# Linux Action News 143 URL: /show/linux-action-news/143/ > The upcoming Linux kernels are packed full of goodies, Qt changes its licensing terms, and Thunderbird gets a new home. - Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/) - Episode: 143 - Date: 2020-02-02 - Hosts: chris - Duration: 00:21:54 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/932d6085-8739-47d3-a0df-27aedc553d9f.mp3 - YouTube: https://youtu.be/OEyaPeawIBI ### Episode Links * [Qt offering changes 2020](https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-offering-changes-2020 "Qt offering changes 2020") — Moving forward, Qt Long-Term Support (LTS) releases will be restricted to commercial customers. * [Use our stuff for free and sell your application? That's Qt.](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/28/new_qt_terms_changes_are_necessary_for_our_business_model/ "Use our stuff for free and sell your application? That's Qt.") * [Qt LTS Releases To Be Restricted To Commercial Customers](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Qt-Going-More-Commercial "Qt LTS Releases To Be Restricted To Commercial Customers") * [About “Qt offering changes 2020” – Fading Memories](https://valdyas.org/fading/software/about-qt-offering-changes-2020/ "About “Qt offering changes 2020” – Fading Memories") * [ Nikolai Marchenko's message about TheQtCompany's presumed business model](https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2020-January/038410.html " Nikolai Marchenko's message about TheQtCompany's presumed business model") * [Linux 5.5 Released](https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wigRZ6TSJU09bMk3Df2DiOw83B7TrQUq+iXroQCK5EVAQ@mail.gmail.com/T/ "Linux 5.5 Released") — So this last week was pretty quiet, and while we had a late network update with some (mainly iwl wireless) network driver and netfilter module loading fixes, David didn't think that warranted another -rc. And outside of that, it's really been very quiet indeed - there's a panfrost driver update too, but again it didn't really seem to make sense to delay the final release by another week. * [10 Best Features in Linux 5.5](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/01/linux-5-5-features "10 Best Features in Linux 5.5") * [Some 5.5 kernel development statistics](https://lwn.net/Articles/810639/ "Some 5.5 kernel development statistics") * [WireGuard + Multi-Path TCP Were Merged Tonight Into Linux 5.6](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Net-Next-For-Linux-5.6 "WireGuard + Multi-Path TCP Were Merged Tonight Into Linux 5.6") * [Indie VPN WireGuard gets the Torvalds seal of approval with inclusion in Linux kernel 5.6](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/29/wireguard_vpn_will_be_in_linux_56_kernel/ "Indie VPN WireGuard gets the Torvalds seal of approval with inclusion in Linux kernel 5.6") * [Linus Torvalds pulled WireGuard VPN into the 5.6 kernel source tree](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/01/linus-torvalds-pulled-wireguard-vpn-into-the-5-6-kernel-source-tree/ "Linus Torvalds pulled WireGuard VPN into the 5.6 kernel source tree") * [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Adds WireGuard Support](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-20.04-Adds-WireGuard "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Adds WireGuard Support") * [The Time Namespace Support Has Been Added To The Linux 5.6 Kernel](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Time-Namespace-In-Linux-5.6 "The Time Namespace Support Has Been Added To The Linux 5.6 Kernel") * [Linux 5.6 Is The First Kernel For 32-Bit Systems Ready To Run Past Year 2038](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.6-32-bit-Past-Y2038 "Linux 5.6 Is The First Kernel For 32-Bit Systems Ready To Run Past Year 2038") * [USB4 Support Lands In The Linux 5.6 Kernel](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=USB4-Hits-Linux-5.6 "USB4 Support Lands In The Linux 5.6 Kernel") * [Staging Changes Lighten The Linux 5.6 Kernel By More Than Thirty Thousand Lines](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.6-Staging "Staging Changes Lighten The Linux 5.6 Kernel By More Than Thirty Thousand Lines") * [Thunderbird’s New Home](https://blog.thunderbird.net/2020/01/thunderbirds-new-home/ "Thunderbird’s New Home") — As of today, the Thunderbird project will be operating from a new wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, MZLA Technologies Corporation. * [Mozilla's email client lands in a new nest](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/30/mozilla_thunderbird_has_a_new_nest/ "Mozilla's email client lands in a new nest") * [Ginni Rometty is out as IBM CEO](https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-ceo-ginni-rometty-arvind-krishna-replace-2020-1 "Ginni Rometty is out as IBM CEO") — Jim Whitehurst, the CEO of Red Hat — which IBM acquired last year in a $34 billion megadeal — will become IBM's president on the same day. * [IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to step down](https://fortune.com/2020/01/30/ibm-ceo-ginni-rometty-to-retire/ "IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to step down") — Under her tenure, IBM experienced 22 consecutive quarters of sales declines that ended in 2018. In the company’s latest quarter, sales dropped 3.9% year-over-year to $18 billion. * [IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO, Replacing Ginni Rometty](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-30/ibm-names-arvind-krishna-as-ceo-rometty-to-retire-at-year-s-end "IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO, Replacing Ginni Rometty") * [OpenSK: a fully open-source security key implementation](https://security.googleblog.com/2020/01/say-hello-to-opensk-fully-open-source.html "OpenSK: a fully open-source security key implementation") — OpenSK, an open-source implementation for security keys written in Rust that supports both FIDO U2F and FIDO2 standards.