The rise of RISC-V continues apace, we bust a recent ZFS myth, hybrid tiling in Plasma, Stadia departs with a nice gift for people, Joe draws an old skool mucky jpeg and ruins KDE Korner, and more. News Google’s Stadia Controller is getting Bluetooth support Google wants RISC-V to be a “tier-1” Android architecture RISC-V Summit Keynote: The Android Open Source Project and RISC-V ESP32-C6 WiFi 6, BLE, and 802.15.4 module and development board launched! The Future of ZFS on Ubuntu Desktop is Not ...
Jan 17, 2023•30 min
Martin, Gary, and Hayden explain how their regular live streams benefit the open source projects that they work on. Martin’s Twitch and YouTube Gary’s Twitch Hayden’s YouTube See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Jan 15, 2023•18 min
The ultimate ESP system, VoIP & RTC capture and troubleshooting, overpriced keyboards, making arcade cabinets even more fun, some notable distro releases, avoiding CAPTCHAs, and more. Discoveries ESPhome Homer / Sipcapture solaar logitech G PRO BGFX The Great Crypto Scam Vanilla OS EndeavourOS Cassini Mozilla changes Firefox’s user agent because of Internet Explorer 11 useragents.me Feedback Snikket Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, d...
Jan 09, 2023•29 min
We look back at what we wanted to happen in 2022, and look forward to what we want to see in 2023. Episode 8 where we talked about our 2022 hopes Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Jan 06, 2023•23 min
Real hope for a local-only voice assistant, Matrix learns an age-old lesson about funding FOSS, 2022 was the year of Linux on the desktop, Mozilla is about to catch up to the Mastodon trend, there definitely won’t be a Raspberry Pi 5 this year (honest), and KDE Korner. News With voice assistants in trouble, Home Assistant starts a local alternative LineageOS 20 released The Matrix Holiday Update 2022 Don’t expect a Raspberry Pi 5 in 2023, says Eben Upton [Feb 2019 – Upton: “I don’t have a route ...
Jan 03, 2023•33 min
It’s that time of year where we look back at our 2022 predictions, and make some new ones for 2023. 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 with $100 credit See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS : Subscribe to the RSS feeds here...
Dec 26, 2022•31 min
It’s almost impossible to buy a Raspberry Pi for a reasonable price at the moment so we talk about alternatives, why a lot of Pi users would be better off with a cheap low-power x86 machine, and why sometimes the Pi makes the most sense. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Dec 23, 2022•16 min
It’s our 2022 in review episode which features Linux in space, gaming wins and fails, Raspberry Pi drama, the year of user-facing AI, Canonical and Microsoft, the rise of Mastodon, and more. 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 with $100 credit. Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own...
Dec 20, 2022•32 min
Modding a Game Cube with a Raspberry Pi Pico, writing a book about cross-platform and cross-architecture development, and the struggles of self-hosted security camera footage. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Dec 18, 2022•20 min
Loads of discoveries including picking the best DNS server for your connection, Telnet on the Amiga, some synth thing, markdown notes, and fixing downloaded Twitter data. Plus your feedback about Red Hat and IBM, containers and firewalls, Signal alternatives, and more. Discoveries dnsdiag ZiModem KnobKraft twitter-archive-parser silverbullet One Thing Well Feedback ksuperkey Firewalld and Podman – Protecting Your DB docker will happily bypass your firewall Session Signal issue Prosody IM Linode ...
Dec 12, 2022•31 min
With the holiday season upon us, we talk about all the tech that we have to have with us when we travel. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Dec 09, 2022•18 min
Particle physics depends on software that’s maintained by one retiree, another argument about AI, YouTube disrespects Creative Commons, we find an excuse to laugh at Musk, KDE Korner, and more. News Crucial Computer Program for Particle Physics at Risk of Obsolescence FORM (symbolic manipulation system) – Wikipedia GPT-3 Business Email Generator by Danny Richman AI writes Terraform Company ‘Hijacks’ Blender’s CC BY-Licensed Film, YouTube Strikes User Twitter turns its back on open-source develop...
Dec 06, 2022•32 min
Alan Pope ( popey ) joins us to discuss building and fostering a positive and productive community. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Dec 04, 2022•19 min
An application firewall, reverse engineering with a better and scriptable version of Wireshark, getting the most out of webcams on Linux, running the latest kernel on a ten year old phone, moving away from mailing lists, KDE Korner, and the best distro of 2022(?) Discoveries Portmaster tshark Will’s reverse engineering efforts cameractrls PostmarketOS on a Samsung Galaxy S III Mailing lists are on the wane The GNOME Project is closing all its mailing lists KDE Korner Jonathan Esk-Riddell’s repor...
Nov 28, 2022•31 min
The Linux setups from the past that we miss the most, and why they are all ones that gave us the freedom to tinker and learn. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Nov 25, 2022•23 min
Python comes to Arduino, a look at the new version of Fedora Silverblue, Linux helps Windows work with old printers, running your own Mastodon instance, remastering Ubuntu ISOs, and more. With guest host Alan Pope ( popey ). News Arduino Announces Official MicroPython Support Announcing Fedora Linux 37 OpenPrinting keeps old printers working, even on Windows LibreOffice and blockchain: What cool things are possible? Running your own Mastodon instance Popey tells us about running ubuntu.social Li...
Nov 22, 2022•31 min
Martin has created a new desktop environment and a container tool, Gary has been clustering Raspberry Pis, and Hayden has been playing with the new Microsoft Arm box. Butterfly Turing Pi Windows Dev Kit 2023 machinespawn See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Nov 20, 2022•22 min
Some great discoveries including traffic shaping, USB over IP, speech to text, and a funny Firefox extension. Plus Graham talks to Ken VanDine , the engineering manager for Ubuntu Desktop. Discoveries Sad Servers Really Awful OSS Incidents AI to BS USB/IP protocol — The Linux Kernel documentation USB/IP Project Wondershaper Nerd Dictation nerd-dictation on GitHub Ken VanDine Graham sits down with the Ken the Ubuntu desktop engineering manager at the Ubuntu Summit to talk about Snaps, desktop, WS...
Nov 14, 2022•33 min
Why do we stick with Linux and FOSS, even when our faith is tested? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Nov 11, 2022•21 min
Mastodon usage explodes in the wake of Musk ruining Twitter, AI training fair use is about to be legally tested, Signal tries to be Snapchat, KDE Korner, and more. News Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk’s Twitter takeover. I joined them Twitodon Pick an Instance Helper GitHub Copilot litigation The GitHub Copilot Lawsuit Threatens Open Source and Human Progress Signal thinks it’s Snapchat What happened to signal-desktop? – snap – snapcraft.io snap automatic updates can now be ‘held’ indefi...
Nov 08, 2022•33 min
Simon Butcher joins us to talk about how open source AI can be, in theory and in practice. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Nov 06, 2022•20 min
Docker firewall issues, Ardour’s major new feature, listening for your neighbours’ garage door openers and tyre pressure monitors, colourising old photos, complaints from new Ubuntu users, KDE Korner, and more. Discoveries rtl_433 Ardour 7 Palette.fm Pocket Casts Mobile Apps Are Now Open Source Santa Circles Feedback Unattended upgrades doesn’t upgrade additional repository KDE Korner On hiring, and fundraising to make it more biggerer KDE neon Rebased on Jammy UserBase Rebooted This Week in KDE...
Oct 31, 2022•29 min
It’s our Halloween Spooktacular! What scares us about Linux, what we find spooky, and what seems like witchcraft. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Oct 28, 2022•17 min
It’s our 200th episode spectacular! We look back over some of the key events and trends from the last ~5 years that the show has been going. The rise of Arm and RISC-V, the death of 32-bit x86, Mozilla’s decline, the Ubuntu Phone fever dream, gaming wins, and loads more. 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 with $100 credit. Kol...
Oct 25, 2022•31 min
What problems that we are currently facing will be solved with Linux and FOSS in the future, and why does it involve AI/ML? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Oct 23, 2022•18 min
Tracking planes that don’t necessarily want to be tracked, the catch 22 of communicating changes to FOSS users, Graham makes another terrible racket, what we do to procrastinate, and more. Discoveries ADS-B Exchange Virtual Smart Home introduce Pro tier tuning-workbench-synth tune CLI HPR New Year live show and FOSDEM podcast table Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com ...
Oct 17, 2022•32 min
Is FOSS the ultimate lifeboat? If things go wrong with a tech stack, can you always just fall back on FOSS? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Oct 14, 2022•18 min
Stadia is finally dead, Valve has shipped a million Steam Decks, Canonical tries to win back the community, Debian votes for common sense, acres of RISC-V laptops, KDE Korner, and more. News A message about Stadia and our long term streaming strategy New games were still being added last month Canonical launches free personal Ubuntu Pro subscriptions for up to five machines Amazon WorkSpaces Introduces Ubuntu Desktops First RISC-V laptop available The Steam Deck is now available with no reservat...
Oct 11, 2022•32 min
Does it matter where you host your FOSS code? GitHub benefits from the network effect, but other options have their own benefits. Plus Gary explains why he doesn’t use Git. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Oct 09, 2022•22 min
Loads of discoveries including quickly fixing command line flubs, a must-have tool for USB booting, managing snapshots, and a router distro. Plus the problem with open-sourcing AI, Graham makes a dreadful racket, and more. Discoveries The CIA has a podcast CIA museum: Inside the world’s most top secret museum The Fuck OPNsense samplebrain Mutable Instruments Clouds httm Ventoy The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice on Apple’s Mac App Store Feedback Mimic 3 Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN serv...
Oct 03, 2022•28 min
