What would we do to make the Internet and the Web better? Various hosts from the Late Night Linux Family shows offer their answers. With guest hosts Gary and Chris from Linux After Dark, Allan from 2.5 Admins, and Kevin and Amolith from Linux Dev Time. Support us on Patreon and get an... Read More
The child’s toy that Chris hacked makes us remember the various other proprietary hardware and software that we’ve taken control of using free and open source software. Plus our mixed feelings about doing an accessibility challenge. Lunii See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.
What you need to know about the recent SSH vulnerability, yet another privacy issue with cloud-connected security cameras, why it’s difficult to get to the bottom of an obscure ZFS encryption bug, and more. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News SSH protects the... Read More
It’s our 2023 year in review episode. There’s some good news about gaming and space, enshittification aplenty, a lot of love for the fediverse, and some tough love for Mozilla. Linux Downtime is now Linux Dev Time! Subscribe to the Late Night Linux Family All Episodes Feed Will’s post that made it to Hacker... Read More
Linux Downtime is now Linux Dev Time! In this first episode we talk about “sharpening our tools” – changing your dev tools, trying out new languages, using existing code vs writing something new, how to get over creative blocks, and more. How Often Should We Sharpen Our Tools? See our contact... Read More
Google Drive client users lost months of files, a feature of UEFI that has left millions of computers potentially vulnerable to persistent malware, and why you probably shouldn’t buy cheap resold volume Windows licenses. Plugs Support us on patreon to get ad-free episodes that are sometimes a day or so early. News/discussion Google... Read More
In this episode: Alan stumbles upon Ubuntu Core Desktop Preview and gives it a shake on a SteamDeck. Mark further continues his adventures in the Fediverse, by developing AWS Lambdas on his desktop. Martin creates an Open-Source Apple AirDrop-alike for sending files around the aether with LocalSend You can send your feedback... Read More
Google’s war on ad-blockers is potentially really good news for Firefox, and so are mobile extensions. Plus another quick terminal tip, a VM advent calendar, extreme synth geekery, your feedback on backing up photos, a plea to stop telling us about syncthing, and more. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed... Read More
When the Raspberry Pi 5 was announced, we all said that most people would probably be better off repurposing an x86 thin client so we bought some dirt cheap new in box Dell Wyse 5070 machines to see if we were right. Spoiler: we were. Dalton’s post about trying to break Synology RAID Parky Towers... Read More
Jim and Allan break down the details of the recent ZFS data corruption bug, and give their tips for managing a fleet of 40+ servers. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News Two new versions of OpenZFS fix long-hidden corruption bug Free Consulting... Read More
The best ever version of Windows, movies that haunted us, distributed computing, and whether we do any exercise ever. With Chris, Dalton, and Gary from Linux After Dark. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.
Our first impressions of two new hot bits of hardware – the Steam Deck OLED, and the Raspberry Pi 5. Plus great news for self-hosted webmail, a call to support open source AI/ML image processing, and a mini KDE Korner. News Open source email pioneer Roundcube joins the Nextcloud family Vulns expose ownCloud admin... Read More
Kevin joins us to talk about the hype that surrounds some programming languages like Rust and Python, how some languages like Java went out of fashion, and why the likes of PHP never saw much hype at all. With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins. Kevin’s Twitter Kevin’s Mastodon Clap ... Read More
Why a small island nation’s top level domain ended up with such a terrible reputation, an ssh vulnerability that’s not as scary as it sounds, whether software can be “finished”, and using powerline or WiFi for security cameras. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes... Read More
In this episode: B is for Bottom in Martin’s A-Z of Modern Unix. Alan takes Asahi Linux for a test drive on an M1 Macbook using Ubuntu Asahi. Mark continues his adventures integrating his static blog with the Fediverse. We also mentioned owncast for self-hosting live streams, which also has deep Fediverse integration. ... Read More
An improvement to apt, a quick terminal tip, reverse-engineering Bluetooth devices with Android, an M1 Macbook Asahi update, a self-hosted way to bypass paywalls, making native apps out of web pages, bridging Zigbee devices to MQTT, a terrible way to back up photos and videos from a phone, Félim learns about HDMI standards, and more.... Read More
Our memories of early positive experiences show us how communities have changed over the years, and the best ways to keep the experience positive these days. Late Night Linux Family communities Practical ZFS Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact... Read More
Why and how Allan installed a set of new Power over Ethernet wireless access points, and our hardware recommendations for a media server and NAS in one. Allan’s new WiFi setup Access points Controller Free Consulting We were asked for hardware recommendations for a media server and NAS in one. ... Read More
A new version of the Steam Deck looks to be a nice improvement, Amazon’s new Linux-based OS is probably bad news for Fire TV hackers, great news for GNOME, Signal tells us how expensive it is to run its service, GitHub goes all in on Copilot, our speculation about the OpenAI drama, and a mini... Read More
There’s a meme that software developers should be forced to use low end hardware to experience what it’s like to be a real user. So what hardware should devs actually use to test their software? How does this differ for GUI and CLI applications? With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins. HelloFresh... Read More
A Cloudflare outage shines a light on sloppy data center practices, and why you shouldn’t run a mail server at home. Plus followup on the Android multi-user bug, package managers on Windows, and Toshiba hard drives. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion Cloudflare... Read More
In this episode: Mark is publishing blog posts to the Fediverse with help from Seb Jambor’s ActivityPub.academy and Paul Kinlan’s blog. Martin is writing Rust code without knowing Rust. Alan is Resurrecting a NextCloud Box and using it for something new. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If... Read More
Using open source software to get paid for using electricity, automatically formatting your terrible Python code, speeding up Zsh, a couple of ways to get notifications, M1 Macbook Air problems, an epic ThinkPad collection, and more. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Discoveries Control your... Read More...
Half of us constantly change our hardware and software setups, and the other half like to keep things as constant as possible. Are we changing things to avoid personal technical debt, or are we just bored? Plus more on locking down phones. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early... Read More
Okta seems to not be taking its security seriously enough, crashing iPhones is far easier than it should be, Jim’s report from the Ubuntu Summit, and what to do when you find a company’s sensitive data on the Internet. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes... Read More
We imagine a scenario where we aren’t allowed to use Linux, try to decide what we’d use instead, and realise how much we actually appreciate it. Plus mixed news in the RISC-V world, a glimmer of hope for desktop Linux on Arm, YouTube’s adblock tracking might be against the GDPR, and a micro KDE Korner.... Read More
We are joined by Roger Light to discuss what it’s like to work for a company that uses the open core model — maintaining an open source project and offering additional paid for proprietary features. With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins. Mosquitto Cedalo Factor Factor’s fresh, never frozen, meals are... Read More
The large water consumption of AI and data centers in general, China’s big push towards IPv6, why we don’t talk about Toshiba hard drives very often, and the implications of poor Bluetooth security on an e-bike. Plugs Support us on patreon Unlocking Infrastructure Sovereignty: Harnessing the Power of Open Source Solutions for Business Flexibility... Read More
Our spookiest experiences, singing in public, traveling with a single bag, the languages we’ve tried to learn, and the things we’ve crafted. With Graham from Late Night Linux and Jim from 2.5 Admins. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago. Joe’s purple shelves Joe’s purple 1×10″ cab
In this episode: Alan upgrades the network in a rented student house with TP-Link Deco Mark details the gaming journey of a tiny-handed toddler from button mashing to throwing rocks Martin is building a solid-state NAS with NixOS You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If you’d like... Read More
