Will buys a cheap mouse, Félim thinks he’s a meteorologist, Graham hacks his TV, and Joe complains about YouTube. Discoveries libratbag & piper WeeWX Device/DevMode Manager for webOS TV LMN 3: An Open-Source DAW-in-a-Box Doom on coreboot and on a Bluetooth dongle OBS Feedback Deskreen Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started wit...
Jun 27, 2022•30 min
Do we use Linux to avoid being locked into proprietary systems and services, or is that just as possible using any OS? Plus we bully Dalton for making us read a very American book. Digital Minimalism book Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/lad to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/35nsvUa See our contact page fo...
Jun 24, 2022•32 min
Thumbs up for Mozilla and KDE, mixed reaction to mobile Thunderbird and Microsoft, AI definitely isn’t sentient, and more. News Our Plans For Thunderbird On Android Frequently Asked Questions: Thunderbird Mobile and K-9 Mail Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users worldwide How to easily switch from Chrome to Firefox How to set Firefox as your default browser on Windows Microsoft Store: no astronomical pricing and paid open source or free copycat applications anymore Mi...
Jun 21, 2022•29 min
Kyle joins us again, along with Hayden Barnes to answer the question: what exactly is a Linux distribution these days? The rise of immutable filesystems, containerisation, virtualisation, hypervisors, and abstraction layers makes this more complex than it might appear. Buy Hayden’s book about WSL . Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/ldt to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security...
Jun 19, 2022•31 min
Arch is really easy to install now, Graham uses his keyboard as a mouse, replacing expensive security platforms with FOSS, silly AI pictures, and Will baffles us with electronics technobabble. Plus feedback about all sorts, including a chance to hear the noise that sends Joe to sleep. Discoveries Wazuh cheat Sigrok (better write up here ) warpd archinstall Dwitter DALL·E mini Feedback Monit Jason’s command: play -n -c1 synth whitenoise band -n 100 20 band -n 50 20 gain +25 fade h 1 864000 1 Joe’...
Jun 13, 2022•29 min
Part 2 of the challenge to do something useful with our lowest-end hardware, and two polar opposite customer support experiences. Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/lad to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/35nsvUa See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Jun 10, 2022•31 min
The usual love for the Mars helicopter and KDE, rare praise for Mozilla, and fingers pointed at DuckDuckGo and Brave. Plus apprehension about Broadcom’s VMware acquisition, and Intel’s new “features”. News Alex’s London meetup is going to be a day earlier than originally planned. He’s still working on a venue but stay tuned and watch the meetup page ! Ingenuity Adapts for Mars Winter Operations NASA’s 161-second helicopter tour of Martian terrain Phoronix Turns 18 Years Old Mozilla releases loca...
Jun 07, 2022•29 min
Martin and Joe are joined by Kyle Fazzari to reimagine the Linux desktop. What we’d do differently if we were starting over today, who we’d aim it at, what packaging system we’d use, what interface, and more. Kyle’s Twitter thread Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/ldt to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3iIyK...
Jun 05, 2022•33 min
FOSS alternatives to TeamViewer and Plex, Alexa automation made easy, Thunderbird is in great health, plus your feedback about all sorts including an amazing weird Linux installation. Discoveries RustDesk Virtual Smart Home Jellyfin Thunderbird is very much alive and it has an RSS reader Feedback Geekbench results for Linux on Surface devices barrier owncast Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3tONetk Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure w...
May 30, 2022•29 min
The first part of our challenge to do something useful with the lowest-end hardware that we own, and whether forking really is as much of an open source benefit as it’s often considered. Links MorphOS Maru OS Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/lad to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/35nsvUa See our contact pag...
May 27, 2022•30 min
We break with tradition and talk about some of the things we love about Linux and FOSS. Plus overhyped NVIDIA news, Google relents on free custom email accounts, Félim is trolled about Chromebooks, KDE Korner, and a Rust supply-chain attack drags up an old debate. News No FOSS Talk Live this year but there’s Alex’s outdoor meetup in August Nvidia takes first step toward open source Linux GPU drivers Hector Martin’s Twitter thread about it Google backtracks on legacy GSuite account shutdown, won’...
May 24, 2022•30 min
How do you progress your career as a FOSS enthusiast? Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/ldt to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3iIyKov See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
May 22, 2022•30 min
Graham plays with a synth, old desktops live on, Generation X11 yells at cloud, Will has been a naughty boy, TV alternatives, and Linux on weird hardware. Discoveries Surge XT synth The Unity desktop is still alive ( as is Trinity ) 10 hours of a hairdryer noise Star Trek TNG bridge noise Feedback Cloudfree.shop Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3tONetk Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop...
May 16, 2022•31 min
A new release of Lineage OS is out and we give it a go. Installing and running it, some of the issues we came across, why it’s getting more complicated to run custom ROMs, and why Gary just uses an iPhone. LineageOS 19 based on Android 12 is now officially available Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/lad to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for F...
May 13, 2022•31 min
The Mars Helicopter might be on its way out but it’s still a hero, bad things are happening to the UK Internet and we blame the government, whether software can ever be finished, some great discoveries, KDE Korner, and more. News Martin Wimpress has joined Linux Downtime as a co-host Mars helicopter spots wreckage from Perseverance landing Ingenuity might not last much longer Oatmeal comic LineageOS 19 based on Android 12 is now officially available More about Lineage on Linux After Dark this Fr...
May 10, 2022•29 min
Adam tries to sell Fedora to Joe and Martin , two Ubuntu (flavour) users. Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/ldt to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3iIyKov See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
May 08, 2022•29 min
Saving abandonded IoT devices with FOSS, watching directories for changes, monitoring disk usage, window managers vs desktop environments, further thoughts on work-supplied hardware, and more. Discoveries Tuya Convert entr hw-probe Insteon Abruptly Shuts Down, Users Left Smart-Home-Less Parallel Disk Usage psst Feedback Touristic Guide — DebConf 22 adblock · PyPI Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3tONetk Linode Simplify your cloud infrastruct...
May 02, 2022•32 min
Dalton tells us about using a Steam Deck for a month, and Chris has a solution for Joe’s Python problem. audio-visualizer-python distrobox Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, storage, and managed Kubernetes in 24 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/lad to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/35nsvUa See our contact page for ways to get in touch....
Apr 29, 2022•28 min
A new Ubuntu LTS is here and it’s mostly great, the Steam Deck is a huge success, Brave proves that nuance isn’t dead, people flock to Mastodon, KDE Korner, and more. News Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is released Canonical now hopes to IPO in 2023 Ubuntu Founder Explains Why Distro Won’t Support Flatpak Sinclair’s 8-bit home computer, ZX Spectrum, turns 40 The Steam Deck is not a flop De-AMP: Cutting Out Google and Enhancing Privacy Discoveries LNL Matrix Element New official Mastodon apps for And...
Apr 26, 2022•31 min
Joe and Adam are joined by Martin Wimpress to talk about what goes into running a distro like Ubuntu Mate . Governance and finances, the benefits of being an official Ubuntu flavour, hardware enablement, and more. Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, storage, and managed Kubernetes in 24 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/ldt to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3i...
Apr 24, 2022•27 min
Our discoveries including a better diff, a way to replace Snaps with Flatpacks, a command line cheat sheet, help with YAML, and signing PDFs. Plus your feeback about supporting us with crypto nonsense, running Linux on work machines, an esoteric browser, and more. Discoveries Saltstack linter difftastic Xournalpp navi qddcswitch unsnap asciinema Feedback Qutebrowser Nyxt Browser Interview with Gavin Freeborn about Nyxt Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l...
Apr 18, 2022•30 min
We need to talk about Ubuntu. The future, the present, the staff departures, slow snaps, and so much more. Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, storage, and managed Kubernetes in 24 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/lad to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Apr 15, 2022•22 min
Moving on from legacy BIOS and Xorg, Raspberry Pi OS finally catches up with security basics, the UK government give us more reasons to be angry, the usual KDE goodness, and more. News Work with W ill writing Go Fedora 37 Looks To Deprecate Legacy BIOS Support Fedora 37 Considering Removal Of Legacy X.Org Drivers An update to Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye elementary update Ubuntu gets a new rolling-release remix GPD are getting quite desperate against the Steam Deck Her Majesty’s Treasury is working ...
Apr 12, 2022•29 min
Joe is joined by Alex Kretzschmar from the Self-Hosted podcast to talk about what and why Alex self-hosts, the hardware and software he uses, and how his approaches have changed over the years. Alex mentioned his Twitter , his blog , a specific blog post about transcoding video , and Serverbuilds.net . Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, storage, and managed Kubernetes in 24 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/ldt to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days. ...
Apr 10, 2022•21 min
A varied selection of Discoveries including Telegraf, writing tools, a book about networking, and fixing a Mac. Plus your feedback about Matrix bridges, virtualisation, Pocket alternatives, the BBC, game development, and more. Discoveries Computer Networks from Scratch a bit like Julia Evans Telegraf FocusWriter and PanWriter , and also Horcrux It takes a Mac to save a Mac but there is a FOSS alternative Feedback Vagrant wallabag Shaarli Archiving and Digital Preservation Bookmarks and Link Shar...
Apr 04, 2022•31 min
Dalton tells us about daily driving the Framework Laptop for the last 6 months. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Apr 01, 2022•20 min
The Mars helicopter continues to excel, Linux arrives on M1 Macs, Canonical’s hiring methods cause a stink, Graham eats his words about MDM, KDE korner, and more. News You can now support us on Kofi and Liberapay Software upgrades help Mars helicopter keep flying The first Asahi Linux Alpha Release is here! Linux Downtime Episode about Asahi This was the first step in the interview process at Canonical – I withdrew my application My Interview Process Experience With Canonical Ask Shuttleworth a ...
Mar 29, 2022•31 min
Joe and Gary from Linux After Dark talk about installing and running the first alpha of Asahi Linux on an M1 Mac Mini and Macbook Air, as both a desktop and a headless server. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
Mar 27, 2022•18 min
We discuss whether computing become less interesting as performance and abstraction have increased over the years. Plus our discoveries including two way radios, synths, HTML from colourful terminal output, and a personal wiki for Vim. Discoveries aha blame Canada for computer translation Chirp vimwiki Open Collidoscope ( video ) Borderlands synth Computers are really fast, but less exciting now 114 billion transistors, one big meh Unity Store Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linod...
Mar 21, 2022•30 min
If you’re going to use proprietary software, why not just run it on a proprietary OS? Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Mar 18, 2022•20 min
