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!

#linux #guix #gnuguix #scheme #guile #freesoftware #declarative #reproducible

💰 Fundraising campaign to sustain GNU Guix / @guix

｢ As a package manager and GNU/Linux distribution Guix has some unique needs. As the distribution grows and becomes more popular our costs also grow. Each package that's added to the distribution increases the number of builds. And, as more people use Guix the cost of delivering those packages also grows ｣

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

#gnuguix #linux #guix #opensource