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WTH is happening at the GNOME Foundation ?! - Linux Weekly News

9mon 21d ago by tilvids.com/accounts/thelinuxexperiment in thelinuxexperiment_channel@tilvids.com from tilvids.com

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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:32 Sponsor: TuxCare 01:45 GNOME Executive Director steps down 04:41 AI used for backporting patches to the Linux kernel 07:02 GhostBSD launches Gerschwin Desktop, a Mac OS clone 09:06 Bazaar app store is available on Flathub 10:37 Firefox adds web apps backs, sort of 12:21 Vivaldi says no to AI 14:04 Google will block sideloading of unverified apps 16:07 Another Asahi dev leaves the project 17:44 Wikipedia editors reject AI 20:00 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:

GNOME Executive Director steps down https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/08/29/thanks-and-farewell-to-steven-deobald/

AI used for backporting patches to the Linux kernel https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-Help-Backporting-Linux-Patch

GhostBSD launches Gerschwin Desktop, a Mac OS clone https://github.com/gershwin-desktop/gershwin-desktop

Bazaar app store is available on Flathub https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/bazaar-new-flatpak-app-store-gnome-linux

Firefox adds web apps backs, sort of https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-web-app-support-progress

Vivaldi says no to AI https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/

Google will block sideloading of unverified apps https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/

Another Asahi dev leaves the project https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-n.html

Wikipedia editors reject AI https://www.webpronews.com/wikipedia-editors-reject-jimmy-waless-ai-tool-proposal-for-reviews/