Debian should be distributing its source packages #Debian https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/20436.html

Hi #fedihelp are you aware, or heard of, that #Dell Laptops work like a shit with #unofficial #batteries?

This laptop constantly freezes regardless of #Windows or #Debian #Linux.

Thanks... 🙏

#laptop #OEM #hardware

MX Linux 25.1 Beta Brings Back Dual-Init Support, Based on #Debian 13.3 https://9to5linux.com/mx-linux-25-1-beta-brings-back-dual-init-support-based-on-debian-13-3

#Linux #OpenSource

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Screenshot of MX Linux 25.1 Beta with the Xfce desktop environment, showing the Welcome app.

ProxLB 1.1.11 was released, focusing on deeper integration and smarter balancing for Proxmox VE clusters. This version introduces a beta integration with Proxmox’s native HA and affinity/anti-affinity rules (please report any kind of bugs!), allowing ProxLB to work seamlessly with existing placement constraints instead of duplicating them.

The balancing behavior has also been improved: operators can now prefer smaller or larger VMs during placement, and node memory reservations are respected to reduce overcommitment.

Overall, 1.1.11 makes ProxLB more predictable, safer, and better suited for production use, while paving the way for future HA-aware scheduling improvements.

Blog post: https://gyptazy.com/blog/proxlb-proxmox-ha-affinity-rules-version-1-1-11/
Release/Changelog: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB/releases/tag/v1.1.11
GitHub: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB

#virtualization #VM #VPS #PVE #Prox #ProxmoxVE #KVM #VMware #Enterprise #Homelab #ResourceScheduler #affinity #antiaffinity #devops #tools #python #debian

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ProxLB for Proxmox Clusters in version 1.1.11

I have helped many people move from Windows to the Cinnamon desktop (Linux Mint default). The Debian base in the alternative LMDE release is much more stable and fewer big releases than the main Linux Mint that is based on Ubuntu.

#LinuxMint #Debian #LMDE #linux

During the January holidays, I replaced #Debian with #NetBSD and moved the root partition to an external USB drive, so the microSD is used only for /boot.

It runs pretty fast, but I can’t think of anything it could run that Linux couldn’t.

For now, I’m just playing with the OS itself, trying to write ARMv6 assembly and playing Hack on this machine.

I'm not fucking around anymore. If you're actively trying to make shit harder for me, I am going to let you know.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=883214#62

#OpenSource #BurnOut #Debian

#Linux Weekly Roundup for January 11th, 2026: #Devuan 6 on #RaspberryPi 5, #LinuxMint 22.3, #Debian 13.3, #Budgie 10.10, #Nitrux 5.1, #IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199, #KDE Gear 25.12.1, KDE Frameworks 6.22, #Mageia 10 alpha, KDE Plasma 6.6's new features, Budgie 11 enters development, new Linux laptops, #ArchBang Linux 1001, #GStreamer 1.28 Release Candidate, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-january-11th-2026

#OpenSource #FOSS #GNU

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup - January 11th, 2026

If a Debian kernel update has broken VMware Workstation, you are not alone. This is a known and recurring issue caused by kernel API changes.

A quick workaround is to rebuild the VMware host kernel modules manually (vmmod & vmnet).

TL;DR:

git clone https://github.com/Technogeezer50/vmware-host-modules.git
cd vmware-host-modules
git checkout workstation-17.6.4
make
sudo make install
sudo systemctl stop vmware
sudo systemctl start vmware

After rebuilding and reinstalling the modules, VMware Workstation should work again with the updated kernel.

#VMware #Debian

I finally bit the bullet and bought a Radeon 6600 to replace my aging Nvidia 1060. I’ve been waiting to ditch Nvidia and Microsoft on the same day, and today’s the day! This gaming PC has been the only windows holdout for the last few years - and it shits me every time I boot it.
Fresh #Debian install for this new era of gaming on #Linux. Chances are I’ll never touch #Microsoft again…

I wrote a web page about processing raw data from my camera to make an image for viewing on the web.

https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2026jan07_cardinal/index.html

#birds #imageprocessing #photography #software #gimp #Debian #Linux #exiftool #jpegli #graphicsmagick #ksh #ICC #IPTC #ITU #MWG

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A Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) was standing in an oak tree in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on January 7, 2026.

Ah, the wonders of Linux.

So I went back to Debian and learned that installing it from the Live system means it can't unlock the encrypted drive after installation (why? No idea), but if I install it directly (not booting the Live system first) it works but looks different during boot.

Also apparently Debian comes with a bunch of preinstalled stuff that I wouldn't expect (like a Russian dictionary 🤨), and installing Flatpak apparently also installs Ungoogled Chrome.

#Linux #Debian

#Debian goes retro with a spatial desktop that time forgot

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/09/desktop_classic_system/

#retro

#Debian #Linux 13.3 "Trixie" Released with 108 Bug Fixes and 37 Security Updates

https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260110

Debian 13.3 is out! #debian #gnu #linux

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Debian trixie 13.3 xfce4 desktop

So we had a problem on the mirrors for #debian #bookworm - appears the wrong stable #openpgp key got used to sign it. The one from #trixie was in use.

The "only" implication here is people who pin their debian sources to specific keys, their #apt will complain. That's annoying, which is why we fixed it just now, resigning using the correct key.

Mirrors already got triggered, updates should be visible soon.

In case anyone wants to run off yelling security problem: Nah. Stuff is (and was) still signed by two keys from us #ftpmaster - and it is the same people handling the stable keys for bookworm and trixie. So only the wrong one used, nothing more.

The #XLibre Xserver 25.1.1 and 25.0.x driver packages are now available in the third-party XLibre for #Debian repository. The support for legacy #Nvidia drivers is compiled in. Please update your drivers to match the Xserver! https://github.com/xlibre-debian/debian

@rl_dane

That was an enjoyable read. I had a #ThinkPad #L530 in 2013 for some school stuff. Once done, I blew away #Windows7 for #Debian. Almost* everything worked out of the box. Fast, stable, and reliable.

Had I not tripped over the power cable (and thus violently tearing apart the AC adapter plug and internal connection, I'd still have it.

I've seriously considered going for another ThinkPad but I have a handful of spare laptops at my disposal and my daily driver is a sweet #Dell #Latitude 5400 (also running Debian).

The only thing that didn't work was the red dot in the keyboard. Oddly, it was supported under #openSUSE.

#laptop #linux #homelab

Prêt à mettre à jour ton serveur ou ton vieux laptop reconditionné ? Fonce !

👉 https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260110

#Debian #Linux #Trixie #OpenSource #SysAdmin #BlablaLinux #MiseAJour

Updated Debian 13: 13.3 released https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260110 #debian #trixie #01

Updated Debian 12: 12.13 released https://www.debian.org/News/2026/2026011002 #debian #bookworm #01

#Debian 13.3 “Trixie” Released with 108 Bug Fixes and 37 Security Updates https://9to5linux.com/debian-13-3-trixie-released-with-108-bug-fixes-and-37-security-updates

#Linux #OpenSource

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Debian 13 default wallpaper/splash screen

And so it is done. #Debian #bookworm #Debian12 is now also done.

Mirror push starts in a minute, so it will be on a #mirror near you soon enough.

In the middle of #Debian point #releases. Just finished the process for #Debian #trixie #debian13 and now about to start the #bookworm #debian12 run.

(Obviously me doing the finishing steps "only" for the work that the release team prepared over the last weeks).

Which browser is your "daily driver" in 2026?

#linux #fedora #askfedi #ubuntu #debian #security #infosec #tech #technology #cybersecurity #firefox #mozilla #chrome #google #edge #microsoft #manjaro #gameDev #devops #web #webdev #brave #vivaldi #gnome #kde #opensource #privacy #software #foss

Geekery: #linux #debian #X11 #xterm

In 2025 I switched back to original xterm.

I had previously been using alacritty for several years, after a period of looking for a term-em that actually did all the things I wanted and wasn't too much of a pain in configuration or RAM use.

And before that I used rxvt (or urxvt) for about two decades.

Why did I switch this time? Because I did a quick review of about 40 term-ems in the course of a week, and was utterly astonished to find that xterm had acquired all the features that I actually wanted to use.

In the same way that I care about the fuel-efficiency of a car more than whether it's nominally a standard motor or a non-plugin-hybrid, I don't care about whether or not the term-em takes advantage of the graphics coprocessor to do the job. Do letters show up real fast? Great, I don't care how they got there.

But I want to be able to specify the fonts that I like, not have strange boxes show up when someone writes their name in a non-roman character set, use a bunch of colors, not show me the scrollbar but always have scrolling available, and not have weird bugs.

Since xterm is the only term-em I can approximately guarantee everything has been tested against, a bug that shows up as a result of using a particular term-em is least likely to manifest with xterm. Pragmatics.

I would like to extend kudos to the authors of Terminology, a term-em which, on first run, pops up a slider and asks you to adjust it until the font size is comfortable. That's worthy of a Galactic Prize for Extremely Obvious Cleverness.

I've built something useable. Maybe you need that, too.

#OpenBSD Clients with moonlight-qt
#proxmox hypervisor with libegl and #radeon GPU
#debian VMS with #virgl GPU in proxmox and sunshine streaming server

Now you can play your games running only on linux on OpenBSD. This also works good over the internet/VPN.
The actual intention was building remote desktop capable vms, because 3d Desktops (GNOME), high Display resolution, modern browsers and spice protocol dont give a smooth experience these days. This also works now.

#unigineheaven is at 99% native performance. The GPU is shareable to many VMS.
Can't wait to see how amdgpu native driver context passthrough is coming out when it's available.

Interesting: "Phone Charging Speeds With Debian/Trixie"

https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/01/05/phone-charging-speeds/

#PinePhone #PinePhonePlus #OnePlus6 #Debian #trixie #Librem5

@thomholwerda #Debian Stable belongs on the server and therefore no problems with Wayland affect it :)