334: What if Linus leaves Linux?, Open Gaming Collective, Xfce + Wayland, GOG.com & more Linux news

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential impact of Linus Torvalds leaving Linux, along with updates on gaming and desktop environments in the Linux ecosystem.

video: https://youtu.be/2Ix1povKZrU 3v33itdS6PF74MLF3970 Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Michael on Linux Unplugged 01:35 What Happens If Linus Torvalds Leaves Linux? Kernel Continuity Document 03:31 Open Gaming Collective for Linux gaming developers 06:28 Xfce is making a new Wayland compositor called Xfwl4 09:08 Linux Events for the first half of 2026 12:01 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security 13:31 AerynOS 2026.01 Released 15:58 GParted Live 1.8 Released 18:01 Linux is GOG's Next Major Frontier 22:00 Stop Killing Games to get European Parliament Public Hearing 25:46 Outro Links: Michael on Linux Unplugged https://linuxunplugged.com/649 What Happens If Linus Torvalds Leaves Linux? Kernel Continuity Document https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=102606402f4f5943266160e263c450fdfe4dd981 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-Continuity-Doc https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-continuity-plan/ https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Kernel-Project-Releases-Project-Continuity-Document…

Topics covered

• Linus Torvalds
• Linux
• Open Gaming Collective
• Xfce
• Wayland
• GOG.com
• Linux news

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Linux, Wayland, Xfwl4, AerynOS 2026.01, GParted Live, AerynOS

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