The 274th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on January 11th, 2026, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world. If you missed last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, catch up with everything GNU/Linux/Open Source here.
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This week, we got new distro releases including Linux Mint 22.3, Nitrux 5.1, Debian 13.3, Debian 12.13, IPFire 2.29 Core Up…
The 274th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on January 11th, 2026, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world. If you missed last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, catch up with everything GNU/Linux/Open Source here.
Thank you!
I would like to thank everyone who sent us donations; your generosity is greatly appreciated. I also want to thank all of you for your continued support by commenting, liking, sharing, and boosting the articles, following us on social media, and, last but not least, sending us feedback.
This week, we got new distro releases including Linux Mint 22.3, Nitrux 5.1, Debian 13.3, Debian 12.13, IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199, ArchBang 1001, and Mageia 10 alpha, as well as new software releases including KDE Gear 25.12.1, KDE Frameworks 6.22, GStreamer 1.28 Release Candidate, and Budgie 10.10.
On top of that, I take a look at Devuan 6 on Raspberry Pi 5 and tell you all about the new Linux laptops from StarLabs and TUXEDO Computers. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux roundup for January 11th, 2026.
Hot news of the week
- GStreamer 1.28 Release Candidate is now available for testing with more Rust goodies
- StarBook Horizon Linux laptop is now on sale with 32GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6E, and Coreboot
- Review: First Look at Devuan GNU+Linux 6 “Excalibur” on Raspberry Pi 5
- Immutable distro Nitrux 5.1 arrives with Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, new tools
- IPFire Linux firewall distro adds Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 support, LLDP and CDPv2
- TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 Linux laptop unveiled with new OLED display
- KDE Gear 25.12.1 arrives with various improvements for your favorite KDE apps
- KDE Frameworks 6.22 fixes multiple clipboard-related issues on Wayland
- Arch Linux-based ArchBang Linux distro introduces a new application launcher
- Debian 13.3 “Trixie” is here with 108 bug fixes and 37 security updates
- KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop is coming on February 17th, here’s what to expect
- Budgie 10.10 desktop environment is out as the first Wayland-only version
- First Look at Mageia 10 – Alpha release now available for public testing
- Budgie 11 desktop environment will be ported to Qt 6, development kicks off
- Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” is now available for download with the Cinnamon 6.6 desktop
- Tutorial: How to upgrade Linux Mint 22.2 to Linux Mint 22.3
Other GNU/Linux news of interest
Linux distributions released this week
- Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon
- Linux Mint 22.3 Xfce
- Linux Mint 22.3 MATE
- WM Live 13.3
- Bluestar Linux 6.18.4
- Debian Edu (Skolelinux) 13.3
- Debian 13.3 KDE Plasma
- Debian 13.3 GNOME
- Debian 13.3 Xfce
- Debian 13.3 Cinnamon
- Debian 13.3 LXQt
- Debian 13.3 LXDE
- Debian 13.3 MATE
- Debian 13.3 Junior
- Debian 13.3 Standard
- ArchBang Linux 1001
- KDE neon 20260108
- Pentoo 2026.0
- Ultimate Edition 2026.01.07 Developer
- IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199
- Nitrux 5.1 NVIDIA
- Nitrux 5.1 Mesa
- CentOS Stream 10-20260105
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- LibreCAD 2.2.1.3
- Doxygen 1.16.1
- Pinta 3.1.1
- SQLite 3.51.2
- Docker 29.1.4
- AppArmor 4.1.3
- Usermin 2.520
- Webmin 2.620
- ALSA 1.2.15.2
- Linux kernel 6.18.4 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.12.64 LTS
- cURL 8.18.0
- Chromium 143.0.7499.192
- Doxygen 1.16.0
Coming up next week
- Firefox 147
- KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta
- KDE Plasma 6.6.5
- Ubuntu 25.04 EOL
- GNOME 50 alpha
- GNOME 49.3
- GNOME 48.8
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!
Last updated on January 11th, 2026 at 04:13 pm