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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Sponsor: SquareSpace
01:52 Budgie 10.10 released, Budgie 11 based on Qt
04:43 GNOME 50 alpha drops X11
07:26 KDE 6.6 beta released
09:36 New GNOME based desktop being researched
11:49 Wikipedia signs deals with AI companies
13:20 Mint 22.3 released
15:08 Orion Browser gets first alpha
16:56 Firefox 147 brings a lot of good stuff
19:12 Nexus mods Linux app discontinued
21:25 Even more AMD performance boosts
23:39 Wine 11 released
25:44 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

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Links:

Budgie 10.10 released, Budgie 11 based on Qt
https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/stat...

GNOME 50 alpha drops X11
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-M...
https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-alpha-...

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

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

Wikipedia signs deals with AI companies
https://apnews.com/article/wikipedia-...

Mint 22.3 released
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3...

Orion Browser gets first alpha
https://linuxiac.com/orion-browser-ta...

Firefox 147 brings a lot of good stuff
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/f...

Nexus mods Linux app discontinued
https://www.nexusmods.com/news/15424
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01...

Even more AMD performance boosts
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01...

Wine 11 released
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-...