It looks like the storage companies aren’t betting on the AI bubble lasting much longer, the arguments against self-hosting, and setting up a server for virtualization and containers. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Performance Tuning in the Real World: ARC, L2ARC, and SLOG Discussion Expect HDD, SSD shortages as AI rewrites the rules of storage hierarchy — multiple companies announce price hikes, too The Future is NOT Self-Hosted Free co...
Oct 23, 2025•28 min
An AWS outage takes down a lot more sites and services than it should have, the new Ubuntu release has some surprisingly bad bugs, the Xubuntu website is compromised, Discord proves that uploading IDs is a bad idea, and Framework disappoints by sponsoring the baddies. News Major AWS outage across US-East region breaks half the internet Ubuntu 25.10 lands: Rustier and Wayland-ier, but Flatpak is broken WireGuard bug Xubuntu website got hacked and is serving malware (trojan) Confirmation from Sean...
Oct 20, 2025•22 min
With constant news stories about security issues with developer-published software in package managers like npm, we weigh up the pros and cons of this approach to distributing open source software. 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...
Oct 19, 2025•26 min
Some examples of the technical debt we’ve seen in the cloud world, how to pay it back, avoiding it in the first place, and why a certain amount of tech debt is inevitable. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Oct 17, 2025•30 min
Windows 10 is officially end of life but Microsoft extends free updates for Windows 10 in Europe, it gets even harder to use a local account in Windows 11, and whether repurposing old server hardware is worth it. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes What the Future Brings – ZFS Features, Roadmap, and Innovations News/discussion Major backtrack as Microsoft makes Windows 10 extended security updates FREE for an extra year — but only in certain mark...
Oct 16, 2025•25 min
In this episode: Martin has been using a fancy and colourful alternative to apt called nala . Mark has been debugging his car charger. Alan swapped from Plex to Jellyfin . 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 supp...
Oct 14, 2025•25 min
The Google Photos clone Immich finally has a stable release and Joe is impressed with it, we hope an open source printer crowdfunder works out, Amazon launches a Linux-based OS to replace Android on its streaming devices, Graham gives us an update on his Home Assistant hardware, and more. News/discussion v2.0.0 – Stable Release of Immich #22546 This open-source printer you can repair yourself is powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero W Amazon launches Vega OS, its Android replacement for Fire TV with no...
Oct 13, 2025•27 min
Florian Beijers joins us again to give us an update on the state of accessibility in Linux and whether things have improved since we last spoke . Florian’s YouTube Channel Techy Twitch streams Accessible gaming Twitch streams fireborn’s blog posts about accessibility in Linux 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 ....
Oct 10, 2025•26 min
A Red Hat breach leads to a leak of lots of sensitive customer data, Synology backs down on allowing third-party drives but they are removing features, and managing ZFS properties during replication. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Optimizing ZFS for High-Throughput Storage Workloads News Red Hat fesses up to GitLab breach after attackers brag of data theft Red Hat breach escalates as Crimson Collective recruits help International Cyber Diges...
Oct 09, 2025•23 min
Our desert island disks, retirement plans, and the worst gifts people have brought back from holiday for us. With Gary from Linux After Dark , Félim from Late Night Linux , and Martin, Mark and Alan from Linux Matters . Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago....
Oct 08, 2025•17 min
The most expensive Raspberry Pi ever might appeal to kids and a new OS version looks somewhat more modern, AI does something Félim can’t complain about, F-Droid might be doomed, ChromeOS is probably being replaced by Android, the UK government wants to implement a disastrous digital ID scheme, and more. News Raspberry Pi 500+ on sale now at $200 $5–$10 price increases for some 4GB and 8GB products Trixie — the new version of Raspberry Pi OS AI helped curl F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registrat...
Oct 07, 2025•32 min
What makes a good commit, the tools we use to help us produce good commits, and why we care about this. 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...
Oct 05, 2025•25 min
How we got started in our tech careers, how and why we moved into the cloud, and why the cloud often makes more sense than on-prem. Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”, available for the first 30 purchases only. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Oct 03, 2025•30 min
The weird errors you see when your root partition is full, TikTok uses a lot of bandwidth by preloading videos, and dealing with a ZFS pool that won’t import. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS: Security, Encryption, and Delegation News/discussion Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installation TikTok video pre-loads cause ‘massive data wastage’ Free consulting We were asked about dealing with a ZFS pool tha...
Oct 02, 2025•26 min
In this episode: Alan has been manifesting Snaps . Martin has snapped and switched from MacOS to Linux with a Framework . Mark used Immich to find family favourite fotos. 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 suppo...
Sep 30, 2025•29 min
The entrenched Linux or tech habits, workflows, and ideas we think we’ll move away from in the next few years and how we see ourselves doing it. 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 Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan. Support us on patreon and get...
Sep 29, 2025•25 min
We cover some of your emails, questions, and comments. A challenge suggestion of not using a package manager, donating old hardware, why we don’t use custom ROMs on our phones, whether low end laptops with soldered eMMC storage are worth buying (they aren’t), and tips for using Home Assistant with Apple gear and Jellyfin on Android. The terrible laptop we mentioned 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. Subsc...
Sep 26, 2025•24 min
Intel and Nvidia are teaming up for multiple reasons, Open AI are planning to build data centers and use a ludicrous amount of power, LLM hallucinations aren’t going away, and how long we keep servers and hard drives in production. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Troubleshooting ZFS – Common Issues and How to Fix Them News Nvidia, Intel to co-develop “multiple generations” of chips as part of $5 billion deal Nvidia and Intel’s $5 billion deal...
Sep 25, 2025•31 min
Drama in KDE land, more worries about Android source code, Ubuntu’s transition away from GNU coreutils hits a slight speed bump, Mastodon adds a serious potential revenue stream, and a glimpse of a Blade Runner style dystopian tech future. With guest hosts Andy from Linux Dev Time , and Chris from Linux After Dark . News OggCamp 2026 OggCamp tickets OggCamp CfP Adios Chicos, 25 Years of KDE A few corrections about the transition from Blue Systems to Techpaladin The move from Blue Systems to Tech...
Sep 23, 2025•27 min
Some of the alternatives to GitHub that we use, why we use them, and how they differ in terms of features and workflows. 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 21, 2025•23 min
SMTP relays and observability, why we didn’t recommend Podman over Docker to a newcomer, and Gary gives us an update on his homelab. Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”, available for the first 30 purchases only. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed ....
Sep 19, 2025•28 min
Joe set up a FreeBSD box to serve as a replication target and it was surprisingly straightforward, if rather different from Linux. Plus the lies that storage tells us. Plug 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....
Sep 18, 2025•28 min
In this episode: Mark has been retro gaming with an Evercade . Martin replaced the official Dropbox client with Maestral . Alan created an MCP server for Grype . 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 us ...
Sep 16, 2025•31 min
Cloning disks (again), Félim’s new colour e-reader, 3 ways to make a QR code, improving your typing with a TUI and a game, a quick KDE Korner, and more. Discoveries Clonezilla Kobo Clara Colour Just a QR Code mini-qr libqrencode Nallely-midi pico-rv32ima typr Epistory KDE Korner 2024 KDE e.V. Report We’ve formally sent a proposal to the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. leadership for a unified Linux App Summit (LAS) that would merge GUADEC, Akademy, and the current LAS into a single event Announcin...
Sep 15, 2025•29 min
Summer is officially over. As the nights draw in it’s time to hunker down and work on our technical debt. We all have Linuxy projects that we are planning, so we commit to doing them by Christmas – when we will record a follow-up episode. Docker Compose, Immich, Jellyfin, learning Python, moving away from Synology, Home Assistant, and more. 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 12, 2025•23 min
Matrix shows how painful enormous databases can be to restore, why the certificate authority system doesn’t seem to make sense in 2025, a hosting provider thinks they are better than Cloudflare at blocking malicious traffic, a viral app turns out to be written by an enthusiastic dev who doesn’t understand best practices, and using S3 object storage outside of the cloud. With guest host Gary from Linux After Dark and Hybrid Cloud Show . Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with ...
Sep 11, 2025•30 min
Historic musical performances that we’d go back and watch, and our scariest travel experiences. With Martin, Mark and Alan from Linux Matters . Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.
Sep 10, 2025•17 min
Android becomes more like iOS, another key dev leaves the Asahi Linux project, Mozilla will probably keep their Google search deal, we troll Félim with some AI bollocks, GNOME can’t keep an executive director, Microsoft releases the source for an ancient BASIC implementation, friend of the show Connor is snubbed by an Irish newspaper, a brief review of a classic Bond movie, and more. News A new layer of security for certified Android devices With Apple M1/M2 Graphics Driver Code Working, Alyssa ...
Sep 09, 2025•32 min
A lot of key open source software is paid for by large companies. That has some advantages, but it can also cause some issues. Maybe it would be better if more FOSS development was paid for by smaller companies and contributions from users. 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 07, 2025•25 min
The first steps to move away from a “pets” mindset and towards automation and infrastructure as code, why we use a lot of abstraction at home, and how to use your homelab to improve your employment prospects. With guest host Joe Ressington from Late Night Linux . Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”, available for the first 30 purchases only. Support...
Sep 05, 2025•28 min
