We celebrate Slackware’s 30th birthday by trying it out and basking in its classic glory. Plus the BBC joins Mastodon, Google has dystopian plans for the web, the LXD drama rumbles on, and KDE takes a leaf out of GNOME’s book.   News Slackware turns 30 The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media LXD Maintainership Being Limited To Canonical Employees Web-Environment-Integrity Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web Google’s browser security plan slammed as dangerous, terrible, DRM for websites Some Of The Features You Will Find Removed With KDE Plasma 6         HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off and free shipping at hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50 using the promo code latenightlinux50.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

We celebrate Slackware’s 30th birthday by trying it out and basking in its classic glory. Plus the BBC joins Mastodon, Google has dystopian plans for the web, the LXD drama rumbles on, and KDE takes a leaf out of GNOME’s book. News <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/20/slackware_turns_30/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slackware turns 30</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXD-Maintainership-Canonical" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LXD Maintainership Being Limited To Canonical Employees</a> <a href="https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Web-Environment-Integrity</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/27/google_web_environment_integrity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google’s browser security plan slammed as dangerous, terrible, DRM for websites</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6-Removals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Some Of The Features You Will Find Removed With KDE Plasma 6</a> HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off and free shipping at <a href="https://hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50</a> using the promo code latenightlinux50. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 240

A simple GUI for browsing SQLite databases, a terminal IRC client, some great Python resources, a clone of Task Manager for Linux, decoding data from random satellites, and a slick Mastodon client.   Discoveries  SQLite Browser WeeChat 4 David Beazley’s Python Courses Dive Into Systems Mission Center SatDump Decoding BW-3 Scott Tilley on Twitter Ebou Ebou GitHub         Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/latenightlinux   HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off and free shipping at hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50 using the promo code latenightlinux50.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

A simple GUI for browsing SQLite databases, a terminal IRC client, some great Python resources, a clone of Task Manager for Linux, decoding data from random satellites, and a slick Mastodon client. Discoveries <a href="https://sqlitebrowser.org/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SQLite Browser</a> <a href="https://weechat.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeeChat 4</a> <a href="https://github.com/dabeaz-course" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Beazley’s Python Courses</a> <a href="https://diveintosystems.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dive Into Systems</a> <a href="https://gitlab.com/mission-center-devs/mission-center/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mission Center</a> <a href="https://www.satdump.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SatDump</a> <a href="https://www.satdump.org/posts/decoding-bluewalker3-downlink/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Decoding BW-3</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/coastal8049" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Tilley on Twitter</a> <a href="https://terhech.de/ebou/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ebou</a> <a href="https://github.com/terhechte/Ebou" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ebou GitHub</a> Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at <a href="https://kolide.com/latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kolide.com/latenightlinux</a> HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off and free shipping at <a href="https://hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50</a> using the promo code latenightlinux50. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 239

Canonical takes control of LXD and it’s a little bit messy, Fedora might implement opt-out telemetry, and Félim sneaks in a mini KDE Korner. Plus more fallout from the RHEL source code restriction drama including surprising moves from SUSE and Oracle, and a sensible submissive solution from Alma.   News Monica Madon’s Mastodon and LinkedIn Ubuntu Maker Canonical Pulls In Control Of LXD Time to move on Christian Brauner on Mastodon Fedora Workstation 40 Considering To Implement Privacy-Preserving Telemetry Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL with a $10+ Million Investment SUSE announces its own RHEL-compatible distro… again The Future of AlmaLinux is Bright2022 KDE e.V. Report &amp; Akademy is on right now! Raw videos are available           Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Canonical takes control of LXD and it’s a little bit messy, Fedora might implement opt-out telemetry, and Félim sneaks in a mini KDE Korner. Plus more fallout from the RHEL source code restriction drama including surprising moves from SUSE and Oracle, and a sensible submissive solution from Alma. News Monica Madon’s <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@communiteatime" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mastodon</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-ayhens-madon-42a63626/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Canonical-Pulls-In-LXD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu Maker Canonical Pulls In Control Of LXD</a> <a href="https://stgraber.org/2023/07/10/time-to-move-on/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Time to move on</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@brauner/110662027976694999" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christian Brauner on Mastodon</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-40-Considers-Telemetry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fedora Workstation 40 Considering To Implement Privacy-Preserving Telemetry</a> <a href="https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/keep-linux-open-and-free-2023-07-10/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To</a> <a href="https://www.suse.com/news/SUSE-Preserves-Choice-in-Enterprise-Linux/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL with a $10+ Million Investment</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/12/suse_announces_rhel_fork/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUSE announces its own RHEL-compatible distro… again</a> <a href="https://almalinux.org/blog/future-of-almalinux/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Future of AlmaLinux is Bright</a><a href="https://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-2022/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2022 KDE e.V. Report</a> &amp; <a href="https://akademy.kde.org/2023/program/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Akademy is on right now!</a> Raw videos are <a href="https://tube.kockatoo.org/c/akademy/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">available</a> Entroware This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 238

Will finds a domain registrar with a terrible name, Graham baffles us with 3D graphics, Félim discovers hidden python tools, and Joe does some maths to reveal how many Linux users there are on Steam. Plus bulletin boards, free hot water, music from /dev/urandom, and more.   Discoveries Python tools hidden in the Std Lib Blender 3.6 LTS Accurate dinosaurs edited with blender Qodem Telnet BBS Guide Zimodem 2.5M Steam users on Linux? ESP Home iBoost linuxwave         Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/latenightlinux   Factor Factor’s fresh, never frozen, meals are ready in just 2 minutes, so all you have to do is heat them up and enjoy. Go to factormeals.com/latenightlinux50 and use code latenightlinux50 to get 50% off.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Will finds a domain registrar with a terrible name, Graham baffles us with 3D graphics, Félim discovers hidden python tools, and Joe does some maths to reveal how many Linux users there are on Steam. Plus bulletin boards, free hot water, music from /dev/urandom, and more. Discoveries <a href="https://til.simonwillison.net/python/stdlib-cli-tools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Python tools hidden in the Std Lib</a> <a href="https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-6/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blender 3.6 LTS</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_zA-hLMO4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Accurate dinosaurs edited with blender</a> <a href="https://qodem.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Qodem</a> <a href="https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Telnet BBS Guide</a> <a href="https://github.com/bozimmerman/Zimodem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zimodem</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-June-2023-Statistics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2.5M Steam users on Linux?</a> <a href="https://github.com/JNSwanson/ESP-Home-iBoost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ESP Home iBoost</a> <a href="https://github.com/orhun/linuxwave" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linuxwave</a> Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at <a href="https://kolide.com/latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kolide.com/latenightlinux</a> Factor Factor’s fresh, never frozen, meals are ready in just 2 minutes, so all you have to do is heat them up and enjoy. Go to <a href="https://factormeals.com/latenightlinux50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">factormeals.com/latenightlinux50</a> and use code latenightlinux50 to get 50% off. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 237

There’s only one news story this week, and it’s a big one. Red Hat dropped a bombshell on the RHEL rebuild communities by announcing that they will restrict source code releases to paying customers only.   Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes Keeping Open Source Open Red Hat’s new source code policy and the intense pushback, explained       HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off and free shipping at hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50 using the promo code latenightlinux50.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

There’s only one news story this week, and it’s a big one. Red Hat dropped a bombshell on the RHEL rebuild communities by announcing that they will restrict source code releases to paying customers only. <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source-response-gitcentosorg-changes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes</a> <a href="https://rockylinux.org/news/keeping-open-source-open/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keeping Open Source Open</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/red-hats-new-source-code-policy-and-the-intense-pushback-explained/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Hat’s new source code policy and the intense pushback, explained</a> HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off and free shipping at <a href="https://hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50</a> using the promo code latenightlinux50. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 236

The pros and cons of working on open source software, streaming your Android screen to desktop Linux, a Hacker News alternative, stabilizing video, an ESP32-based open hardware watch, a ludicrously expensive router, quickly cropping and rotating videos, Joe and Félim troll each other, and more.   Discoveries  Scrcpy lobste.rs Watchy  Turris Omnia Footage chatGPT-shell-cli       TrueNAS from iXsystems To learn more about TrueNAS and download it for free, visit truenas.com/lnl   Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 100 devices.   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.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The pros and cons of working on open source software, streaming your Android screen to desktop Linux, a Hacker News alternative, stabilizing video, an ESP32-based open hardware watch, a ludicrously expensive router, quickly cropping and rotating videos, Joe and Félim troll each other, and more. Discoveries  <a href="https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scrcpy</a> <a href="https://lobste.rs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lobste.rs</a> <a href="https://watchy.sqfmi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watchy </a> <a href="https://www.turris.com/en/omnia/overview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turris Omnia</a> <a href="https://flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.adhami3310.Footage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Footage</a> <a href="https://github.com/0xacx/chatGPT-shell-cli" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">chatGPT-shell-cli</a> TrueNAS from iXsystems To learn more about TrueNAS and download it for free, visit <a href="http://truenas.com/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">truenas.com/lnl</a> Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to <a href="https://tailscale.com/?utm_source=latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tailscale.com</a> and try it for free on up to 100 devices. 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 <a href="https://linode.com/latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linode.com/latenightlinux</a> and get started with $100 credit. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 235

A victory against the dystopian nightmare of facial recognition, Reddit drama might be good news long term, Google kills yet another service so muckyjpegs.com needs a new home, great KDE news, and more.   News Victory! New Jersey Court Rules Police Must Give Defendant the Facial Recognition Algorithms Used to Identify Him Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail: May 2023 Progress Report What Reddit Got Wrong Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen Reddit CEO felt ‘reaffirmed’ by Musk’s handling of Twitter Google Domains is yet another useful service to get the axe in favor of “focus” Kdenlive news and fundraising report This week in KDE: major plumbing work in Plasma 6         HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep.  Get 16 free meals plus free shipping at hellofresh.com/latenightlinux16 using the promo code latenightlinux16.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at kolide.com/latenightlinux   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.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

A victory against the dystopian nightmare of facial recognition, Reddit drama might be good news long term, Google kills yet another service so <a href="http://muckyjpegs.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">muckyjpegs.com</a> needs a new home, great KDE news, and more. News <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/victory-new-jersey-court-rules-police-must-give-defendant-facial-recognition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Victory! New Jersey Court Rules Police Must Give Defendant the Facial Recognition Algorithms Used to Identify Him</a> <a href="https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/06/thunderbird-for-android-k-9-mail-may-2023-progress-report/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail: May 2023 Progress Report</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/what-reddit-got-wrong" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Reddit Got Wrong</a> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/16/23763538/reddit-blackout-api-protest-mod-replacement-threat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/19/reddit_ceo_musk_twitter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reddit CEO felt ‘reaffirmed’ by Musk’s handling of Twitter</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/google-is-winding-down-google-domains-by-selling-it-to-squarespace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Domains is yet another useful service to get the axe in favor of “focus”</a> <a href="https://kdenlive.org/en/2023/06/kdenlive-news-and-fundraising-report/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kdenlive news and fundraising report</a> <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2023/06/09/this-week-in-kde-major-plumbing-work-in-plasma-6/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This week in KDE: major plumbing work in Plasma 6</a> HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep.  Get 16 free meals plus free shipping at <a href="https://hellofresh.com/latenightlinux16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hellofresh.com/latenightlinux16</a> using the promo code latenightlinux16. Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at <a href="https://kolide.com/latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kolide.com/latenightlinux</a> 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 <a href="https://linode.com/latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linode.com/latenightlinux</a> and get started with $100 credit. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 234

A great way to access documentation offline, moving Windows installations to new disks without breaking them, streaming VR games from a PC, replacing Pocket with a proper open source solution, living with Google’s flagship phone for a few months, and more.   Discoveries Zeal Clonezilla Wallabag ALVR: Stream VR games from your PC to your headset via Wi-Fi       TrueNAS from iXsystems To learn more about TrueNAS and download it for free, visit truenas.com/lnl   Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 100 devices.   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.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

A great way to access documentation offline, moving Windows installations to new disks without breaking them, streaming VR games from a PC, replacing Pocket with a proper open source solution, living with Google’s flagship phone for a few months, and more. Discoveries <a href="https://zealdocs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zeal</a> <a href="https://clonezilla.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clonezilla</a> <a href="https://www.wallabag.it" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wallabag</a> <a href="https://github.com/alvr-org/ALVR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ALVR: Stream VR games from your PC to your headset via Wi-Fi</a> TrueNAS from iXsystems To learn more about TrueNAS and download it for free, visit <a href="http://truenas.com/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">truenas.com/lnl</a> Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to <a href="https://tailscale.com/?utm_source=latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tailscale.com</a> and try it for free on up to 100 devices. 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 <a href="https://linode.com/latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linode.com/latenightlinux</a> and get started with $100 credit. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 233

The future of containerised applications and immutable desktops looks more and more like the present, what looks like the Steam Deck moment for audio production, open source voice assistants suddenly seem possible, and more.   News Check out Ask The Hosts. Episode 1 is available on Patreon. Ubuntu Plans to Switch CUPS Printing Stack to Snap All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year Ubuntu Core as an immutable Linux Desktop base Red Hat To Stop Shipping LibreOffice In Future RHEL, Limiting Fedora LO Involvement Carl George’s take The distribution model is changing Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak Response to “Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak” Push – a standalone expressive instrument Willow could be the $50 hardware piece of the DIY voice assistant puzzle Mozilla apologizes for intrusive Firefox VPN ad popup Pocket’s new features make it even easier to discover and organize content Linux On Desktop In 2023           Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at kolide.com/latenightlinux   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.   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.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The future of containerised applications and immutable desktops looks more and more like the present, what looks like the Steam Deck moment for audio production, open source voice assistants suddenly seem possible, and more. News Check out <a href="https://askthehosts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ask The Hosts</a>. Episode 1 is available <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/83749311" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Patreon</a>. <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/cups-snap-ubuntu-23-10" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu Plans to Switch CUPS Printing Stack to Snap</a> <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/immutable-all-snap-ubuntu-desktop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year</a> <a href="https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-core-an-immutable-linux-desktop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu Core as an immutable Linux Desktop base</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-Less-LibreOffice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Hat To Stop Shipping LibreOffice In Future RHEL, Limiting Fedora LO Involvement</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@carlwgeorge/110481929312948510" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carl George’s take</a> <a href="https://www.ypsidanger.com/the-distribution-model-is-changing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The distribution model is changing</a> <a href="https://blog.brixit.nl/developers-are-lazy-thus-flatpak/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak</a> <a href="https://theevilskeleton.gitlab.io/2023/06/04/response-to-developers-are-lazy-thus-flatpak.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Response to “Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak”</a> <a href="https://www.ableton.com/en/push/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Push – a standalone expressive instrument</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/willow-is-a-faster-self-hosted-diy-voice-assistant-built-on-50-gadgets/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Willow could be the $50 hardware piece of the DIY voice assistant puzzle</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/26/mozilla_apologizes_for_intrusive_vpn_ad/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mozilla apologizes for intrusive Firefox VPN ad popup</a> <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/pockets-new-features-make-it-even-easier-to-discover-and-organize-content/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pocket’s new features make it even easier to discover and organize content</a> <a href="https://crepererum.net/linux-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linux On Desktop In 2023</a> Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at <a href="https://kolide.com/latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kolide.com/latenightlinux</a> Entroware This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. 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 <a href="https://linode.com/latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linode.com/latenightlinux</a> and get started with $100 credit. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 232

What we’re excited about in the Linux and FOSS world, what we’re worried about, and what we can do about it. From the upcoming Plasma release to getting more young people involved. Plus what a long-standing bug with Snaps shows us about the open source ecosystem.         Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 100 devices.   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.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

What we’re excited about in the Linux and FOSS world, what we’re worried about, and what we can do about it. From the upcoming Plasma release to getting more young people involved. Plus what a long-standing bug with Snaps shows us about the open source ecosystem. Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to <a href="https://tailscale.com/?utm_source=latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tailscale.com</a> and try it for free on up to 100 devices. 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 <a href="https://linode.com/latenightlinux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linode.com/latenightlinux</a> and get started with $100 credit. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feeds here</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 231

Late Night Linux is a podcast that takes a look at what’s happening with Linux and the wider tech industry. Every week, Joe, Félim, Graham and Will discuss the latest news and releases, and the broader issues and trends in the world of free and open source software. Expect drinking, swearing, strong opinions, and Félim being trolled about AI and the cloud.

Great conversations on linux, couldn&#39;t ask for more!

Great Podcast!

Great podcast. I listen to it after the pirate history podcast. They swear like sailors. Love it.

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Late Night Linux

Canonical looking to go public, Microsoft adding new distros to Windows, Raspberry Pi and Google Assistant, Android’s possible replacement, and proper convergence in action with Maru OS on LNL 11.   News Canonical starts IPO path; very interesting related article SUSE and Fedora being added to Windows 10 Raspberry Pi Foundation encourages kids to make their own Google Assistant in a box Google’s copyleft-free mobile OS Fuchsia starts to come together   Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.   Admin Thanks to everyone for supporting us with PayPal and Patreon etc. Linux Action News has launched   Maru OS We are joined by Preetam D’Souza to talk about his project Maru OS which combines an Android Open Source base with a containerised Debian desktop to create a truly useful convergent device.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.      RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

Canonical looking to go public, Microsoft adding new distros to Windows, Raspberry Pi and Google Assistant, Android’s possible replacement, and proper convergence in action with Maru OS on LNL 11. News <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-starts-ipo-path/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canonical starts IPO path</a>; <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/what-happened-at-canonical/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">very interesting related article</a> <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2017/05/11/ubuntu-arrives-in-the-windows-store-suse-and-fedora-are-coming-to-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUSE and Fedora being added to Windows 10</a> <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/google-aiy-voice-magpi-57/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi Foundation encourages kids to make their own Google Assistant in a box</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/googles-fuchsia-smartphone-os-dumps-linux-has-a-wild-new-ui/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google’s copyleft-free mobile OS Fuchsia starts to come together</a> Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. Admin Thanks to everyone for supporting us with PayPal and Patreon etc. <a href="https://linuxactionnews.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linux Action News</a> has launched Maru OS We are joined by <a href="https://preetamdsouza.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Preetam D’Souza</a> to talk about his project <a href="https://maruos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maru OS</a> which combines an Android Open Source base with a containerised Debian desktop to create a truly useful convergent device. See our <a href="//latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: You can subscribe to the <a href="//latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MP3 feed</a> or the <a href="//latenightlinux.com/feed/ogg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ogg feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 11

Yet more Ubuntu fallout including forks of their dead desktop and mobile platform, Libreboot wants to rejoin GNU, mobile Linux coming together, IoT standardisation and how to spread the word about FOSS on LNL 10.   News Wayland and GNOME to be default in Ubuntu 17.10 Yunit tries to avoid a mutiny as UBports looks to have avoided theirs Libreboot applies to rejoin GNU Halium aims to standardise mobile Linux development The open interop platform for the IoT edge; Cloudflare has their own IoT security solution   Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.   How to talk to normals about FOSS What’s the best way to introduce people to the idea of FOSS? Explain the practical benefits, go full on rms, or something in between?       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.      RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

Yet more Ubuntu fallout including forks of their dead desktop and mobile platform, Libreboot wants to rejoin GNU, mobile Linux coming together, IoT standardisation and how to spread the word about FOSS on LNL 10. News <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/ubuntu-will-run-wayland-default" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wayland</a> and <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/release-team/2017-April/msg00051.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GNOME</a> to be default in Ubuntu 17.10 <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Yunit/comments/67l2zt/a_new_leadership_plan/?st=j1zig2x3&amp;sh=e0112f21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yunit tries to avoid a mutiny</a> as UBports <a href="https://blog.ubports.com/2017/04/26/a-resolution-to-agree-on.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">looks to have</a> avoided <a href="http://telegra.ph/Dear-Marius-Gripsgard-04-23" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theirs</a> <a href="https://libreboot.org/news/formalised-structure.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Libreboot applies to rejoin GNU</a> <a href="http://halium.org/announcements/2017/04/24/halium-is-in-the-air.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Halium aims to standardise mobile Linux development</a> <a href="https://www.edgexfoundry.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The open interop platform for the IoT edge</a>; <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/orbit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloudflare has their own IoT security solution</a> Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. How to talk to normals about FOSS What’s the best way to introduce people to the idea of FOSS? Explain the practical benefits, go full on rms, or something in between? See our <a href="//latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: You can subscribe to the <a href="//latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MP3 feed</a> or the <a href="//latenightlinux.com/feed/ogg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ogg feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 10

Netflix on Linux, phishing with https, licensing, password managers, Android convergence, the inside story of Nextcloud scanning and more on LNL 07.   News Netflix now works in Firefox on Linux 14,766 Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates Issued to PayPal Phishing Sites Inside OpenSSL’s battle to change its license   Password managers Jesse tells us why he’s still using LastPass and asks what the rest of us use.   Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.   Android convergence With Android now more popular than Windows, how are the various efforts at desktop convergence coming along? Maru now available for the Nexus 7 Phoenix OS 2.0 alpha based on Android 7.1 Samsung has a go at convergence VMware and Citrix too   Admin There are now loads of ways that you can help out the podcast. See our support page for details. Following in Ikey’s illustrious footsteps, Joe was recently a guest on Destination Linux.   Nextcloud Interview After some of us slagged off Nexcloud on the last episode, Jos asked if he could come on the show and explain what really happened. Ikey and Joe were unconvinced to say the least.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.      RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

Netflix on Linux, phishing with https, licensing, password managers, Android convergence, the inside story of Nextcloud scanning and more on LNL 07. News <a href="http://techblog.netflix.com/2017/03/update-on-html5-video-for-netflix.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Netflix now works in Firefox on Linux</a> <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/14-766-lets-encrypt-ssl-certificates-issued-to-paypal-phishing-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">14,766 Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates Issued to PayPal Phishing Sites</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/24/openssl_asks_contributors_to_agree_to_apache_license/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside OpenSSL’s battle to change its license</a> Password managers Jesse tells us why he’s still using <a href="https://www.lastpass.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LastPass</a> and asks what the rest of us use. Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. Android convergence With <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/android-overtakes-windows-as-most-used-os" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android now more popular than Windows</a>, how are the various efforts at desktop convergence coming along? <a href="https://blog.maruos.com/2017/03/24/v0-4/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maru now available for the Nexus 7</a> <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/phoenix-os-v2-0-updates-to-android-7-1-supports-more-network-adapters-and-more/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phoenix OS 2.0 alpha based on Android 7.1</a> <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/29/samsung-dex-hands-on/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samsung has a go at convergence</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/29/vmware_samsung_galaxy_s8/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VMware and Citrix too</a> Admin There are now loads of ways that you can help out the podcast. See our <a href="//latenightlinux.com/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">support page</a> for details. Following in Ikey’s illustrious footsteps, Joe was recently a guest on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukd-D3ks2so" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Destination Linux</a>. Nextcloud Interview After some of us slagged off <a href="https://nextcloud.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nexcloud</a> on the last episode, <a href="https://nextcloud.com/user/?user=JosPoortvliet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jos</a> asked if he could come on the show and explain what really happened. Ikey and Joe were unconvinced to say the least. See our <a href="//latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: You can subscribe to the <a href="//latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MP3 feed</a> or the <a href="//latenightlinux.com/feed/ogg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ogg feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 07

Are you better off with the elasticity of public clouds like AWS, or should you avoid lock-in by running servers on premises? Guess what Félim thinks. Plus ZFS is in the news again, the Librem 5 is slowly getting there, another major company joins LVFS, and more.   News New FOSS Forge Librem 5 Update Purism announces PureOS Store Jezra has a dev kit and isn’t impressed postmarketOS post which mentions Librem 5 Phoenix joins LVFS KDE Frameworks Android Integration ZFS issues with the 5.0 kernel but there’s a workaround Amazon launches Mongo-compatible DocumentDB MongoDB removed from major distros   Cloud vs on prem Félim and Joe fight it out over whether to roll your own infrastructure or to just submit to AWS and the like.     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.     See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Are you better off with the elasticity of public clouds like AWS, or should you avoid lock-in by running servers on premises? Guess what Félim thinks. Plus ZFS is in the news again, the Librem 5 is slowly getting there, another major company joins LVFS, and more. News <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/775963/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New FOSS Forge</a> <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/end-of-year-librem-5-update/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Librem 5 Update</a> <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/purism-announces-pureos-store/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purism announces PureOS Store</a> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+Jezra/posts/GKWBhvVUPRT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jezra has a dev kit and isn’t impressed</a> <a href="https://postmarketos.org/blog/2019/01/16/600-days-of-postmarketOS/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">postmarketOS post which mentions Librem 5</a> <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2019/01/09/phoenix-joins-the-lvfs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phoenix joins LVFS</a> <a href="https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2019/01/12/kf5-android-notification-backend.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KDE Frameworks Android Integration</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=ZFS-On-Linux-5.0-Problem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ZFS issues with the 5.0 kernel</a> but there’s <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=ZFS-On-Linux-5.0-Workaround" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a workaround</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/10/amazon_documentdb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon launches Mongo-compatible DocumentDB</a> <a href="https://sdtimes.com/os/server-side-public-license-struggles-to-gain-open-source-support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MongoDB removed from major distros</a> Cloud vs on prem Félim and Joe fight it out over whether to roll your own infrastructure or to just submit to AWS and the like. Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. CDN77 This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://cdn77.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CDN77</a>. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 55

Ikey is back but with Jesse on holiday, it’s a three man show again. VR gaming on Linux, a new Raspberry Pi, Mozilla buying Pocket, Web DRM, Kodi piracy and loads more on LNL 05.   News SteamVR Is Coming to Linux and SteamOS Raspberry Pi Zero W RetroPie needs legal help; Terminix face a similar situation Shutting down Manjaro-Arm Mozilla acquires Pocket FSF unimpressed with Encrypted Media Extensions   Admin FOSS Talk Live 2017. 24th June at the Harrison in London. OggCamp 2017. 19th and 20th of August 2017 at Canterbury Christ Church University in Canterbury, Kent, UK.   Kodi What should Kodi do about its PR problem?       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.      RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

Ikey is back but with Jesse on holiday, it’s a three man show again. VR gaming on Linux, a new Raspberry Pi, Mozilla buying Pocket, Web DRM, Kodi piracy and loads more on LNL 05. News <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/steamvr-is-coming-to-linux-and-steamos-now-ready-for-public-beta-testing-513204.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SteamVR Is Coming to Linux and SteamOS</a> <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero-w-joins-family/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi Zero W</a> <a href="https://retropie.org.uk/2017/02/legal-help-needed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RetroPie needs legal help</a>; <a href="https://github.com/gnunn1/terminix/issues/815" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Terminix face a similar situation</a> <a href="http://manjaro-arm.org/forums/announcements-and-other-news/ltimportantgt-shutting-down-manjaro-arm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shutting down Manjaro-Arm</a> <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-pocket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mozilla acquires Pocket</a> <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org/blog/response_tim_bernerslees_defeatist_post_about_drm_web_standards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FSF unimpressed with Encrypted Media Extensions</a> Admin <a href="http://www.fosstalk.com/foss-talk-live-2017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FOSS Talk Live 2017</a>. 24th June at the Harrison in London. <a href="http://oggcamp.org/oggcamp-17-is-on/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OggCamp 2017.</a> 19th and 20th of August 2017 at Canterbury Christ Church University in Canterbury, Kent, UK. Kodi What should Kodi do about its <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/08/biggest_kodi_sweep_yet_snags_five_more_stick_shifters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PR problem</a>? See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: You can subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MP3 feed</a> or the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/ogg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ogg feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 05

With Ikey languishing in his sick bed, the rest of the team discussed even more Linux hardware, Munich probably switching back to Windows, Elementary’s potentially ill-fated crowdfunded app store, Félim’s new phone and loads more. Plus we learn more about OpenSUSE from its chairman Richard Brown on LNL 04.   News 7 inch Ubuntu Laptop Indiegogo  Munich takes decisive step towards returning to Windows Elementary OS are crowdfunding a pay what you want app store; They are writing it in Vala Gaming on Ubuntu 16.10 vs Windows 10   Félim’s new Oneplus 3T   Admin Shout out to Tuxedo Computers, a German Linux hardware company. Jesse tried to list the video editors we had recommended to us. FOSS Talk Live 2017 will happen on 24th June at the Harrison in Kings Cross, London. It will be a free evening of live Linux podcasts. We will hopefully have more details about it next time. For now, save the date.   Jam Jesse checked out a FOSS Command line Google Play Music client called Jam   OpenSUSE The OpenSUSE chairman Richard Brown tells us about some of the great features of the distro. He mentioned a couple of FOSDEM talks.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

With Ikey languishing in his sick bed, the rest of the team discussed even more Linux hardware, Munich probably switching back to Windows, Elementary’s potentially ill-fated crowdfunded app store, Félim’s new phone and loads more. Plus we learn more about OpenSUSE from its chairman Richard Brown on LNL 04. News <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-pocket-7-0-umpc-laptop-ubuntu-or-win-10-os-laptop--2#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7 inch Ubuntu Laptop Indiegogo </a> <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-champion-munich-takes-decisive-step-towards-returning-to-windows/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Munich takes decisive step towards returning to Windows</a> <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/appcenter-the-pay-what-you-want-app-store#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elementary OS are crowdfunding a pay what you want app store</a>; They are writing it in <a href="https://twitter.com/sil/status/830219854015823872" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vala</a> <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=pascal-win10-linux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gaming on Ubuntu 16.10 vs Windows 10</a> Félim’s new <a href="https://oneplus.net/3t" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oneplus 3T</a> Admin Shout out to <a href="https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuxedo Computers,</a> a German Linux hardware company. Jesse tried to list the video editors we had recommended to us. FOSS Talk Live 2017 will happen on 24th June at the Harrison in Kings Cross, London. It will be a free evening of live Linux podcasts. We will hopefully have more details about it next time. For now, save the date. Jam Jesse checked out a<a href="https://github.com/budkin/jam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> FOSS Command line Google Play Music client</a> called Jam OpenSUSE The <a href="https://www.opensuse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OpenSUSE</a> chairman <a href="https://rootco.de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Brown</a> tells us about some of the great features of the distro. He mentioned a <a href="https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/how_i_learned_to_stop_worrying_and_love_tumbleweed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">couple</a> of <a href="https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/dinosaurs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FOSDEM talks</a>. See our <a href="//latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: You can subscribe to the <a href="//latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MP3 feed</a> or the <a href="//latenightlinux.com/feed/ogg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ogg feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 04

Exciting Pine64 devices, no Pi 4 this year, good gaming and firmware news, and more.   News Pine64 to Launch $79 Linux Tablet, $199 PineBook Pro Laptop Pine64 forum announcement We won’t see a Raspberry Pi 4 in 2019 Steam For Linux Now Lets You Play Windows Games From Other Stores HP joins LVFS Blue Systems hires a QA manager      Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   Entroware This episode of is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Exciting Pine64 devices, no Pi 4 this year, good gaming and firmware news, and more. News <a href="https://uk.pcmag.com/news/119425/pine64-to-launch-79-linux-tablet-199-pinebook-pro-laptop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pine64 to Launch $79 Linux Tablet, $199 PineBook Pro Laptop</a> <a href="https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7093" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pine64 forum announcement</a> <a href="https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/raspberry-pi-4-everything-we-know,news-59876.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We won’t see a Raspberry Pi 4 in 2019</a> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/01/23/steam-for-linux-now-lets-you-play-windows-games-from-other-stores/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steam For Linux Now Lets You Play Windows Games From Other Stores</a> <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2019/02/01/please-welcome-hp-to-the-lvfs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HP joins LVFS</a> <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2019/01/26/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-55/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blue Systems hires a QA manager </a> Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. Entroware This episode of is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 56

Will tells us why he left his job as Director of Ubuntu Desktop, KDE Korner, and a mixed bag of news.   News The BBC has joined the dark web Startpage bought by an Ad Company Gitlab planned to introduce telemetry, then changed their minds GNOME fights patent troll Firefox 70 released   KDE Korner Akademy vids are out, Plasma Mobile catchups, KItinerary extractors again &amp; The cashew is no more   Will leaves Canonical Will tells us why he has left his job as Director of Ubuntu Desktop and where he’s going next.   Admin OggCamp panel recording     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Will tells us why he left his job as Director of Ubuntu Desktop, KDE Korner, and a mixed bag of news. News <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50150981" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The BBC has joined the dark web</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/di5rn3/startpage_is_now_owned_by_an_advertising_company/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startpage bought by an Ad Company</a> <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2019/10/10/update-free-software-and-telemetry/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gitlab planned to introduce telemetry, then changed their minds</a> <a href="https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/10/gnome-files-defense-against-patent-troll/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GNOME fights patent troll</a> <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/10/22/latest-firefox-brings-privacy-protections-front-and-center-letting-you-track-the-trackers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox 70 released</a> KDE Korner <a href="https://dot.kde.org/2019/10/14/akademy-2019-talks-videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Akademy vids are out</a>, <a href="https://www.plasma-mobile.org/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plasma Mobile catchups</a>, <a href="https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2019/10/26/kde-itinerary-custom-extractor-improvements.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KItinerary extractors again</a> &amp; <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2019/10/26/this-week-in-kde-goodbye-noble-cashew/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The cashew is no more</a> Will leaves Canonical Will tells us why he has left his job as Director of Ubuntu Desktop and where he’s going next. Admin <a href="https://extras.show/26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OggCamp panel recording</a> Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. CDN77 This episode is sponsored by<a href="https://cdn77.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CDN77</a>. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 75

It’s officially the future so we look back at our predictions from last year and make some new ones for 2020.         Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

It’s officially the future so we look back at our predictions from last year and make some new ones for 2020. Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. Entroware This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 80

Is it time to give up on the Linux desktop and concentrate on open source apps? Plus a conundrum for Félim, Raspberry Pi and GTK in the news, and KDE Korner. FOSS Talk Live 2020Tickets and info here NewsGTK website revamp attempting to stake QTPi4 Gets Server ReadyA birthday gift: 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 now only $35 Félim spots OpenOffice on YouTubeFélim grapples with whether to tell strangers to use LibreOffice. Open source apps vs desktopsShould we be concentrating more on open source applications like Krita and rather than obsessing over the desktop. We mentioned the AppCenter For Everyone crowdfunder again. KDE KornerHas Gmail/Google Auth Been Fixed – No (refers to this issue) but updates to PIM comingkTop SeekritkItinerary all the things   Digital OceanThis episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. EntrowareThis episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.    See our contact page for ways to get in touch.RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed

Is it time to give up on the Linux desktop and concentrate on open source apps? Plus a conundrum for Félim, Raspberry Pi and GTK in the news, and KDE Korner. FOSS Talk Live 2020<a href="https://fosstalk.com/foss-talk-live-2020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tickets and info here</a> News<a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/02/gtk-website-redesign" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GTK website revamp attempting to stake QT</a><a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/raspberry-pi-4-strides-towards-serverready-status-via-sbbr-compliant-uefi-firmware-effort-a6e390d5f019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pi4 Gets Server Ready</a><a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-price-raspberry-pi-4-2gb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A birthday gift: 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 now only $35</a> Félim spots OpenOffice on YouTubeFélim grapples with whether to tell strangers to use LibreOffice. Open source apps vs desktopsShould we be concentrating more on open source applications like Krita and rather than obsessing over the desktop. We mentioned the <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/appcenter-for-everyone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AppCenter For Everyone</a> crowdfunder again. KDE Korner<a href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=404990" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Has Gmail/Google Auth Been Fixed – No</a> (refers to this <a href="https://www.dvratil.cz/2019/08/kontact-google-integration-issue/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">issue</a>) but <a href="https://www.dvratil.cz/2020/02/january-and-february-in-kde-pim/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">updates to PIM coming</a><a href="https://dot.kde.org/2020/02/18/gpg4kde-gpg4win-approved-transmission-processing-national-classified-information" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kTop Seekrit</a><a href="https://blog.broulik.de/2020/02/plasma-browser-integration-itinerary-integration/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kItinerary all the things</a> Digital OceanThis episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. EntrowareThis episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch.RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>

Late Night Linux – Episode 84

What does a long-term Linux user think of macOS? We ask Will. Plus gaming, Google, the PInephone, and KDE in the news.   News Google Kills Cloud Print Google plans to offer bank accounts next year Steam’s Remote Play Together is out of beta Half-Life: Alyx Releasing In March 2020 With Linux Support PINEPHONE – “BraveHeart” Limited Edition Linux SmartPhone for early adopters   KDE Korner KDE Neon snapcraft extension KDE looking to hire an experienced project manager (PDF)     Admin Joe on Linux Lads   Two weeks with macOS Will’s new job means that he’s now using a Mac every day. How does macOS compare to Linux?       Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

What does a long-term Linux user think of macOS? We ask Will. Plus gaming, Google, the PInephone, and KDE in the news. News <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/chrome-os/chromebook/222542/google-quietly-kills-cloud-print" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Kills Cloud Print</a> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20962745/google-checking-account-citigroup-stanford-pay-banking-financial-services-cache" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google plans to offer bank accounts next year</a> Steam’s <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/remoteplay/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remote Play Together</a> is out of beta <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=Half-Life-Alyx-Released" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Half-Life: Alyx Releasing In March 2020 With Linux Support</a> <a href="https://store.pine64.org/?product=pinephone-braveheart-limited-edition-linux-smartphone-for-early-adaptor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PINEPHONE – “BraveHeart” Limited Edition Linux SmartPhone for early adopters</a> KDE Korner <a href="https://ubuntu.com/blog/snapcraft-secret-sauce-kde-neon-extension" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KDE Neon snapcraft extension</a> KDE looking to hire an <a href="https://ev.kde.org/resources/projectcoordinator-callforproposals.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">experienced project manager</a> (PDF) Admin <a href="https://linuxlads.com/episodes/season-3-episode-5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joe on Linux Lads</a> Two weeks with macOS Will’s new job means that he’s now using a Mac every day. How does macOS compare to Linux? Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. CDN77 This episode is sponsored by<a href="https://cdn77.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CDN77</a>. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 77

We find out what Ubuntu 19.10 is like on the Raspberry Pi 4, and then take it too far. Plus plenty of news, Graham channelling Vangelis, and something about KDE.   News LinuxApp Summit Kicks Off Site Kit is now available for all WordPress sites Google open source VR SDK The downside of Ubiquiti network gear Linux Foundation introduces telemetry policy Microsoft to offer Defender for Linux next year Microsoft confirms new browser is coming to Linux   Ubuntu 19.10 on the Pi 4 Joe and Graham have been playing with Ubuntu on the Pi 4 Install Xubuntu 19.10 on a Raspberry Pi 4 Roadmap for Ubuntu official support for the Raspberry Pi 4   KDE Korner Indian Newspaper Switches 100% FOSS KItinary into the browser a la Google Now And finally… Getting stuff fixed   Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

We find out what Ubuntu 19.10 is like on the Raspberry Pi 4, and then take it too far. Plus plenty of news, Graham channelling Vangelis, and something about KDE. News <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3utZp6ELrww" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinuxApp Summit Kicks Off</a> <a href="https://sitekit.withgoogle.com/news/site-kit-is-now-available-for-all-wordpress-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Site Kit is now available for all WordPress sites</a> <a href="https://developers.googleblog.com/2019/11/open-sourcing-google-cardboard.html?m=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google open source VR SDK</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/ubiquiti_networks_phone_home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The downside of Ubiquiti network gear</a> <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/telemetry-data-policy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linux Foundation introduces telemetry policy</a> <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-defender-atp-is-coming-to-linux-in-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft to offer Defender for Linux next year</a> <a href="https://news.softpedia.com/news/it-s-official-chromium-based-microsoft-edge-web-browser-is-coming-to-linux-528111.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft confirms new browser is coming to Linux</a> Ubuntu 19.10 on the Pi 4 Joe and Graham have been playing with Ubuntu on the Pi 4 <a href="https://bluesabre.org/2019/10/20/install-xubuntu-19-10-on-a-raspberry-pi-4/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Install Xubuntu 19.10 on a Raspberry Pi 4</a> <a href="https://ubuntu.com/blog/roadmap-for-official-support-for-the-raspberry-pi-4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roadmap for Ubuntu official support for the Raspberry Pi 4</a> KDE Korner <a href="https://poddery.com/posts/4691002" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indian Newspaper Switches 100% FOSS</a> <a href="https://blog.broulik.de/2019/11/taking-itinerary-to-the-next-level/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KItinary into the browser a la Google Now</a> And finally… <a href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396354" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Getting stuff fixed</a> Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. Entroware This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 76

Chrome OS is by far the most popular Linux-based desktop OS and we find out if that top spot is deserved. Plus Ubuntu, Zorin, Firefox, Kali, and more in the news.   News Ubuntu Pro 64-bit Ubuntu now works on Pi 4 The Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Pre-release Survey First Ever Release of Ubuntu Cinnamon Distribution is Finally Here! Zorin OS Responds to Privacy Concerns Firefox 71 Kali Linux 2019.4 released with Xfce by default   KDE Korner Kontributing to KDE is even easier than you kThink   Chrome OS Joe has been playing with a “new” Chromebook. We discuss how this hugely popular Linux-based desktop OS compares to proper distros.       Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Chrome OS is by far the most popular Linux-based desktop OS and we find out if that top spot is deserved. Plus Ubuntu, Zorin, Firefox, Kali, and more in the news. News <a href="https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-announces-ubuntu-pro-for-amazon-web-services" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu Pro</a> <a href="https://ubuntu.com/blog/updated-images-of-ubuntu-for-the-raspberry-pi-2-3-and-4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">64-bit Ubuntu now works on Pi 4</a> <a href="https://ubuntu.com/blog/the-ubuntu-20-04-lts-pre-release-survey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Pre-release Survey</a> <a href="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-cinnamon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">First Ever Release of Ubuntu Cinnamon Distribution is Finally Here!</a> <a href="https://itsfoss.com/zorin-os-privacy-concerns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zorin OS Responds to Privacy Concerns</a> <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/71.0/releasenotes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox 71</a> <a href="https://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-2019-4-release/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kali Linux 2019.4 released with Xfce by default</a> KDE Korner <a href="https://rabbitictranslator.com/wordpress/index.php/2019/12/08/contributing-to-kde-porting-websites-to-markdown/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kontributing to KDE is even easier than you kThink</a> Chrome OS Joe has been playing with a “new” <a href="https://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/series/acerchromebookr11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chromebook</a>. We discuss how this hugely popular Linux-based desktop OS compares to proper distros. Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. Entroware This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 78

It’s almost Christmas so it’s time to look back at 2019 and talk about some of the news stories that shaped the year.     January Amazon launches Mongo-compatible DocumentDB MongoDB removed from major distros   February Redis Labs raises $60 million for its NoSQL database Redis Labs changes its open-source license — again   March Google launches game streaming service called Stadia LVFS joins Linux Foundation   April UBports Foundation finally created Ubuntu 19.04 ‘Disco Dingo’ Released with New Features   May Announcing WSL 2 Introducing Windows Terminal   June Raspberry Pi 4 released   July Fuchsia gets a website   August Xfce 4.14 released exFAT in the Linux kernel? Yes!   September Richard Stallman resigns from the FSF Richard Stallman resigns from MIT Stallman intends to keep leading GNU   October Ubuntu 19.10 released Will has left Canonical   November Google gives most Chromebooks an extra year of software support Google Stadia will be missing many features for Monday’s launch   December Canonical announces Ubuntu Pro for Amazon Web Services Microsoft Teams is now available on Linux     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

It’s almost Christmas so it’s time to look back at 2019 and talk about some of the news stories that shaped the year. January <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/10/amazon_documentdb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon launches Mongo-compatible DocumentDB</a> <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/mongodb-open-source-server-side-public-license-rejected/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MongoDB removed from major distros</a> February <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/19/redis-labs-raises-60-million-for-its-nosql-database/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redis Labs raises $60 million for its NoSQL database</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/21/redis-labs-changes-its-open-source-license-again/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redis Labs changes its open-source license — again</a> March <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/03/google-jumps-into-gaming-with-google-stadia-streaming-service/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google launches game streaming service called Stadia</a> <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2019/03/lvfs-project-announcement/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LVFS joins Linux Foundation</a> April <a href="https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/it-s-official-the-ubports-foundation-is-ready-for-launch-215" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UBports Foundation finally created</a> <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/11/ubuntu-19-04-release-features" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu 19.04 ‘Disco Dingo’ Released with New Features</a> May <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/announcing-wsl-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Announcing WSL 2</a> <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/introducing-windows-terminal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Introducing Windows Terminal</a> June <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi 4 released</a> July <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/03/googles_fuchsia_os_flutters_into_view/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fuchsia gets a website</a> August <a href="https://xfce.org/about/news/?post=1565568000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Xfce 4.14 released</a> <a href="https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/08/28/exfat-linux-kernel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">exFAT in the Linux kernel? Yes!</a> September <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Stallman resigns from the FSF</a> <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#16_September_2019_(Resignation)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Stallman resigns from MIT</a> <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2019-09/msg00008.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stallman intends to keep leading GNU</a> October <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EoanErmine/ReleaseNotes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu 19.10 released</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/8none1/status/1186986800851640320" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will has left Canonical</a> November <a href="https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/11/05/google-gives-most-chromebooks-an-extra-year-of-software-support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google gives most Chromebooks an extra year of software support</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/11/google-stadia-will-be-missing-many-features-for-mondays-launch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Stadia will be missing many features for Monday’s launch</a> December <a href="https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-announces-ubuntu-pro-for-amazon-web-services" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canonical announces Ubuntu Pro for Amazon Web Services</a> <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Microsoft-Teams-is-now-available-on-Linux/ba-p/1056267" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Teams is now available on Linux</a> Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. CDN77 This episode is sponsored by<a href="https://cdn77.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CDN77</a>. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 79

Librem 5 shipping when? Todd from Purism joins us to answer that question, as well as what’s going on with the dev kits. Plus KDE, Red Hat Satellite, and Windows X86 apps on Arm Linux in a brief news segment.   News KDE Plasma 5.15 &amp; Snaps Red Hat standardising to Postgres… no Mongo Wine Developers Release Hangover Alpha To Run Windows x86_64 Programs On 64-Bit ARM   Todd Weaver from Purism A year on from his last appearance on the show, Todd joins us to discuss the progress of the Librem 5, and how things are going for Purism in general.     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.   Techmeme Ride Home Check out the Techmeme Ride Home Podcast     See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Librem 5 shipping when? Todd from Purism joins us to answer that question, as well as what’s going on with the dev kits. Plus KDE, Red Hat Satellite, and Windows X86 apps on Arm Linux in a brief news segment. News <a href="https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.15.0.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KDE Plasma 5.15</a> &amp; <a href="https://blog.neon.kde.org/index.php/2019/02/13/month-of-kde-applications-snaps/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snaps</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-satellite-standardize-postgresql-backend" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Hat standardising to Postgres… no Mongo</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=Hangover-0.4-Alpha-Released" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wine Developers Release Hangover Alpha To Run Windows x86_64 Programs On 64-Bit ARM</a> Todd Weaver from Purism A year on from his <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-31/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">last appearance on the show</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddalanweaver" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Todd</a> joins us to discuss the progress of the <a href="https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Librem 5</a>, and how things are going for <a href="https://puri.sm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purism</a> in general. Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. CDN77 This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://cdn77.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CDN77</a>. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world. Techmeme Ride Home Check out the <a href="https://anchor.fm/techmeme-ride-home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Techmeme Ride Home Podcast</a> See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 57

A new year dawns so we make some predictions for the months to come. Plus we look back at last year’s predictions, and have a look at what’s been happening in the news.   News Raspberry Pi joins RISC-V Foundation Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Driver Finally Being Mainlined With Next Kernel Kernel reaches 5.0 FreeBSD admits that Linux is better (when it comes to ZFS) Fedora Planning A Per-System Unique Identifier For DNF To Count Users     Predictions We look back at our predictions from a year ago and then make some new ones for 2019.   Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $100 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   EntrowareThis episode of is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: See the feeds page for the various options.

A new year dawns so we make some predictions for the months to come. Plus we look back at last year’s predictions, and have a look at what’s been happening in the news. News <a href="https://twitter.com/Raspberry_Pi/status/1081187761418317824" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi joins RISC-V Foundation</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=RPi-Touchscreen-Driver-Mainline" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Driver Finally Being Mainlined With Next Kernel</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/07/linux_reaches_the_big_five_point_oh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kernel reaches 5.0</a> <a href="https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2018-December/072422.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeBSD admits that Linux is better (when it comes to ZFS)</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=Fedora-DNF-UUID-User-Proposal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fedora Planning A Per-System Unique Identifier For DNF To Count Users</a> Predictions We look back at our predictions from a year ago and then make some new ones for 2019. Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $100 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. Entroware This episode of is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: See the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">feeds page</a> for the various options.

Late Night Linux – Episode 54

It’s a full house for the first time in a while and a lot has been happening so we have a look at all the news including the Ubuntu i386pocalypse, the Raspberry Pi 4, KDE updates, and Facebook’s new “cryptocurrency”.   News Ubuntu announce that they’ll drop i386 but then backtrack Raspberry Pi4! Plasma 5.16 &amp; 5.16.1, KDE Goals, Updates to KDE.org Firefox Premium? Lots of Debian packages being built for RISC-V PinePhone looking good Facebook to launch cryptocurrency   Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

It’s a full house for the first time in a while and a lot has been happening so we have a look at all the news including the Ubuntu i386pocalypse, the Raspberry Pi 4, KDE updates, and Facebook’s new “cryptocurrency”. News <a href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/intel-32bit-packages-on-ubuntu-from-19-10-onwards/11263" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu announce that they’ll drop i386</a> but then <a href="https://ubuntu.com/blog/statement-on-32-bit-i386-packages-for-ubuntu-19-10-and-20-04-lts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">backtrack</a> <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi4!</a> <a href="https://dot.kde.org/2019/06/11/plasma-516-kde-now-available" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plasma 5.16</a> &amp; <a href="https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.16.1.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5.16.1</a>, <a href="http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2019/06/09/evolving-kde-lets-set-some-new-goals-for-kde/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KDE Goals</a>, <a href="https://carlschwan.eu/2019/06/15/kde-org-improvement.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Updates to KDE.org</a> <a href="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2019/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-firefox-premium/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox Premium?</a> <a href="https://people.debian.org/~mafm/posts/2019/20190617_debian-gnulinux-riscv64-port-in-mid-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lots of Debian packages being built for RISC-V</a> <a href="https://liliputing.com/2019/06/pinephone-149-linux-smartphone-could-support-ubuntu-sailfish-maemo-luneos-and-more.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PinePhone looking good</a> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/18/18682290/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-visa-mastercard-digital-currency-calibra-wallet-announce" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook to launch cryptocurrency</a> Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. Entroware This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 66

It’s almost Christmas so it’s time to look back at 2018 and talk about some of the news stories that shaped the year.   January Meltdown and Spectre   February Nintendo Switch runs Linux Plasma running on a Switch   March New Raspberry Pi 3B+ The final nail in the Firefox OS coffin   April Ubuntu 18.04 released 18.04 flavours also released Clear focus on cloud and containers Ubuntu 18.04 even runs on a Nintendo Switch   May Lots of of Ubuntu flavours decided to drop 32-bit images The other flavours could follow suit Linux apps on Chrome OS confirmed Huawei locks down its bootloaders   June Microsoft to buy Github   July SUSE acquired   August Valve’s “Steam Play” uses Vulkan to bring more Windows games to Linux   September Kernel Maintainer’s Summit moved continents to accommodate Linus Linus takes a break and a new CoC for kernel devs   October Linus back in charge of the kernel IBM to Acquire Red Hat   November Librem 5 slips again   December Librem 5 dev kits finally shipping Microsoft Edge to move to a Chromium base MIPS to be open sourced   Admin FOSS Talk Live 2019 8th June   Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $100 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: See the feeds page for the various options.

It’s almost Christmas so it’s time to look back at 2018 and talk about some of the news stories that shaped the year. January <a href="https://spectreattack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meltdown and Spectre</a> February <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/09/hacker-group-manages-to-run-linux-on-a-nintendo-switch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nintendo Switch runs Linux</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/fail0verflow/status/964954316892119040" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plasma running on a Switch</a> March <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-model-bplus-sale-now-35/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Raspberry Pi 3B+</a> <a href="https://liliputing.com/2018/03/the-app-store-for-firefox-os-shuts-down-on-march-30th.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The final nail in the Firefox OS coffin</a> April <a href="https://www.ubuntu.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu 18.04 released</a> <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/04/ubuntu-flavors-18-04-release-download-features" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">18.04 flavours also released</a> <a href="https://insights.ubuntu.com/2018/04/26/ubuntu-18-04-lts-optimised-for-security-multi-cloud-containers-ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clear focus on cloud and containers</a> <a href="https://gbatemp.net/threads/ubuntu-18-04-on-a-switch.502147/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu 18.04 even runs on a Nintendo Switch</a> May <a href="https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/ubuntu-mate-18-10-dropping-i386-images/16715" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lots of</a> of Ubuntu <a href="https://ubuntubudgie.org/blog/2018/05/04/18-10-and-beyond-64bit-images-only" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flavours</a> decided to <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-devel/2018-May/011657.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">drop 32-bit images</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2018-May/018004.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The other flavours could follow suit</a> <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/chromebooks/linux-on-chromebooks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linux apps on Chrome OS confirmed</a> <a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-bootloader-unlocking-869169/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Huawei locks down its bootloaders</a> June <a href="https://news.microsoft.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-to-acquire-github-for-7-5-billion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft to buy Github</a> July <a href="https://www.suse.com/c/news/suse-partners-with-growth-investor-eqt-to-continue-momentum-strategy-execution-and-product-expansion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUSE acquired</a> August <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/valves-steam-play-uses-vulkan-to-bring-more-windows-games-to-linux/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valve’s “Steam Play” uses Vulkan to bring more Windows games to Linux</a> September <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/ksummit-discuss/2018-September/005308.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kernel Maintainer’s Summit moved continents to accommodate Linus</a> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/9/21/17883442/linux-founder-linus-torvalds-apology-code-of-conduct-change-enforcement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linus takes a break and a new CoC for kernel devs</a> October <a href="https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/22/184" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linus back in charge of the kernel</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/ibm-acquire-red-hat-completely-changing-cloud-landscape-and-becoming-world%E2%80%99s-1-hybrid-cloud-provider" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IBM to Acquire Red Hat</a> November <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-2018-11-hardware-report/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Librem 5 slips again</a> December <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/2018-devkits-are-shipping/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Librem 5 dev kits finally shipping</a> <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/microsoft-edge-making-the-web-better-through-more-open-source-collaboration/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Edge to move to a Chromium base</a> <a href="https://wavecomp.ai/wave-computing-launches-the-mips-open-initiative" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MIPS to be open sourced</a> Admin <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foss-talk-live-2019-tickets-53449074621" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FOSS Talk Live 2019 8th June</a> Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $100 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. CDN77 This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://cdn77.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CDN77</a>. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: See the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">feeds page</a> for the various options.

Late Night Linux – Episode 53

Graham and Joe have been checking out Sailfish OS 3, and there’s a packed news segment including KDE, RISC-V, Fedora, and the FSF.     News KDE on Necuno Mobile: Has headphone jack and …Maemo!? kde-Itinary Update Xubuntu to drop 32-bit ISOs RISC-V &amp; LF Joint Venture FSF gets one miiiiilion dollars Fedora 31 Will Likely Be Cancelled Or Significantly Delayed AMI BIOS updates coming to a fwupdmgr near you!     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $100 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   Admin FOSS Talk Live 2019 8th June Reminder that G+ is dead   Entroware This episode of is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.     Sailfish OS 3 Graham was recently sent a Jolla phone by listener Matt, and Joe has been checking out an unofficial Sailfish ROM on the Oneplus One.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: See the feeds page for the various options.

Graham and Joe have been checking out Sailfish OS 3, and there’s a packed news segment including KDE, RISC-V, Fedora, and the FSF. News KDE on <a href="https://dot.kde.org/2018/11/29/necuno-mobile-open-phone-plasma-mobile" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Necuno Mobile:</a> Has <a href="https://necunos.com/mobile/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">headphone jack</a> and …<a href="https://necunos.com/blog/necuno-solutions-and-maemo-leste-collaboration/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maemo</a>!? <a href="https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2018/12/01/kde-itinerary-october-november-2018.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kde-Itinary Update</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2018-December/004647.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Xubuntu to drop 32-bit ISOs</a> <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/the-linux-foundation/2018/11/the-linux-foundation-and-risc-v-foundation-announce-joint-collaboration-to-enable-a-new-era-of-open-architecture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RISC-V &amp; LF Joint Venture</a> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-receives-1-million-from-handshake" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FSF gets one miiiiilion dollars</a> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=Fedora-31-Changes-Ahead" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fedora 31 Will Likely Be Cancelled Or Significantly Delayed</a> <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2018/12/07/ami-joins-the-lvfs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AMI BIOS</a> updates coming to a fwupdmgr near you! Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $100 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. Admin <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foss-talk-live-2019-tickets-53449074621" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FOSS Talk Live 2019 8th June</a> Reminder that <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/10/18134541/google-plus-privacy-api-data-leak-developers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">G+</a> is dead Entroware This episode of is sponsored by <a href="https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entroware</a>. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. Sailfish OS 3 Graham was recently sent a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolla_(smartphone)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jolla phone</a> by listener Matt, and Joe has been checking out an <a href="https://sailfish-for-opo.tchncs.de/install" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unofficial Sailfish ROM</a> on the Oneplus One. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: See the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">feeds page</a> for the various options.

Late Night Linux – Episode 52

Graham and Joe managed to buy a Raspberry Pi 4 while they were HOT. Literally. Plus all sorts in the news including KDE, the villain that is Mozilla, Debian 10, and the Pinebook Pro.   News Test Plasma Easily, KDE PIM Update, U&amp;P Sprint bears fruit again and again Self congratulating idiots propose Mozilla as Internet Villian Of The Year Pinebook Pro coming soon Debian 10 Buster released     Raspberry Pi 4 Graham and Joe have been playing with their new toys   Admin Come to OggCamp!     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Graham and Joe managed to buy a Raspberry Pi 4 while they were HOT. Literally. Plus all sorts in the news including KDE, the villain that is Mozilla, Debian 10, and the Pinebook Pro. News <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2019/06/25/an-easier-way-to-test-plasma/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Test Plasma Easily</a>, <a href="https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2019/06/30/kde-pim-may-june-2019.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KDE PIM Update</a>, <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2019/06/29/kde-usability-productivity-week-77/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">U&amp;P Sprint bears fruit</a> <a href="https://notmart.org/blog/2019/07/a-week-in-valencia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">again</a> <a href="https://nicolasfella.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/2019-plasma-and-usability-productivity-sprint/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">and again</a> <a href="https://www.ispa.org.uk/ispa-announces-finalists-for-2019-internet-heroes-and-villains-trump-and-mozilla-lead-the-way-as-villain-nominees/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Self congratulating idiots propose Mozilla as Internet Villian Of The Year</a> <a href="https://www.pine64.org/2019/07/05/july-update-all-about-the-pinebook-pro/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinebook Pro coming soon</a> <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Debian 10 Buster released</a> Raspberry Pi 4 Graham and Joe have been playing with <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">their new toys</a> Admin Come to <a href="https://oggcamp.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OggCamp</a>! Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to <a href="https://do.co/lnl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">do.co/lnl</a> and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers. CDN77 This episode is sponsored by<a href="https://cdn77.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CDN77</a>. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world. See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.

Late Night Linux – Episode 67

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