Fedora's Engineering Steering Committee has voted to remove all Deepin-related packages from the distribution's repositories. The decision follows prolonged maintenance failures and security concerns raised earlier by openSUSE.
The committee approved the retirement with a unanimous 7-0 vote during its May 19 meeting. Release engineering was instructed not to restore the packages without a fresh review process.
Fedora has taken steps to reduce reliance on artificial intelligence in its operations, marking a shift from earlier plans to add AI support.
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The Fedora Council has approved a new plan to create specialized AI-focused desktop images for developers. The effort comes shortly after similar moves by Ubuntu and targets support for major hardware platforms including Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and ARM.
A group of 19 Manjaro team members has signed a manifesto demanding the project separate from its parent company and restructure as a nonprofit. They threaten to fork if leadership does not agree. Project lead Philip Müller has responded cautiously.
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Martin Wimpress, creator of Ubuntu MATE, announced he no longer has the passion or time to lead the project and is seeking a handover. The Linux distribution, launched in 2014 as a fork of the classic GNOME 2 desktop, became an official Ubuntu flavor in 2015.