Linux After Dark – Episode 27
Our worst Linux cock-ups, and what we learned from them. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Sep 30, 2022•18 min
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Late Night Linux – Episode 196
systemd arrives on WSL, Audacity gains a huge feature, Mozilla makes (valid) excuses, a bumper KDE Korner, and more. News Listener Michael sent Joe a LMN 3 Systemd support is now available in WSL Systemd support lands in WSL Audacity 3.2 Released with Realtime Effects, VST3 Support Mozilla calls out Microsoft, Google, Apple over browsers KDE Korner Intel Becomes First Krita Development Fund Corporate Gold Patron Kdenlive Fundraiser This week in KDE: It’s a big one, folks This week in KDE: yo daw...
Sep 27, 2022•30 min
Linux Downtime – Episode 56
What’s the best way to implement telemetry and metrics in open source software, and should it be opt-in or opt-out? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Sep 25, 2022•21 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 195
Whether images created by AI count as art, self-hosted audio streaming, a hex editor, playing Steam games from remote machines, QEMU on an iPad, and more. Discoveries Navidrome ImHex Moonlight UTM running Windows 10 on an M1 iPad Pro AI “art” Artwork generated using AI software Midjourney won a state competition Professional AI whisperers have launched a marketplace for DALL-E prompts Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn mo...
Sep 19, 2022•31 min
Linux After Dark – Episode 26
Where do we draw the line when it comes to our ethics and our ability to put food on the table? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Sep 16, 2022•17 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 194
Huge wins for RISC-V and Ubuntu Unity, the changing ways that software is distributed, and a sad lament for young people’s privacy. Plus why KDE Plasma isn’t default in many major distros, along with the usual goodness in the Korner. News NASA Selects SiFive and Makes RISC-V the Go-to Ecosystem for Future Space Missions Ubuntu Unity Becoming An Official Flavour With 22.10 Release github-cli Debian package GPG key expires LG is bringing NFTs to its smart TVs – The Verge NFT shit-list Feedback UK ...
Sep 13, 2022•30 min
Linux Downtime – Episode 55
What F/OSS means to us and why it’s important. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Sep 11, 2022•20 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 193
A great FOSS text to speech engine, taking ownership of your audiobooks, and making chiptune music. Plus your feedback about SMS messages, docks, earbuds, being stuck in the Apple ecosystem, and more. Discoveries TTS audible-activator Furnace Feedback Gadgetbridge LNL-Discoveries LNL-Discoveries – GitHub Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8 Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure wit...
Sep 05, 2022•30 min
Linux After Dark – Episode 25
If we could go back in time, what advice would we give our younger, less experienced counterparts about Linux and FOSS? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Sep 02, 2022•17 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 192
We catch up on a month’s worth of news including GitHub and GitLab controversies, Arduino multitasking, VLC being banned in India, Google’s false positives in scans, and KDE Korner. News Introducing multitasking to Arduino GitLab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash Give nothing, expect nothing: GitLab’s the latest punching bag for entitled users GitHub courts controversy by suspending Tornado Cash developers and reneging on cookie commitments Code, Speech, and the Tornado Cash Mi...
Aug 30, 2022•32 min
Linux Downtime – Episode 54
It’s part 2 of our discussion about sustainability in FOSS. Make sure to listen to part 1 first. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Aug 28, 2022•21 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 191
Playing with Arduinos, a 1337 h4x0r tool, ChromeOS Flex, a proprietary software win, whether open-sourcing AI makes sense, and more. Discoveries Tauno Serial Plotter kdb-audio ChromeOS Flex is now generally available Discussion Open source isn’t working for AI Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8 Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop...
Aug 22, 2022•30 min
Linux After Dark – Episode 24
How efficient are our whole setups – including servers, client machines, and VPSs? Could we be doing more to save energy and money? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Aug 19, 2022•20 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 190
It’s the London meetup live show special! Joe is joined by Alex and Gary to discuss how to accept that most people who use/connect to Linux machines don’t use it on the desktop. 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. Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware . They are a UK-based company who sells computer...
Aug 15, 2022•30 min
Linux Downtime – Episode 53
There is a sustainability problem in FOSS. How do we fix it? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Aug 14, 2022•22 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 189
Loads of useful discoveries, a Lineage tale of woe, yet more trolling of Félim, and more. Discoveries bat Beej’s guide to network programming LinuxCommandLibrary and f-droid app Galaxy Buds Client Lineage problems battop Feedback Late Night Linux Discoveries code Joe’s RSS Thingy Bismuth How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries GoatCounter Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8 Linode Simp...
Aug 08, 2022•30 min
Linux After Dark – Episode 23
In a world of cloud and serverless, is there any point in most people learning the command line? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Aug 05, 2022•21 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 188
Torvalds is using an Arm Mac with Asahi, potentially bad news for ChromeOS in Europe, a remarkable Debian server upgrade, Facebook wins a battle in the URL war, Minecraft shuns NFTs, KDE Korner, and more. News London Meetup 5th August near The Eye Microsoft clarifies store policy on commercial FOSS Torvalds is using Asahi on an Arm Mac, and the next kernel will be 6.0 Torvalds didn’t expect to run Linux on Arm Macs Denmark bans Chromebooks and Google Workspace in schools over data transfer risks...
Aug 02, 2022•31 min
Linux Downtime – Episode 52
Hayden explains why he uses Windows Subsystem for Linux on a daily basis, and argues that Microsoft is a very different organisation from the one that was so hostile to FOSS 20+ years ago. He mentioned his unofficial timeline of Microsoft’s transition towards open source . See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Jul 31, 2022•22 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 187
Graham played with a Steam Deck, Will switched to Firefox, Félim cleaned up his home directory, and Joe obsessed over battery health. Plus Copilot follow-up, and more. Discoveries Firefox xdg-ninja Steam Deck inxi coconutBattery Feedback lnl-discoveries LanguageTool Linux Downtime 51 Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8 Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virt...
Jul 25, 2022•30 min
Linux After Dark – Episode 22
Our smallest and our biggest FOSS wins. Things we mentioned: Homebridge FOG Project boringtun vnStat EasyTAG HAProxy See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Jul 22, 2022•19 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 186
Thinkpads that won’t boot Linux by default, Lennart moves to Microsoft, the Firefox Snap is finally a lot faster, Reddit shows its true colours, KDE Korner, and more. News London Meetup 5th August near The Eye Lenovo Secured-core PC unable to boot Linux from a USB stick Responsible stewardship of the UEFI secure boot ecosystem Lennart leaves Red Hat and Goes to Microsoft Microsoft is a Linux and open source company Firefox snap performance Part 3: significant startup improvements Reddit and Noth...
Jul 18, 2022•30 min
Linux Downtime – Episode 51
Martin and Hayden explain what it’s actually like to use GitHub Copilot , and why they think it’s going to have a positive impact open source software. Plus Hayden explains the legal nuances. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show....
Jul 17, 2022•21 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 185
A modern alternative to the watch command, automating lights, and hacking routers, using FOSS to make installing Windows easier. Plus our thoughts on VC funding in open source, and more. Discoveries viddy Cheerlights & cheerlights-hid Hacking a Netgear router to be a ‘mesh’ satellite Vita3K Rufus 3.19 adds bypass for mandatory Windows 11 22H2 Microsoft Account requirement Raspberry Pi Restores Guitar Amp, Complete With Effects Feedback Improvements in git 2.37 when resolving conflicts with v...
Jul 11, 2022•29 min
Linux After Dark – Episode 21
We all tried to live with a touch-only experience on x86-64 devices. It turns out that Linux is very close to offering a great experience. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .
Jul 08, 2022•20 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 184
The community gets angry about GitHub Copilot, Félim gets angry about email, Firefox continues to improve, drawers fill up with more Raspberry Pis, KDE shines as ever, and more. News London Meetup 5th August near The Eye Raspberry Pi Pico W: your $6 IoT platform GitHub Copilot and open source laundering Chris Green on Twitter Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come! Now Amazon debuts an AI programming assistant – CodeWhisperer Firefox kills another tracking cookie workaround Thunderbird 102 Released: ...
Jul 05, 2022•29 min
Linux Downtime – Episode 50
Stuart Langridge joins us to discuss the nuances of gatekeeping in the Linux community, and why he thinks we inadvertently engaged in it on the last episode. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show.
Jul 03, 2022•19 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 183
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
Linux After Dark – Episode 20
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
Late Night Linux – Episode 182
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
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