Late Night Linux – Episode 330

Linus Torvalds’ other big project is 20 years old, new Ubuntu and Fedora releases, the downsides of permissive licences, a quick KDE Korner, and more.

News

Git turns 20: A Q&A with Linus Torvalds (github.blog/open-source/git/git-turns-20-a-qa-…)

Fedora 42 Released As A Fantastic Update To This Leading-Edge Linux Distribution – Phoronix (phoronix.com/news/Fedora-42-Released)

The answer is 42! Fedora Linux 42, that is (fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42)

Ubuntu 25.04 Release Now Available for Download (omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-release-n…)

Canonical Releases Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin (canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-2…)

What’s new in APT 3.0 (lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1017315/9dbc0f74fd61964b)

Getting Forked by Microsoft (philiplaine.com/posts/getting-forked-by-micros…)

The Day AppGet Died (keivan.io/the-day-appget-died)

KDE Korner

This Week in Plasma: The beginnings of Wayland session restore (blogs.kde.org/2025/04/12/this-week-in-plasma-t…)

KWallet Now A Wrapper For Secret Service (notmart.org/blog/2025/04/towards-a-transition-…)

Akademy Registration Now Open (akademy.kde.org/news/2025-04_akademy-2025-regi…)

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