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Linux kernel drama with Rust raises the old question about developer succession, the Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback, great news for F-Droid, a movie made with Blender is nominated for an Oscar, RISC-V in a Framework, and loads more.
News
Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer
Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Steps Down As Upstream Apple Silicon Maintainer
Linus Torvalds to Hector Martin: ‘Maybe the problem is you’
New Apple Silicon Co-Maintainer Steps Up For The Linux Kernel
Meta blocked Distrowatch links on Facebook while running Linux servers
Popular Linux orgs Freedesktop and Alpine Linux are scrambling for new web hosting
The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback, with some help from Google
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund’s FOSS Sustainability Grant
Framework Laptop’s RISC-V board for open source diehards is available for $199
Modifying a Framework Laptop from x86 to RISC-V live on stage
How Blender helped Gints Zilbalodis make Oscar-nominated Flow
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