Destination Linux 439: Windows Wild 'n Out, Ubuntu Questing Quokka, Fedora Fights AI
Oct 21, 2025
Wendy Hill, a recurring contributor who analyzes community and policy issues, joins to dissect Fedora's controversial AI policy. The conversation jumps from Microsoft’s mysterious Windows tease to Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka and Raspberry Pi OS Trixie updates. Expect lively debate about AI disclosure, reviewer limits, privacy, and how open-source projects handle governance.
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Ubuntu 25.10 Emphasizes Hardware Enablement
- Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka focuses on quality-of-life and hardware enablement improvements rather than radical changes.
- It ships GNOME 49, improved accessibility, HDR brightness controls, and experimental TPM FDE support to better support modern hardware.
Bring An 8GB Drive For Ubuntu ISOs
- Use an 8GB (or larger) USB drive when downloading or flashing Ubuntu 25.10 because the ISO is about 5.8GB.
- Plan for longer downloads on slower connections since modern ISOs are approaching game-sized files.
Raspberry Pi OS Trixie Unifies Settings
- Raspberry Pi OS Trixie modernizes the desktop with a single modular Control Center and a new system font.
- The Control Center is plugin-based and Debian 13 meta-packages simplify building custom images and transforms.