Late Night Linux

Yet another to do list manager, reflashing abandoned IP cameras, first impressions of the Framework 13 laptop, organising your workshop with 3D printed storage, what the death of Windows 10 means for Linux adoption, and more.   Discoveries Taskfinder Thingino YouTube video on how to install it follow up videoon Neos Framework 13 DIY edition Linux After Dark 80 HAL Project How GFX Cards Work GridFinity Videos about a modular shed WikiHouse               Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   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.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The WordPress drama escalates, a great opportunity for Firefox to gain market share, Android will open up a little bit, the FOSS funding problem is solved, we laugh at WinAmp, a new release of Plasma, AAA gaming on Asahi, 20 years of Ubuntu, and more.   News WordPress saga escalates as WP Engine plugin forcibly forked WP Engine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to WordPress resources Google has started automatically disabling uBlock Origin in Chrome Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge Open Source Pledge Releasing WinAmp source goes badly – for its owners, anyway RIP: Ward Christensen, co-developer of the CBSS Plasma 6.2 AAA gaming on Asahi Linux 20 years of Ubuntu             Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Loads of discoveries including Will’s terrible way of flashing Android phones from a web browser, real-time database analytics, editing audio with text, a great way to deal with log files, and learning about the fundamentals of computer graphics. Plus the best way to manage data and backups, and a reason to add an old laptop to the stack.   Discoveries fastboot.js android-webinstall dolphie audapolis toolong Topics in computer graphics OpenZFS sanoid   Feedback linux-surface           Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

How the boss of WordPress spectacularly failed to read the room, why the CUPS vulnerabilities didn’t live up to the hype, Mozilla disappoints once again, great news for home automation, Valve supports Arch, and a Raspberry Pi 500 looks imminent. With guest host Andy from Linux Dev Time.   News ​Know Before You Go – OggCamp 24 Announcing the OggCamp Swap Shop Get Involved at OggCamp 2024: bring a talk or demo The latest on the WordPress fight over trademarks and open source Critical Linux bug is CUPS-based remote-code execution hole Mozilla’s massive lapse in judgement causes clash with uBlock Origin developer Improving online advertising through product and infrastructure David Culley’s post about K9 Aqara joins Works with Home Assistant Arch Linux and Valve Collaboration We have discussed the need for a signing enclave and proper build service for *years*. They are supporting our priorities The Raspberry Pi 500 Hints At Its Existence KDE e.V. and Kdenlive team are looking for contractors             Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Jason Evangelho tells us about the rosy state of Linux gaming, including a lot of games that perform as well or even better than on Windows. Plus feedback, and discoveries about interacting with GitHub via the command line, a handy DNS testing tool, and playing ancient games with accurate audio.   Discoveries GitHub CLI dug asid-vice   Feedback Archiveteam   Jason Evangelho Jason’s Mastodon Jason’s articles on Forbes             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.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

We look back at the biggest news stories and trends from the last 7+ years and 300 episodes of LNL. With guest host popey from Linux Matters. Check out his newsletter.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   Seven and a bit years of news Google launches game streaming service called Stadia A message about Stadia and our long term streaming strategy Introducing a new version of Steam Play Steam Deck Launching February 25th 2022 Introducing Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) Ubuntu is abandoning Unity Canonical starts IPO path Canonical expands Long Term Support to 12 years starting with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS IBM to Acquire Red Hat CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream Red Hat’s new source code policy and the intense pushback, explained Mozilla acquires Pocket Mozilla to shut down their Mastodon instance Mozilla recently flipped the switch to enable-by-default sponsored weather results from AccuWeather in every new Firefox tab Microsoft to buy Github Announcing WSL 2 GitHub and OpenAI launch an AI Copilot tool that generates its own code Linux has made it to Mars Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will fly no more                   See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Learning undergraduate level signal processing for free, a few more uses for KDE Connect, analysing audio for HiFi setups, deep inspection of Python objects, viewing HTTP archives, and more on the problem with micropayments.   Discoveries Signal Processing Course KDE Connect Friture wat HARview               1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Mono moves to the Wine project, the Internet Archive can’t lend books but should have seen it coming, Mozilla adds unpopular AI to Firefox, and KDE asks for donations in Plasma. With guest host popey from Linux Matters. Check out his newsletter.   News A long, weird FOSS circle ends as Microsoft donates Mono to Wine project The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending Choose how you want to navigate the web with Firefox Asking for donations in Plasma           Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

To what extent can you avoid services and products from companies who do bad things? Plus whether we should try to convert WSL users to “proper” Linux, if so how, and if it’s even possible in Voice of the masses.   Voice of the masses Should we try to convert Windows Subsystem for Linux users into “proper” native desktop Linux users? If so, how?           1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Linux is 33 years old and we wonder what would have happened without it, Mozilla might be about to lose the sweet Google cash, Microsoft breaks dual boot, Google quietly drops support for Chrome on old Ubuntu, the Apple tax hits Patreon, and an exciting new Raspberry Pi.   News OggCamp Linux is 33 years old Forget Apple, the biggest loser in the Google search ruling could be Mozilla and its Firefox web browser Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out in Nightly Firefox Labs 131 “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update Ubuntu Security Podcast Episode 235 Chrome dropped support for Ubuntu 18.04 but it’ll be back Patreon warns content makers that Apple wants to be paid Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our new $5 microcontroller board, on sale now           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.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The easy way to learn IPv6, making shell scripts a lot prettier, a reverse-engineered watch with apps from the 80s, a cool tasks app, more details about OggCamp, and whether FOSS people are all old.   Discoveries IPv6 for IPv4 admins bashsimplecurses Reverse engineering an old Seiko UC-2000 taskfinder   OggCamp Gary tells us about the upcoming free culture event in Manchester, UK. Get tickets here, and volunteer to be part of the crew here. Call for papers OggCamp on Mastodon   Are FOSS people all old? The graying open source community needs fresh blood           1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Open source myths, Graham gives us an update on the Open Documentation Academy, and why we don’t really talk about mobile Linux anymore.   Open source myths Open Documentation Academy (GitHub repo)       Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Analysing MQTT data, getting domains unblocked from Cloudflare DNS, making ASCII animations, and why Joe is drawn to Linux Mint. Plus why we don’t talk about Vivaldi even though it’s quite good, why Félim was wrong about right click in PuTTY, and Will doesn’t seem to understand Lemmy.   Discoveries MQTT decode Cloudflare DNS was blocking apps.kde.org Durdraw Linux Mint 22   Feedback fedditt.uk Lemmy       1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

NVIDIA makes more of its drivers easier to install, the EU is probably going to redirect FOSS funding to AI, Mark Zuckerberg abuses the term “open source”, Proton jumps the shark, a trio of typical Google stories, and the shortest KDE Korner in history.   News NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way FOSS funding vanishes from EU’s 2025 Horizon program plans Open Source AI Is the Path Forward The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B Introducing Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin Introducing Proton Scribe, a private writing assistant that writes and proofreads emails for you Google halts its 4-plus-year plan to turn off tracking cookies by default in Chrome Google’s reCAPTCHA v2 just labor exploitation, boffins say Google’s shortened links will stop working next year Contribute to KDE with more than just C++ KDE HIG update         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.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Testing the security of your Bluetooth devices, diffing databases, visualising MQTT data, running Linux VMs on an iPad or Iphone, org mode in Kate, and making point and click games. Plus whether we are too negative, or if we are just realistic.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Check out all the great Late Night Linux Family shows   Discoveries BlueSpy reladiff MQTT Explorer You can now run VMs on iOS with UTM kate-org-mode Bladecoder Adventure Engine The Witness             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The EU are close to adopting a law to scan messages, Switzerland blazes the public money public code trail, Chromium-based browsers have a “special feature” to interact with Google sites, Mozilla shows that it needs advertising, and openSUSE might be getting a new (terrible) name.   News EU chat control law proposes scanning your messages — even encrypted ones Take action to stop chat control now! Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector Why Chromium tells Google sites about your CPU, GPU usage Privacy-Preserving Attribution Firefox 128 includes new adtech features that are turned on by default Mozilla desperately needs transparency Rebranding openSUSE?           Automox Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast. Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.   1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

An incredibly powerful hex editor for reverse engineering binaries, easily searching through snaphots for end users, streaming audio from phones to the Linux desktop, writing interactive fiction games, and how we makes notes and manage tasks.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Check out all the great Late Night Linux Family shows   Discoveries ImHex vfs_shadow_copy2 ink   Feedback vimwiki nanonote Marknote           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Instead of the news which is all either boring or grim, we’ve come up with a fun Linux-themed game show that’s definitely not completely fixed. Plus a great network tool, and what keeps us on Linux when most apps are available everywhere else.   Feedback IMUNES           1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Unlocking the full potential of Nvidia graphics cards, hacking the otherwise bricked Spotify hardware device, Félim realised that his Borg backups could be significantly smaller, making wiring diagrams using text, silly terminal effects and colours, using a ThinkPad as a WiFi dongle, great lightweight distros for an ancient netbook, better Google searches, and more.   Discoveries nvidia-patch Hacking the Spotify Car Thing borg compact Terminal Text Effects lolcat WireViz BunsenLabs Batocera Unsong udm=14 Gruble             Automox Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast. Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

New RISC-V and Arm Linux laptops are starting to pave the way for an exciting future, Mozilla makes another divisive acquisition, a couple of big anniversaries make us feel old, some quick KDE updates, and more.   News World’s first RISC-V Laptop gets a massive upgrade and equips with Ubuntu Canonical Announce First RISC-V Laptop Running Ubuntu Video of a Banana Pi with the same SoC Significantly slower than a Pi 4 TUXEDO on ARM is coming The Two Year Journey Funded By Arm/Qualcomm For Improving ARM Linux Laptop Support Arm says it wants all Snapdragon X Elite laptops destroyed The Most Popular Linux News Over The Past 20 Years Mozilla Welcomes Anonym: Privacy Preserving Digital Advertising 25 Years of Krita! What should KDE focus on for the next 2 years? You can propose a goal! KDE e.V. is looking for a contractor to coordinate the KDE Goals process KDE Apps initiative             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

Your favourite obscure open source software in Voice of the masses. Plus whether AI is a load of old rubbish, and even if it is useful for some things we have to ask ourselves: at what cost?   Voice of the masses What’s the best open source app or utility that no one else has heard of?           Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

A brief news segment with mostly good stuff from Mozilla and KDE. Plus some great discoveries including downloading YouTube and other videos, processing data and CSV files on the command line, controlling cycling workout gear and graphing your progress, and a top tip for following Mastodon accounts in a normal RSS feed reader.   News Here’s what we’re working on in Firefox Plasma 6.1 Beta out: Triple buffering, Wayland explicit sync & RDP access   Discoveries yt-dlp miller csvlens GoldenCheetah Flux           Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

We look back at what Linux and open source was like when we first got into it, and consider some of the ways that things have improved over all these years.           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

The whole band is back together for the first time in a while and we’ve got “excellent” news that Raspberry Pi is doing an IPO, another look at the Pi 5 after 6 months, our positive thoughts about Mozilla’s new Executive Director, Félim’s doubts about OSI’s attempt to define open source AI, a very quick bit of KDE news, and more.   News Raspberry Pi is going public to expand its range of tiny computers Raspberry Pi Connect M.2 HAT+ on sale now at $12 Raspberry Pi 5 Network OS Installer Growing Our Movement — and Growing Mozilla — to Shape the AI Era Mozilla Foundation Welcomes Nabiha Syed as Executive Director Why I’m Joining Mozilla as Executive Director The Open Source AI Definition gets closer to reality with a global workshop series The Open Source AI Definition – draft v. 0.0.8 ‘Openwashing’ HDR & Gamescope           Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

In the last ~10 years we’ve seen a lot of changes happen in the Linux and open source world. So what do we think will happen over the next decade? What about the future of the web? With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.   We can have a different web           Automox Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast. Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Ubuntu 24.04 is out and we have mixed feelings about it. Plus bad news for RISC-V, a new Linux distro might control safety systems in cars, a classic media player is back from the dead, and more. With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.   News Fedora Linux 40 Available For Download As A Wonderful Upgrade Canonical releases Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat Xubuntu 24.04: A minimal install that really means it Linux is now an option for safety-minded software-defined vehicle developers RISC-V support in Android just got a big setback US government reportedly ponders crimping China’s use of RISC-V Amarok 3.0 “Castaway” released! Akademy 2024, Würzburg and Online from Saturday 7th September to Thursday 12th September, Registration Open!           Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here  

What we all think counts as a non-mainstream distro, and some great examples of them in Voice of the masses. Plus ASCII maps in the terminal, another classic game is now open source, Arch on easy mode, a trip report from a nuclear power station, and more. With guest host popey from Linux Matters.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Check out all the great Late Night Linux Family shows   Voice of the masses What’s the best non-mainstream Linux distro? Distrowatch is Not a Measure of Popularity   Discoveries mapscii Descent 3 Sizewell B EndeavourOS StezStix Fix?           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

More bad news for Nintendo Switch emulators shows the risks of using Discord for open source communities, great news in the home automation world, further proof that crypto nonsense isn’t the answer to funding open source, why telling Windows users to switch to Linux is counterproductive, and yet more FOSS in space. With guest host popey from Linux Matters.   News Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers Announcing the Open Home Foundation tea.xyz causes open source software spam problems, again A thread about people who need to run Windows Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu How Japan’s space agency used dashboards in its race to the moon NASA’s downed Ingenuity helicopter has a ‘last gift’ for humanity — but we’ll have to go to Mars to get it NASA’s Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan Confirmed         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

How we all keep our Linux systems secure in Voice of the masses, and another German government is giving Linux a shot. Plus removing backgrounds from images, monitoring GPUs, making music with loops, and nostalgic boot sounds.   Voice of the masses How do you keep your Linux systems secure?   News German state ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating   Discoveries rembg Photopea nvtop Giada OMG! Ubuntu article about login sound Joe’s video of the laptop booting with the sound (play -v 0.9 –magic startup.ogg)         Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.             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. A backdoor has been found in xz-utils, and there’s a lot to discuss about it. Plus details of a couple of Linux events in the UK later this year.   Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News Hybrid Cloud Show is a new show that’s part of the Late Night Linux Family! Subscribe to the All Episodes feed How one volunteer stopped a backdoor from exposing Linux systems worldwide backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise Everything I know about the XZ backdoor research!rsc: Timeline of the xz open source attack XZ threat actor Jia Tan’s change to libarchive which introduced an exploitable situation made it into Windows New XZ backdoor scanner detects implant in any Linux binary The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind Noble Numbat Beta delayed (xz/liblzma security update) Ubuntu Security Podcast Episode 224 I am not a supplier   OggCamp is happening later this year! Gary gives us the details.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The main reasons that we all use open source software in Voice of the masses, a Raspberry Pi-based network KVM switch, a fancy terminal that uses your graphics card, a classic synth in the browser, and the Arch Wiki proves to be a fountain of Linux knowledge yet again. With guest host Gary from Linux After Dark.   Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   Voice of the masses What’s the main reason you use open source software? Discoveries PiKVM Kitty Pro-54 (live link here cmajor The Arch wiki knows all               See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Canonical struggles to get to grips with malicious Snaps, a KDE theme wipes a whole machine, Mozilla looks foolish, Redis isn’t open source now, Ubuntu 14.04 gets 12 years of paid support, Meta joins the Fediverse, and more. With guest host Gary from Linux After Dark.   News Guess Who’s Back? Exodus Scam BitCoin Wallet Snap! Stop the line? Manual review of all new snap name registrations KDE advises extreme caution after theme wipes Linux user’s files CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms – Krebs on Security Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers Introducing Didthis: A New App For Hobbyists Canonical expands Long Term Support to 12 years starting with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Redis tightens its license terms, pleasing basically no one Redict is an independent, copyleft fork of Redis Apache Kvrocks Meta connects Threads to the Fediverse Threads has entered the fediverse Fedi.Tips urges admins to defederate Threads Switch emulator Suyu hit by GitLab DMCA, project lives on through self-hosting World Server Throwing Championship (WSTC) 2024         Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.   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

What pulls us away from open source and what pulls us back, a cross between Teletext and a bulletin board, a simple way to monitor precise memory usage, boilerplate code without AI, visualising plate tectonics, Tiny Core Linux is still a thing, making websites from screenshots, and more.   Voice of the masses What’s pulling you away from open source, and what will pull you back? Follow us on Mastodon and you can reply to future questions.   Discoveries Telstar ps_mem cookiecutter GPlates Mirroring Your iPhone/iPad on Ubuntu Home assistant remote control from your Garmin watch Tiny Core Linux is still a thing screenshot-to-code         Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

KDE Plasma 6 is here and Félim can barely contain his excitement. Plus the differing philosophies of GNOME and KDE, Nintendo crushes an open source Switch emulator, Mozilla does another great thing for the Web, another reason to hate Spotify, and more.   News KDE MegaRelease 6 – KDE Community Megarelease Teething Problems This week in KDE: a smooth release Critical Plasma 6 piece on the Register Lightweight Windows-like desktop LXQt makes leap to Qt 6 with version 2.0 Nintendo’s Yuzu Lawsuit is All But Done. Price: $2.4m. Cost to Emulation: TBD Here’s how the makers of the “Suyu” Switch emulator plan to avoid getting sued MDN Curriculum Hosting your podcast using Spotify is a bad idea         Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

In a “brand new” segment we ask how you keep your kids safe online, and give our own thoughts. Plus Will tells us about a dirt cheap ham radio and the new way he sniffs Bluetooth traffic, Félim loves AI when it’s tracking his head, the open source way to control lighting rigs, a BBS-like interface to sites like Hacker News, yet another Spotify replacement, Damn Small Linux returns, and more.   Voice of the masses How do you keep your kids safe online? Follow us on Mastodon and you can reply to future questions.   Discoveries Quansheng UVK5 AITrack Neon Modem Overdrive Open source lighting rig control with QLC+ envio InnerTune Damn Small Linux 2024 nRF Sniffer             Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   Automox Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast. Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The BBC is sticking around on Mastodon, Signal gets a huge new feature, yet another win for the Asahi team, a surprising company commits to FOSS, Apple kills web apps in the EU, Mozilla focuses on Firefox… and AI, Graham tells us about Canonical’s new Open Documentation Academy, and to celebrate this week’s release of Plasma 6 we let Félim do a short KDE Korner.   News Stepping back into the refreshingly free world of Linux – The Irish Times Extending our Mastodon social media trial – BBC R&D Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames Asahi Linux project’s OpenGL support on Apple Silicon officially surpasses Apple’s Mercedes-Benz AG – FOSS Manifesto It’s Official, Apple Kills Web Apps in the EU EU seeks to investigate Apple over cutting off web apps Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI: Read the memo Anthony: “Not commenting the Mozilla lay…” – Indieweb.Social Introducing Canonical’s Open Documentation Academy New krita.org website launched Kubuntu Graphic Design Contest Wayland fake session restore and 805/500 supporters           Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   Automox Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast. Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

An open source Spotify clone that’s almost there, simulating the control of a nuclear reactor, a network analysis tool that combines the functionality of traceroute and ping, a static site generator for people migrating away from Bandcamp, hello world in every possible language, a synthesizer for making music by drawing objects on an oscilloscope, why we are pretty down on macOS, and more.   Discoveries spotube AudioTube Nuclear Reactor Simulator trippy Faircamp Joe’s music hello world osci-render       Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   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

Great news for Android users, more Linux in space, Windows gets sudo, Spotify fails to lock down podcasts, the immutable Ubuntu desktop is delayed, Xfce is finally moving towards Wayland, Kubuntu sticks with KDE 5 for the LTS, Mozilla makes changes at the top, and more.   News Unattended updates for everyone, F-Droid 1.19 is here The Usage Of Embedded Linux In Spacecraft “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement Introducing Sudo for Windows! Ubuntu Core Desktop Debut No Longer Planned for April Introducing Mozilla Monitor Plus, a new tool to automatically remove your personal information from data broker sites [it’s white labelled like the VPN thing] A New Chapter for Mozilla: Focused Execution and an Expanded Role in Charting the Internet’s Future Xfce 4.20 Aiming For Usable Wayland Support While Maintaining X11 Compatibility KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04 Frameworks 5.115.0 KDE 6 is so close! 15 min bug update           Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Chris from ExplainingComputers joins us to discuss his Promoting Linux: An End-User Manifesto video. We talk about being an advocate and not a gatekeeper, being tolerant of other people’s choices, accepting that not everyone can use Linux, spreading the word that Linux has improved over the years, contributing where you can, and more. Plus why the Raspberry Pi bubble has burst, and the present and future of RISC-V.       Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Apple does the bare minimum required to allow other browser engines and sideloading on iOS, which isn’t the good news for Firefox and open source that we hoped it would be. Plus the Mars helicopter has flown for the last time, Microsoft hands FOSS a great opportunity to stand out on privacy, Ubuntu annoys yet more users, the mystery of the new Firefox package, and more.   News RAWRLAB Games – Announcement of free Godot engine port for Nintendo Switch Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will fly no more It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew Ubuntu Pro Packages in ‘Software Updater’ Garner Criticism Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service 4 reasons to try Mozilla’s new Firefox Linux package for Ubuntu and Debian derivatives Platform Tilt: Documenting the Uneven Playing Field for an Independent Browser Like Firefox – Open Policy & Advocacy Apple, the DMA, and malicious compliance Understanding Apple’s Response to the DMA         Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.     Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

A Pi-hole PSA, an open source release of a classic game, making flow charts with markdown, resizing loads of animated gifs, writing a script to get free electricity, a dirt cheap travel router, a simple game exposes an issue with Firefox’s extreme privacy settings, rock solid proof that Linux market share is doing well, and more.   Discoveries Update your Pi-hole lists Amazon Fire TV block list pioneer pikchr OpenWRT-based GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 (travel wifi router) pipeinstall Gifsicle Scraping gmail messages 1D Pacman   Feedback KonstKang PH stats           Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/latenightlinux to learn more.   Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.     Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Félim gets angry about someone criticising desktop Linux, Snaps are going to be better on distros that aren’t Ubuntu, Mozilla wants to lead the way in making AI open, OpenAI admits it doesn’t have a legal business model, and Plasma 6 is almost here.   News Dublin Linux Install fest Sat Feb 3 What I learned from using a Raspberry Pi 5 as my main computer for two weeks Canonical To Work On Improving Snap Support Across Linux Distributions The World Of Web Browsers Is In A Bad Way What’s next for Mozilla? ‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says How Microsoft found a potential new battery material using AI – The Verge Plasma 6 RC1         Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   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

The easy way to control Home Assistant from anywhere while also supporting the project, running LLMs with a single local file, learning and practising security and admin concepts in a fun game, giving in and using an Amazon stick to watch TV, getting the most out of Bash, and how we host the show’s website and MP3s.   Discoveries Nabu Casa llamafile OverTheWire Wargames Fire TV Stick 4K Max with VLC and Jellyfin SmartTube oh-my-bash   Feedback WordPress Libsyn PowerPress Hugo castanet           Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

It’s that time of year where we look back at our 2023 predictions, and make some new ones for 2024.       Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

What would we do to make the Internet and the Web better? Various hosts from the Late Night Linux Family shows offer their answers. With guest hosts Gary and Chris from Linux After Dark, Allan from 2.5 Admins, and Kevin and Amolith from Linux Dev Time.     Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

It’s our 2023 year in review episode. There’s some good news about gaming and space, enshittification aplenty, a lot of love for the fediverse, and some tough love for Mozilla.   Linux Downtime is now Linux Dev Time! Subscribe to the Late Night Linux Family All Episodes Feed Will’s post that made it to Hacker News etc   2023 News Good news Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 40th Red Planet flight Maverick Mars chopper has survived way past its warranty – now it’s time for a sequel Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix Running Ubuntu on Apple Silicon Macs is Possible   Gaming Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Community Valve reveals the Steam Deck OLED: $549 buys better screen, battery, and more Valve says it has sold ‘multiple millions’ of Steam Decks Graham talked about his Steam Deck OLED on LNL258 Steam Linux Marketshare Surges To Nearly 2% In November   Enshittification Ubuntu Flavor Packaging Defaults Ubuntu Maker Canonical Pulls In Control Of LXD LXD Maintainership Being Limited To Canonical Employees Incus 0.1 has been released LXD now re-licensed and under a CLA Incorrect license information for the LXD snap Docker is deleting Open Source organisations – what you need to know We apologize. We did a terrible job announcing the end of Docker Free Teams. We’re no longer sunsetting the Free Team plan Fedora Program Manager layed off (what that role was) Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream CIQ, Oracle and SUSE Create Open Enterprise Linux Association for a Collaborative and Open Future What Reddit Got Wrong Unity makes major changes to controversial install-fee program Unity’s CEO is out, but that still may not be enough for developers Privacy advocate challenges YouTube’s ad blocking detection scripts under EU law   Fediverse Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is ‘Slumping,’ Despite Massive Increase In Usage The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration   Mozilla Mozilla Launches Responsible AI Challenge Introducing Mozilla.ai: Investing in trustworthy AI A quarter century of Mozilla Firefox’s protection against fingerprinting Mozilla apologizes for intrusive Firefox VPN ad popup Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet New extensions you’ll love now available on Firefox for Android Introducing Solo, an AI website builder for solopreneurs       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   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

Google’s war on ad-blockers is potentially really good news for Firefox, and so are mobile extensions. Plus another quick terminal tip, a VM advent calendar, extreme synth geekery, your feedback on backing up photos, a plea to stop telling us about syncthing, and more.   Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   Discoveries tail -F QEMU advent Calendar CS80 interactive diagram Most followed Mastodon accounts   News Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google’s war on ad blockers Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates privacy not included | Annual Consumer Creep-O-Meter Open extensions on Firefox for Android debut December 14 (but you can get a sneak peek today   Feedback syncthing Syncopoli Backing up my Android photos with rsync Immich FolderSync                   See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Our first impressions of two new hot bits of hardware – the Steam Deck OLED, and the Raspberry Pi 5. Plus great news for self-hosted webmail, a call to support open source AI/ML image processing, and a mini KDE Korner.   News Open source email pioneer Roundcube joins the Nextcloud family Vulns expose ownCloud admin passwords, sensitive data ownCloud vulnerability with maximum 10 severity score comes under “mass” exploitation Where Is OpenCV 5?   Steam Deck OLED Graham answers our questions about his new Steam Deck OLED   Raspberry Pi 5 Joe answers our questions about his new Raspberry Pi 5   Mini KDE Korner Could have been Graham Freezing in Style DigiKam Windows revival and 8.2.0 release KItinaryAnd two weeks of KDE6 features and fixes         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           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

An improvement to apt, a quick terminal tip, reverse-engineering Bluetooth devices with Android, an M1 Macbook Asahi update, a self-hosted way to bypass paywalls, making native apps out of web pages, bridging Zigbee devices to MQTT, a terrible way to back up photos and videos from a phone, Félim learns about HDMI standards, and more. With guest host popey from Linux Matters.   Discoveries nala btsnoop logs in Android zigbee2mqtt ladder pake         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

A new version of the Steam Deck looks to be a nice improvement, Amazon’s new Linux-based OS is probably bad news for Fire TV hackers, great news for GNOME, Signal tells us how expensive it is to run its service, GitHub goes all in on Copilot, our speculation about the OpenAI drama, and a mini KDE Korner. With guest host popey from Linux Matters.   News Valve reveals the Steam Deck OLED: $549 buys better screen, battery, and more Valve says it has sold ‘multiple millions’ of Steam Decks Amazon has begun replacing Android with its own software on some products GNOME Recognized as Public Interest Infrastructure Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive Just as GitHub was founded on Git, today we are re-founded on Copilot Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman   Mini KDE Korner HDR Support merged in kwin, Breeze overhaul and Presentation mode & LOTS of bugfixes & updates           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           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here