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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:37 Sponsor: ProtonVPN
01:32 New phone brings Android, Linux & Windows together
05:26 Photoshop can now install and run with Wine
07:50 A lot of Cosmic updates
11:16 New Plasma Login manager requires SystemD
13:10 Ubuntu works on making NVidia faster on GNOME
14:52 Snap malware rises up again
17:13 Parental controls work completes for GNOME
18:46 LLVM compiler sets AI policy
21:26 Desktop portals updated
23:20 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

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Links:

New phone brings Android, Linux & Windows together
https://nexphone.com/

Photoshop can now install and run with Wine
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/a...

A lot of Cosmic updates
https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-a...
https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic...
https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-1...

New Plasma Login manager requires SystemD
https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-login...

Ubuntu works on making NVidia faster on GNOME
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-...

Snap malware rises up again
https://blog.popey.com/2026/01/malwar...

Parental controls work completes for GNOME
https://blogs.gnome.org/ignapk/2026/0...

LLVM compiler sets AI policy
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LLVM-Hu...

Desktop portals updated
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-deskto...