331: Manjaro 26, Nitrux 5.1, Linux Voice Control, CachyOS, NVIDIA GeForce Now & more Linux news

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:39 Manjaro 26 Released

03:16 EasySpeak Voice Control for Your Linux Desktop

05:33 Nitrux 5.1 Released

08:24 Sandfly Security

09:59 NVIDIA GeForce Now App for Linux

11:32 IceWM 4.0 Released

12:55 Revised Steam Survey For December 2025

14:38 CachyOS Server Edition

16:44 Outro

Links:

Manjaro 26 Released



https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-26-0-anh-linh-released/184526
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Manjaro-Linux-26.0
https://9to5linux.com/manjaro-26-0-released-with-linux-6-18-lts-xfce-4-20-kde-plasma-6-5-and-gnome-49


EasySpeak Voice Control for Your Linux Desktop



https://fosstodon.org/@matthartley/115848408200131097
https://www.howtogeek.com/this-new-linux-app-lets-you-control-your-pc-with-your-voice-and-its-free/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5m2Zo1oIE
https://github.com/ctsdownloads/easyspeak/tree/dev?tab=readme-ov-file#easyspeak


Nitrux 5.1 Released



https://nxos.org/
https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-5-0-0/
https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-5-1-0/
https://linuxiac.com/nitrux-5-1-drops-virtual-machine-support-and-shifts-fully-to-bare-metal/
https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-nitrux-5-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-new-tools


Sandfly Security



https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly


NVIDIA GeForce Now App for Linux



https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-ces-2026/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-announce-a-native-linux-app-for-geforce-now/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-announce-dlss-4-5-with-dynamic-multi-frame-generation-plus-dlss-updater-gets-linux-support/


IceWM 4.0 Released



https://ice-wm.org/
https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm/releases/tag/4.0.0
https://9to5linux.com/icewm-4-0-lightweight-window-manager-released-with-an-improved-alttab-switch
https://www.phoronix.com/news/IceWM-4.0-Released


Revised Steam Survey For December 2025



https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-amended-the-steam-survey-for-december-2025-linux-actually-hit-another-all-time-high/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-December-2025-Revised
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-OS-Beta-NTSYNC


CachyOS Server Edition



https://cachyos.org/blog/2025-christmas-new-year/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Server-Edition-Coming
https://itsfoss.com/news/cachyos-server-edition-plans/


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