The end for BcacheFS, X11 compatibility layer, Flathub is massive

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Jul 05, 2025•25 min•Season 3Ep. 25

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01:44 Torvalds kicks BcacheFS out of the kernel https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-bcachefs-drop/

03:37 Wayback is an X11 on Wayland compatibility layer https://linuxiac.com/meet-wayback-a-bridge-between-x-desktops-and-wayland/

05:37 Flathub reaches 3 billion downloads https://flathub.org/statistics

07:49 Nvidia developer joins the NOVA driver project https://www.phoronix.com/news/NOVA-Core-Co-Maintainer

09:16 Nvidia abandons GTX700,900 and 1000 series https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/unix-graphics-feature-deprecation-schedule/60588 https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-580-Linux-Driver-Last-HW

10:59 Fedora drops proposal to ditch 32 bit architecture https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/bazzite-would-shut-down-if-fedora-goes-ahead-with-removing-32-bit/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/fedora-linux-devs-discuss-dropping-32-bit-packages-potentially-bad-news-for-steam-gamers/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-To-Keep-x86-32-bit

12:51 Meta wins a court case related to AI and copyright https://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-ops-and-tech/meta-beats-copyright-suit-from-authors-over-ai-training-on-books

14:24 French City ditches Microsoft as well https://www.lyon.fr/actualite/action-municipale/la-ville-de-lyon-renforce-sa-souverainete-numerique

15:58 Interesting GNOME collaborative app prototype https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/06/30/aardvark-summer-2025-update/

17:42 GNOME 49 replaces a few default apps https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/papers-pdf-viewer-gnome-49

19:26 Stop Killing Games petition gets to 1M signatures https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stop-killing-games-consumer-movement-hits-some-major-milestones/

21:52 New Copyleft Next license is launched https://next.copyleft.org/pages/license-text.html https://next.copyleft.org/