Late Night Linux

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• Late Night Linux – Episode 388 02.06.2026 28min

  Steam 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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 387 25.05.2026 25min

  Debian’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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 386 19.05.2026 27min

  Great 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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 385 11.05.2026 29min

  Voice 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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 384 05.05.2026 30min

  There’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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 383 27.04.2026 29min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 382 21.04.2026 28min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 381 13.04.2026 27min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 380 07.04.2026 20min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 379 30.03.2026 23min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 378 24.03.2026 26min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 377 16.03.2026 23min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 376 10.03.2026 26min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 375 02.03.2026 24min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 374 24.02.2026 24min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 373 16.02.2026 25min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 372 10.02.2026 24min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 371 02.02.2026 26min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 370 27.01.2026 27min

  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
• Late Night Linux – Episode 369 19.01.2026 22min

  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