Late Night Linux – Episode 320

Linux kernel drama with Rust raises the old question about developer succession, the Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback, great news for F-Droid, a movie made with Blender is nominated for an Oscar, RISC-V in a Framework, and loads more.   News Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Steps Down As Upstream Apple Silicon Maintainer Linus Torvalds to Hector Martin: ‘Maybe the problem is you’ New Apple Silicon Co-Maintainer Steps Up For The Linux Kernel Meta blocked Distrowatch links on Facebook while running Linux servers Popular Linux orgs Freedesktop and Alpine Linux are scrambling for new web hosting EU OS The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback, with some help from Google We’re bringing Pebble back! U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund’s FOSS Sustainability Grant Framework Laptop’s RISC-V board for open source diehards is available for $199 Modifying a Framework Laptop from x86 to RISC-V live on stage How Blender helped Gints Zilbalodis make Oscar-nominated Flow Flow – Official Trailer Plasma 6.3 is out tomorrow               Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here