Late Night Linux Family All Episodes

Hard drives are pretty much an enterprise product now, GitHub’s malware problem, and spreading services across different machines and VMs to keep downtime to a minimum.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes OpenZFS Storage Best Practices and Use Cases Part 1: Snapshots and Backups   News Hard disk drives are next in line to become m...

Félim gets angry about someone criticising desktop Linux, Snaps are going to be better on distros that aren’t Ubuntu, Mozilla wants to lead the way in making AI open, OpenAI admits it doesn’t have a legal business model, and Plasma 6 is almost here.   News Dublin Linux Install fest Sat Feb 3 What I learned from using a Raspberry Pi 5 as my main computer for two weeks Canonical To...

We follow up on last episode with some clarifications from Amolith about code collaboration. Plus we get into development workflows in general, code review, the paradigms we couldn’t do without, and more. With guest host Linus .   Amolith mentioned a Low energy game jam .     Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes       S...

Why the problems with open source licenses aren’t quite as easy to fix as some people think, the reasons you should never pay ransomware gangs, and running a Nagios distro on a Raspberry Pi.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News/discussion What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it A tale of 2 casino ransomwar...

What pets we have, the best YouTube videos we’ve ever seen, and our non-Linux or podcasting hobbies. With Félim from Late Night Linux and Kevin from Linux Dev Time .   Retro Game Mechanics Explained Michael Jackson on Fire Diorama Man Falls on Ice in Dublin On RTE news       Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.    

In this episode: Martin is using the unfold.ai coding assistant to turn the MVP Rust project, ia-get , into a “product” . Alan has impressions of actually using NextCloud . Mark is listening to audiobooks on Linux with Cozy and on Android with Voice .     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 you...

The easy way to control Home Assistant from anywhere while also supporting the project, running LLMs with a single local file, learning and practising security and admin concepts in a fun game, giving in and using an Amazon stick to watch TV, getting the most out of Bash, and how we host the show’s website and MP3s.   Discoveries Nabu Casa llamafile OverTheWire Wargames Fire TV Stick 4K...

We look back at what we wanted to happen in the Linux and FOSS world in 2023, and talk about what we want to happen in 2024.       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 .

What does “incognito mode” in Chrome actually mean and whether documenting browser standards in code is a good idea, the serious implications of a fun story about messing with a ChatGPT instance, and maximizing performance when using mixed disk types on ZFS mirrored vdevs.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News Google agr...

It’s that time of year where we look back at our 2023 predictions, and make some new ones for 2024.       Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.      ...

When it comes to collaboration workflows, Amolith dislikes the pull request model that GitHub made popular and much prefers the email/patch-based approach. Kevin does his best to get to the bottom of why, and Joe wonders if it might come down to disliking Microsoft.   Your GitHub pull request workflow is slowing everyone down Graphite git-branchless       See our contact page f...

Twitch pulls out of Korea thanks to the opposite of Net Neutrality, it’s not clear to what extent smart devices are listening to your conversations, more on water usage in data centers, and our thoughts on mandatory access controls.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News Twitch to shut down in Korea over ‘prohibitively expensiv...

In this episode: Mark is playing Baldur’s Gate 3 . Alan is going LoCo in Ubuntu – You can contribute to the UK LoCo website on GitHub. Martin is building and running Snaps on NixOS.     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 Ch...

What would we do to make the Internet and the Web better? Various hosts from the Late Night Linux Family shows offer their answers. With guest hosts Gary and Chris from Linux After Dark , Allan from 2.5 Admins , and Kevin and Amolith from Linux Dev Time .     Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes       See our contact page for ways...

The child’s toy that Chris hacked makes us remember the various other proprietary hardware and software that we’ve taken control of using free and open source software. Plus our mixed feelings about doing an accessibility challenge. Lunii       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed .

What you need to know about the recent SSH vulnerability, yet another privacy issue with cloud-connected security cameras, why it’s difficult to get to the bottom of an obscure ZFS encryption bug, and more.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker UniFi de...

It’s our 2023 year in review episode. There’s some good news about gaming and space, enshittification aplenty, a lot of love for the fediverse, and some tough love for Mozilla.   Linux Downtime is now Linux Dev Time ! Subscribe to the Late Night Linux Family All Episodes Feed Will’s post that made it to Hacker News etc   2023 News Good news Mars helicopter Ingenuity ace...

Linux Downtime is now Linux Dev Time ! In this first episode we talk about “sharpening our tools” – changing your dev tools, trying out new languages, using existing code vs writing something new, how to get over creative blocks, and more.   How Often Should We Sharpen Our Tools?       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the  RSS feed

Google Drive client users lost months of files, a feature of UEFI that has left millions of computers potentially vulnerable to persistent malware, and why you probably shouldn’t buy cheap resold volume Windows licenses.   Plugs Support us on patreon to get ad-free episodes that are sometimes a day or so early.   News/discussion Google Drive users say Google lost their files; Googl...

In this episode: Alan stumbles upon Ubuntu Core Desktop Preview and gives it a shake on a SteamDeck. Mark further continues his adventures in the Fediverse , by developing AWS Lambdas on his desktop. Martin creates an Open-Source Apple AirDrop-alike for sending files around the aether with LocalSend       You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If y...

Google’s war on ad-blockers is potentially really good news for Firefox, and so are mobile extensions. Plus another quick terminal tip, a VM advent calendar, extreme synth geekery, your feedback on backing up photos, a plea to stop telling us about syncthing, and more.   Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   Discoveries tail -F QEMU adven...

When the Raspberry Pi 5 was announced, we all said that most people would probably be better off repurposing an x86 thin client so we bought some dirt cheap new in box Dell Wyse 5070 machines to see if we were right. Spoiler: we were. Dalton’s post about trying to break Synology RAID Parky Towers   Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   &n...

Jim and Allan break down the details of the recent ZFS data corruption bug, and give their tips for managing a fleet of 40+ servers.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News Two new versions of OpenZFS fix long-hidden corruption bug   Free Consulting We were asked about managing 40+ servers.         Automox Sav...

The best ever version of Windows, movies that haunted us, distributed computing, and whether we do any exercise ever. With Chris, Dalton, and Gary from Linux After Dark .   Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.    

Our first impressions of two new hot bits of hardware – the Steam Deck OLED, and the Raspberry Pi 5. Plus great news for self-hosted webmail, a call to support open source AI/ML image processing, and a mini KDE Korner.   News Open source email pioneer Roundcube joins the Nextcloud family Vulns expose ownCloud admin passwords, sensitive data ownCloud vulnerability with maximum 10 severit...