Red Hat being eaten by IBM, KDE Linux Alpha, is Budgie dead?

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Sep 13, 2025•25 min•Season 3Ep. 35

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02:11 Red Hat’s being swallowed by IBM https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/08/red_hatters_to_be_big/

04:26 KDE Linux alpha is here https://pointieststick.com/2025/09/06/announcing-the-alpha-release-of-kde-linux/

06:42 Budgie gets minor update, still no news on its future https://linuxiac.com/budgie-10-9-3-released-with-gnome-49-alignment/ https://github.com/orgs/BuddiesOfBudgie/projects/2

09:02 Firefox keeps adding AI and ad related features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/firefox-google-lens-stock-market-ai-page-buddy-features

11:42 Firefox drops 32 bit entirely https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/firefox-32-bit-linux-support-ending

13:23 Small Ubuntu outage is felt for multiple days https://www.techradar.com/pro/ubuntu-users-faced-severe-update-delays-following-36-minute-canonical-server-downtime

15:10 BcacheFS outlines plans now that they’re not in the kernel https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bcachefs/yokpt2d2g2lluyomtqrdvmkl3amv3kgnipmenobkpgx537kay7@xgcgjviv3n7x/T/#u

17:07 Fedora’s installer will be extended to all editions and spins https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/anaconda-webui-progress-update-and-roadmap/

19:02 RSL aims to solve the AI licensing issue https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/10/rss-co-creator-launches-new-protocol-for-ai-data-licensing/

21:49 Github users are getting fed up with Copilot https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/05/github_copilot_complaints/