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Late Night Linux – Episode 408

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A true legend of computer science leaves us, Fortnite is coming to Linux, Steam is finally moving away from 32-bit, Microsoft Defender comes to the Linux Desktop, Adobe’s flagship apps are cloned by AI as open source, and a quick KDE Korner.

 

News

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

The new Epic Games Launcher is finally here in Preview (Fortnite is coming to Linux)

Steam preemptively killed the only advantage Epic Games’ vibe-coded store would have had

Today’s Steam Beta Makes The Linux Client A 64-bit App

Secure Linux desktops with Microsoft Defender

“Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones

 

KDE Korner

KDE: The Documentary

Plasma 6.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 161

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When is it time to look for a new software development job? How do you cut through all the other applicants and get your foot in the door? When you do move on, how much notice should you give?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 67

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Is the LTS model now fundamentally unsustainable? How do we encourage enterprises to decrease patch cycle times?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2.5 Admins 321: Backup Strategy

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Why batteries in homes could benefit everyone involved, why we didn’t bring up wake-on-LAN when someone asked about keeping a NAS powered on as little as possible, building a router vs buying one, and ways to manage ssh connections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ask The Hosts – Episode 41

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Our favourite children’s books, what room we’d add to our homes, whether we’d go and live in the past, and early cinema visits. With Andy from Linux Dev Time, and special guest Danielle Foré who makes elementary OS.

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Late Night Linux – Episode 407

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New Snapdragon SoCs will officially support Linux, Firefox’s redesign confuses us, the Dutch government is embracing NixOS, F-Droid has a new modern look, and Ubuntu starts shipping new kernels more regularly. Plus with the iPhone Duo about to come out, Graham is still enjoying his Pixel 9 Pro Fold but Joe’s 10 Pro Fold is in a drawer.

 

News

Inside Snapdragon Summit 2026: Agentic AI PCs, Googlebooks and Linux

The new Firefox design: More modern, more flexible, still Firefox

Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop

F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom

Google’s assault on F-Droid has begun

Ryanair Boarding Pass Liberation

Getting Ryanair tickets

Accelerating delivery of CVE fixes with a new Kernel release strategy

Kernel Recipes 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Linux After Dark – Episode 132

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How do we recapture the passion we once had for computers and technology?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2.5 Admins 320: Dining on Goose

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Google offers a few pennies to web publishers to make up for stealing their content and not sending them any traffic, the tech we’d try to use after the apocalypse, why Jim doesn’t virtualise his clients’ desktops, and setting up Volume Shadow Copy so your users can restore their own files.

 

Plugs

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FreeBSD: The Hidden Cost of Upgrading in Production

 

News/discussion

Google’s early attempt to pay websites for AI answers is struggling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Late Night Linux – Episode 406

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Joe gives his first impressions of the Steam Frame – a Linux PC that you wear on your face. It’s great for VR games, but it also has a KDE desktop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 160

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Dogfooding: is it useful? Is it necessary? Can you build an application that people like to use without dogfooding? What are the differences between dogfooding and mere testing?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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