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Three X11 Session Exits Compared: GNOME Went Default-Off First, KDE Named Plasma 6.7 the Last, and a Fedora 44 Update Removed Plasma's Session
GNOME, KDE and Fedora ended X11 sessions by different routes, per The Register, LWN.net, Phoronix and Linuxiac, and the steps, evidence and fallbacks they offered differ for tool authors and packagers.
AWS Releases AWS Emulator Under CC0, Saying Agents Wrote It Entirely; Its Docs Say It Does Not Evaluate IAM Policies the Way AWS Does
AWS released AWS Emulator on November 11, a local emulator of AWS APIs that AWS says agents wrote entirely; its docs list IAM, Region and fidelity limits.
.NET 11 Ships With CoreCLR as MAUI's Default Runtime; a May Microsoft Post Offered a Mono Opt-Out, a Docs Page and heise Say Mono Is Unsupported
Microsoft released .NET 11 on November 10 with two years of support. A May 13 MAUI post offered a Mono opt-out through servicing; a Microsoft docs page last updated October 13 and heise say Mono is not supported.
Cloudflare Says It Is Distributing the First $301,300 of Its $1 Million Vite Ecosystem Fund to 44 Projects and Maintainers
Cloudflare's post of November 9 lists 44 recipients for the first $301,300 of a $1 million Vite fund pledged in June; core maintainers are eligible for stipends of up to $4,000 a month.
Ubuntu's Docs List Seven Commands Kept on GNU Coreutils in 25.10, Five in 26.04 and None in 26.10, as Scripts, an Audit and Image Builds Found Bugs
Ubuntu's documentation lists seven commands configured to use GNU Coreutils in 25.10, five in 26.04 LTS and none in 26.10; press and project sources show bugs surfacing through scripts, an audit and image builds.
Java Language Team Withdraws Primitive Patterns After Five Previews, Saying the Feature Will Be Removed From JDK 28 and Constant Patterns Is Planned
The Java language team says it has ceased development of Primitive Types in Patterns, instanceof, and switch after five previews; the feature will be removed from JDK 28, and Constant Patterns is planned.
Broadcom's vSphere Express Targets Up to 128 Cores at a Reported $9,600 a Year; Analysts Differ on the Value of the EEA vSphere 8 Extension
Reports on Broadcom's vSphere Express cite up to 128 cores and a $9,600 figure that none of the cited reports attributes to Broadcom; analysts split on the EEA vSphere 8 terms.
Fedora Linux 45 Ships on November 3 After Two NO-GO Calls, Replacing the Kernel Console With kmscon and Dropping Two NetworkManager VPN Plugins
Fedora 45 was announced November 3 after two NO-GO calls from its October 20 target; Linuxiac and Phoronix list kmscon, enforced RPM signatures and restricted ptrace.
Angular's ngp Moves Compiler Analysis to Rust: a Ninja Squad Benchmark Reports 2x to 3x Faster Cold Builds While Angular's README Calls It a Prototype
InfoQ reports Angular's ngp preprocessor does its analysis in Rust on Oxc; a Ninja Squad benchmark measured 2x to 3x faster cold builds, while Angular's README calls ngp an early-stage prototype.
Four Developer Tools Host Other Vendors' Coding Agents, but Their Pages Differ on Who Lists Agents, Which Account Is Used and Where Usage Shows
Apple, Google, JetBrains and GitHub document running other vendors' coding agents in Xcode, Android Studio, Air and GitHub; their pages differ on who lists the agents, which account is used and what usage and audit data they describe.
Cloud Spend Limits Compared: Google Caps One Listed Service per Project, AWS Pauses a Whole Project in a Gradual Rollout, Azure Ties Limit to Credit
Google's spend caps, now generally available, pause one listed service in a project; AWS's limits pause a whole project in a gradual rollout; Azure's limit equals subscription credit.
Chrome Plans to Disable XSLT in Stable 158 on November 17 Outside Trial and Policy Exceptions; Edge Says 159; a Study Estimates About 120 Broken Pages
Chrome's documentation dates XSLT's removal from Stable to Chrome 158 on November 17, 2026, outside origin-trial and enterprise-policy exceptions; Edge's notes say Edge 159. A crawl study estimates about 120 broken pages.