Subject: Acer Laptop Battery Control Driver Looks Toward The Upstream Linux Kernel
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Acer-Laptop-Battery-Linux
Subject: Immutable Distro Nitrux 5.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, New Tools
https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-nitrux-5-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-new-tools
Subject: HSBC app takes a dim view of sideloaded Bitwarden installations
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/hsbc_bitwarden_sideloaded/
Subject: There’ll Be More AI Than Open Source at Spacewalk 2026 — But Not by Much
https://fossforce.com/2026/01/therell-be-more-ai-than-open-source-at-spacewalk-2026/
Subject: All Fedora 44 KDE Variants To Use Plasma Login Manager Rather Than SDDM
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-KDE-To-Plasma-Login
Subject: Open Source Initiative (OSI) Not Doing Its Job, Instead It's Promoting Microsoft Ponzi Schemes
https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Not_Doing_Its_Job_Instead_It_s_Promo.shtml
Subject: Gentoo’s 2025 Report: Financial Health and the Push Away From GitHub
https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-2025-report-financial-health-and-the-push-away-from-github/
Subject: Try Joplin: Your Open Source Evernote Alternative
https://fossforce.com/2026/01/try-joplin-your-open-source-evernote-alternative/
Subject: Radeon RADV Vulkan Driver Is On The Verge Of Another Big Ray-Tracing Performance Gain
https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-More-RT-Performance-2026
Subject: TUXEDO Launches InfinityBook Max 16 With OLED Display and RTX Graphics
https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-launches-infinitybook-max-16-linux-laptop/
Subject: IPFire Linux Firewall Distro Adds Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 Support, LLDP and CDPv2
https://9to5linux.com/ipfire-linux-firewall-distro-adds-wi-fi-7-and-wi-fi-6-support-lldp-and-cdpv2
Subject: Gentoo Linux Made Progress On RISC-V, WSL & More In 2025 While Pulling In Just $12k USD
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-2025-Accomplishments