Great mobile Linux news, dispelling myths about desktop market share, the beginning of the end for BIOS booting, KDE Korner, and some more of your ask us anything questions. News UBports GSI brings Ubuntu Touch to any Project Treble-supported Android device Yet more claims that desktop Linux market share is increasing , but those stats aren’t reliable , and Linux Steam usage hasn’t gone up Fedora Developers Discussing Possibility Of Dropping Legacy BIOS Support KDE Korner KDE has completed the m...
Jul 07, 2020•33 min
Will reminisces about netbooks, Joe has a new Pinebook Pro, Facebook’s complex morals, Bountysource worries the community, and KDE Korner. News Facebook did a bad thing to do a good thing Bountysource was going to change its terms so it could keep unclaimed bounties but then backtracked Xfce considers leaving Admin If you are a patron, ask us anything sensible and we might answer your question on a future episode. Linux hardware – old and new Joe talks about his new Pinebook Pro , and after Will...
Jun 22, 2020•31 min
Linux audio tips, upgrade vs nuke and pave, smartwatches, a new Raspberry Pi, Microsoft and Mint drama, and the shortest KDE Korner ever. News 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75 Raspberry Pi OS (64 bit) beta test version Ubuntu 20.10 desktop might be officially supported on the Pi Mint not keen on snaps AppGet ‘really helped us,’ Microsoft says, but offers no apology to dev for killing open-source package manager Admin If you are a patron, ask us anything sensible and we might answer your que...
Jun 09, 2020•35 min
The deeper implications of all of Microsoft’s recent announcements, good news for Munich, GNOME, and KDE, and mixed news for VR on Linux. News LiMux is back Patent case against GNOME resolved Half-Life: Alyx Update Adds Native Linux Support, Vulkan Rendering OAuth sign-in with Gmail enabled again in KMail and Kontact Admin If you are a patron, ask us anything sensible and we might answer your question on a future episode. Microsoft Linux Having admitted that they were on the wrong side of open s...
May 26, 2020•36 min
Good news for Linux phones and Raspberry Pi users, an embarrassing security incident, Keybase bought by Zoom, KDE Korner, some feedback, and more. Plugs Check out Joe’s other podcasts The New Show with Daniel Foré and Alan Pope, and 2.5 Admins with Jim Salter and Allan Jude. News /e/ Partners With Fairphone postmarketOS now boots on over 200 Linux phones and tablets SaltStack authorization bypass Raspberry Pi announces $50 12-megapixel camera with interchangeable lenses RetroPie 4.6 released wit...
May 12, 2020•31 min
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has been released so we have a good look at the distro that will be around for 10 years. Plus good news for email, relative stability for Debian, GitHub’s power move, and loads of KDE developments in the news. Two new podcasts Joe has been busy over the last couple of weeks and has launched The New Show with Daniel Foré and Alan Pope, and 2.5 Admins with Jim Salter and Allan Jude. Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS arrives What’s new in Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 LTS? Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Offi...
Apr 28, 2020•36 min
LNL Extra is back! Joe is joined by Michael Hall to talk about his experiences of converting conferences to online events. Check out Michael’s blog post about the subject here and follow him on Twitter and visit his website . See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
Apr 19, 2020•23 min
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the news including good news for UBports, changes to Firefox, Microsoft’s new LSM, potentially bad news for KDE, and more. Keep an eye on the All Episodes Feed for upcoming episodes of Late Night Linux Extra News PinePhone UBports Community Edition Pre-orders are Open PINEPHONE – “Community Edition: UBports” Limited Edition Linux SmartPhone Ubuntu Touch Q&A 72: Foundation & Volla News Latest Firefox updates address bar, making search easier than ever M...
Apr 14, 2020•36 min
The impacts of Coronovirus on Linux and open source, KDE Korner, and whether we are seeing the second big split in the FOSS world. Linux and the virus We mention that FOSS Talk Live 2020 is cancelled and talk about how Linux and FOSS will be affected by current world events. KDE Korner Plasma Bigscreen ( homepage ) Plasma Video Winner & Apps Winner Aleix Pol, president of KDE e.V. podcast interview Linux vs the cloud Prompted by NASA’s recent AWS mistake , Joe asks if we are living through t...
Mar 31, 2020•38 min
We try and lighten the mood with a silly new segment. Meanwhile in the news Microsoft makes another open source move, bad news for VR on Linux, and more. News Microsoft’s GitHub buys npm When Virgin Media said it leaked ‘limited contact info’, it meant p0rno filter requests Half Life Alyx is released 23rd March, with no Linux support, despite being developed by Valve using Vulkan . Pinebook Pro pre-orders start March 18th – will ship with Manjaro KDE KDE Korner Plasma Mobile Frameworks 5.68 is o...
Mar 17, 2020•38 min
Is it time to give up on the Linux desktop and concentrate on open source apps? Plus a conundrum for Félim, Raspberry Pi and GTK in the news, and KDE Korner. FOSS Talk Live 2020 Tickets and info here News GTK website revamp attempting to stake QT Pi4 Gets Server Ready A birthday gift: 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 now only $35 Félim spots OpenOffice on YouTube Félim grapples with whether to tell strangers to use LibreOffice. Open source apps vs desktops Should we be concentrating more on open source applic...
Mar 03, 2020•40 min
Joe has been playing with a PinePhone for a week and gives an honest appraisal. Plus Will’s simple solution to his Mac woes, switching to Linux and a community crowdfunder in the news, and a packed KDE Korner. News AppCenter for Everyone South Korea switching to Linux? Windows 7 users moving to Windows 10 Microsoft shares a roadmap for the new Microsoft Edge KDE Korner Updates to Apps , Frameworks & Plasma : Enable User Feedback (if you can) Acknowledgment it was a bit buggy but plans in pla...
Feb 18, 2020•40 min
Lots of news including Pine64, Linux gaming, Thunderbird, and WireGuard. Plus Will is looking to install a decent OS on his Mac, and mixed news in KDE Korner. FOSS Talk Live 2020 announcement The date has changed. It will now happen on 20th June at the Harrison near Kings Cross in London. More details here . News PinePhone Freedom HardROCK64 single-board computer coming in April for $35 and up Rocket League will drop support for Mac, Linux versions in March Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performanc...
Feb 04, 2020•41 min
The death of Windows 7 presents yet another opportunity for the wide adoption of Linux on the desktop. Is that just wishful thinking? Plus Y2K comes back, bad news for Mozilla, a great new Nexcloud release, and more in the news. News Y2020 Mozilla Lays off 70 people PinePhones Shipping Nextcloud Hub now with KItinerary KDE Korner KUserFeedback with a bit more detail Plasma 5.18 LTS Beta Admin Joe’s Brunch With Brent Graham talking about synths on Jupiter Extras Linux as a replacement for Windows...
Jan 21, 2020•39 min
It’s officially the future so we look back at our predictions from last year and make some new ones for 2020. Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware . They are a UK-based company who sells computers wit...
Jan 07, 2020•39 min
It’s almost Christmas so it’s time to look back at 2019 and talk about some of the news stories that shaped the year. January Amazon launches Mongo-compatible DocumentDB MongoDB removed from major distros February Redis Labs raises $60 million for its NoSQL database Redis Labs changes its open-source license — again March Google launches game streaming service called Stadia LVFS joins Linux Foundation April UBports Foundation finally created Ubuntu 19.04 ‘Disco Dingo’ Released with New Features ...
Dec 24, 2019•40 min
Chrome OS is by far the most popular Linux-based desktop OS and we find out if that top spot is deserved. Plus Ubuntu, Zorin, Firefox, Kali, and more in the news. News Ubuntu Pro 64-bit Ubuntu now works on Pi 4 The Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Pre-release Survey First Ever Release of Ubuntu Cinnamon Distribution is Finally Here! Zorin OS Responds to Privacy Concerns Firefox 71 Kali Linux 2019.4 released with Xfce by default KDE Korner Kontributing to KDE is even easier than you kThink Chrome OS Joe has been...
Dec 10, 2019•38 min
What does a long-term Linux user think of macOS? We ask Will. Plus gaming, Google, the PInephone, and KDE in the news. News Google Kills Cloud Print Google plans to offer bank accounts next year Steam’s Remote Play Together is out of beta Half-Life: Alyx Releasing In March 2020 With Linux Support PINEPHONE – “BraveHeart” Limited Edition Linux SmartPhone for early adopters KDE Korner KDE Neon snapcraft extension KDE looking to hire an experienced project manager (PDF) Admin Joe on Linux Lads Two ...
Nov 26, 2019•42 min
We find out what Ubuntu 19.10 is like on the Raspberry Pi 4, and then take it too far. Plus plenty of news, Graham channelling Vangelis, and something about KDE. News LinuxApp Summit Kicks Off Site Kit is now available for all WordPress sites Google open source VR SDK The downside of Ubiquiti network gear Linux Foundation introduces telemetry policy Microsoft to offer Defender for Linux next year Microsoft confirms new browser is coming to Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on the Pi 4 Joe and Graham have been ...
Nov 12, 2019•38 min
Will tells us why he left his job as Director of Ubuntu Desktop, KDE Korner, and a mixed bag of news. News The BBC has joined the dark web Startpage bought by an Ad Company Gitlab planned to introduce telemetry, then changed their minds GNOME fights patent troll Firefox 70 released KDE Korner Akademy vids are out , Plasma Mobile catchups , KItinerary extractors again & The cashew is no more Will leaves Canonical Will tells us why he has left his job as Director of Ubuntu Desktop and where he...
Oct 29, 2019•39 min
Blender is one of the flagship professional FOSS tools and we talk to one of its senior devs. Plus the dangers of SaaS, Ubuntu 19.10, RISC-V, KDE Korner, and more. News Software as a Service Dangers Adobe backtracks, will refund customers after cancelling their accounts Ubuntu 19.10 coming this week Chromium will be a snap ARM reacts to RISC-V What’s going on with WhatFreeWords? KDE Korner HiDPI , Plasma Mobile , Apps apps apps and more Apps , Linux App Summit schedule is out , Speeding up plasm...
Oct 15, 2019•42 min
Félim’s near death experience leads to a conversation about our home network setups. In the news: rms quits, Linux audio improvements, home directories as a file, KDE Korner, and more. News rms has left the building FSF Award Nominations [Guess who’s now eligible to be nominated] New webpage for Plasma Desktop , Plasma 5.17beta / 5.18 two weeks away , Kate’s External Tools Plugin , Akademy and adopted GitLab , KItinerary Extractor Pulse Dolby Support Reinventing Home Dirs Admin OggCamp panel que...
Oct 01, 2019•39 min
It’s been another busy couple of weeks so we talk about the news including new GNOME, Linux on phones, and Windows catching up with us. News GNOME 3.34 Released Kirogi.org , Kate planning & Kate in the Windows Store , POC KDE PIM Online Accounts with some PIM News and KDE Goals PinePhone Developer PreOrders Librem 5 Shipping Announcement Fairphone 3 gets perfect score from iFixit Mumble 1.3 Released Firefox 69 released and looks good Test Pilot Is Back Sunsetting Python 2 Manjaro is taking t...
Sep 15, 2019•38 min
We catch up with the news from a busy couple of weeks including KDE, exFAT, Google tracking, a new Fairphone, GIMP controversy, and more. News KPeople contacts for Plasma Mobile , KHighlighting Crosses 300 , Plasma Browser Integration 1.6 & Akademy kicks off in Milan from the 7th-13th Sept. GUADEC videos GNOME Firmware Updater Google’s Tracking Protection BS? – EFF Chime in Fairphone3 MS Graciously Allows Us To Use Its Obvious & Non-Novel Patent For exFAT Glimpse of a GIMP Chris Beard to...
Sep 03, 2019•41 min
Graham tells us all about his new 3D printer, and the FOSS that he uses with it. Plus KDE, Xfce, ZFS, and more in the news. News Unpatched KDE vulnerability disclosed on Twitter KDE rips out ability for KConfig to run shell code Discover gets a Snap/Flat/App fix and the end of the U&P sprint…but not really Xfce 4.14 released ZFS on / coming to Ubuntu desktop Richard Brown steps down as openSUSE chairman Graham’s 3D printer Graham recently bought a 3D printer and tells us all about it. Digita...
Aug 20, 2019•44 min
We enter a parallel universe where Linux doesn’t have a foundation and decide what one should be like. Plus a packed news section including Blender, VR, Xfce, KDE, VLC, and other initialisms. News KDE Onboarding Sprint , KDEConnect SMS & well of course there’s a KItinerary update… More good news for Blender from Ubisoft VLC is somewhat fed up with security researchers Xfce 4.14 Inches Closer to Release Firefox Reality, browser designed for viewing the web in virtual reality Valve and Colabor...
Aug 06, 2019•39 min
When Free Software and free speech clash, controversy ensues. We talk about Mastodon’s recent conundrum. Plus a packed news section including Blender, XPS machines, reproducibility, GNOME malware, and more. News KDE Plasma5 is 5 , KDE UserBase refresh , iKDE iConnect & Runs Plasma Epic MegaGrant for Blender while their CEO badmouths Linux users at same time Like Linux? Then don’t buy Dell’s new XPS 13 F-Droid Reproducible New EvilGnome Backdoor Spies on Linux Users, Steals Their Files Mainta...
Jul 23, 2019•40 min
Graham and Joe managed to buy a Raspberry Pi 4 while they were HOT. Literally. Plus all sorts in the news including KDE, the villain that is Mozilla, Debian 10, and the Pinebook Pro. News Test Plasma Easily , KDE PIM Update , U&P Sprint bears fruit again and again Self congratulating idiots propose Mozilla as Internet Villian Of The Year Pinebook Pro coming soon Debian 10 Buster released Raspberry Pi 4 Graham and Joe have been playing with their new toys Admin Come to OggCamp ! Digital Ocean...
Jul 09, 2019•42 min
It’s a full house for the first time in a while and a lot has been happening so we have a look at all the news including the Ubuntu i386pocalypse, the Raspberry Pi 4, KDE updates, and Facebook’s new “cryptocurrency”. News Ubuntu announce that they’ll drop i386 but then backtrack Raspberry Pi4! Plasma 5.16 & 5.16.1 , KDE Goals , Updates to KDE.org Firefox Premium? Lots of Debian packages being built for RISC-V PinePhone looking good Facebook to launch cryptocurrency Digital Ocean This episode...
Jun 25, 2019•41 min
It’s our show from FOSS Talk Live! After KDE, Firefox, GMail, and Stadia in the news, missed opportunities for FOSS and how we can seize the next one. News KDE Apps Website Google Browser Control via DRM ; Use Firefox & block fingerprinting while you’re at it and trackers GMail Confidential Mode to be on by default for G Suite users Stadia details announced FOSSortunities We all knew that privacy would be the next big market in computing but once again we have failed to capitalise. Apple has...
Jun 11, 2019•46 min
