Late Night Linux Family All Episodes

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

Linux Dev Time – Episode 151 31.05.2026 28min

What makes a good library?               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. Subscribe to the RSS feed

Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 57 29.05.2026 25min

It’s a Linux Dev Time style hot questions episode. Is “cloud native” more about where the workload is going or how you deploy it? What is a skill that is really important in your job that may surprise people? Is the cloud more or less secure than a company-controlled data centre or on-prem? Would you recommend what you do to your kids/nephews etc?             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

2.5 Admins 301: F(OSS) Consulting 28.05.2026 29min

It looks like Bitlocker had a back door in it, how a listener accidentally broke Gitea for users of the snap version, Google accidentally published an unpatched exploit for Chromium-based browsers, why people are starting to ditch Bitwarden, and moving a tech stack away from large corporations.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes How Klara and TrueNAS fixed ZFS’s longest standing limitation Webinar: June 25th @ 11am EDT: Understanding AnyRAID with Jon from HexOS   News/discussion YellowKey Bitlocker Bypass Vulnerability Microsoft shares mitigation for YellowKey Windows zero-day How I Broke Gitea for Everyone Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden   Free consulting We were asked about moving a tech stack away from large corporations.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

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

Linux After Dark – Episode 122 22.05.2026 25min

We all seem to be moving away from Ubuntu, but there are still quite a few reasons to keep using it.   WG Tunnel PiVPN Charlie’s OggCamp talk about infrastructure as code                 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. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

2.5 Admins 300: IPvWot? 21.05.2026 28min

Why a proposal for an alternative to IPv6 is unlikely to be viable, Microsoft really doesn’t want you to run Exchange Server on-prem, Google will finally stop being a proper search engine, setting up an email server for internal use, and mitigating DDoS attacks without Cloudflare.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Tuning ZFS for Databases Webinar: May 27th at 11am EDT: Database Performance on ZFS with Tom Lawrence   News/discussion Veteran network architect proposes IPv8 – to improve IPv4, not leapfrog v6 Exchange Server zero-day vulnerability can be triggered by opening a malicious email Google Search as you know it is over   Free consulting We were asked about setting up an email server for internal use, and mitigating DDoS attacks without Cloudflare.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

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

Linux Dev Time – Episode 150 17.05.2026 28min

Andy has been taking the One Billion Row Challenge, and has been thinking about the broader question of what makes software fast.   Andy’s videos on Peertube and YouTube.             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. Subscribe to the RSS feed

Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 56 15.05.2026 29min

We get into some homelab updates. Sean has been consolidating hardware, Gary has been implementing high availability with Proxmox, and Shane has been working hard to get Home Assistant working with Kubernetes, as well as downloading YouTube videos.   Shane’s homelab           Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

2.5 Admins 299: RMAggravation 14.05.2026 27min

People trying to return defective hard drives and RAM are finding out why consumer protection laws would be good, GoDaddy accidentally gave someone’s domain name away, and when and how to fix ZFS fragmentation.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Fast Dedup Economics: When Deduplication Beats Buying New Disks   News/discussion Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price GoDaddy Gave a Domain to a Stranger Without Any Documentation   Free consulting We were asked about when and how to fix ZFS fragmentation.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Ask The Hosts – Episode 36 13.05.2026 18min

Light bulb colour temperatures, doing nice things for ourselves, pulling faces while playing guitar, and surreal experiences. With Allan from 2.5 Admins, May from Linux After Dark, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.          

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

Linux After Dark – Episode 121 08.05.2026 26min

How we get back to our home LANs when we are away travelling etc. It mostly involves WireGuard and Tailscale. We also get into blocking ads, mostly with Pi-hole.                 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. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

2.5 Admins 298: Windows Postdate 07.05.2026 28min

Microsoft is encouraging employees with the most experience to leave the company and letting users pause Windows updates forever, some of the best features you’ll get in the version of ZFS that ships with the new Ubuntu LTS, and backing up data from cloud services.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Extending ZFS Performance Without Hardware Upgrades   News/discussion Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it’s encouraging experienced workers to leave Your Windows update experience just got updated zfs-2.3.0 zfs-2.4.0   Free consulting We were asked about backing up data from cloud services.               See our contact page for ways to get in touch.    

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

Linux Dev Time – Episode 149 03.05.2026 21min

It’s yet another hot questions episode. Colour schemes, syntax highlighting, code patterns, fonts, and keyboards.             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. Subscribe to the RSS feed

Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 55 01.05.2026 23min

A recent attack shone a light on some of the problems with GitHub Actions, and CI/CD more generally. As tempting as it might be, going back to shell scripts probably isn’t the answer.   1K+ cloud environments infected following Trivy supply chain attack 2.5 Admins 292: Trivyally Infected             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes           Subscribe to the RSS feed.

2.5 Admins 297: Jraphics 30.04.2026 32min

Hitting the limit for hard links, a parent struggles to get back into their teen’s compromised Discord account, the demise of tower PCs and general purpose computing in general, and changing the properties of existing ZFS pools.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Compensating for RAM Constraints with L2ARC on ZFS   News/discussion How Jennifer Aniston and Friends Cost Us 377GB and Broke ext4 Hardlinks Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord Apple’s last tower topples… and the others will follow   Free consulting We were asked about changing the properties of existing ZFS pools.               See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

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