Late Night Linux – Episode 358

Mark Shuttleworth recently spoke to us about what he’s apprehensive and excited about in the tech world, and more. Plus in the news: Ubuntu Unity needs help to survive, the Python Software Foundation turns down a large government grant, Fedora allows AI contributions, SUSE goes all in on AI, and KDE hits its fundraising goal.

News

Linux Matters (linuxmatters.sh)

Regarding Ubuntu Unity and a call for help (discourse.ubuntu.com/t/regarding-ubuntu-unity-…)

The Python Software Foundation has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program (pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-state…)

Fedora agrees policy allowing AI-assisted contributions (theregister.com/2025/10/23/fedora_agrees_polic…)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 – AI-Ready, Long-Term Support (suse.com/news/suse-linux-enterprise-server-16-…)

SUSE Goes Agentic: The First Linux That Thinks for Itself (techstrong.ai/agentic-ai/suse-goes-agentic-the…)

Awesome fundraiser news: €53,000 raised! (mastodon.social/deck/@kde@floss.social/1154589…)

Mark Shuttleworth

Joe sat down with en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth at the recent Ubuntu Summit (ubuntu.com/summit) to discuss what he’s apprehensive and excited about in the tech world, what we should look forward to in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and more.

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