Late Night Linux

The Late Night Linux Family

Late Night Linux is a podcast that takes a look at what’s happening with Linux and the wider tech industry. Every week, Joe, Félim, Graham and Will discuss the latest news and releases, and the broader issues and trends in the world of free and open source software. Expect drinking, swearing, strong opinions, and Félim being trolled about AI and the cloud.

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    Late Night Linux – Episode 374

    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

    25 min

  2. 16 DE FEBR.

    Late Night Linux – Episode 373

    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

    25 min

  3. 10 DE FEBR.

    Late Night Linux – Episode 372

    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

    24 min

  4. 2 DE FEBR.

    Late Night Linux – Episode 371

    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

    27 min

  5. 27 DE GEN.

    Late Night Linux – Episode 370

    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

    28 min

  6. 19 DE GEN.

    Late Night Linux – Episode 369

    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

    23 min

  7. 13 DE GEN.

    Late Night Linux – Episode 368

    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

    27 min

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    Late Night Linux – Episode 367

    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

    26 min
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Informació

Late Night Linux is a podcast that takes a look at what’s happening with Linux and the wider tech industry. Every week, Joe, Félim, Graham and Will discuss the latest news and releases, and the broader issues and trends in the world of free and open source software. Expect drinking, swearing, strong opinions, and Félim being trolled about AI and the cloud.

Fitxa tècnica

  • Creació
    The Late Night Linux Family
  • Anys en actiu
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodis
    374
  • Qualificació
    Explícit
  • Lloc web del programa
    Late Night Linux

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