Late Night Linux – Episode 282

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Late Night Linux – Episode 282

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May 21, 2024

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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... Read More

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May 21, 2024

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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.

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Late Night Linux – Episode 31: We speak to the CEO of Purism about their totally free software phone and laptops but before that, a new Plasma desktop is out, and Ubuntu and elementary OS have proposed some controversial changes for their next releases. News Plasma 5.12. by Late Night Linux
69 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 10: Yet more Ubuntu fallout including forks of their dead desktop and mobile platform, Libreboot wants to rejoin GNU, mobile Linux coming together, IoT standardisation and how to spread the word about FOSS on LNL 10. by Late Night Linux
59 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 67: Graham and Joe managed to buy a Raspberry Pi 4 while they were HOT. Literally. Plus all sorts in the news including KDE, the villain that is Mozilla, Debian 10, and the Pinebook Pro. News Test Plasma Easily, KDE PIM Update, by Late Night Linux
42 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 15: Endless has a major update, KDE continues to innovate, Ubuntu backtracks on Wayland, O’Reilly trolls Félim, System76 and Tuxedo make some distros, and more on LNL 15. News Endless OS 3.2 Released, Rebases From GNOME Shell 3.8 To 3. by Late Night Linux
67 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 59: A lot of companies have attempted convergence but none have approached it like Maru OS. We speak to the founder of the project about its major new release. Plus KDE, GNOME, and Debian in the news. News First Plasma Mobile Sprint Krita: The only graph... by Late Night Linux
48 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 56: Exciting Pine64 devices, no Pi 4 this year, good gaming and firmware news, and more. News Pine64 to Launch $79 Linux Tablet, $199 PineBook Pro Laptop Pine64 forum announcement We won’t see a Raspberry Pi 4 in 2019 Steam For Linux Now Lets You Play Wi... by Late Night Linux
27 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 23: The kernel devs want compliance rather than cash, Mint backs Flatpack, Canonical aim for an IPO, Solus needs help with art, and we speak to a ZFS advocate called Jim Salter. News Linux Kernel Community Enforcement Statement Mint to add Flatpak suppor... by Late Night Linux
61 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 69: We enter a parallel universe where Linux doesn’t have a foundation and decide what one should be like. Plus a packed news section including Blender, VR, Xfce, KDE, VLC, and other initialisms. News KDE Onboarding Sprint, by Late Night Linux
39 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 60: What exactly goes into an LTS release of the most popular desktop distro? We find out from Will after a packed news segment that includes Stadia, video editors, KDE old and new, Ubuntu Studio, and Red Hat raking it in. by Late Night Linux
45 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 17: Mozilla launches yet more projects, Krita had a brush with the tax man, Flash is on the way out, Debian is almost totally reproducible, Mycroft on Plasma, and Linux as a Windows and Mac replacement and more. With Jesse and Félim away, by Late Night Linux
59 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 55: Are you better off with the elasticity of public clouds like AWS, or should you avoid lock-in by running servers on premises? Guess what Félim thinks. Plus ZFS is in the news again, the Librem 5 is slowly getting there, by Late Night Linux
46 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 78: Chrome OS is by far the most popular Linux-based desktop OS and we find out if that top spot is deserved. Plus Ubuntu, Zorin, Firefox, Kali, and more in the news. News Ubuntu Pro 64-bit Ubuntu now works on Pi 4 The Ubuntu 20. by Late Night Linux
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Late Night Linux – Episode 76: We find out what Ubuntu 19.10 is like on the Raspberry Pi 4, and then take it too far. Plus plenty of news, Graham channelling Vangelis, and something about KDE. News LinuxApp Summit Kicks Off Site Kit is now available for all WordPress sites Google ... by Late Night Linux
38 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 65: It’s our show from FOSS Talk Live! After KDE, Firefox, GMail, and Stadia in the news, missed opportunities for FOSS and how we can seize the next one. News KDE Apps Website Google Browser Control via DRM; Use Firefox & block fingerprinting while you’... by Late Night Linux
46 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 54: A new year dawns so we make some predictions for the months to come. Plus we look back at last year’s predictions, and have a look at what’s been happening in the news. News Raspberry Pi joins RISC-V Foundation Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Driver Finally... by Late Night Linux
45 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 05: Ikey is back but with Jesse on holiday, it’s a three man show again. VR gaming on Linux, a new Raspberry Pi, Mozilla buying Pocket, Web DRM, Kodi piracy and loads more on LNL 05. News SteamVR Is Coming to Linux and SteamOS Raspberry Pi Zero W RetroPi... by Late Night Linux
70 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 22: Some great phone news and some very bad, KDE goodness, Google creepiness, Ikey saves gaming on Linux, nonces compromise WiFi, and the biggest Ubuntu release for years. News Librem 5 funded Konvergence Plasma 5. by Late Night Linux
69 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 81: The death of Windows 7 presents yet another opportunity for the wide adoption of Linux on the desktop. Is that just wishful thinking? Plus Y2K comes back, bad news for Mozilla, a great new Nexcloud release, and more in the news. by Late Night Linux
39 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 64: It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the news including ZombieLoad and the Huawei debacle, and Joe tries to convince himself that 32-bit x86 Linux isn’t dead. News Plasma 5.16 – Wireguard GUI in NM & Wayland Remote Desktop & KItinerary continues & Eli... by Late Night Linux
47 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 19: We are back for a proper episode but Félim is on holiday so it’s a 3 man show. We’ve been to OggCamp, we discuss some developments in the mobile space, Ikey is off to New York on Shuttleworth’s dime, Joe has an ancient Mac and we talk about Patreon sat... by Late Night Linux
65 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 63: It’s been a month since the last proper episode so we recap the news from the last few weeks including real Linux in WIndows, RHEL 8, Nextcloud, Debian, and more. News KDE Apps 19.04 Is out & snapped first (Neon writeup), by Late Night Linux
45 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 58: Does the need to fund FOSS explain its complexity? The four of us don’t seem to agree. Plus plenty of news including KDE, MariaDB, Lineage OS, and the faceless bureaucrats in Brussels are at it again. News KDE Matrix & Refactored KDEnlive & kPublicTr... by Late Night Linux
43 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 91: Linux audio tips, upgrade vs nuke and pave, smartwatches, a new Raspberry Pi, Microsoft and Mint drama, and the shortest KDE Korner ever. News 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75 Raspberry Pi OS (64 bit) beta test version Ubuntu 20. by Late Night Linux
35 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 74: Blender is one of the flagship professional FOSS tools and we talk to one of its senior devs. Plus the dangers of SaaS, Ubuntu 19.10, RISC-V, KDE Korner, and more. News Software as a Service Dangers Adobe backtracks, by Late Night Linux
42 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 70: Graham tells us all about his new 3D printer, and the FOSS that he uses with it. Plus KDE, Xfce, ZFS, and more in the news. News Unpatched KDE vulnerability disclosed on Twitter KDE rips out ability for KConfig to run shell code Discover gets a Snap/... by Late Night Linux
44 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 80: It’s officially the future so we look back at our predictions from last year and make some new ones for 2020. Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. by Late Night Linux
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Late Night Linux – Episode 82: Lots of news including Pine64, Linux gaming, Thunderbird, and WireGuard. Plus Will is looking to install a decent OS on his Mac, and mixed news in KDE Korner. FOSS Talk Live 2020 announcement The date has changed. by Late Night Linux
41 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 68: When Free Software and free speech clash, controversy ensues. We talk about Mastodon’s recent conundrum. Plus a packed news section including Blender, XPS machines, reproducibility, GNOME malware, and more. News KDE Plasma5 is 5, by Late Night Linux
40 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 57: Librem 5 shipping when? Todd from Purism joins us to answer that question, as well as what’s going on with the dev kits. Plus KDE, Red Hat Satellite, and Windows X86 apps on Arm Linux in a brief news segment. News KDE Plasma 5. by Late Night Linux
56 min listen
Late Night Linux – Episode 84: Is it time to give up on the Linux desktop and concentrate on open source apps? Plus a conundrum for Félim, Raspberry Pi and GTK in the news, and KDE Korner. FOSS Talk Live 2020 Tickets and info here News GTK website revamp attempting to stake QT P... by Late Night Linux
40 min listen

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Late Night Linux – Episode 282

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