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NVIDIA security bulletin for January 2026 reveals new GPU driver security issues
NVIDIA today made public a fresh security bulletin to details some more security issues discovered in the GPU drivers - here's the details.

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Transmission 4.1.0 Released with Big Updates
Transmission 4.1 adds support for IPv6 and dual-stack UDP trackers, sequential downloading, and improved µTP (Micro Transport Protocol) performance.
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Mesa 26.0-rc2 Released With Numerous AMD, NVIDIA & Intel Driver Fixes
Following last week's code branching / feature freeze and first release candidate of Mesa 26.0, Mesa 26.0-rc2 is now available with an initial batch of bug fixes for this quarter's feature update to these open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers...
FreeType Speeds-Up ClearType-Like LCD Filter Rendering By 40%
The widely-used FreeType library used for rendering text onto bitmaps has landed a significant optimization for its LCD filtering code path for Microsoft ClearType-like rendering. Thanks to the improvement, the rendering can be around 40% faster...
Netflix Animation Studios are now funding Blender development
Blender, the free and open source 3D creation software has pulled in another major supporter, with Netflix now funding future development.

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GOG now using AI generated images on their store
AI continues to be everywhere, and now it's appearing on the GOG store too most recently a big banner for their New Year Sale.

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Comedy point and click adventure Shadows of the Afterland launches February 10th
Aruma Studios have announced that their supernatural comedy point and click adventure Shadows of the Afterland is set for launch now on February 10th.

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Linux Performance
Ahead of tomorrow's official availability of the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D at $499 USD, today the review embargo lifted. This faster variant to the existing Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been undergoing lots of Linux benchmarking the past two weeks for seeing the performance capabilities of this fastest 8-core 3D V-Cache processor.
Swipe right to slay beasts in Reigns: The Witcher announced for February 25
We're getting a new Witcher game - but it's not one you would expect. It's Reigns: The Witcher, and it arrives February 25th.

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Xfce is getting a brand-new Wayland compositor called xfwl4
The Xfce desktop environment is expanding with plans afoot for a new Wayland compositor called xfwl4.

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Surge Engine for Sonic-like platformers gets improved gamepad support and a new audio system
Love classic Sonic games and other similar platformers? The Surge Engine and the included Surge the Rabbit game are great open source projects.

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Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.15 brings UI improvements, mod upgrades and a big performance boost
The open-source voxel game creation platform Luanti (formerly Minetest) version 5.15 was recently released with an assortment of upgrades.

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SonicDE Looks To Preserve & Improve The X11-Specific KDE Code
In light of Plasma 6.8 looking to go Wayland-exclusive and retire their X11 session support, SonicDE (formerly "KDE-Lite") is getting off the ground as a fork of the relevant X11 support within the KDE desktop...
Mesa NVK Driver Temporarily Disabling Support For Larger Pages Due To Bug
Upstreamed to the Nouveau open-source kernel driver in Linux 6.19 was support for larger pages and with that compression support available with the larger page sizes. Subsequently the Mesa NVK open-source Vulkan driver began making use of the larger pages and compressed image support dependent upon the larger page sizes as it should help with performance. But for now it's being temporarily disabled due to a discovered issue...
Raspberry Pi Preparing To Introduce A Smart Display Module
Raspberry Pi is gearing up to launch another new product: a Raspberry Pi Smart Display Module...
FreeRDP 3.22 Released With Overhauled SDL-Based Client UI
FreeRDP 3.22 was just released as the newest version of this Apache-licensed open-source Remote Desktop protocol (RDP) implementation for interfacing with another computer over the network...
Belle Citique blends a little Tiny Glade and Townscaper into a fresh sandbox builder
If you enjoy your more casual chilled building games, Belle Citique looks like one that brings something fresh to the table.

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Bazzite Linux founder releases statement asking GPD to cease using their name
The story of GPD and Bazzite Linux continues, with the founder of Bazzite releasing a fresh statement making it clear there's nothing happening between them.

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