Arch and the Web make us feel old, the BBC makes us rather cross, a kernel vulnerability makes us laugh, Mozilla makes us wonder, and KDE makes us happy. News Arch is 20 years old The Web is 33 years old A new year, a new MDN (MDN Plus cling soon) Something is up with elementary GNOME, Mono, Xamarin founder Miguel de Icaza leaves Microsoft Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in years Click here to see why the BBC HATES RSS Admin Check out Linux Downtime and Linux After ...
Mar 15, 2022•30 min
Joe is joined by Stuart Langridge to talk about Open Web Advocacy , a group of software engineers from all over the world who have come together to advocate for the future of the open web. Stuart’s consulting company Kryogenix @sil on Twitter See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
Mar 13, 2022•22 min
A varied selection of Discoveries including suspending apps, easy VMs, and controlling pretty lights. Plus your feedback about Linux gaming, whether bug fixes should be more important than new features, and more. Discoveries Pandas ( 10mins to pandas ) WLED XSuspender subnetcalc Quickemu and Quickgui Feedback French Keyboard bug in KDE asus-linux.org GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom protondb Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and s...
Mar 07, 2022•30 min
Where is the gate for the “Real Linux User”, and who’s keeping it? Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Mar 04, 2022•19 min
The Raspberry Pi turns 10, the Steam Deck reviews are here, Android is getting proper virtualisation, Arm ThinkPads are coming, and KDE is even better than ever. News One decade, 46 million units: Happy birthday, Raspberry Pi Android 13 virtualization hack runs Windows (and Doom) in a VM on Android Steam Deck review: it’s not ready Lenovo announces the first Arm-based ThinkPad Qualcomm’s new PC chips are good, but they still can’t match Apple’s M1 Admin Check out Linux Downtime and Linux After D...
Mar 01, 2022•29 min
Joe is joined by Adam Pigg , a member of the Sailfish OS Community who has ported the OS to various phones. A thread with some of Adam’s history Jolla forum post about Russia Twitter reply about Russia See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
Feb 27, 2022•16 min
Loads of discoveries including window tiling, rich text for CLI Python apps, FOSS Wordle, 3D home design, and fractals. Plus your feedback about JSON, Matrix, audio, and an old Mac. Discoveries Python Rich Sweethome 3D react-wordle wordle in under 50 lines of bash Bismuth Kröhnkite KWin-Tiling Mandelbulber2 Feedback fx: Command-line tool and terminal JSON viewer jo Unofficial LNL Matrix room Samson mic Podcastage Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and ...
Feb 21, 2022•30 min
Why Linux operating systems on small Arm devices almost all feel half-finished, and what we can do to improve things. Links mentioned: Pine64 should re-evaluate their community priorities Test 15 different PinePhone operating systems with Megi’s latest multi-distro demo image PinePhone: trying out a Linux-based smartphone Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Feb 18, 2022•19 min
Mixed gaming news, great Raspberry Pi news, Mozilla teams up with Meta and ditches their VR browser, KDE Korner, and more. News Slackware 15 released Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit vs. 64-bit Performance Review Network install beta test Update on Firefox Reality Privacy Preserving Attribution for Advertising Pocket migration to Firefox accounts Google Stadia has reportedly been demoted, but it might show up in your Peloton Inside Google’s Plan to Salvage Its Stadia Gaming Servic...
Feb 15, 2022•30 min
Joe is joined by Joey Sneddon from OMG! Ubuntu! to talk about how Ubuntu and its community have changed over the years, snaps, GNOME, Flutter, WSL, and more. You can follow OMG! on Twitter , Instagram and YouTube . See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
Feb 13, 2022•19 min
Why FOSS is unlikely to gain traction in education, what’s great about Discourse, Linux gaming, the uncertain future of Termux, our thoughts on Snap and Flatpak, and more. Links mentioned: Termux and its plugins are no longer updated on Google Play Store Termux and Android 10 AppImage, Flatpak und Snap in comparison 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/lateni...
Feb 07, 2022•30 min
At what point is the FOSS solution more hassle and time-consuming than it’s worth? We confess our various compromises with non-free hardware and software. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Feb 04, 2022•21 min
The Steam Deck is nearly here, Will is looking for a new email host, Creative Commons is abused, Joe has kernel problems, Félim upgrades his phone, and Graham plays a synth. Plus KDE Korner. News Steam Deck Deposit – Steam Deck Launching February 25th Farewell, G-Suite Legacy The Pains Involved In Moving on from Google Apps for Domains A Bug in Early Creative Commons Licenses Has Enabled a New Breed of Superpredator Discoveries Jq Vital synth Admin Check out Linux Downtime and Linux After Dark K...
Feb 01, 2022•30 min
Joe is joined by Jorge Castro to talk about distros with immutable filesystems like Fedora Silverblue , and Flatpak and Flathub . Jorge mentioned: His list of resources Setting yourself up for success before trying Fedora Silverblue distrobox ublue sodalite Ideas on growing the Flathub Community in 2022 An example command for zoom which will show you what the app sees: flatpak run –command=sh –devel us.zoom.Zoom [This show used to be called Late Night Linux Extra. Don’t worry, the fabric of real...
Jan 29, 2022•27 min
Why some people use Mint instead of Ubuntu, and your feedback. Plus all sorts of discoveries including programming lights, Ceefax, and a FOSS alternative to Sonos. Discoveries HiFi Berry OS Ceefax lives! NimBLE ESP32 iPlayer probably runs on 32-bit Linux Why use Mint over Ubuntu? Linux Mint 20.3 “Una” Cinnamon released! New Features in Linux Mint 20.3 ‘Una’ Cinnamon Edition Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern a...
Jan 24, 2022•29 min
What’s the best way to criticise FOSS projects? Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Jan 21, 2022•21 min
A theme of funding open source development runs throughout the news including npm sabotage, Mozilla accepting crypto donations, and Signal’s CEO standing down. Plus Wordle’s open web problem, the usual great stuff in KDE Korner, and more. News JavaScript dev deliberately screws up own popular npm packages to make a point of some sort Open source maintainer threatens to throw in the towel if companies won’t ante up New year, new Signal CEO Mozilla backtracks on crypto donations Wordle is being pu...
Jan 18, 2022•30 min
Adam and Neal return to talk about Google’s mysterious open source operating system Fuchsia . See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show.
Jan 16, 2022•14 min
A simple FOSS way to share your mouse and keyboard across multiple machines, and a handy command line tool to find duplicate files. Plus your predictions for 2022 including gaming, GNOME, Firefox, Raspberry Pi, and PipeWire. Discoveries Barrier rdfind A CPU implemented in a modular synthesizer Feedback CalyxOS and a site to check which apps will work with de-Googled Android Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern a...
Jan 10, 2022•29 min
What we all want to happen in the Linux and FOSS world in 2022. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Jan 07, 2022•18 min
Ubuntu might be taking gaming more seriously, more Mozilla missteps, why Her Majesty’s demise might be really bad news, a brand new segment, KDE Korner, and more. News/discussion Please don’t use Discord for FOSS projects UK tech policy predictions for 2022: pennies dropping everywhere Firefox I Love You, But Can You Shut Up About Mozilla VPN?! Mozilla begs for crypto & jwz lays some smack down Canonical Seeks Linux Desktop Gaming Product Manager In 2022, security will be priority number one...
Jan 04, 2022•30 min
It’s that time of year where we look back at our 2021 predictions, and make some new ones for 2022. 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/latenightlinu x and get started with $100 credit. CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/latenightlinux and sign up for...
Dec 27, 2021•31 min
What it’s really like to live with Fedora Silverblue on your main machine. The good, the bad, and why Dalton is still using it. Kinoite London timezone bug Development on Fedora Silverblue and Fedora Kinoite Distrobox, a way to use Toolboxes on other distros 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/linu xafterdark and get started with $100 credit. Subscribe to th...
Dec 24, 2021•22 min
We look back at some of the biggest stories and trends of 2021 including Linux on Mars, gaming, Arm, drama, and NFTs. 2021 Linux year in review Mars Linux has made it to Mars [feb] NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter achieves historic powered flight on Mars [apr] NASA’s Mars helicopter makes second flight [apr] Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Faster, Farther on Third Flight [apr] “Huge leap” for NASA’s Mars helicopter ushers new mission support role [jul] Mars helicopter has Log4j bug, breaks records al...
Dec 21, 2021•30 min
Joe is joined by Chris from Linux After Dark and Fedora user Adam Dean to discuss using GNOME and why we shouldn’t bash it so often. Adam wrote a book called the Linux Administration Cookbook . CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/latenightlinux and sign up for a 7-day free trial. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
Dec 19, 2021•26 min
Achieving the dream of mobile and desktop convergence turns out to be pretty easy. Plus a serious contender for the best Arch-based distro, and your feedback about hacking and Lineage OS. First Impressions We had a look at Garuda Linux , a rolling release distro based on Arch Linux. Convergence Graham tells us about running proper Linux on his phone with AnLinux . He mentioned Termux . Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale y...
Dec 13, 2021•30 min
What’s the ideal desktop Linux business model? As a loss-leader for your cloud offerings? Pay what you want? Bundled software? Hardware pre-installations? Something else? 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/linu xafterdark and get started with $100 credit. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Dec 10, 2021•21 min
Nextcloud and friends go after Microsoft, modern packaging comes under fire, whether we should be targeting less advanced users, a new old Raspberry Pi OS, KDE Korner, and more. News EU tech sector fights for a Level Playing Field with Microsoft Nextcloud boss on Microsoft OneDrive complaint Who is the target user? More about those zero-dot users “New” old functionality with Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) Listing rumours for Raspberry Pi? No ‘urgency’ says Upton Flatpak Is Not the Future On Flatpak di...
Dec 07, 2021•32 min
Joe is joined by Allan Jude from the 2.5 Admins and BSD Now podcasts to talk about FreeBSD . Allan mentioned his company Klara . CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/latenightlinux and sign up for a 7-day free trial. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
Dec 05, 2021•23 min
A Russian distro teaches some of us a valuable lesson, plus the great email client debate, and your thoughts on documenting and discarding collections. First Impressions We had a look at Alt Linux , a Russian distro. Feedback Zim – a desktop wiki This Is What’s Wrong With The Linux Community 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/latenightlinu x and get started...
Nov 29, 2021•30 min
