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Late Night Linux
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Late Night Linux is a podcast that takes a look at what’s happening with Linux and the wider tech industry. Every week, Joe, Félim, Graham and Will discuss the latest news and releases, and the broader issues and trends in the world of free and open source software. Expect drinking, swearing, strong opinions, and Félim being trolled about AI and the cloud.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 391
1w ago00:07:08Tap to summarizeOur favourite little things about Linux and open source. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
Transcribe →Late Night Linux – Episode 390
2w ago00:33:26Tap to summarizeThe new Steam hardware is getting close, Arch Linux’s AUR is compromised, and curl is having a month off from vulnerability reports. Plus updates on using the Kagi search engine, retro handhelds, and 3D printing. Plugs Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late Graham’s talk Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes News Steam Machine and Steam Frame are shipping this summer Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day [archived] 2 Arch Linux’s AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malware 4.5 Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack Arch Linux locks down AUR signups amid wave of malicious commits curl summer of bliss Retro gaming handhelds R36S Fakes R36H See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
Transcribe →Late Night Linux – Episode 389
3w ago00:26:52Tap to summarizeA new Firefox release confuses Félim, Plex makes no sense in a world where Jellyfin exists, Will considers paying for the Kagi search engine, and another small Android tablet for your wall. Plus what we learned at the recent Ubuntu Summit. News/discussion Firefox 151.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing Kagi Shelly Wall Display Ubuntu Summit Ubuntu Summit 26.04 Timetable Ubuntu Summit videos See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
Transcribe →Late Night Linux – Episode 388
4w ago00:28:21Tap to summarizeSteam Deck price rises point toward high prices for the new Valve hardware, Lenovo puts its name to a cheap retro handheld and regrets it, Wikipedia management seems to be acting like a typical big tech company and the workers are organising, Bambu pisses off its 3D printer customers and Joe got given a free unrelated 3D printer, and we don’t believe that the Raspberry Pi 6 will arrive as late as 2028. News Steam Deck back in stock, with updated pricing The golden age of handheld gaming is already over [archived] Lenovo pulls its controversial G02 retro handheld from sale – starting a chain reaction that could decimate the retro gaming market Sellers circumvent Lenovo’s retro handheld ban with cheap wholesale storefronts Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia We’re Wiki Workers United, a global solidarity union for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia editors plot strike and banner sabotage after Wikimedia layoffs Comprehensive Response to Bambu’s AGPLv3 Violations – Software Freedom Conservancy ‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing [archived] No Raspberry Pi 6 before 2028 Don’t expect a Raspberry Pi 5 in 2023, says Eben Upton [21st Dec 2022] Introducing: Raspberry Pi 5! [28th Sep 2023] See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
Transcribe →Late Night Linux – Episode 387
May 2500:25:22Tap to summarizeDebian’s ambitious aim to make all packages reproducible pushes us closer to a better future, yet more talk about age verification for VPNs, Firefox gets more users on mobile thanks to regulation, Opera’s gaming browser comes to Linux, Valve releases CAD files for the Steam Controller, and the Steam Frame might be coming soon. With guest host Andy from Linux Dev Time. News/discussion Debian Release Team: Debian Must Now Ship Reproducible Packages EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push EU browser choice rules send millions more users Firefox’s way Opera GX Lands on Linux Steam Controller and Puck CAD files officially released under a Creative Commons license — Valve encourages users to create accessories for the device Steam Frame coming soon? See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
Transcribe →Late Night Linux – Episode 386
May 1900:27:47Tap to summarizeGreat funding news for LVFS and KDE, why Europe probably needs some more home-grown distros, a conspiracy theory about Cloudflare seems unlikely, and we wonder what can be done about all the irresponsibly disclosed vulnerabilities that new tools are discovering. With guest host Andy from Linux Dev Time. News LVFS Sponsorship Announcement Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own Can Someone Please Explain Whether Cloudflare Blackmailed Canonical? ‘Dirty Frag’ Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos DirtyCBC: When Linux Kernel Decrypt-Before-MAC Turns Authenticated Encryption Into a Page-Cache Write See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
Transcribe →Late Night Linux – Episode 385
May 1100:29:02Tap to summarizeVoice to text, visualising CSVs in the terminal, managing software from releases on GitHub, a mini Android tablet for your wall, and Amiga music on Linux in Discoveries. Plus Ubuntu embracing AI makes us wonder if we should just stop having the same old arguments. Discoveries VoxType Tennis tooler SONOFF NSPanel Pro Gen2 Unix Amiga Delitracker Emulator News/discussion The future of AI in Ubuntu I wanted to reply with some clarifications The Pulse: token spend breaks budgets – what next? Anthropic joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron Upcoming Blender Development Fund and AI Policies See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
Transcribe →Late Night Linux – Episode 384
May 500:30:21Tap to summarizeThere’s a new Ubuntu LTS release and quite a lot is new, Canonical’s infrastructure was taken down and we disagree about whether it could have been avoided, two recent examples of irresponsible vulnerability disclosure, and the Steam controller finally arrives with a hefty price tag. Plugs Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late SeaGL 2026 Call for Presentations Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes News Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: What’s New Since Ubuntu 24.04? An update on rust-coreutils Pro-Iran group turns Ubuntu DDoS into shakedown The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed Carrot disclosure: Forgejo and follow-up Steam Controller: The Ars Technica review See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
Transcribe →Late Night Linux – Episode 383
Apr 2700:29:10Tap to summarizeWhether you can trust small new distros, Amazon is officially abandoning Android on its new TV sticks in favour of their new Linux-based OS, and we have another pointless argument about AI bollocks. News/discussion Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore Eternal November — this new influx of users may be better than the last one Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
Transcribe →Late Night Linux – Episode 382
Apr 2100:28:24Tap to summarizeThe French government makes a start on moving to the Linux Desktop, the EU has a terrible but open source age verification app, some clarity on one of the exciting office suite dramas, the media swallows Anthropic’s nonsense about their new magically powerful model, a quick KDE Korner, and more. News France’s digital agency dumping Windows desktops for Linux Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process You cannot use the GNU (A)GPL to take software freedom away AGPLv3§7¶4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era On Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing UK gov’s Mythos AI tests help separate cybersecurity threat from hype Mythos and Cybersecurity A few notes about the massive hype surrounding Claude Mythos Breathless parroting of Anthropic’s bullshit from the graun NSA using Anthropic’s Mythos despite blacklist KDE Korner KDE at 30 Tighter KDE Connect Integration KDE Gear 26.04 Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
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