Brodie Robertson | Linux Tips & Tricks on Odysee

Over the past few years 2 things have constantly been in the headlines about Linux, Rust in the Kernel and AI use in the kernel, so lets talk about the state things are in.

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Rust Proposal: https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/[email protected]/
Rust Merger: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8aebac82933ff1a7c8eede18cab11e1115e2062b
Panic: https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/CAHk-=wiVY56LzwV_G075NEFwsdf-p7GOTy_cB7-UU9b=49rB1g@mail.gmail.com/
Greg KH On Rust: https://www.zdnet.com/article/greg-kroah-hartman-linux-kernel-rust/
Rusted Kernel: https://rusted-kernel.com/
First AI Kernel Patch: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
AI Policy: https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html
Torvalds On AI: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/10/linus-torvalds-says-ai-has-made-huge-linux-kernel-updates-the-new-normal/5285268

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A few years back we saw the merger of the Wayland Global shortcuts portal and now we're seeing the merger of a new Wayland shortcuts protocol, and whilst some desktops have adopted it, others aren't even thinking of touching it.

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Wayland Merger: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/525
OBS Discussion: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/13661
Portal Discussion: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/2142
Livesplit: https://github.com/LiveSplit/livesplit-core/pull/957

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Sometimes it's not a completely terrible idea to copy Windows, sometimes there are ideas that are worth copying even if they might have a bit of a bad reputation.

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==========Resources==========
Ubuntu Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1vzneq8/when_did_ubuntu_start_this_kind_update_like/
Fedora: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/t4067l/how_do_i_turn_off_the_updating_at_the_start_up/
Systemd BSOD: https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-255
Kernel BSOD: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1mwl9d4/til_linux_also_has_a_bsod/
Systemd Issue: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/33442

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One of the biggest disservice we've ever done to new Linux users is saying that you never need to reboot your Linux system, this is so far from true.

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==========Resources==========
Reddit Post 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/1wd8bet/linux_doesnt_need_reboots_but_every_pacman_update/
Reddit Post 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4cotoa/eli5_if_linux_systems_are_so_famous_for_not/
Needrestart: https://github.com/liske/needrestart

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There's a completely unique TLD Top Level Domain that is going to get the axe soon well maybe not entirely but a large part of the reason anyone bothers to use it.

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Article: https://neil.fraser.name/news/2026/09/03/
ICANN Writeup: https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/consensus-policies/rsep-2026013-name-request-15-04-2026-en.pdf
Reconsideration Request: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/reconsideration-26-2-spiridonov-bamc-recommendation-24aug26-en.pdf
Original Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20020609132126/http://nic.name/consumer/index.html

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Today I want to show you an amusing email chain that came out with an old Microsoft lawsuit about Bill Gates trying to install Windows Movie Maker and completely failing to do so.

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Email Chain: https://www.techemails.com/p/bill-gates-tries-to-install-movie-maker

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In the video I put out a little while back on the Linux kernel dropping certain pieces of hardware from the kernel and a few people in replies called this planned obsolescence so lets talk about that.

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#Slackware #Debian #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #LinuxDistro
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Debian and Slackware are the 2 longest running Linux distros and only about a week apart from each other, but these projects have taken completely different courses through history

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Linuxiac Article: https://linuxiac.com/unraid-8-nas-to-drop-slackware-for-fedora-based-ucore/

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Ikey Doherty is known for making quite a few Linux distro projects at this point and it looks like another one is on the way in the form of Barney, so lets talk about some of the earlier projects as well.

Follow Ikey's work on the project https://www.youtube.com/@ikey.doherty

Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik0QISxo-_I
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRvm49piifY

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Barney Project: https://github.com/TravellingEngineer/barney
Ikey Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eq_zXS5Bhw
Ikey Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik0QISxo-_I
Design Doc: https://github.com/TravellingEngineer/barney/blob/main/DESIGN.md
Solus Open Letter: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Solus-Open-Letter
Founder Steps Away: https://aerynos.com/blog/2026/01/02/2025-in-retrospect/#the-project-founder-steps-away
Follow Up Comment: https://aerynos.discourse.group/t/in-response-to-allegations-against-the-aerynos-team/96

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