In this episode: Alan builds a content pipeline with ALL THE MODELS! Mark switches Bookshelf Buddy Martin completes his Fedi-migration from Fosstodon to GoToSocial . 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 Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting...
May 27, 2025•33 min
Running an old version of Windows on a Wii for some reason, a nice way to learn programming languages, a couple of very different games, more documentation tools, and moving to a new Mastodon instance. Discoveries entii-for-workcubes Learn C , Coding for Kids Isonzo Material for MkDocs markata mdq Moving to a new Mastodon instance is very easy Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale...
May 26, 2025•23 min
We recently talked about the lowest-end hardware we’d be willing to use as a daily desktop machine, but what about headless boxes? It turns out that it depends on what exactly it’s doing and to what extent we have to actively interact with it. Ultimately we could probably use slower hardware than we actually do if it came to it. 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 ....
May 23, 2025•23 min
TrueNAS drops FreeBSD but there’s a community fork, the elusive ZFS send bug that affected encrypted datasets is finally identified and fixed, why the Raspberry Pi doesn’t make a great NAS, and when to use the zpool checkpoint feature. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Maintaining FreeBSD in a Commercial Product – Why Upstream Contributions Matter News/discussion TrueNAS 25.04 drops FreeBSD: “Fangtooth” only with GNU/Linux base FreeBSD fans ral...
May 22, 2025•31 min
It’s the wheel of misfortune! Roughly 50 (mostly) Linux-related things are on the wheel, we take turns spinning it, and we all have to say at least some positive things about the thing we land on. (It makes sense once we start). Porkbun.com Go to https://porkbun.com/LNL25 to get $1 off your next desired domain name at Porkbun! Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try ...
May 19, 2025•33 min
It’s another hot questions episode. Tabs vs spaces, whether we have imposter syndrome, why software keeps getting heavier, the correct length of functions and files, and what every programmer should know. Some things we mentioned: Interesting Characters (UTF-16, utf-8, Unicode, encodings) Software Design is Knowledge Building The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses!) Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes some...
May 18, 2025•21 min
Sean tells us about bootable containers and asks for our opinions on how he plans to use them with Kubernetes. He mentions Talos Linux . Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24.99 with your purchase, go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud” , available for the first 30 standard package purchases only. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscri...
May 16, 2025•25 min
The basic computer science problems that still remain unsolvable, why you shouldn’t trust AI to tune ZFS (or answer any admin questions), and setting up a check-in system for a group of friends. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Discussion Why You Can’t Trust AI to Tune ZFS Free consulting We were asked about setting up a check-in system for a group of friends. See our contact page for ways to get in touch....
May 15, 2025•34 min
Our least favourite fandoms, frivolous things we’d buy, favourite childhood TV shows and movies, and house cleaning hacks. With Amolith, Kevin, and Andy from Linux Dev Time . Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.
May 14, 2025•19 min
In this episode: Mark has been prototyping Bookshelf Buddy devices with Raspberry Pi. See the demo here . Alan has been using bots, to build bots, that pretend not to be bots. Martin fell down a rabbit hole filled with keyswitches and keycaps. 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 Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late...
May 13, 2025•35 min
The US government is trying to break up Google which sounds like a great idea, but it is potentially catastrophic news for Mozilla and Firefox. Alex from Open Web Advocacy tells us all about it. But first we talk about blocking ads on the web with Pi-hole , uBlock Origin , and AdGuard public DNS . Tailscale This episode is sponsored by Tailscale. It’s an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and tr...
May 12, 2025•36 min
What Linux and FOSS technology should Joe learn next? Is it a case of waiting for a problem to present itself before even trying? 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 ....
May 09, 2025•21 min
Old passwords work for Windows RDP, Broadcom shows why perpetual software licenses aren’t really forever, Windows Server is getting hotpatching, and preventing changes to archived files. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Owning the Stack: Infrastructure Independence with FreeBSD and ZFS News/discussion Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that Broadcom sends cease-and-desist letters to subscription-less VMware us...
May 08, 2025•30 min
Wikipedia is attacked by Trump lackeys, Bluesky folds under pressure from the Turkish government, Linux YouTube is terrible as usual, Microsoft wants you to use the “proper” VS Code, Intel AI chips aren’t selling well, yet another open source project has to deal with crawlers, TrueNAS goes Linux-only, and more. News Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia Bluesky restricts access to 72 accounts in Turkey amid government pressure Windows isn’t an OS, it’s a bad habit bordering on addiction Microsoft s...
May 05, 2025•35 min
Andy is convinced that functional programming isn’t boring. Listen to find out if he’s right! Functional Programming & Haskell Beautiful Racket Functional Programming & Haskell – Computerphile 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...
May 04, 2025•26 min
Aaron and Shane both recently had a bad experience when buying hard drives, the hardware we picked for our homelabs, why gigabit LANs aren’t quite cutting it anymore, an update on Shane’s janky Kubernetes setup, and more. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24.99 with your purchase, go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “ hybridcloud “, available for the first 30 standard package purchases only. S...
May 02, 2025•29 min
Crosswalks were comically vulnerable to being hacked, even Google struggles with tiered SSD and HDD storage, some insight into how AI scrapers are using domestic IPs, and creating a ZFS mirror one disk at a time. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Inside FreeBSD Netgraph: Behind the Curtain of Advanced Networking News/discussion Hacking US crosswalks to talk like Zuck is as easy as 1234 Even Google struggles to balance fast-but-pricey flash and ...
May 01, 2025•30 min
In this episode: Martin switches from traditional mice to trackball and gets a bit carried away with customising them L-Trac Trackball L-Trac Trackball Kensingston SlimBlade Pro Trackball input-remapper : An easy to use tool to change the behaviour of your input devices. Alan refines his contribution workflow to Savannah and brings it bang up to date. Mark self-hosts an ONLYOFFICE integrated with Nextcloud . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like ...
Apr 29, 2025•39 min
Cheap handheld retro gaming, F1 stats in the terminal, running binaries as if they were Python functions, websites that look like TUIs, basic graphics manipulation, strange old audio archives, and more. Discoveries POWKIDDY X55 ROCKNIX undercut-f1 WebTUI Astro Docs Pinta 3.0 python-sh Attention K-Mart Shoppers Techmoan r/LiminalSpace The Conet Project You are listening to Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex in...
Apr 28, 2025•23 min
What do we wish had happened in the Linux and open source world? Successful mobile Linux, convergence, Snaps winning, and Amigas still being around. 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 ....
Apr 25, 2025•24 min
Some Synology NAS products will require drives they sold you, doubt is cast on the CVE program, why some FreeBSD packages didn’t appear when they should have, and backing up the keys for encrypted backups. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Robust & Reliable Backup Solutions with OpenZFS News Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives CVE program gets last-minute funding from CISA – and maybe a new home CV...
Apr 24, 2025•31 min
Linus Torvalds’ other big project is 20 years old, new Ubuntu and Fedora releases, the downsides of permissive licences, a quick KDE Korner, and more. News Git turns 20: A Q&A with Linus Torvalds Fedora 42 Released As A Fantastic Update To This Leading-Edge Linux Distribution – Phoronix The answer is 42! Fedora Linux 42, that is Ubuntu 25.04 Release Now Available for Download Canonical Releases Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin What’s new in APT 3.0 Getting Forked by Microsoft The Day AppGet Died K...
Apr 22, 2025•24 min
We’ve done hot takes episodes in the past but this is different, it’s hot questions . Would we rather have bad managers who can code or good managers who can’t? Too many comments or none? 80 columns or as long as you like? What editor do we use and why? Vim for Fun or PeerTube version 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...
Apr 20, 2025•22 min
With increasing numbers of organisations starting to seriously think about moving away from US-owned providers, we dig into the technical challenges of major cloud migrations. 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 ....
Apr 18, 2025•28 min
IPv4 addresses are worth an awful lot of money, the serious dangers of a seemingly sensible deepfake law, Microsoft is 50 years old, and our thoughts on antivirus on Linux and Windows. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Accurate and Effective Storage Benchmarking News Your IPv4 stash can now be collateral for $100M loans Congress close to passing deepfake law—Trump said he wants to use it himself Microsoft is now 50 years old Free consulting We ...
Apr 17, 2025•33 min
In this episode: Alan gives a talk about Luddites at Monki Gras 2025 Mark continues developing and names “Bookshelf Buddy”, a self-hosted replacement for the Yoto or Tonie audiobook players. Martin keeps an eye on his resources with Resources 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 Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late ...
Apr 15, 2025•30 min
Two very different approaches to setting up security cameras, an IDE-like experience for text adventure games, a glimpse of convergence on Pixel phones, a new LTS of the flight sim FlightGear, and more. Discoveries Frigate Coral TPUs daylight RPi Improved Pan Tilt Module The Visible Zorker Flightgear new LTS Bagels – TUI Expense Tracker Pixel 9 desktop mode pinchflat fixing locale KIOT Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks acr...
Apr 14, 2025•31 min
Two years after we talked about the lowest-end hardware we’d be willing to daily drive, the Web has bogged machines down to the point where our thresholds have gone up significantly. We channel our inner Linux Luddites, but don’t really come up with any solutions. 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 ....
Apr 11, 2025•25 min
Jim’s server is getting hammered by AI scrapers and he’s big mad about it, why RCS doesn’t work on Android without Google apps, a complex Google account issue, and how Jim and Allan handle their WireGuard configs. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Network Offload and Socket Splicing (SO_SPLICE) in FreeBSD News Jim hit by AI scrapers Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries AI bots strain Wikimedia as...
Apr 10, 2025•34 min
Our weirdest collections, food we’ve eaten as a dare, and the nicest thing someone has done for us. With Félim from Late Night Linux , Gary from Linux After Dark , Andy from Linux Dev Time , and popey from Linux Matters . Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago....
Apr 09, 2025•20 min
