Torvalds says Yes to Rust, Fedora doesn't get Flathub
Linux & Open Source News · Nick
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02:53 Torvalds settles the Rust in Linux debate https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-On-Rust-Maintainers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Greg-KH-On-New-Rust-Code
06:03 Fedora project lead seems to misrepresent Flathub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKP1hgdFJKo https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/02/19/the-fedora-project-leader-is-willfully-ignorant-about-flathub/ https://thelibre.news/why-obs-and-bottles-got-in-a-fight-with-fedora/
08:54 Flathub posts detailed explanation of their security model https://docs.flathub.org/blog/app-safety-layered-approach-source-to-user
10:08 HDR support is now stable and merged in Wayland https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-CM-HDR-Merged https://www.phoronix.com/news/MPV-SDL-Land-Wayland-Color-HDR
11:45 GNOME 48 beta is released with triple buffering https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-187/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-Beta-Released
13:41 FSF finally speaks about Red Hat’s source code clamp down https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/128837/fsf-opposes-rhel-going-closed-source-two-years-after-the-fact/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/
15:56 Mozilla changes leadership, direction again https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates/
18:02 Meta tries to argue torrenting without seeding isn’t piracy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-defends-its-vast-book-torrenting-were-just-a-leech-no-proof-of-seeding/
20:31 Valve publishes Team Fortress 2 source code https://gamerant.com/team-fortress-2-source-code-full-client-released/
22:15 Codeweavers recruiting more Wine and Proton devs https://www.codeweavers.com/about/jobs#job-dev