Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 8, 2026

• Predictions for the new year: once again, we attempt to predict what will happen in the coming year.
• Reporting from the 2025 Linux Plumbers Conference:
• Lessons from creating a gaming-oriented scheduler: Changwoo Min spoke about what he learned while working on the LAVD scheduler.
• The difficulty of safe path traversal: runc maintainer Aleksa Sarai discussed path-traversal vulnerabilities and encouraged use of the libpathrs library for safe path traversal.
• Questions for the Technical Advisory Board: a Q&A with the TAB.
• An early look at the Graphite 2D graphics editor: an attempt to unify illustration, raster editing, desktop publishing, and animation in one application.
• 2025 Linux and free software timeline: a look back on the year that was.

This week's edition also includes these inner pages:

• Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Please enjoy this week's edition, and, as always, thank you for supporting LWN.net.