

Late Night Linux Family All Episodes
The Late Night Linux Family
All episodes from Late Night Linux, Linux Dev Time, Linux After Dark, 2.5 Admins, Hybrid Cloud Show, and Ask The Hosts.
Episodes
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Dec 4, 2022 • 19min
Linux Downtime – Episode 61
Alan Pope (popey) joins us to discuss building and fostering a positive and productive community.
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Nov 28, 2022 • 31min
Late Night Linux – Episode 205
An application firewall, reverse engineering with a better and scriptable version of Wireshark, getting the most out of webcams on Linux, running the latest kernel on a ten year old phone, moving away from mailing lists, KDE Korner, and the best distro of 2022(?)
Discoveries
Portmaster
tshark
Will’s reverse engineering efforts
cameractrls
PostmarketOS on a Samsung Galaxy S III
Mailing lists are on the wane
The GNOME Project is closing all its mailing lists
KDE Korner
Jonathan Esk-Riddell’s report from Prague and Scarlett’s too
Push notifications for KDE
NeoChat E2EE progressingNate’s Update: Welcome in Plasma
Linode
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Tailscale
Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.
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Nov 25, 2022 • 23min
Linux After Dark – Episode 31
The Linux setups from the past that we miss the most, and why they are all ones that gave us the freedom to tinker and learn.
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Nov 22, 2022 • 31min
Late Night Linux – Episode 204
Python comes to Arduino, a look at the new version of Fedora Silverblue, Linux helps Windows work with old printers, running your own Mastodon instance, remastering Ubuntu ISOs, and more. With guest host Alan Pope (popey).
News
Arduino Announces Official MicroPython Support
Announcing Fedora Linux 37
OpenPrinting keeps old printers working, even on Windows
LibreOffice and blockchain: What cool things are possible?
Running your own Mastodon instance
Popey tells us about running ubuntu.social
Linode
Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.
Tailscale
Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.
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Nov 20, 2022 • 22min
Linux Downtime – Episode 60
Martin has created a new desktop environment and a container tool, Gary has been clustering Raspberry Pis, and Hayden has been playing with the new Microsoft Arm box.
Butterfly
Turing Pi
Windows Dev Kit 2023
machinespawn
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Nov 14, 2022 • 33min
Late Night Linux – Episode 203
Some great discoveries including traffic shaping, USB over IP, speech to text, and a funny Firefox extension. Plus Graham talks to Ken VanDine, the engineering manager for Ubuntu Desktop.
Discoveries
Sad Servers
Really Awful OSS Incidents
AI to BS
USB/IP protocol — The Linux Kernel documentation
USB/IP Project
Wondershaper
Nerd Dictation
nerd-dictation on GitHub
Ken VanDine
Graham sits down with the Ken the Ubuntu desktop engineering manager at the Ubuntu Summit to talk about Snaps, desktop, WSL, Steam, and more.
Kolide
Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8
Linode
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Nov 11, 2022 • 21min
Linux After Dark – Episode 30
Why do we stick with Linux and FOSS, even when our faith is tested?
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Nov 8, 2022 • 33min
Late Night Linux – Episode 202
Mastodon usage explodes in the wake of Musk ruining Twitter, AI training fair use is about to be legally tested, Signal tries to be Snapchat, KDE Korner, and more.
News
Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk’s Twitter takeover. I joined them
Twitodon
Pick an Instance Helper
GitHub Copilot litigation
The GitHub Copilot Lawsuit Threatens Open Source and Human Progress
Signal thinks it’s Snapchat
What happened to signal-desktop? – snap – snapcraft.io
snap automatic updates can now be ‘held’ indefinitely (currently beta/edge)
Mozilla Ventures: Investing in Responsible Tech
SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency-related projects to be removed
KDE Korner
A New ‘KDE Control Centre’ Widget Inspired by iOS
KDE For Creators
Tiling Work
Kate Treats, Outlines & smarter Krunner
Kolide
Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8
Linode
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Entroware
This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE 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.
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Nov 6, 2022 • 20min
Linux Downtime – Episode 59
Simon Butcher joins us to talk about how open source AI can be, in theory and in practice.
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Oct 31, 2022 • 29min
Late Night Linux – Episode 201
Docker firewall issues, Ardour’s major new feature, listening for your neighbours’ garage door openers and tyre pressure monitors, colourising old photos, complaints from new Ubuntu users, KDE Korner, and more.
Discoveries
rtl_433
Ardour 7
Palette.fm
Pocket Casts Mobile Apps Are Now Open Source
Santa Circles
Feedback
Unattended upgrades doesn’t upgrade additional repository
KDE Korner
On hiring, and fundraising to make it more biggerer
KDE neon Rebased on Jammy
UserBase Rebooted
This Week in KDE: QA pays off & UI Improvements
digiKam Recipes
Kolide
Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8
Linode
Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.
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