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01:59 Mesa, Wayland and X.org lose their hosting https://www.phoronix.com/news/2025-XOrg-FreeDesktop-Cloud

04:14 Debian quits Twitter https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/

06:29 GNOME 48 alpha is out https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-48-alpha-released/26414 https://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/48.alpha.8/NEWS

08:35 Triple buffering for GNOME still not coming https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Triple-Buffering-Direct

10:16 Kernel wifi maintainer steps down without replacement https://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-surpasses-40-million-lines/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Wireless-Maintainer-2025

12:19 Facebook blocking posts linked to Linux https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250127#sitenews https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/facebook_blocks_distrowatch/

14:33 NTSync lands in kernel 6.14 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-for-proton-wine-now-in-linux-kernel-6-14-that-should-make-many-steamos-users-happy/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-driver-support-heads-to-wine-in-a-new-merge-request/

16:00 OpenAI accuses another model of stealing their stolen work https://www.techradar.com/pro/us-navy-bans-use-of-deepseek-in-any-capacity-due-to-potential-security-and-ethical-concerns https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/openai-says-deepseek-used-its-models-illegally-and-it-has-evidence-to-prove-it-new-report-claims

18:01 Steam Deck is getting outclassed, by a lot https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/01/28/the-steam-deck-suddenly-has-a-serious-switch-2-problem/

21:02 Steam Deck plugin to add frame generation https://www.techradar.com/gaming/steam-deck/steam-deck-fans-youre-in-for-a-good-one-amds-fsr-3-frame-generation-is-now-available-on-valves-handheld-thanks-to-a-new-decky-plugin

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