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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This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

An X11 Thing! Your Favorite Middle-Click Paste is Likely to be Disabled in Future GNOME Releases:
https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-firefox-middle-click-paste-removal/
(I personally feel neutral about this move, I never used that feature, but didn't bother me it was there. I just use the good old Ctrl+C)

AI Assistant App For GNOME Adds MCP Server Support To Integrate With Much More Software:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-AI-Newelle-MCP-Server
(Volunteer Microsoft Copilot, there you go lmao)

KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/kde-plasma-6-6-will-finally-stop-the-system-sleeping-when-gaming-with-a-controller/

Budgie 10.10 Released: Officially Migrated From X11 To Wayland:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Budgie-10.10-Released

Debian's Data Protection Team is No More, Maybe You Can Help?:
https://itsfoss.com/news/debian-data-protection-team/
(Doesn't sound great, hopefully they can find someone who can take over the role. It's good to see though that they still require from applicants to be reputable members of the Debian community, don't let any random person take over.)

Debian 13.3 Released With Many Security & Bug Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13.3-Released

Manjaro 26 makes a strong case for leaving Windows 11 behind:
https://betanews.com/2026/01/05/manjaro-26-makes-a-strong-case-for-leaving-windows-11-behind/

Fedora 44 Will Be the First Distro to Adopt KDE's Plasma Login Manager:
https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-44-plasma-login-manager/

Nitrux 5.1 isn't trying to replace Windows 11, but it might tempt you anyway:
https://betanews.com/2026/01/07/nitrux-5-1-isnt-trying-to-replace-windows-11-but-it-might-tempt-you-anyway/

TrixiePup64 2601 Released For Debian 13 Powered Puppy Linux In Wayland & X11 Flavors:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrixiePup64-2601-Released

Mageia 10 Alpha Released - 32-bit ISOs Still Available:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mageia-10-Alpha

Bazaar Flatpak Manager Gets New Icon, Permission Warnings + More:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/bazaar-linux-app-new-icon-other-changes

Phosh 0.52 introduces QR hotspot, brightness lock screen gesture and Rust wallpaper portal:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/phosh-0-52-introduces-qr-hotspot-brightness-lock-screen-gesture-and-rust-wallpaper-portal/

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Habt ihr #Newelle schon ausprobiert?

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/newelle-ai-assistant-ubuntu-linux-desktop

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WTF, das sieht aus, als hätte es bereits Produktreife? Mit Unterstützung für lokale Modelle nicht mal so ganz uninteressant.

GNOME AI Virtual Assistant #Newelle Reaches Version 1.0 Milestone

»Newelle is a virtual AI assistant developed for the GNOME desktop that supports voice chat and can handle carrying out web searches, terminal command execution, website reading, file management, document editing, and more.«

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-AI-Assistant-1.0

#Newelle: #AI based Virtual Assistant for #Linux

https://technewsro.blog/newelle-asistent-virtual-bazat-pe-ai-pentru-linux/