A proposed solution to the WHOIS TLS verification problem gets a surprising amount of pushback. Plus isolating IoT devices, our thoughts on Ubiquiti gear, setting up WiFi in a new house, remote access with WireGuard, and our mini PC recommendations. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News Google calls for halting use of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications Free consulting We were asked about isolating IoT devices, our thoughts on Ubiquiti gear, set...
Sep 26, 2024•30 min
We look back at the biggest news stories and trends from the last 7+ years and 300 episodes of LNL. With guest host popey from Linux Matters . Check out his newsletter . Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Seven and a bit years of news Google launches game streaming service called Stadia A message about Stadia and our long term streaming strategy Introducing a new version of Steam Play Steam Deck Launching February 25th 2022 Introducing Ubuntu 12.04 ES...
Sep 23, 2024•29 min
What is it about Linux that draws us to it as a development platform? Plus why we choose the specific distros that we use. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/linuxdevtime Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed...
Sep 22, 2024•26 min
What our cloud strategy would be if we were CTOs, how companies should weigh up SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, and trade off building vs buying. Integrating the Ubuntu Snapshot Service into systems management and update tools Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Sep 20, 2024•26 min
The Malaysian government’s misguided plan to control its citizens’ DNS, the wrong way to deploy underwater servers, a philosophical question about how long a person’s photos will exist, and how we manage our SSH keys. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion Malaysia’s plan to block overseas DNS dies after a day Proposed underwater data center surprises regulators who hadn’t heard about it Free consulting We were asked about how we mana...
Sep 19, 2024•30 min
In this episode: Mark brings us a clutch of Subsonic apps for Android: Tempo GoSonic Ultrasonic Symphonium Martin names a whole new category of “Top-like” tools for monitoring GPUS: nvtop intel_gpu_top nvitop amdgpu_top Alan, who is not a developer, has been writing UncleClive in Python to send Mastodon posts to a Spectrum emulator and back. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the co...
Sep 17, 2024•34 min
Learning undergraduate level signal processing for free, a few more uses for KDE Connect, analysing audio for HiFi setups, deep inspection of Python objects, viewing HTTP archives, and more on the problem with micropayments. Discoveries Signal Processing Course KDE Connect Friture wat HARview 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS...
Sep 16, 2024•23 min
Is a proprietary games company driving all the innovation on the Linux desktop, and is that OK? Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/linuxafterdark See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Sep 13, 2024•24 min
A surprising way to exploit the WHOIS system, Microsoft will force old versions of Windows 11 to update, and the simple way to set up TP-Link Omada gear. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have Windows 11 users still living in the past face forced update, like it or not Free consulting We were asked about setting up TP-Link Omada gear. See our contact page for ways to get in ...
Sep 12, 2024•29 min
Whose responsibility it is to check the pockets of laundry before washing it, the biggest mistakes we’ve nearly made, and Joe gets bullied about headphones. With Aaron from Hybrid Cloud Show , and Mark and Martin from Linux Matters . Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago....
Sep 11, 2024•21 min
Mono moves to the Wine project, the Internet Archive can’t lend books but should have seen it coming, Mozilla adds unpopular AI to Firefox, and KDE asks for donations in Plasma. With guest host popey from Linux Matters . Check out his newsletter . News A long, weird FOSS circle ends as Microsoft donates Mono to Wine project The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending Choose how you want to navigate the web with Firefox Asking for donations in Plasma Support us on patreon and get...
Sep 09, 2024•26 min
Following on from our episode about dealing with a horrible codebase, Andy argues that completely rewriting a project is almost always a bad idea. Things You Should Never Do, Part I Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed...
Sep 08, 2024•25 min
We often talk about working with cloud technologies, but how do we have fun with them? Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Sep 06, 2024•25 min
Another example of the downsides of abstraction, whether AI can ever be truly “open source”, and the security benefits and drawbacks of different types of VPN. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion Hackers infect ISPs with malware that steals customers’ credentials Debate over “open source AI” term brings new push to formalize definition Free consulting We were asked about whether VPNs are a security measure. See our contact page for...
Sep 05, 2024•30 min
In this episode: Alan snapped Syft and Grype with classic confinement Martin patched a font from the past to add quality-of-life glyphs and braile characters, to make it marginally better to look at. Mark went in search of a self-hosted streaming music solution, and found SubSonic with mobile clients . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters ...
Sep 03, 2024•32 min
To what extent can you avoid services and products from companies who do bad things? Plus whether we should try to convert WSL users to “proper” Linux, if so how, and if it’s even possible in Voice of the masses. Voice of the masses Should we try to convert Windows Subsystem for Linux users into “proper” native desktop Linux users? If so, how? 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinu...
Sep 02, 2024•22 min
We need to talk about Ubuntu (again). The updates situation is a confusing mess, a lot of enthusiast users have had enough and are starting to move to other distros, but ultimately millions of normal users will quietly carry on and not care. Ubuntu Security Updates Are a Confusing Mess Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Aug 30, 2024•24 min
AMD will patch some old Ryzens against SinkClose now, but their benchmarking methods for newer CPUs didn’t live up to everyday reality. Plus Bcachefs devs annoy Linus Torvalds, the US government sues a college over compliance issues, and Jim disappoints a patron. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News AMD’s Ryzen 3000 CPUs to get SinkClose patch after all AMD explains, promises partial fixes for Ryzen 9000 performance problems Linus Torvalds Beg...
Aug 29, 2024•31 min
Linux is 33 years old and we wonder what would have happened without it, Mozilla might be about to lose the sweet Google cash, Microsoft breaks dual boot, Google quietly drops support for Chrome on old Ubuntu, the Apple tax hits Patreon, and an exciting new Raspberry Pi. News OggCamp Linux is 33 years old Forget Apple, the biggest loser in the Google search ruling could be Mozilla and its Firefox web browser Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out in Nightly Firefox Labs 131 “Something h...
Aug 27, 2024•25 min
Kevin and Andy talk about their project extremes: the oldest and newest projects they’ve worked on, the biggest and smallest codebases, the ugliest hack, the most elegant, the most popular, the most trivial, and the most important. Andy’s links git-what IGCC Box Stacker Rightwaves Eat Apples Quick! Smolpxl Games Rabbit Escape Android Game element-web matrix-rust-sdk FreeGuide i-dunno Announcing I-DUNNO 1.0 and web-i-dunno qdsync Kevin’s links clap clog-cli clog-lib typed-oid usbwatch-rs baseline...
Aug 25, 2024•25 min
How much Linux and traditional sysadmin knowledge do you need for a career in cloud computing? Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Aug 23, 2024•27 min
Insecure SSH implementations and a weak key that let a researcher control 200 MW of electrical capacity reignites the debate about versioned protocols vs pluggable protocols, follow-up on sharing files from your LAN with people on the Internet, and the pros and cons of encrypted backups. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion Researchers find insecure SSH implementations everywhere 512-bit RSA key in home energy system gives control o...
Aug 22, 2024•30 min
In this episode: Martin themes his Linux desktop and the Internet using Catppuccin . Alan has been streaming to Twitch , YouTube and Owncast with stream-sprout . Mark plays audio from his Android phone to his Linux desktop speakers. And Martin does the same with an iPad and uses playerctl and bluetoothctl to control the iPad remotely. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community...
Aug 20, 2024•29 min
The easy way to learn IPv6, making shell scripts a lot prettier, a reverse-engineered watch with apps from the 80s, a cool tasks app, more details about OggCamp, and whether FOSS people are all old. Discoveries IPv6 for IPv4 admins bashsimplecurses Reverse engineering an old Seiko UC-2000 taskfinder OggCamp Gary tells us about the upcoming free culture event in Manchester, UK . Get tickets here , and volunteer to be part of the crew here . Call for papers OggCamp on Mastodon Are FOSS people all ...
Aug 19, 2024•23 min
We once recorded an episode about GNOME that was so negative that we decided to delete our recordings and not publish it. Our opinions of GNOME have changed significantly since then so we explain why. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/linuxafterdark See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the...
Aug 16, 2024•24 min
Forcing Windows to undo updates and a separate IPv6 vulnerability, hardware bugs in AMD and Intel CPUs, and using Samba on Linux with Active Directory. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News Your victim’s Windows PC fully patched? Just force undo its updates and exploit away CVE-2024-38063 – Security Update Guide – Microsoft – Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Almost unfixable “Sinkclose” bug affects hundreds of millions of AMD ...
Aug 15, 2024•30 min
What celebrities we look like, what books we are into and how we read them, and whether we can separate an artist’s work from their character. With Aaron from Hybrid Cloud Show , and Mark and Martin from Linux Matters . Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.
Aug 14, 2024•20 min
Open source myths, Graham gives us an update on the Open Documentation Academy, and why we don’t really talk about mobile Linux anymore. Open source myths Open Documentation Academy ( GitHub repo ) Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS : Subscribe to the RSS feeds here...
Aug 12, 2024•23 min
How to deal with a horrible codebase that you’ve inherited. Getting started, breaking the problem into smaller pieces, understanding what’s actually wrong, the importance of testing (as usual), and why technical debt isn’t necessarily the best name for the problem. git-what Working Effectively with Legacy Code Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed...
Aug 11, 2024•24 min
In episode 8 we talked about how to get started with Kubernetes, and this time we cover the next steps: How to set up ingress and east-west networking, options for restricting access, and the best ways to integrate with your favourite cloud provider. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Aug 09, 2024•22 min
