Budgie & GNOME drop X11, yet another desktop, Wikipedia signs deal with AI companies

Linux & Open Source News

Jan 17, 2026•30 min•Season 3Ep. 52

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01:52 Budgie 10.10 released, Budgie 11 based on Qt https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/state-of-the-budgie-2025

04:43 GNOME 50 alpha drops X11 https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Shell-50-Alpha

07:27 KDE 6.6 beta released https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-6-beta-released/

09:40 New GNOME based desktop being researched https://www.gyesme.org/

11:49 Wikipedia signs deals with AI companies https://apnews.com/article/wikipedia-internet-jimmy-wales-50e796d70152d79a2e0708846f84f6d7

13:21 Mint 22.3 released https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

15:08 Orion Browser gets first alpha https://linuxiac.com/orion-browser-takes-first-step-toward-linux-availability/

16:55 Opera GX coming to Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/opera-gx-linux-version-being-worked-on

18:47 Firefox 147 brings a lot of good stuff https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/firefox-147-released

21:04 Pacman replacement being worked on https://itsfoss.com/news/pacman-rust-treatment/ https://alpm.archlinux.page/

22:52 Nexus mods Linux app discontinued https://www.nexusmods.com/news/15424 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nexus-mods-retire-their-in-development-cross-platform-app-to-focus-back-on-vortex/

25:05 Even more AMD performance boosts https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/even-more-amd-ray-tracing-performance-improvements-heading-to-mesa-on-linux/

27:20 Wine 11 released https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.0