Late Night Linux

Whether 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

The 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

Raspberry Pi prices have gone up yet again, more drama in the exciting world of open source office suites, Red Hat looks to be going all in on “AI”, Cloudflare vibe codes a WordPress rip off, and GIMP shares some interesting download numbers.   News/discussion A new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 for $83.75, and more memory-driven price increases Forking frenzy ensues after Euro-Office launch sparks OnlyOffice backlash TDF ejects its core developers Let’s put an end to the speculation Memo: Red Hat Global Engineering plans to lean in to AI If you thought the speed of writing code was your problem – you have bigger problems Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security Interesting GIMP numbers                   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

Steam stats suggest that gaming on Linux is more popular than ever, Wine improvements might entice even more gamers, Ubuntu might break things when it tightens up GRUB security and makes 6GB of RAM the minimum requirement for the desktop edition, and Ubuntu MATE is looking for new maintainers.   News LAS 2026 Call for proposals extended till the 10th April Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive Ubuntu 26.10 could drop btrfs, ZFS and LUKS support from GRUB Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements Windows 11 has lower requirements Ubuntu MATE – seeking maintainers                   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

Making silly URLs, visualising complex weather data, a TUI network discovery tool, and an open source version of a classic synthesizer in discoveries, plus the sad reality that it’s more or less impossible to avoid code that’s been generated by “AI” these days.   Discoveries creepy link Supercell Wx whosthere Ultramaster KR-106   AI in FOSS systemd 260-rc3 Released With AI Agents Documentation Added New Xfce Wayland compositor is being developed with genAI                     Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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

Age declaration and verification in Linux gathers pace, Google blesses us with some hoops to jump through to install the software we want on stock Android, the FSFE lost their payment provider, great new KDE Plasma and GNOME features, and more.   News Just over a month until OggCamp! Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late Age verification isn’t sage verification when it’s inside operating systems The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux A small set of people are merging changes to various Linux components to make sure every application knows your birth date When you tell me to just not implement age declaration, do you understand you’re asking me to risk thousands of dollars in fines? I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who’s behind the age verification bills. meta-lobbying-and-other-findings Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety 450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us This Week in Plasma: Press-and-Hold for Alternative Characters Introducing GNOME 50, “Tokyo”                 Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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

Drama in the exciting world of office suites, new ThinkPads are properly repairable, hands on with the Android desktop convergence future, and more.   News/discussion LibreOffice Online: a fresh start LibreOffice Online dragged out of the attic LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control Lenovo’s New T-Series ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability Your Pixel phone can now become a full Android PC via USB-C You will be able to install “unverified” Android apps with ADB                 Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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

Discord delays their age-gating rollout but legislators are pushing for operating systems including Linux to verify ages, LLM licence laundering might mean the end of copyleft, and how and why you might want to detect Meta’s spy camera glasses.   News Getting Global Age Assurance Right: What We Got Wrong and What’s Changing US state laws push age checks into the operating system California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup I have actually read the text of California law CA AB1043 and, honestly, I don’t hate it Do you really think that circumventing these things will always be a simple firmware mod or hardware hack? Relicensing with AI-assisted rewrite – Tuan-Anh Tran Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens No right to relicense this project Hide from Meta’s spyglasses with this new Android app Dear Meta Smart Glasses Wearers: You’re Being Watched, Too                   Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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 freedom to install what you want on stock Android ROMs is still in jeopardy, an interesting update on SETI@home, Intel looks to contribute to graphics on Linux, and Mozilla works towards Web standards. Plus making a Wii U gamepad, UPS software, free NASA ebooks, and making cool posters with mapping data in Discoveries.   News/Discussion The FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and Android will be locked-down in under 200 days Keep Android Open Open letter to Google FLX1s Enthusiasts used their home computers to search for ET—scientists are homing in on 100 signals they found Intel Hiring More Linux Developers – Including For GPU Drivers / Linux Gaming Stack Launching Interop 2026   Discoveries Creating a Wii U gamepad Network UPS Tools NASA eBooks MapToPoster maptoposter-docker                   Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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

Discord’s new age gating policy might be a real opportunity for open source but it’s not clear that we have anything that can compete, the complex and bizarre tale of an AI agent writing a blog post attacking a FOSS maintainer, why we lost some trust in a major tech publication, the Firefox AI kill switch arrives, and a quick KDE Korner.   News Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory Age Verification Despite Recent Data Breach Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here’s What I Actually Handed Over. An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – Forensics and More Fallout An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward The obnoxious GitHub OpenClaw AI bot is … a crypto bro Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations Sorry all this is my fault Firefox 148 Now Available With The New AI Controls / AI Kill Switches   KDE Korner 4 A quick anti-FUD FAQ to debunk “the KDE is forcing systemd!” hoax KDE endorses the UN’s Open Source Principles Plasma 6.6                   Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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 professional-grade audio workstation Ardour has a great new version, LinkedIn does a shocking but not surprising amount of browser fingerprinting, Firefox is getting a button to turn off the AI nonsense, a new way to prevent slop “contributions” to your project, another tale of someone failing to switch to Linux, and why we should talk more about why open source software can be better than proprietary alternatives. With guest host Kevin from Linux Dev Time.   News/discussion Ardour 9.0 — What’s new Linkedin-extension-fingerprinting AI controls are coming to Firefox Introducing Vouch: explicit trust management for open source I went back to Linux and it was a mistake                 Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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

Pricing and release dates for the new Steam hardware are delayed, Xfce is getting a new Wayland compositor that’s written in Rust but it might take a while, the Sudo dev could do with sponsorship, Lennart Poettering and friends are cooking up something (but it’s not exactly clear what that is), KDE Linux is progressing nicely, and more. With guest host Kevin from Linux Dev Time.   News Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor Xfwl4 (Xfce’s Wayland Compositor) FAQ Xubuntu Development Update February 2026 Sudo’s maintainer needs resources to keep utility updated Ikea’s new Matter smart home devices are having connection problems Introducing Amutable Busy months in KDE Linux               Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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

Malware in the Snap store highlights the risks of modern package management, but users accidentally ending up with a totally different desktop environment shows the perils of the older approach. Plus the UK government wants to do more age-gating, and we hear about a project to get kids into Free Software.   News Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains Linux Mint user gets Gnomed It looks like they followed these instructions to install Proton VPN (including selecting gdm) They aren’t alone AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty UK government rolls back key part of digital ID plans Lords back UK social media ban for under-16s Under-16 social media ban would expand age-gating for millions and silence young people UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs   Mission:Libre Carmen tells us about her project that aims to get kids into Free Software.               Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com     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

Wikipedia is 25 years old and has found a good way to deal with the AI scraping problem, the Python Software Foundation funds the security work they had planned, curl’s bug bounty program is ending, Raspberry Pi has new underwhelming hardware, and European AWS hasn’t won Félim over. Plus a reminder about the upcoming OggCamp event, and a call for participation.   News Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of knowledge at its best (and does deals with more AI companies) Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them Anthropic invests $1.5 million in the Python Software Foundation and open source security The end of the curl bug-bounty Introducing the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2: Generative AI on Raspberry Pi 5 Raspberry Pi Flash Drive available now from $30: a high-quality essential accessory AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty   OggCamp 2026 OggCamp crew lead Andy Piper tells us about the upcoming unconference. Call for volunteer crew Call for papers Check out Andy’s podcast               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 cover your feedback including follow-up on old tablets as clocks, Firefox alternatives, and moving off Gmail. Plus building synths in Rust, FOSS isometric diagrams, a powerful network analysis tool for Android, and some cool ambient music in discoveries.   Discoveries CAW FossFlow Félim’s bad diagram Blade Runner Radio LUX on Bandcamp Network Survey               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

Hype is really starting to build for Valve’s upcoming Steam hardware and other great gaming news, Stack Overflow is losing to LLMs, old men like Félim don’t want to lose middle click paste, our optimism about Google continuing to release Android source code was misplaced, and Bose demonstrates how to kill a product.   News The Steam Machine’s Price Might Have Just Leaked And It’s Not What We Hoped For Canonical Builds Steam Snap For Ubuntu ARM64 Leveraging FEX Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 Puts Linux Gaming Marketshare At 3.58% GeForce NOW coming to Linux Stack Overflow graph GNOME dev gives fans of Linux’s middle-click paste the middle finger Google will now only release Android source code twice a year Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life               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 that time of year where we look back at our 2025 predictions, and make some new ones for 2026.   Will mentioned The Enshittifinancial Crisis and an article about solar panels.               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 2025 review of Linux and open source news including great gaming news, the impact of AI, the disappointments from Mozilla, the year of Wayland on the desktop, the politics of open source, Intel’s lack of interest, and wins for KDE.   Gaming Steam Machine, controller, VR headset incoming from Valve Steam Deck LCD production is ending   AI bullshit Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries Wikimedia Foundation bemoans AI bot bandwidth burden ardour.org has banned 1.2M distinct IP addresses for trying to slurp from our git repository Introducing CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI You should enforce your own existing licenses against AI mass crawling Anubis guards gates against hordes of LLM bot crawlers FSF calls Anubis malware It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges   Mozilla Updates on Mozilla’s Leadership and Growth Planning Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox An update on our Terms of Use Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic Investing in what moves the internet forward When I say that I can’t recommend third-party forks of either Firefox or Chrome for real world use, this kind of thing is why Firefox is fine. The people running it are not Mozilla Slammed Over Battery-Draining “Garbage” AI in Firefox Firefox Adds CoPilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets in Nightly Builds Introducing AI, the Firefox way: A look at what we’re working on and how you can help shape it Rewiring Mozilla: Doing for AI what we did for the web Mozilla’s next chapter: Building the world’s most trusted software company   Wayland Fedora 43 Cleared To Ship With Wayland-Only GNOME GNOME Dropping X11 Support May Complicate Next Ubuntu LTS Ubuntu 25.10 drops support for GNOME on Xorg Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 to drop X11 in GNOME editions An update on the X11 GNOME Session Removal Wayback Is Now Hosted On FreeDesktop.org Wayback 0.3 released! GNOME Mutter Now “Completely Drops The Whole X11 Backend” KDE Going all-in on a Wayland future   Politics The price of software freedom is eternal politics Framework flame war erupts over Linux controversy PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant   Intel All good things come to an end: Shutting down Clear Linux OS Intel’s Open-Source Strategy Is Changing At Odds With The Ethos Of Open-Source The Death Of Clear Linux, Other Intel Linux Engineering Setbacks In 2025   KDE KDE Highlights from 2025                   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. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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

Good news for custom Android ROMs, Rust is here to stay in the kernel, an open source success story in Germany, and a new version of elementary OS is out. Plus discoveries is back including better Firefox history, migrating from Windows to Linux, automating telescopes, turning old tablets into clocks, and more.   News Good news for custom ROMs: Google just released the Android 16 QPR2 The (successful) end of the kernel Rust experiment New Linux Patch Confirms: Rust Experiment Is Done, Rust Is Here To Stay Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions elementary OS 8.1 Available Now   Discoveries Better History Operese commodore64 is back!? Making History: Signing the Commodore Contract + C64 Ultimate Production Update PiFinder Fullscreen Clock Clasp             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. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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 Steam machine will use an older HDMI standard because of arbitrary rules, more details about running X86 Windows games on Arm Linux, and the Steam Controller lives on. Plus Calibre is adding “AI”, and we laugh at another LLM.   News Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow Remember Google Stadia? Steam finally made its gamepad worth rescuing Talk to your Fedora system with the linux-mcp-server! Calibre adds AI “discussion” feature Because the Calibre ebook library software just acquired AI garbage it has *already* been forked AI and GNOME Shell Extensions               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. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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

Arduino’s new ToS has some people worried, some projects are starting to move away from GitHub for technical reasons, Raspberry Pi has a new model and prices are going up because of RAM costs, great news for OpenPrinting, old text adventure games get open source, and Joe’s foldable phone breaks in an unexpected way.   News Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition Migrating from GitHub to Codeberg Migrating Dillo from GitHub 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 now available at $45, and memory-driven price rises Sovereign Tech Agency is investing in OpenPrinting Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source               1Password Extended Access Management Take the first step to better security by securing your team’s credentials. Find out more at 1password.com/latenightlinux and start securing every login.   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. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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

KDE Plasma is finally moving on from X11, Tuxedo Computers abandons their Arm laptop project, Mozilla completely loses the room, but there might be a glimmer of hope.   News Going all-in on a Wayland future Help us reach the inflection point Discontinuation of ARM Notebook with Snapdragon X Elite SoC Linux Device Trees For Cancelled Products? Don’t “Waste Time” Rewiring Mozilla: Doing for AI what we did for the web Mozilla’s ‘Rewiring’ to AI – Saving the Web or Saving Itself? Servo Announces Sponsorship Tiers To Get More Organizations Backing This Browser Engine                 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. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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

Ubuntu get 15 years of support, Google finally releases Android source code and backs down on “sideloading”, more steps to move on from X11, IKEA launches a range of Matter IoS gear, and more.   News Canonical expands total coverage for Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on The wait is over: Android 16 QPR1’s source code is now available on AOSP Google will let expert Android users to sideload all apps GNOME Mutter Now “Completely Drops The Whole X11 Backend” PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant Introducing Blender Lab IKEA launches new smart home range with 21 Matter-compatible products Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible   KDE Korner Help us reach the inflection point Google Summer of Code 2025 Conclusion – KDE Mentorship             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. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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 are excited and enthusiastic about Valve’s new Linux hardware, and then angry and disappointed about Mozilla’s latest nonsense.   News Steam Machine, controller, VR headset incoming from Valve Say hi to Kit Introducing AI, the Firefox way: A look at what we’re working on and how you can help shape it Mozilla Connect thread End of Japanese community Web API for AI Agents           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. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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

What we all learned at the recent Ubuntu Summit including open source as a counter to insular nationalism, Canonical taking RISC-V very seriously, TPM-backed full disk encryption getting a lot easier, what the post-AI-bubble will probably look like, and more.   We mentioned the Rubik Pi 3.           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. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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

Mark Shuttleworth recently spoke to us about what he’s apprehensive and excited about in the tech world, and more. Plus in the news: Ubuntu Unity needs help to survive, the Python Software Foundation turns down a large government grant, Fedora allows AI contributions, SUSE goes all in on AI, and KDE hits its fundraising goal.   News Linux Matters Regarding Ubuntu Unity and a call for help The Python Software Foundation has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program Fedora agrees policy allowing AI-assisted contributions SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 – AI-Ready, Long-Term Support SUSE Goes Agentic: The First Linux That Thinks for Itself Awesome fundraiser news: €53,000 raised!   Mark Shuttleworth Joe sat down with Mark at the recent Ubuntu Summit to discuss what he’s apprehensive and excited about in the tech world, what we should look forward to in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and more.             1Password Extended Access Management Take the first step to better security for your team by securing credentials and protecting every application — even unmanaged shadow IT. Learn more at 1password.com/latenightlinux   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. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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

Intel is contributing less to open source and it could easily backfire, Qualcomm buys Arduino and we have concerns, KDE turns 29, Germans are doing excellent work moving towards Linux, and good news for those running Linux on an Amiga.   News Intel rethinking how it contributes to open source community Intel’s Open-Source Strategy Is Changing At Odds With The Ethos Of Open-Source Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino Arduino’s got a new job: selling chips for its new owner Happy Birthday to KDE Schleswig-Holstein waves auf Wiedersehen to Microsoft stack Linux Patches Enable PCI Support For The Amiga 4000           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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.       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

An AWS outage takes down a lot more sites and services than it should have, the new Ubuntu release has some surprisingly bad bugs, the Xubuntu website is compromised, Discord proves that uploading IDs is a bad idea, and Framework disappoints by sponsoring the baddies.   News Major AWS outage across US-East region breaks half the internet Ubuntu 25.10 lands: Rustier and Wayland-ier, but Flatpak is broken WireGuard bug Xubuntu website got hacked and is serving malware (trojan) Confirmation from Sean Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach Framework flame war erupts over Linux controversy             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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.       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 Google Photos clone Immich finally has a stable release and Joe is impressed with it, we hope an open source printer crowdfunder works out, Amazon launches a Linux-based OS to replace Android on its streaming devices, Graham gives us an update on his Home Assistant hardware, and more.   News/discussion v2.0.0 – Stable Release of Immich #22546 This open-source printer you can repair yourself is powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero W Amazon launches Vega OS, its Android replacement for Fire TV with no sideloading Amazon’s Vega OS launch trick: cloud-streamed apps Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition Open Home Foundation Jobs           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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.       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 most expensive Raspberry Pi ever might appeal to kids and a new OS version looks somewhat more modern, AI does something Félim can’t complain about, F-Droid might be doomed, ChromeOS is probably being replaced by Android, the UK government wants to implement a disastrous digital ID scheme, and more.   News Raspberry Pi 500+ on sale now at $200 $5–$10 price increases for some 4GB and 8GB products Trixie — the new version of Raspberry Pi OS AI helped curl F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree Let’s talk security: Answering your top questions about Android developer verification Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs We finally know how Android’s new app verification rules will actually work Google reveals its Android for PC is coming next year Baldur’s Gate 3 | Steam Deck – Native Version New digital ID scheme to be rolled out across UK ID cards: UK risks sleeping walking into pre-crime state “It will not be compulsory to obtain a digital ID but it will be mandatory for some applications”             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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.   1Password Extended Access Management Take the first step to better security for your team by securing credentials and protecting every application — even unmanaged shadow IT. Learn more at 1password.com/latenightlinux       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 entrenched Linux or tech habits, workflows, and ideas we think we’ll move away from in the next few years and how we see ourselves doing it.               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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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

Drama in KDE land, more worries about Android source code, Ubuntu’s transition away from GNU coreutils hits a slight speed bump, Mastodon adds a serious potential revenue stream, and a glimpse of a Blade Runner style dystopian tech future. With guest hosts Andy from Linux Dev Time, and Chris from Linux After Dark.   News OggCamp 2026 OggCamp tickets OggCamp CfP  Adios Chicos, 25 Years of KDE A few corrections about the transition from Blue Systems to Techpaladin The move from Blue Systems to TechPaladin Android 16 QPR1’s source code is nowhere to be found, but Google swears it’s coming Music video Chris mentioned Ubuntu 25.10’s Rust Coreutils Transition Has Uncovered Performance Shortcomings Service offerings from Mastodon Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape             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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.     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

Cloning disks (again), Félim’s new colour e-reader, 3 ways to make a QR code, improving your typing with a TUI and a game, a quick KDE Korner, and more.   Discoveries Clonezilla Kobo Clara Colour Just a QR Code mini-qr libqrencode Nallely-midi pico-rv32ima typr Epistory   KDE Korner 2024 KDE e.V. Report We’ve formally sent a proposal to the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. leadership for a unified Linux App Summit (LAS) that would merge GUADEC, Akademy, and the current LAS into a single event Announcing the Alpha release of KDE Linux           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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu 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

Android becomes more like iOS, another key dev leaves the Asahi Linux project, Mozilla will probably keep their Google search deal, we troll Félim with some AI bollocks, GNOME can’t keep an executive director, Microsoft releases the source for an ancient BASIC implementation, friend of the show Connor is snubbed by an Irish newspaper, a brief review of a classic Bond movie, and more.   News A new layer of security for certified Android devices With Apple M1/M2 Graphics Driver Code Working, Alyssa Rosenzweig Stepping Away From Asahi Linux Consultation on the review of the DMA Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly orders modest remedies Firefox Adds CoPilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets in Nightly Builds Firefox 32-bit Linux Support to End in 2026 – Future Releases Firefox ESR won’t quit Windows 7 until March 2026 AI Is Now Being Used To Help Determine Patches For Backporting In The Linux Kernel Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the ‘Antithesis of Wikipedia’ Perplexity Is Launching a New Revenue-Share Model for Publishers Vivaldi browser capo doubles down on generative AI ban Thanks and farewell to Steven Deobald So short, and thanks for all the flinch Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC Windows 10 support shutdown offers window of opportunity for a Linux OS developed in Dublin             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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.   1Password Extended Access Management Take the first step to better security for your team by securing credentials and protecting every application — even unmanaged shadow IT. Learn more at 1password.com/latenightlinux       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

What happens to Linux after Linus, what a German legal case might mean for blocking ads on the web, Graham tell us about his new foldable phone which Joe has also had for about 7 months, and a quick KDE Korner.   News/disccussion The plan for Linux after Torvalds has a kernel of truth: There isn’t one ‘Ad Blocking is Not Piracy’ Decision Overturned By Top German Court   Foldable phone Graham has just bought a Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and Joe has had his for about 7 months. It’s chunky, fragile, but really cool. Especially for reading, playing old games, and using ssh. Graham mentioned a screenshot of his old phone and Will mentioned a photo that Graham took of the new phone.   KDE Korner KDE Gear 25.08 & Kdenlive Karton Update Getting Ready for Akademy On screen keyboard feedback wanted               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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu 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 AI crawler bot arms race has developed more quickly than we hoped, Google pretends to care what the community thinks, full Linux desktop apps are probably coming to Android, Thunderbird shares more details of their paid services and we are interested, and PuTTY has a great new domain name.   News It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges these sham community engagement exercises piss me off Hands-on: We ran full desktop Linux apps on an Android phone! Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update There is a new short domain name for #PuTTY! putty.software           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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.       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

Xfce running on Wayland on openSUSE, Canonical laid off the printing guy, Mozilla pisses people off with AI tab groups, and what the post-x86 world will look like for desktop Linux. Plus a handy way to save and run project-specific commands, turning any device into a file server, and a convoluted way to get wind data from planes. With guest hosts Gary from Linux After Dark and Hybrid Cloud Show, and Kevin from Linux Dev Time.   News/discussion Try Xfce on Wayland with openSUSE Leap 16.0 RC Urgent help for OpenPrinting needed! OpenPrinting News – 25 years of working full-time for printing with free/open-source-software OpenPrinting News to stay up-to-date OpenPrinting on LinkedIn Till Kamppeter on LInkedIn Mozilla Slammed Over Battery-Draining “Garbage” AI in Firefox Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.16 Intel CPU Temperature Monitoring Driver For Linux Now Unmaintained After Layoffs Additional Intel Linux Drivers Left Orphaned & Maintainers Let Go   Discoveries just cargo-update ADS-B Weather Model copyparty                 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu 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

A new Debian version is out and it’s the end of the 32-bit x86 era, an AWS user almost found out the hard way about the need for proper backups, GitHub is finally fully swallowed into Microsoft (having gone all in on AI), and a quick KDE Korner. With guest hosts Gary from Linux After Dark and Hybrid Cloud Show, and Kevin from Linux Dev Time.   News Debian 13 “trixie” released AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning AWS Restored My Account: The Human Who Made the Difference The XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro works on Linux now KomoDo, my first KDE app Developers, Reinvented Let’s properly analyze an AI article for once Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub               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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.       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

Whether we need a properly open source ChromeOS alternative (or maybe we already have loads of them), what to do about bogus AI vulnerability reports, PuTTY’s confusing website confusion, a cool new game, a quick KDE Korner, and more.   News/discussion Please, FOSS world, we need something like ChromeOS Save 20% on Look Mum No Computer on Steam How we Made A Game With An Interactive Sound Track Death by a thousand slops A nudge to fund our future Controversy over PUTTY.ORG website growing fast PuTTY: a free SSH and Telnet client   KDE Korner KDE’s Android TV alternative, Plasma Bigscreen, rises from the dead with a better UI Talking FOSS on Daft 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.   1Password Extended Access Management Take the first step to better security for your team by securing credentials and protecting every application — even unmanaged shadow IT. Learn more at 1password.com/latenightlinux       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

Intel kills its Linux distro without any notice, the UK government might ban state organisations from paying ransomware ransoms, we laugh at a vibe coding disaster, KDE’s new immutable arch-based distro, and more.   News All good things come to an end: Shutting down Clear Linux OS Clear Linux OS terminated as Intel trims the fat Final Benchmarks Of Clear Linux On Intel: ~48% Faster Than Ubuntu Out-Of-The-Box UK to lead crackdown on cyber criminals with ransomware measures Hacker Plants Computer ‘Wiping’ Commands in Amazon’s AI Coding Agent Vibe coding service Replit deleted production database Terribly edited video KDE Linux               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

The sad reality of the AI crawler bot arms race, the baddies seem to be obsessed with Xorg, but Wayland will soon be a reality for older smaller desktops (hopefully). Plus controlling a silly Red Dwarf thing, software releases with feature flags, a massive list of cheat sheets, another way to avoid the likes of Reddit, old skool CPU monitoring, and an update on Joe’s KDE experiment.   News/discussion Anubis guards gates against hordes of LLM bot crawlers FSF calls Anubis malware Wayback Is Now Hosted On FreeDesktop.org Two weeks of wayback The price of software freedom is eternal politics     Discoveries smegcli Flagsmith cheatsheets privacy-redirect CPU-X                 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu 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

Mixed gaming news, Google’s AI is seemingly inescapable, SUSE offers Europe-only support, Ubuntu is dropping support for loads of RISC-V boards in favour of future ones, a quick KDE Korner, and more.   News Stop Killing Games consumer movement hits some major milestones DOGWALK Official Release Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps SUSE to roll out Sovereign Premium Support Ubuntu 25.10 Raises RISC-V Profile Requirements Firefox is fine. The people running it are not   KDE Korner Plasma Keyboard This Week in Plasma: tablet dials and day/night cycles               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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.       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    

Joe can’t decide which distro to use for a proper KDE Plasma test, an easy way to develop Home Assistant integrations, automating lights, fixing the Telegram snap on Wayland, some AI bollocks, and a browser extension to automatically use privacy-preserving versions of big websites.   Discoveries Home Assistant Developer Environment xLights QLC+ Telegram snap issue faff PrivacyPlease Jacob Collier           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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.   1Password Extended Access Management Take the first step to better security for your team by securing credentials and protecting every application — even unmanaged shadow IT. Learn more at 1password.com/latenightlinux       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

Linux gaming goes from strength to strength but puts off the inevitable death of 32-bit x86, devs are sick of companies expecting free fixes, Creative Commons disappoints on AI, and more.   News Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds Fedora Linux devs discuss dropping 32-bit packages – potentially bad news for Steam gamers Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit Bazzite would shut down if Fedora goes ahead with removing 32-bit Proposal to drop 32-bit in Fedora 44 withdrawn Bcachefs Changes End Up Being Merged Into Linux 6.16, For 6.17: “We’ll Be Parting Ways” Libxml2’s “no security embargoes” policy A bug caused some major websites to break and this guy has quite a take on it maintenance-terms I have to tip my hat to Microsoft for having worked so hard to convince the world that the City of Munich failed with their Linux migration Accepting donations on OpenCollective – FlightGear Donate Less Introducing CC Signals: A New Social Contract for the Age of AI You should enforce your own existing licenses against AI mass crawling Plasma 6.4 is much juicier than I remembered This Week in Plasma: inertial scrolling, RDP clipboard syncing, and more session restore           Porkbun.com Go to https://porkbun.com/LNL25 to get $1 off your next desired domain name at Porkbun!       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

Making music with code in real time, fancy rsync, an open source real time strategy engine, advanced print debugging, EU-based DNS resolvers, and European government departments moving away from Microsoft and they might stick with Linux and FOSS this time.   Discoveries Strudel rsyncy Spring IceCream DNS4EU   News/discussion Two city governments in Denmark are moving away from Microsoft amid Trump and US Big Tech concerns ‘We’re done with Teams’: German state hits uninstall on Microsoft           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  

X11 is basically dead (again) and we are quite pleased, the Linux Foundation sets out to fix the WordPress mess and some of us are cynical, custom ROMs for Pixel phones are going to be much more difficult to make, Apple is adding proper OCI containers to macOS, and more.   News Ubuntu 25.10 drops support for GNOME on Xorg Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 to drop X11 in GNOME editions An update on the X11 GNOME Session Removal Xlibre is a fork of the Xorg Xserver The Latest X.Org Server Activity Are A Lot Of Code Reverts Linux Foundation tries to play peacemaker in WordPress spat Android 16 is here, but the cool stuff is coming later AOSP isn’t dead, but Google just landed a huge blow to custom ROM developers Google will reduce Pixel 6A battery capacity due to overheating issues apple/container Plasma 6.4 is nearly out!               Tailscale This episode is sponsored by Tailscale. It’s 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 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

Redis finally picks the right licence but it’s probably too late, the Ubuntu release process is being modernised, GNOME drops X11 for good and gets a new Executive Director, the Android Desktop mode is officially happening, and Linux Format magazine is no more. Plus a cool Frigate update, auto dark mode in Plasma, and Fender’s new audio workstation is released for Linux.   News Redis is now available under the the OSI-approved AGPLv3 open source license. Supercharging Ubuntu Releases: Monthly Snapshots & Automation Canonical + thanks.dev = giving back to open source developers Fedora 43 Cleared To Ship With Wayland-Only GNOME GNOME Dropping X11 Support May Complicate Next Ubuntu LTS The GNOME Foundation has a new executive director Google teases an Android desktop mode, made with Samsung’s help After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine is No More   Discoveries Frigate 0.16 Beta 3 Auto dark mode in Plasma Fender Studio             Porkbun.com Go to https://porkbun.com/LNL25 to get $1 off your next desired domain name at Porkbun!       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

Mozilla kills Pocket and Fakespot, SteamOS is now available for devices other than the Steam Deck, Nextcloud’s Android app was missing key functionality until they made a public stink about it, WSL is now open source, there’s a new open source command-line text editor in Windows, and more.   News Investing in what moves the internet forward Firefox Source Code Now Hosted On GitHub Firefox Security Response to pwn2own 2025 When I say that I can’t recommend third-party forks of either Firefox or Chrome for real world use, this kind of thing is why Servo Browser Engine Now Rendering Gmail & Google Chat, Decides Against AI Contributions Valve’s huge Steam Deck update is now ready for everyone, including rival AMD handhelds SteamOS 3.7.8: Go Country – Steam News SteamOS Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain. Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source Microsoft open-sources Windows Subsystem for Linux Edit is now open source – Windows Command Line Allow us to block Copilot-generated issues (and PRs) from our own repositories           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 Take the first step to better security for your team by securing credentials and protecting every application — even unmanaged shadow IT. Learn more at 1password.com/latenightlinux       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

Running an old version of Windows on a Wii for some reason, a nice way to learn programming languages, a couple of very different games, more documentation tools, and moving to a new Mastodon instance.   Discoveries entii-for-workcubes Learn C, Coding for Kids Isonzo Material for MkDocs markata mdq Moving to a new Mastodon instance is very easy             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

It’s the wheel of misfortune! Roughly 50 (mostly) Linux-related things are on the wheel, we take turns spinning it, and we all have to say at least some positive things about the thing we land on. (It makes sense once we start).           Porkbun.com Go to https://porkbun.com/LNL25 to get $1 off your next desired domain name at Porkbun!       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