Linux After Dark The Late Night Linux Family

Gary is organising OggCamp this year, so we wonder what makes the perfect Linux and open source event. Plus why we don’t use multiple partitions for home and swap etc. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes         See our contact page for ways to … Continue reading "Linux After Dark – Episode 71"

How we make our Web experiences better with various plugins, websites and services. Plus the ethics of blocking ads, bypassing paywalls, and supporting creators.   uBlock Origin archive.is Better Twitter Shut Up DF YouTube Youtube-shorts block Consent-O-Matic Privacy Guides Pi-hole Quad9 SponsorBlock         Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure … Continue reading "Linux After Dark – Episode 70"

Is Linux hard to use? It turns out the answer is both “yes, absolutely” and “not at all!”         Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps.  It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxafterdark to learn more. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS … Continue reading "Linux After Dark – Episode 69"

Dalton asks us when consumer computers peaked which stirs up a debate about various generations of XPS and ThinkPad laptops, trackpads vs trackpoints, P-cores and E-cores, and more. Plus follow-up on the devices and software we trust.       Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps.  It’s … Continue reading "Linux After Dark – Episode 68"

We are joined by Jorge Castro for an update on the world of what used to be called immutable Linux. Jorge doesn’t really like that word. He prefers “composable” Linux. Whatever you want to call it, we’re talking about an image-based approach to desktop Linux – built with cloud native technologies – that allows you … Continue reading "Linux After Dark – Episode 67"

Ubuntu is nearly 20 years old so we wanted to see how the first versions compare with the upcoming LTS. Unfortunately installing Warty turned out to much harder than we thought it would be. Dalton talks us through his adventure with a turn of the century Mac, Gary had a much easier time with an … Continue reading "Linux After Dark – Episode 66"