Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 4, 2026 (Jan 19 – 25)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: MX Linux 25.1, CachyOS, GNU Guix 1.5, GIMP 3.0.8, COSMIC 1.0.3, Wine 11.1, Bottles 61, Linux distros I recommend for those switching from Windows, and more.
Bottles 61 Turns Into an Analysis Tool With the New Eagle Feature
Bottles 61 introduces Eagle, a new analysis tool that deeply inspects Windows executables to improve Wine and Proton compatibility on Linux.
DAXFS Proposed as a Zero-Copy Shared Memory Filesystem for Linux
A new Linux proposal introduces DAXFS, a read-only filesystem that bypasses page cache for direct access to shared memory.
Glibc 2.43 Released With ISO C23 Features and Performance Improvements
GNU C Library 2.43 introduces ISO C23 features, new memory APIs, math optimizations, Unicode 17 updates, and multiple security fixes.
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