334: What if Linus leaves Linux?, Open Gaming Collective, Xfce + Wayland, GOG.com & more Linux news

video: https://youtu.be/2Ix1povKZrU 3v33itdS6PF74MLF3970 Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Michael on Linux Unplugged 01:35 What Happens If Linus Torvalds Leaves Linux? Kernel Continuity Document 03:31 Open Gaming Collective for Linux gaming developers 06:28 Xfce is making a new Wayland compositor called Xfwl4 09:08 Linux Events for the first half of 2026 12:01 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 13:31 AerynOS 2026.01 Released 15:58 GParted Live 1.8 Released 18:01 Linux is GOG's Next Major Frontier 22:00 Stop Killing Games to get European Parliament Public Hearing 25:46 Outro Links: Michael on Linux Unplugged https://linuxunplugged.com/649 What Happens If Linus Torvalds Leaves Linux? Kernel Continuity Document https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=102606402f4f5943266160e263c450fdfe4dd981 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-Continuity-Doc https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-continuity-plan/ https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Kernel-Project-Releases-Project-Continuity-Document https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/linux_continuity_plan/ Open Gaming Collective for Linux gaming developers https://opengamingcollective.org/ https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/a-brighter-future-for-bazzite/11575 https://blog.fyralabs.com/open-gaming-collective-announcement/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open-gaming-collective-ogc-formed-to-push-linux-gaming-even-further/ https://itsfoss.com/news/open-gaming-collective-launch/ https://videocardz.com/newz/bazzite-and-asus-linux-shadowblip-pikaos-fyra-labs-launch-open-gaming-collective Xfce is making a new Wayland compositor called Xfwl4 https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html https://lwn.net/Articles/1056159/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfce-Xfwl4-Wayland https://9to5linux.com/xfce-desktop-environment-is-getting-a-rust-based-wayland-compositor https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/xfce-is-getting-a-brand-new-wayland-compositor-called-xfwl4/ Linux Events for the first half of 2026 https://www.linux-magazine.com/Resources/Event-Calendar https://foss.events https://fosdem.org/2026/ https://www.developerweek.com/ https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x https://eventyay.com/e/88882f3e https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/ https://cloudfest.com/ https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/ https://www.oggcamp.org/ Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly AerynOS 2026.01 Released https://aerynos.com/blog/2026/31/january-2026-project-update/ https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-01-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-gnome-49-3-and-more https://www.phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-2026.01 GParted Live 1.8 Released https://gparted.org/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/1.8.0-2/ https://gparted.org/news.php?item=261 https://9to5linux.com/gparted-1-8-open-source-partition-editor-released-with-many-enhancements Linux is GOG's Next Major Frontier https://www.gog.com/blog/gog-is-getting-acquired-by-its-original-co-founder-what-it-means-for-you/ https://af.gog.com/en/work/senior-software-engineer-c-gog-galaxy?as=1636858786 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-job-listing-for-a-senior-software-engineer-notes-linux-is-the-next-major-frontier/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-plan-to-look-a-bit-closer-at-linux-through-2026/ https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-calls-linux-the-next-major-frontier-for-gaming-as-it-works-on-a-native-client/ Stop Killing Games to get European Parliament Public Hearing https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stop-destroying-videogames-initiative-to-get-a-public-hearing-organised-by-the-european-parliament/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stop-killing-games-final-verified-vote-count-for-the-eu-petition-is-just-under-1-3-million/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/