(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)
Ollama launches experimental local image generation on macOS with Z-Image Turbo and FLUX.2:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/ollama-launches-experimental-local-image-generation-on-macos-with-z-image-turbo-and-flux-2/
Penpot 2.13 update: box shadow tokens, improved i18n, and enhanced file management:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/penpot-2-13-update-box-shadow-tokens-improved-i18n-and-enhanced-file-management/
Radicle 1.6.0 Amaryllis released: major updates and Windows build support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/radicle-1-6-0-amaryllis-released-major-updates-and-windows-build-support/
(Never heard of this Git platform before, but I find the concept of peer-to-peer based code sharing platform pretty interesting, never seen such thing before, so I thought I include it here.)
Rust 1.93 brings musl 1.2.5, allocator improvements, and cfg attributes on asm! lines:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/rust-1-93-brings-musl-1-2-5-allocator-improvements-and-cfg-attributes-on-asm-lines/
jQuery 4.0 trims legacy code, drops deprecated APIs, migrates to ES modules, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/jquery-4-0-trims-legacy-code-drops-deprecated-apis-migrates-to-es-modules-and-more/
Scala 3.8 requires JDK 17, standard library now built with Scala 3:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/scala-3-8-requires-jdk-17-standard-library-now-built-with-scala-3/
Swift cross platform framework, Skip, is now free and open source with licensing removed:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/swift-cross-platform-framework-skip-is-now-free-and-open-source-with-licensing-removed/
PyTorch 2.10 Released With More Improvements For AMD ROCm & Intel GPUs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/PyTorch-2.10-Released
GNU C Library 2.43 Released With More C23 Features, mseal & openat2 Functions:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-C-Library-Glibc-2.43
AMD Ryzen AI Software 1.7 Released For Improved Performance On NPUs, New Model Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Ryzen-AI-Software-1.7
ReactOS Celebrates 30 Years In Striving To Be An Open-Source Windows Implementation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-30-Years-Old
ReactOS For "Open-Source Windows" Achieves Massive Networking Performance Boost:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Async-Net-Connect
DragonFlyBSD Now Allows Optional AMD GCN 1.1 Support In AMDGPU Driver:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-CIK-AMDGPU-DragonFlyBSD
ChaosBSD Is A New BSD For "Broken Drivers, Half-Working Hardware, Vendor Trash" Test Bed:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ChaosBSD
(Interesting concept, never seen such a system before, not even on Linux land with its few thousand distros lol)
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