(more Linux news in original post)

X.Org Server May Create A New Selective Git Branch With Hopes Of A New Release This Year:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-Main-Repo

XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.21 Released With Reduced Motion Setting, Support For Linyaps Apps:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDG-Desktop-Portal-1.21

Linux 7.0 Apple Silicon Device Tree Updates Have All The Bits For USB Type-C Ports:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Silicon-DT-Linux-7.0

Linux's Intel-Speed-Select Tool Will Allow Non-Root Use With Linux 7.0:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/intel-speed-select-non-root

Wine 11.1 Released In Kicking Off The New Development Cycle:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.1-Released

Wine Patches Bring Newer Versions of Adobe Photoshop to Linux:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/adobe-creative-cloud-linux-wine-patches
(The issue was posted to Valve's fork of Wine instead of the original Wine repo. See Brodie Robertson's video for more details:
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/a-random-developer-just-solved-adobe-on:6
PeerTube (unofficial mirror): https://pixeltube.org/w/7ace2851-ec32-479c-b721-39dcb903c2c6

Update: Wine-Staging 11.1 Adds Patches For Enabling Recent Adobe Photoshop Versions On Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Staging-11.1

Nexus Mods say they are committed to supporting Vortex on SteamOS Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nexus-mods-say-they-are-committed-to-supporting-vortex-on-steamos-linux/

Vulkan 1.4.340 released with new extension to improve DirectX performance on Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/vulkan-1-4-340-released-with-new-extension-to-improve-directx-performance-on-linux/

(FOSS news in comments)

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ATTENTION HYPRLAND USERS:

This was caused by a bug and security vulnerability in xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland prior to version 1.3.3.

Please update to 1.3.3, as this is a security update that could save your system.

For more details (kinda), see the issue I made: https://github.com/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/issues/242

#hyprland #xdgdesktopportal