# They're Doing it Wrong!

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/625/
> A radical rethink of what a Linux distro should do, and what it should stop doing. Plus, we dig into what's great about Linux 6.16.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 625
- Date: 2025-07-27
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Duration: 01:15:42
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/cefcb8f1-1658-425d-acba-d5bf8b0a8204.mp3



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### Episode Links

* [💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike](https://strike.me/ "💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike")
* [📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM](https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov "📻 LINUX Unplugged  on Fountain.FM")
* [F43 Change Proposal: Filter Fedora Flatpaks for Atomic Desktops](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IMDA3GLFT3YWXJN5MS6BFJ43GLYWBI4C/ "F43 Change Proposal: Filter Fedora Flatpaks for Atomic Desktops") — With this change, we want to make the availability of a Fedora Flatpak an explicit decision for the Fedora Atomic Desktops.
* [Fedora Flatpaks creates more work](https://lwn.net/Articles/1030936/#Comments "Fedora Flatpaks creates more work")
* [Fedora Must (Carefully) Embrace Flathub](https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/07/21/fedora-must-carefully-embrace-flathub/ "Fedora Must \(Carefully\) Embrace Flathub")
* [Strategy 2028 Update – Fedora Community Blog](https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/strategy-2028-update/ "Strategy 2028 Update – Fedora Community Blog")
* [Initiatives/Fedora bootc - Fedora Project Wiki](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki//Initiatives/Fedora_bootc "Initiatives/Fedora bootc - Fedora Project Wiki") — Silverblue & Kinoite are ready to be our desktop Editions, with bootc (Jason)
* [Proposal: Enable Flathub by Default - Fedora Discussion](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/proposal-enable-flathub-by-default/157011 "Proposal: Enable Flathub by Default - Fedora Discussion")
* [The Case for Fedora Flatpaks](https://yselkowitz.github.io/blog/2025/02/25/the-case-for-fedora-flatpaks.html "The Case for Fedora Flatpaks")
* [bazaar: New App Store for GNOME](https://github.com/kolunmi/bazaar "bazaar: New App Store for GNOME")
* [Linux 6.16 Is Exciting For Open-Source NVIDIA, OpenVPN DCO & More Performance](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Features-Reminder "Linux 6.16 Is Exciting For Open-Source NVIDIA, OpenVPN DCO & More Performance")
* [EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance"](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-EXT4-Performance "EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance"")
* [Ubuntu Concept For Snapdragon X1 Laptops Moves To Linux 6.16, Enables More Devices](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Concept-Linux-6.16-X1E "Ubuntu Concept For Snapdragon X1 Laptops Moves To Linux 6.16, Enables More Devices")
* [Linux 6.16 Merges A Fix For The Macintosh II](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Mac-II-Fix "Linux 6.16 Merges A Fix For The Macintosh II")
* [Linux 6.16 Features From NVIDIA Blackwell To Performance Improvements & Intel APX](https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-616-features "Linux 6.16 Features From NVIDIA Blackwell To Performance Improvements & Intel APX")
* [The first half of the 6.16 merge window](https://lwn.net/Articles/1022512/ "The first half of the 6.16 merge window")
* [The second half of the 6.16 merge window](https://lwn.net/Articles/1023075/ "The second half of the 6.16 merge window")
* [Enforcement (or not) for module-specific exported symbols](https://lwn.net/Articles/1029492/ "Enforcement \(or not\) for module-specific exported symbols")
* [Toward the unification of kselftests and KUnit](https://lwn.net/Articles/1029077/ "Toward the unification of kselftests and KUnit")
* [Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel](https://lwn.net/Articles/1027289/ "Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel")
* [Supporting kernel development with large language models](https://lwn.net/Articles/1026558/ "Supporting kernel development with large language models")
* [Fending off unwanted file descriptors](https://lwn.net/Articles/1023085/ "Fending off unwanted file descriptors")
* [Linux 6.16 - Linux Kernel Newbies](https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.16 "Linux 6.16 - Linux Kernel Newbies")
* [Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs](https://lwn.net/Articles/1024160/ "Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs")
* [Zoned Loop Block Device — The Linux Kernel documentation](https://docs.kernel.org/next/admin-guide/blockdev/zoned_loop.html "Zoned Loop Block Device — The Linux Kernel documentation")
* [DJM-V10 Creative style 6-channel professional DJ mixer (black) - Pioneer DJ](https://www.pioneerdj.com/en/product/mixer/djm-v10/black/overview/ "DJM-V10 Creative style 6-channel professional DJ mixer \(black\) - Pioneer DJ")
* [LLM generated git-resolve.sh](https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.16-rc3/source/scripts/git-resolve.sh "LLM generated git-resolve.sh")
* [Aidan's NixOS Flake](https://github.com/AidanRB/flakes/ "Aidan's NixOS Flake")
* [Using Experimental Lighthouse DNS with Nebula](https://nebula.defined.net/docs/guides/using-lighthouse-dns/ "Using Experimental Lighthouse DNS with Nebula")
* [SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus](https://sonoff.tech/en-us/products/sonoff-zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle-plus-zbdongle-e "SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus")
* [Pick: Toney](https://github.com/SourcewareLab/Toney "Pick: Toney") — Toney is a fast, lightweight, terminal-based note-taking app for the modern developer.
* [Pick: Etesync-Knotes](https://gitlab.com/JBeaumont81/Etesync-Knotes/ "Pick: Etesync-Knotes") — A secure note-taking application for linux, integrated with Etebase for encrypted synchronization.