X11 to Wayland is fixed? BcacheFS is gone, Flathub is HUGE - Linux Weekly News
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:38 Sponsor: Proton Mail
01:31 Torvalds kicks BcacheFS out of the kernel
03:09 Wayback is an X11 on Wayland compatibility layer
05:09 Flathub reaches 3 billion downloads
07:20 Nvidia developer joins the NOVA driver project
08:48 Fedora drops proposal to ditch 32 bit architecture
10:40 Meta wins a court case related to AI and copyright
12:13 French City ditches Microsoft as well
13:47 GNOME 49 replaces a few default apps
15:31 Stop Killing Games petition gets to 1M signatures
17:57 New Copyleft Next license is launched
20:33 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers
Links:
Torvalds kicks BcacheFS out of the kernel
https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-bcachefs-drop/
Wayback is an X11 on Wayland compatibility layer
https://linuxiac.com/meet-wayback-a-bridge-between-x-desktops-and-wayland/
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-2026-Plans
Flathub reaches 3 billion downloads
https://flathub.org/statistics
Nvidia developer joins the NOVA driver project
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NOVA-Core-Co-Maintainer
Fedora drops proposal to ditch 32 bit architecture
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Drop_i686_support
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/bazzite-would-shut-down-if-fedora-goes-ahead-with-removing-32-bit/
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f44-change-proposal-drop-i686-support-system-wide/156324/400
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
French City ditches Microsoft as well
https://www.lyon.fr/actualite/action-municipale/la-ville-de-lyon-renforce-sa-souverainete-numerique
GNOME 49 replaces a few default apps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/papers-pdf-viewer-gnome-49
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ source/gtk4/ bug/2113980
Stop Killing Games petition gets to 1M signatures
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stop-killing-games-consumer-movement-hits-some-major-milestones/
New Copyleft Next license is launched
https://next.copyleft.org/pages/license-text.html
https://next.copyleft.org/