Late Night Linux

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

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 & 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Graphing pings in the terminal, streaming playstation games to your Linux machine, finding secrets and sensitive information in your repos, keeping your FOSS Android apps bang up to date, whether programming students should be using Linux, and loads more.   Discoveries gping Chiaki image stabilised Apollo 15 Apollo 11 VR HD on Steam The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide Nosey Parker Joe’s Mastodon thread Obtainium GCompris   Feedback Configure Firefox to reject cookie banners automatically Bavarder: Chit-chat with an AI         TrueNAS from iXsystems To learn more about TrueNAS and download it for free, visit truenas.com/lnl   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.   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

Thunderbird shows that asking users for money works, Red Hat’s priorities seem to be moving away from the community, Mozilla is set to show the Fediverse how it’s done, Mastodon simplifies its onboarding experience, Linux is better than Windows on handhelds, Roblox stops working for us, a peek at the upcoming Plasma 6 release, and more.   News Thunderbird Is Thriving: Our 2022 Financial Report Fedora Program Manager layed off (what that role was) Mozilla’s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation A new onboarding experience on Mastodon Goodbye to Roblox on Linux with their new anti-cheat and Wine blocking Asus ROG Ally review: it’s time to stop pretending Windows is the answer Nintendo, ticked by Zelda leaks, does a DMCA run on Switch emulation tools Plasma 6: “Better defaults” Plasma 6 Sprint 2023             Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at kolide.com/latenightlinux   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

We come up with tips for new users, and realise how complicated a lot of the things we do with Linux are. Plus emulating a Wii U, a cheeky hack for virtualising Linux on M1 Macs, more on DNS and Yubikeys, and more.   Discoveries CEMU       TrueNAS from iXsystems To learn more about TrueNAS and download it for free, visit truenas.com/lnl   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

How and why the Free Software Foundation should be reformed, checking your Python code incredibly quickly, Will’s Telegram bot, FOSS surround sound, upscaling photos, and loads more.   Discussion The Free Software Foundation is dying   Discoveries ruff by Astral LNL Telegram Bot IEM Plugin Suite Graham’s audio demo Upscayl Félim’s Irish landcape photo Félim’s Irish landcape photo upscaled   Feedback shotwell-site-generator shotwell-site-generator screenshots         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.   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

Great new releases of Fedora and Ubuntu, growing pains as Red Hat turns 30, Firefox continues to improve, old drive encryption can be cracked, and KDE Korner.   News Linux Matters has launched Firefox may soon reject Cookie prompts automatically Resist Fingerprinting PSA: upgrade your LUKS key derivation function Red Hat: Biggest Linux company of them all turns 30 More layoffs at Red Hat Fedora 38 released Ubuntu 23.04 released Azure AD authentication comes to Ubuntu Desktop 23.04     KDE Korner KDE Gear 23.04, Nanonote 1.4.0, Announcing Arianna 1.0 & digiKam 8.0.0 is released The road to KDE Connect 2.0 40 Snaps & a HowTo Plasma Products / Not a DE What’s new in Fedora Kinoite 38         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 tried and tested way to stream your music collection, Silverblue but hot rodded, a GUI to monitor your network traffic, the modern way to do 2FA, KDE Korner, and loads more.   Discoveries Logitech Media Server (LMS) First Universal Blue image Mission – Universal Blue Scope – Universal Blue CLARK sniffnet Yubikey Manager   Feedback ngrep rsyncy   KDE Korner Plasma Mobile catchup ktechlab isoimagewriter a pile of snaps Krita Yearly report Most plasma widgets ported to 6 & Nate’s weekly updates         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.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at kolide.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

25 years of Mozilla, Twitter’s token open source efforts make us grateful for Mastodon, 3D printing faces a familiar open source challenge, and two (more) potential ways to help solve the FOSS funding problem.   News A quarter century of Mozilla Making the impossible possible — again A new era of transparency for Twitter Twitter posts the code it claims determines which tweets people see, and why Twitter’s Open Source Algorithm Is a Red Herring Welcome to open source, Elon. Your Twitter code just got a CVE for shadow ban bug The state of open-source in 3D printing in 2023 – Original Prusa 3D Printers A reply to Josef Průša – Stargirl (Thea) Flowers Help us fund equipment – Armbian Bloomberg Launches FOSS Fund to Support Free and Open Source Projects thanks.dev       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.   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 20 devices.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Keeping your house plants alive using open hardware, searching for apps in multiple package formats at once, processing and analysing smartwatch data, working out who is using all the bandwidth on your network, and building a minimal Linux ISO to play Doom. Plus a novel way to solve the FOSS funding problem, and Proton as the ultimate Linux gaming platform.   Discoveries chob Chirp plant alarm Garmin watch offline sync with Postrunner ntopng DoomLinux         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.   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

Docker damages what little FOSS goodwill it has left, the Internet Archive inevitably loses a legal fight, GitHub’s SSH key snafu, Microsoft fails to read the room regarding crypto, Mozilla’s foray into AI raises an eybrow or two, a national treasure takes the piss out of Félim, and more.   News Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of Moore’s Law, has died 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 The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library The Fight Continues We updated our RSA SSH host key We need better support for SSH host certificates Tracking the Fake GitHub Star Black Market with Dagster, dbt and BigQuery Microsoft is building a cryptocurrency wallet into its Edge browser Mozilla Launches Responsible AI Challenge Introducing Mozilla.ai: Investing in trustworthy AI   KDE Korner Testing QT6 Begins Xwayland Screen Casting GCompris overview 180+ activities Labplot 2.10 This week in KDE: “More Wayland fixes” This week in KDE: Distro upgrades for Fedora KDE in Discover My experience taking part in Season of KDE Adapting Standard Usage Scenario Scripts For KDE Applications: My Journey As A Season Of KDE Mentee – KDE Eco           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.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at kolide.com/latenightlinux   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 20 devices.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Will is annoyed with calculators, Félim adds GUIs to his ropey Python, Graham attempts to tune a Piano, and Joe dreams of playing darts without the maths. Plus your feedback about robot vacuums, guitar cables, Arch, why we don’t talk about Fedora, KDE wins, and more.   Discoveries qalculate NiceGUI Entropy Piano Tuner Autodarts (video of it in action)   Feedback Quinny DustBuilder Valetudo Material for MkDocs         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

Flathub’s grand plans spark a debate the merits of modern packaging, we feel old 20 years on from the SCO lawsuit, great news for un-Googled Android users, a lengthy quest to stream DRM-restricted media on Arm Macs, KDE Korner, and more.   News Flathub in 2023 The SCO lawsuit, 20 years later NewF-Droid repository format for faster and smaller updates The Quest for Netflix on Asahi Linux   KDE Korner Plasma 6 kick off and outline fixes & Wayland zooming Apps in MS Store Tutorial Plasma codemap Kubuntu Manual KDE for Scientists PIM Update Krita Tutorial Video Akademy Talks Reminder!         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.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at kolide.com/latenightlinux   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 20 devices.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Troubleshooting microcontroller projects, reinstalling Ubuntu the quick and easy way, loads of gaming discoveries, follow-up on backups, playing guitar with Linux, keeping kids safe online, and more.   Discoveries mqttshark device IDs to get steering wheel nim Turrican II AGA Zelda a Link to the Past on Linux   Feedback Timeshift Kopia Grsync Cronopete UrBackup Neon AI OS for the Mycroft Mark II Nextcloud localization Behringer UMC22 audiophile 2×2 USB audio interface           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.   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.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Canonical angers the community again – this time by asking Ubuntu flavours to stop shipping Flatpak by default, we can’t decide whether Microsoft or Google are worse, NASA contributes to way more open source software than you might think, ten years of Steam on Linux, and KDE Korner.   News Ubuntu Flavor Packaging Defaults NASA and open-source software 10 years ago Steam released for Linux M$ Edge inserts ads on Chrome download page My daughter’s school took over my personal Microsoft account   KDE Korner KDE Switches to QT6 Nicco looks at theme & shows 6 “hidden” features of Plasma Plasma Mobile 5.27 + PlaMo Gear 23.01.0 Stop shouting How to add flatpaks on Kubuntu/Neon Nate’s regular updates Two very last minute tools in Neon & two apps in unstable             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.   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 20 devices.               See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

More reverse-engineering, free tech books, a handy tool for fixing things you’ve aCCIDENTALLY CAPITALISED, Chromium in the terminal, putting apps and config files in a “box”, more on aviation tracking, GUI vs CLI backups on Linux, and loads more.   Discoveries reveng lurk GoalKicker.com books Late Night Linux – Discoveries Convert Case carbonyl Github Sponsors stops taking Paypal boxxy TheAirTraffic (ADS-B Exchange replacement) Félim’s list of ADS-B Exchange alternatives   Feedback BorgBackup Sanoid and Syncoid           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.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at kolide.com/latenightlinux         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Canonical’s latest Ubuntu PR blunder, Mastodon and the fediverse are doing a lot better than some journalists seem to think, yet another telemetry row, the company behind Mycroft is struggling, KDE Korner, and more.   News We now have a Discord server (as well as the Telegram group, Matrix room, and IRC channel). Links to everything on our community page What are ESM Apps, and how do they relate to Ubuntu Pro? Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is ‘Slumping,’ Despite Massive Increase In Usage Magazine Publishes Serious Errors in First AI-Generated Health Article Google’s Go may add telemetry that’s on by default telemetry in the Go toolchain It’s not looking good for Mycroft AI The End of the Campaign Mycroft patent troll case   KDE Korner Plasma 5.27-eve (Frameworks 5.103.0 is just out) Nate has a writeup and help report multi-monitor bugs effectively Kate’s git features A couple of FOSDEM Reports (or ALL the talks!) KDE packaging recommendations Akademy call for proposals is open         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.   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 20 devices.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Making Home Assistant easier to configure, scoring music with FOSS, protecting yourself against phishing, 3 very different distro releases, traffic shaping and QoS, and more.   Discoveries MuseScore 4 Node Red Home Assistant Contrib No Homo Graphs Phish-protect Awesome-privacy blendOS helloSystem elementary OS 7   Feedback Buster SQM (Smart Queue Management) Getting SQM Running Right SQM scripts traffic shaper           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.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The Mars Helicopter continues to amaze, aviation nerds get burned, Google lays off loads of open source people, running a Mastodon instance isn’t for everyone, KDE Korner, and more.   News Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 40th Red Planet flight JETNET Acquires ADS-B Exchange Feeding to adsb.fi Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week’s layoffs What is Google doing with its open source teams? We tried to run a social media site and it was awful   KDE Korner Example of KDEnlive & Glaxinate Plasma 5.27 Beta is here & KFrameworks Branched New Skrooge site & XRechnungViewer (not related to each other) Best Plasma 5 and Major bugfixes         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.   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

Recovering data from a broken SSD, configuring the lights on a new keyboard, trying stock Android on a Pixel 7, easily blocking ads with DNS, playing with 3D models of ancient museum pieces, and more.   Discoveries testdisk Félim’s new keyboard g810-led Pixel 7 Public AdGuard DNS server Nefertiti statue 3D model   Feedback Lotus 1-2-3 for Linux         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.   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 20 devices.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The rise of RISC-V continues apace, we bust a recent ZFS myth, hybrid tiling in Plasma, Stadia departs with a nice gift for people, Joe draws an old skool mucky jpeg and ruins KDE Korner, and more.   News Google’s Stadia Controller is getting Bluetooth support Google wants RISC-V to be a “tier-1” Android architecture RISC-V Summit Keynote: The Android Open Source Project and RISC-V ESP32-C6 WiFi 6, BLE, and 802.15.4 module and development board launched! The Future of ZFS on Ubuntu Desktop is Not Looking Good ZFSBootMenu   Admin Follow Joe on Mastodon   Discoveries KZones Archimedes Live   KDE and Xfce Kornerx New image for existing flavor: Xubuntu Minimal KDE PIM Nov/Dec Big UI Improvements and Fixes Plasma on the VisionFive2 Akademy 2023 in Greece           Kolide Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more here: l.kolide.co/3ZAIzZP     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 ultimate ESP system, VoIP & RTC capture and troubleshooting, overpriced keyboards, making arcade cabinets even more fun, some notable distro releases, avoiding CAPTCHAs, and more.   Discoveries ESPhome Homer/Sipcapture solaar logitech G PRO BGFX The Great Crypto Scam Vanilla OS EndeavourOS Cassini Mozilla changes Firefox’s user agent because of Internet Explorer 11 useragents.me   Feedback Snikket       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.   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 20 devices.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Real hope for a local-only voice assistant, Matrix learns an age-old lesson about funding FOSS, 2022 was the year of Linux on the desktop, Mozilla is about to catch up to the Mastodon trend, there definitely won’t be a Raspberry Pi 5 this year (honest), and KDE Korner.   News With voice assistants in trouble, Home Assistant starts a local alternative LineageOS 20 released The Matrix Holiday Update 2022 Don’t expect a Raspberry Pi 5 in 2023, says Eben Upton [Feb 2019 – Upton: “I don’t have a route to do something this year”] [Jun 2019 – Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now from $35] 2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2022 Mozilla to explore healthy social media alternative   KDE Korner Gear 22.12 (Gwenview has a new docs page), KDEnlive 22.1, Tokodon 23.01 Rewritten Spectacle in 23.04 & Fractional wayland + multiscreen fixes & some holiday updates & end of year goodies and finally a 2022 overview Kraft v1.0 & it can be run on WSL KDE Fundraiser & KDEnlive Funraisers successes! Linux App Summit Brno April 21-23 2023         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.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   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

It’s that time of year where we look back at our 2022 predictions, and make some new ones for 2023.         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

It’s our 2022 in review episode which features Linux in space, gaming wins and fails, Raspberry Pi drama, the year of user-facing AI, Canonical and Microsoft, the rise of Mastodon, and more.           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.     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 20 devices.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Loads of discoveries including picking the best DNS server for your connection, Telnet on the Amiga, some synth thing, markdown notes, and fixing downloaded Twitter data. Plus your feedback about Red Hat and IBM, containers and firewalls, Signal alternatives, and more.   Discoveries dnsdiag ZiModem KnobKraft twitter-archive-parser silverbullet One Thing Well   Feedback ksuperkey Firewalld and Podman – Protecting Your DB docker will happily bypass your firewall Session Signal issue Prosody IM           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.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Particle physics depends on software that’s maintained by one retiree, another argument about AI, YouTube disrespects Creative Commons, we find an excuse to laugh at Musk, KDE Korner, and more.   News Crucial Computer Program for Particle Physics at Risk of Obsolescence FORM (symbolic manipulation system) – Wikipedia GPT-3 Business Email Generator by Danny Richman AI writes Terraform Company ‘Hijacks’ Blender’s CC BY-Licensed Film, YouTube Strikes User Twitter turns its back on open-source development   KDE and Xfce Kornerx Xubuntu Development Update December 2022 Xfce 4.18 Looks Exciting Finalizing rpm-ostree support in Discover Introducing KIO AFC Plasma Mobile Gear 22.11 is Out This week in KDE: Humongous UI improvements This week in KDE: custom tiling Help KDE hire more people! Status of the 15-Minute Bug Initiative October/November in KDE Itinerary           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.     Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   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

An application firewall, reverse engineering with a better and scriptable version of Wireshark, getting the most out of webcams on Linux, running the latest kernel on a ten year old phone, moving away from mailing lists, KDE Korner, and the best distro of 2022(?)   Discoveries Portmaster tshark Will’s reverse engineering efforts cameractrls PostmarketOS on a Samsung Galaxy S III   Mailing lists are on the wane The GNOME Project is closing all its mailing lists   KDE Korner Jonathan Esk-Riddell’s report from Prague and Scarlett’s too Push notifications for KDE NeoChat E2EE progressingNate’s Update: Welcome in Plasma       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.     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 20 devices.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Python comes to Arduino, a look at the new version of Fedora Silverblue, Linux helps Windows work with old printers, running your own Mastodon instance, remastering Ubuntu ISOs, and more. With guest host Alan Pope (popey).   News Arduino Announces Official MicroPython Support Announcing Fedora Linux 37 OpenPrinting keeps old printers working, even on Windows LibreOffice and blockchain: What cool things are possible?   Running your own Mastodon instance Popey tells us about running ubuntu.social         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.     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 20 devices.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Some great discoveries including traffic shaping, USB over IP, speech to text, and a funny Firefox extension. Plus Graham talks to Ken VanDine, the engineering manager for Ubuntu Desktop.   Discoveries Sad Servers Really Awful OSS Incidents AI to BS USB/IP protocol — The Linux Kernel documentation USB/IP Project Wondershaper Nerd Dictation nerd-dictation on GitHub   Ken VanDine Graham sits down with the Ken the Ubuntu desktop engineering manager at the Ubuntu Summit to talk about Snaps, desktop, WSL, Steam, and more.         Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   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

Mastodon usage explodes in the wake of Musk ruining Twitter, AI training fair use is about to be legally tested, Signal tries to be Snapchat, KDE Korner, and more.   News Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk’s Twitter takeover. I joined them Twitodon Pick an Instance Helper GitHub Copilot litigation The GitHub Copilot Lawsuit Threatens Open Source and Human Progress Signal thinks it’s Snapchat What happened to signal-desktop? – snap – snapcraft.io snap automatic updates can now be ‘held’ indefinitely (currently beta/edge) Mozilla Ventures: Investing in Responsible Tech SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency-related projects to be removed   KDE Korner A New ‘KDE Control Centre’ Widget Inspired by iOS KDE For Creators Tiling Work Kate Treats, Outlines & smarter Krunner           Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   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.   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

Docker firewall issues, Ardour’s major new feature, listening for your neighbours’ garage door openers and tyre pressure monitors, colourising old photos, complaints from new Ubuntu users, KDE Korner, and more.   Discoveries rtl_433 Ardour 7 Palette.fm Pocket Casts Mobile Apps Are Now Open Source Santa Circles   Feedback Unattended upgrades doesn’t upgrade additional repository   KDE Korner On hiring, and fundraising to make it more biggerer KDE neon Rebased on Jammy UserBase Rebooted This Week in KDE: QA pays off & UI Improvements digiKam Recipes       Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8     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

It’s our 200th episode spectacular! We look back over some of the key events and trends from the last ~5 years that the show has been going. The rise of Arm and RISC-V, the death of 32-bit x86, Mozilla’s decline, the Ubuntu Phone fever dream, gaming wins, and loads more.       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.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Tracking planes that don’t necessarily want to be tracked, the catch 22 of communicating changes to FOSS users, Graham makes another terrible racket, what we do to procrastinate, and more.   Discoveries ADS-B Exchange Virtual Smart Home introduce Pro tier tuning-workbench-synth tune CLI HPR New Year live show and FOSDEM podcast table           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 20 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

Stadia is finally dead, Valve has shipped a million Steam Decks, Canonical tries to win back the community, Debian votes for common sense, acres of RISC-V laptops, KDE Korner, and more.   News A message about Stadia and our long term streaming strategy New games were still being added last month Canonical launches free personal Ubuntu Pro subscriptions for up to five machines Amazon WorkSpaces Introduces Ubuntu Desktops First RISC-V laptop available The Steam Deck is now available with no reservations required (mostly) What KDE are doing to improve Steam Deck and desktop mode (shipped over a MILLION!) Debian Chooses A Reasonable, Common Sense Solution To Dealing With Non-Free Firmware   KDE Korner Akademy videos Day 1 & Day 2 (incl. Nate’s Goal) Akademy BOFs & Translations on UserBase KDE Neon 22.04 will have Firefox PPA instead of snap Overhall of Kontact Encryption MiTubo Adds Feeds       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.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   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

Loads of discoveries including quickly fixing command line flubs, a must-have tool for USB booting, managing snapshots, and a router distro. Plus the problem with open-sourcing AI, Graham makes a dreadful racket, and more.   Discoveries The CIA has a podcast CIA museum: Inside the world’s most top secret museum The Fuck OPNsense samplebrain Mutable Instruments Clouds httm Ventoy The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice on Apple’s Mac App Store   Feedback Mimic 3       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 20 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

systemd arrives on WSL, Audacity gains a huge feature, Mozilla makes (valid) excuses, a bumper KDE Korner, and more.   News Listener Michael sent Joe a LMN 3 Systemd support is now available in WSL Systemd support lands in WSL Audacity 3.2 Released with Realtime Effects, VST3 Support Mozilla calls out Microsoft, Google, Apple over browsers   KDE Korner Intel Becomes First Krita Development Fund Corporate Gold Patron Kdenlive Fundraiser This week in KDE: It’s a big one, folks This week in KDE: yo dawg, I heard you wanted stability Plasma Bigscreen KDE Neon 22.04 Rebase Imminent – Vote Firefox Snap/Other Official ppa           Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   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

Whether images created by AI count as art, self-hosted audio streaming, a hex editor, playing Steam games from remote machines, QEMU on an iPad, and more.   Discoveries Navidrome ImHex Moonlight UTM running Windows 10 on an M1 iPad Pro   AI “art” Artwork generated using AI software Midjourney won a state competition Professional AI whisperers have launched a marketplace for DALL-E prompts     Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   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

Huge wins for RISC-V and Ubuntu Unity, the changing ways that software is distributed, and a sad lament for young people’s privacy. Plus why KDE Plasma isn’t default in many major distros, along with the usual goodness in the Korner.   News NASA Selects SiFive and Makes RISC-V the Go-to Ecosystem for Future Space Missions Ubuntu Unity Becoming An Official Flavour With 22.10 Release github-cli Debian package GPG key expires LG is bringing NFTs to its smart TVs – The Verge NFT shit-list   Feedback UK officials still blocking Peter Wright’s ‘embarrassing’ Spycatcher files   KDE Korner Neal Gompa explains why do none of the major distros have KDE Plasma as default KDE Promo Sprint Kaidan 0.9 E2E & ATM These Weeks in KDE       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.   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.

A great FOSS text to speech engine, taking ownership of your audiobooks, and making chiptune music. Plus your feedback about SMS messages, docks, earbuds, being stuck in the Apple ecosystem, and more.   Discoveries TTS audible-activator Furnace   Feedback Gadgetbridge LNL-Discoveries LNL-Discoveries – GitHub         Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   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

We catch up on a month’s worth of news including GitHub and GitLab controversies, Arduino multitasking, VLC being banned in India, Google’s false positives in scans, and KDE Korner.   News Introducing multitasking to Arduino GitLab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash Give nothing, expect nothing: GitLab’s the latest punching bag for entitled users GitHub courts controversy by suspending Tornado Cash developers and reneging on cookie commitments Code, Speech, and the Tornado Cash Mixer VLC Media Player banned in India, website and VLC download link blocked Google’s Scans of Private Photos Led to False Accusations of Child Abuse   KDE Korner Nate’s updates: Fewer microscopic bugfixes and weekly updates 1 2 3 4 Kate macro recording Krita 5.1 & KDEnlive 22.08 KDE Snap Packages Neon 22.04 Docker Images Akademy Talk Schedule Live         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 20 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

Playing with Arduinos, a 1337 h4x0r tool, ChromeOS Flex, a proprietary software win, whether open-sourcing AI makes sense, and more.   Discoveries Tauno Serial Plotter kdb-audio ChromeOS Flex is now generally available   Discussion Open source isn’t working for AI       Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   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

It’s the London meetup live show special! Joe is joined by Alex and Gary to discuss how to accept that most people who use/connect to Linux machines don’t use it on the desktop.       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.   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.