The 275th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, covering the week ending January 18, 2026, provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in the Linux ecosystem. This week saw a slew of new releases, including the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, KDE Plasma, Wine, and more.
Among the updates, Firefox 147 and its beta counterpart, Firefox 148, introduced several new features and improvements, including better support for screen readers. KDE Plasma and GNOME also rolled out significant enhancements with the updates to versions 6.5.5 and 49.3 respectively. The new version of Wine, version 11, brings notable features like NTSync support and Vulkan H.264 decoding.
This week also marked the end of life for Ubuntu 25.04, urging users to upgrade to version 25.10. Other notable mentions include Tails 7.4, which brings persistent language and format features, and EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo, now available with the Linux kernel 6.18 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.5.4.
Stay tuned for the next week’s roundup, which promises more exciting updates in the world of Linux.
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