Late Night Linux

Great mobile Linux news, dispelling myths about desktop market share, the beginning of the end for BIOS booting, KDE Korner, and some more of your ask us anything questions.   News UBports GSI brings Ubuntu Touch to any Project Treble-supported Android device Yet more claims that desktop Linux market share is increasing , but those stats aren’t reliable , and Linux Steam usage hasn’t gone up...

Will reminisces about netbooks, Joe has a new Pinebook Pro, Facebook’s complex morals, Bountysource worries the community, and KDE Korner.   News Facebook did a bad thing to do a good thing Bountysource was going to change its terms so it could keep unclaimed bounties but then backtracked Xfce considers leaving   Admin If you are a patron, ask us anything sensible and we might answ...

Linux audio tips, upgrade vs nuke and pave, smartwatches, a new Raspberry Pi, Microsoft and Mint drama, and the shortest KDE Korner ever.   News 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75 Raspberry Pi OS (64 bit) beta test version Ubuntu 20.10 desktop might be officially supported on the Pi Mint not keen on snaps AppGet ‘really helped us,’ Microsoft says, but offers no apology to dev f...

The deeper implications of all of Microsoft’s recent announcements, good news for Munich, GNOME, and KDE, and mixed news for VR on Linux.   News LiMux is back Patent case against GNOME resolved Half-Life: Alyx Update Adds Native Linux Support, Vulkan Rendering OAuth sign-in with Gmail enabled again in KMail and Kontact   Admin If you are a patron, ask us anything sensible and we mi...

Good news for Linux phones and Raspberry Pi users, an embarrassing security incident, Keybase bought by Zoom, KDE Korner, some feedback, and more.   Plugs Check out Joe’s other podcasts The New Show with Daniel Foré and Alan Pope, and 2.5 Admins with Jim Salter and Allan Jude.   News /e/ Partners With Fairphone postmarketOS now boots on over 200 Linux phones and tablets SaltStack a...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has been released so we have a good look at the distro that will be around for 10 years. Plus good news for email, relative stability for Debian, GitHub’s power move, and loads of KDE developments in the news.   Two new podcasts Joe has been busy over the last couple of weeks and has launched The New Show with Daniel Foré and Alan Pope, and 2.5 Admins with Jim Salter an...

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the news including good news for UBports, changes to Firefox, Microsoft’s new LSM, potentially bad news for KDE, and more.   Keep an eye on the All Episodes Feed for upcoming episodes of Late Night Linux Extra   News PinePhone UBports Community Edition Pre-orders are Open PINEPHONE – “Community Edition: UBports” Limited Edition Linux SmartP...

The impacts of Coronovirus on Linux and open source, KDE Korner, and whether we are seeing the second big split in the FOSS world.   Linux and the virus We mention that FOSS Talk Live 2020 is cancelled and talk about how Linux and FOSS will be affected by current world events.   KDE Korner Plasma Bigscreen ( homepage ) Plasma Video Winner & Apps Winner Aleix Pol, president of KDE e....

We try and lighten the mood with a silly new segment. Meanwhile in the news Microsoft makes another open source move, bad news for VR on Linux, and more.   News Microsoft’s GitHub buys npm When Virgin Media said it leaked ‘limited contact info’, it meant p0rno filter requests Half Life Alyx is released 23rd March, with no Linux support, despite being developed by Valve using...

Is it time to give up on the Linux desktop and concentrate on open source apps? Plus a conundrum for Félim, Raspberry Pi and GTK in the news, and KDE Korner.   FOSS Talk Live 2020 Tickets and info here   News GTK website revamp attempting to stake QT Pi4 Gets Server Ready A birthday gift: 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 now only $35   Félim spots OpenOffice on YouTube Félim grapples with whether...

Joe has been playing with a PinePhone for a week and gives an honest appraisal. Plus Will’s simple solution to his Mac woes, switching to Linux and a community crowdfunder in the news, and a packed KDE Korner.     News AppCenter for Everyone South Korea switching to Linux? Windows 7 users moving to Windows 10 Microsoft shares a roadmap for the new Microsoft Edge   KDE Korner U...

Lots of news including Pine64, Linux gaming, Thunderbird, and WireGuard. Plus Will is looking to install a decent OS on his Mac, and mixed news in KDE Korner.   FOSS Talk Live 2020 announcement The date has changed. It will now happen on 20th June at the Harrison near Kings Cross in London. More details here .   News PinePhone Freedom HardROCK64 single-board computer coming in April for...

The death of Windows 7 presents yet another opportunity for the wide adoption of Linux on the desktop. Is that just wishful thinking? Plus Y2K comes back, bad news for Mozilla, a great new Nexcloud release, and more in the news.   News Y2020 Mozilla Lays off 70 people PinePhones Shipping Nextcloud Hub now with KItinerary   KDE Korner KUserFeedback with a bit more detail Plasma 5.18 LTS B...

It’s officially the future so we look back at our predictions from last year and make some new ones for 2020.         Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like bl...

It’s almost Christmas so it’s time to look back at 2019 and talk about some of the news stories that shaped the year.     January Amazon launches Mongo-compatible DocumentDB MongoDB removed from major distros   February Redis Labs raises $60 million for its NoSQL database Redis Labs changes its open-source license — again   March Google launches game streaming service called St...

Chrome OS is by far the most popular Linux-based desktop OS and we find out if that top spot is deserved. Plus Ubuntu, Zorin, Firefox, Kali, and more in the news.   News Ubuntu Pro 64-bit Ubuntu now works on Pi 4 The Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Pre-release Survey First Ever Release of Ubuntu Cinnamon Distribution is Finally Here! Zorin OS Responds to Privacy Concerns Firefox 71 Kali Linux 2019.4 release...

What does a long-term Linux user think of macOS? We ask Will. Plus gaming, Google, the PInephone, and KDE in the news.   News Google Kills Cloud Print Google plans to offer bank accounts next year Steam’s Remote Play Together is out of beta Half-Life: Alyx Releasing In March 2020 With Linux Support PINEPHONE – “BraveHeart” Limited Edition Linux SmartPhone for early adopters   KDE Korner...

We find out what Ubuntu 19.10 is like on the Raspberry Pi 4, and then take it too far. Plus plenty of news, Graham channelling Vangelis, and something about KDE.   News LinuxApp Summit Kicks Off Site Kit is now available for all WordPress sites Google open source VR SDK The downside of Ubiquiti network gear Linux Foundation introduces telemetry policy Microsoft to offer Defender for Linux nex...

Will tells us why he left his job as Director of Ubuntu Desktop, KDE Korner, and a mixed bag of news.   News The BBC has joined the dark web Startpage bought by an Ad Company Gitlab planned to introduce telemetry, then changed their minds GNOME fights patent troll Firefox 70 released   KDE Korner Akademy vids are out , Plasma Mobile catchups , KItinerary extractors again & The cashew...

Blender is one of the flagship professional FOSS tools and we talk to one of its senior devs. Plus the dangers of SaaS, Ubuntu 19.10, RISC-V, KDE Korner, and more.   News Software as a Service Dangers Adobe backtracks, will refund customers after cancelling their accounts Ubuntu 19.10 coming this week Chromium will be a snap ARM reacts to RISC-V What’s going on with WhatFreeWords? &nbsp...

Félim’s near death experience leads to a conversation about our home network setups. In the news: rms quits, Linux audio improvements, home directories as a file, KDE Korner, and more.   News rms has left the building FSF Award Nominations [Guess who’s now eligible to be nominated] New webpage for Plasma Desktop , Plasma 5.17beta / 5.18 two weeks away , Kate’s External Tools Plugin , Ak...

It’s been another busy couple of weeks so we talk about the news including new GNOME, Linux on phones, and Windows catching up with us.   News GNOME 3.34 Released Kirogi.org , Kate planning & Kate in the Windows Store , POC KDE PIM Online Accounts with some PIM News and KDE Goals PinePhone Developer PreOrders Librem 5 Shipping Announcement Fairphone 3 gets perfect score from iFixit...

We catch up with the news from a busy couple of weeks including KDE, exFAT, Google tracking, a new Fairphone, GIMP controversy, and more.   News KPeople contacts for Plasma Mobile , KHighlighting Crosses 300 , Plasma Browser Integration 1.6 & Akademy kicks off in Milan from the 7th-13th Sept. GUADEC videos GNOME Firmware Updater Google’s Tracking Protection BS? – EFF Chime in Fairph...

Graham tells us all about his new 3D printer, and the FOSS that he uses with it. Plus KDE, Xfce, ZFS, and more in the news.   News Unpatched KDE vulnerability disclosed on Twitter KDE rips out ability for KConfig to run shell code Discover gets a Snap/Flat/App fix and the end of the U&P sprint…but not really Xfce 4.14 released ZFS on / coming to Ubuntu desktop Richard Brown steps do...

We enter a parallel universe where Linux doesn’t have a foundation and decide what one should be like. Plus a packed news section including Blender, VR, Xfce, KDE, VLC, and other initialisms.   News KDE Onboarding Sprint , KDEConnect SMS & well of course there’s a KItinerary update… More good news for Blender from Ubisoft VLC is somewhat fed up with security researchers Xfce 4.14 In...