This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Draft code submitted to KDE Plasma turns it into a full VR desktop:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/draft-code-submitted-to-kde-plasma-turns-it-into-a-full-vr-desktop/

KDE Plasma 6.7 will have a global push-to-talk feature:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/kde-plasma-6-7-will-have-a-global-push-to-talk-feature/

GNOME's AI Assistant Newelle Adds Llama.cpp Support, Command Execution Tool:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-AI-Newelle-1.2

Window Shadows Finally Arrive on COSMIC Desktop:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/cosmic-desktop-window-shadows-arrive

CachyOS Starts 2026 By Switching To Plasma Login Manager & Live ISO Using Wayland:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-January-2026

Myrlyn 1.0 Released For Package Manager GUI Spawned By SUSE's Hack Week:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Myrlyn-1.0-SUSE

GNU Guix 1.5 Released With RISC-V Support, Experimental x86_64 GNU Hurd Kernel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Guix-1.5-Released

Deepin 25.0.10 update includes data-retaining installer and file manager improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/deepin-25-0-10-update-includes-data-retaining-installer-and-file-manager-improvements/

14 Years Later than Planned, NexPhone is Up for Preorder:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/nexphone-2026-convergence-android-debian

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Hello everyone!

I'm happy to introduce a new news format called Dark Blue Weekly, a weekly article covering releases from the previous week.

And the first one is out right now:
https://darkblueraven.com/sites/news/dbw-e1.php

#darkblueraven #darkblueweekly #opensource #freesoftware #mxlinux #gnuguix #winehq

GNU Guix 1.5 Released with KDE Plasma 6.5, GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://9to5linux.com/gnu-guix-1-5-released-with-kde-plasma-6-5-gnu-linux-libre-6-17-kernel

GNU Guix 1.5 arrives after three long years, and it was worth the wait

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/gnu-guix-1-5-linux/

#XLibre runs on #GNUGuix. Seen below:

XLibre, #AMD #ATI #Radeon RX 5600/5700, #Linux 6.15.6, #xmonad window manager, #fishshell. You can find a tutorial for the third-party packages at https://github.com/X11Libre/packaging/discussions/8.

More #liberatedscreens at http://github.com/orgs/X11Libre/discussions/211.

Thanks to the @fsf for promoting GNU Guix's fundraising.

Like many other Free Software project's we depend on our users and fans support to pay for the project's expenses.

We're running a campaign to 'sustain and strengthen' Guix. As a #linux distribution we have a lot of #packages which costs quite a bit to build and distribute to users. And, as we use the declarative and reproducible system pioneered by #Nix we rebuild packages whenever there's a change.

If you'd like to know more about what we're doing, or support the project you can check out the blog post:

https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/fundraising-campaign-to-sustain-gnu-guix/

We appreciate any support that people can give!

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