Fedora and GNOME remove X.org, Microsoft open sources WSL

Linux & Open Source News

May 24, 2025•27 min•Season 3Ep. 20

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02:12 Fedora approves the removal of X11 for Fedora GNOME 43 https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3408

04:21 GNOME disables X11 in GDM https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-GDM-Disable-X11-Default

06:00 Microsoft open sources WSL https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-is-now-open-source/

08:31 Microsoft makes a CLI text editor that’s open source https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/edit-is-now-open-source/

09:55 Mozilla closes Pocket and Fakespot https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/

12:16 RHEL 10 is out https://linuxiac.com/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-released/

14:00 Nvidia updates Wayland roadmap https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/wayland-support-for-the-575-release-series/333827

16:11 Microsoft fixes dual boot breaking bug after 9 months https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-windows-11-dual-boot-to-finally-play-well-as-microsoft-fixes-nine-month-old-bug/

18:25 Fender Studio releases on Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/fender-studio-linux-audio-recording-app

20:16 KDE is getting its own graphical VM manager https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/18/gsoc-2025-project-intro-developing-karton-the-kde-virtual-machine-manager/

22:05 Steam Deck hits 19000 playable games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steam-deck-steamos-hits-19000-games-rated-verified-and-playable/

24:02 SteamOS 3.7 is now stable, with big updates https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/820329049655084700