Late Night Linux All Episodes

We are joined by Element developer Andy Balaam to talk about working on open source software after 20 years in the proprietary world. We get into working in public, the realities of accepting code contributions, being part of a distributed team, the pros and cons of working from home, and more.   Andy’s links: Live... Read More

The user experience on fresh installations of Windows and Edge is terrible and we get to the bottom of why. Unfortunately the reason isn’t exclusive to Microsoft’s offerings – it’s a pattern that we’ve seen from numerous companies, even Mozilla. Plus why it’s a bad idea to power your server on and off regularly.  ... Read More

How our lives would change if cars ceased to exist, what intellectual property we’d make into a TV show or movie, and our worst cases of buyers’ remorse. With Will and Félim from Late Night Linux, and popey from Linux Matters. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.        ... Read More

In this episode, we discuss: Exploring the secrets of the TPM Running Radeon and NVIDIA GPUs in one PC. Getting ongoing data from an EV.   You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can... Read More

Hacking 2-way radios, upgrading Debian from 10 to 12, sshing into the Ubuntu Server installer, a new version of a minimal keyboard-focused browser, establishing the true health of your laptop battery, playing Wipeout in the browser, RSS aggregators, and more.   Discoveries UVMOD Antennapod qutebrowser 3.0 acpi Rewriting wipEout Bash scripting cheatsheet   Feedback FreshRSS... Read More

Governments around the world are trying to undermine end-to-end encryption. Are they going to get away with forcing in backdoors, and what does it mean for open source? Plus what we stubbornly refuse to use our computers and phones for. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes.  ... Read More

Dropbox once again proves that there is no such thing as “unlimited” anything, Intel isn’t going to support WiFi 7 on Windows 10 (but it doesn’t really matter), managing ssh keys, setting up data storage for containers, and more on IPMI for Raspberry Pis.   Plugs Support us on patreon   News Dropbox limits ‘all... Read More

We can’t believe Proton has been around for 5 years, a bad sign for the Linux desktop long-term, the dilemma of whether to support your software on outdated operating systems, a laughable plan from WordPress to host your website for 100 years, and Félim shoehorns in some KDE nonsense.   News 5 years ago Valve... Read More

We are all on board with the right to be forgotten but it can cause some tricky problems for open source projects – particularly small ones. Plus why we won’t stop going on about why we take such a dim view of crypto. Amolith mentioned a toot from the Tor Project.       HelloFresh... Read More

CNET’s SEO attempts once again show that nothing lasts forever, why the reports of the death of the mechanical hard drive are greatly exaggerated, and home-made IPMI on the cheap.   Plugs Support us on Patreon   News/discussion The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google Coughlin: SSDs will... Read More

In this episode, we discuss: Creating a magical shell history with Atuin Using Axiom to visualise a “data takeout” of a Mini EV Going maximum Google with a previously owned Pixel 6a purchased via Mozillion   You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with other... Read More

Rooting Amazon Echo devices to use with your own open source software, a remote desktop solution to watch for the future, the state of tech magazines and why Linux ones are among the last remaining, another Pocket alternative, making shell scripts look prettier, a novel approach to IT training, and more.   Discoveries  Echo Root... Read More

The bits of Linux and open source software that we regret putting off trying, and what made us wait. From the security and complexity of containers to the hype of ZFS and WSL. Plus why we still haven’t embraced Nix. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes that are sometimes a day or so early.... Read More

Why fully remote work is on the wane as Zoom drags employees back to the office and Bluejeans is shut down, the Sandisk SSDs that keep failing, and how and why you should use ECC RAM in your home server if you can.   Plugs Support us on Patreon   News Zoom has “Zoom fatigue,”... Read More

Rare praise for Mozilla as more extensions come to Firefox on Android, Fedora is coming to Arm Macs, a rolling version of “Ubuntu” appears, an unwise solution to the problem of funding open source, SUSE might be the baddies, LXD is forked, and more. With guest host popey from Linux Matters.   News 2.5 Admins... Read More

Why Amolith uses Arch, why Gary uses Debian, and why Joe uses Ubuntu.       Factor Factor’s fresh, never frozen, meals are ready in just 2 minutes, so all you have to do is heat them up and enjoy. Go to factormeals.com/ldt50 and use code ldt50 to get 50% off.       See... Read More

Allan and Jim reminisce about the early days of connecting to the Internet, and what inspired them to become sysadmins in the first place. Plus recovering old versions of files, and an exciting announcement about the show.   Plugs 2.5 Admins is now part of the Late Night Linux Family. Support us on Patreon  ... Read More

What jobs we’d do if we didn’t work in IT, foreign countries we’d live in, the musical genres we are into, and what musical talents (if any) we have. With Amolith from Linux Downtime, Martin and Mark from Linux Matters, and Gary from Linux After Dark.   Patrons got this this in their feed two... Read More

In this episode, we discuss: Backing up with rsnapshot BorgBackup is better Using rclone to keep family photos safe   You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on... Read More

Great news for Linux on RISC-V and open source Nvidia drivers, communicating with devices over serial the easy way, emulating an old calculator, a fully open source flight combat game, a new approach to caching files on your LAN, and an RSS reader for the terminal.   News riscv64 is now an official Debian architecture... Read More