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Historic musical performances that we’d go back and watch, and our scariest travel experiences. With Martin, Mark and Alan from Linux Matters.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 350
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Android becomes more like iOS, another key dev leaves the Asahi Linux project, Mozilla will probably keep their Google search deal, we troll Félim with some AI bollocks, GNOME can’t keep an executive director, Microsoft releases the source for an ancient BASIC implementation, friend of the show Connor is snubbed by an Irish newspaper, a brief review of a classic Bond movie, and more.
News
A new layer of security for certified Android devices
With Apple M1/M2 Graphics Driver Code Working, Alyssa Rosenzweig Stepping Away From Asahi Linux
Consultation on the review of the DMA
Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly orders modest remedies
Firefox Adds CoPilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets in Nightly Builds
Firefox 32-bit Linux Support to End in 2026 – Future Releases
Firefox ESR won’t quit Windows 7 until March 2026
AI Is Now Being Used To Help Determine Patches For Backporting In The Linux Kernel
Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the ‘Antithesis of Wikipedia’
Perplexity Is Launching a New Revenue-Share Model for Publishers
Vivaldi browser capo doubles down on generative AI ban
Thanks and farewell to Steven Deobald
So short, and thanks for all the flinch
Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC
Windows 10 support shutdown offers window of opportunity for a Linux OS developed in Dublin
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 132
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A lot of key open source software is paid for by large companies. That has some advantages, but it can also cause some issues. Maybe it would be better if more FOSS development was paid for by smaller companies and contributions from users.
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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 38
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The first steps to move away from a “pets” mindset and towards automation and infrastructure as code, why we use a lot of abstraction at home, and how to use your homelab to improve your employment prospects. With guest host Joe Ressington from Late Night Linux.
Insta360 Go Ultra
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2.5 Admins 263: Seagate RAID
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McDonald’s IT systems seem to be riddled with 90s-style coding errors, we finally know where the fraudulent hard drives came from, when IT workers go rogue, and ZFS on root without using FreeBSD or Ubuntu.
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News/discussion
Seagate Uncovers Global Scheme That Sold 1 Million Used Drives as New
# smartctl -l farm /dev/sdx
Developer gets 4 years for activating network “kill switch” to avenge his firing
Woman gets 8 years for aiding North Koreans infiltrate 300 US firms
Free consulting
We were asked about ZFS on root without using FreeBSD or Ubuntu.
Linux Matters 63: Running Linux on an iPad
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In this episode:
- Martin has been running Linux on an iPad using a-Shell, a-Shell mini, and iSH. He also used copyparty.
- Alan went to a hackathon and used Tessl. If you want to try their closed beta, join their discord and tell them popey sent you.
- Mark installed GrapheneOS on a Pixel 8a.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 349
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What happens to Linux after Linus, what a German legal case might mean for blocking ads on the web, Graham tell us about his new foldable phone which Joe has also had for about 7 months, and a quick KDE Korner.
News/disccussion
The plan for Linux after Torvalds has a kernel of truth: There isn’t one
‘Ad Blocking is Not Piracy’ Decision Overturned By Top German Court
Foldable phone
Graham has just bought a Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and Joe has had his for about 7 months. It’s chunky, fragile, but really cool. Especially for reading, playing old games, and using ssh. Graham mentioned a screenshot of his old phone and Will mentioned a photo that Graham took of the new phone.
KDE Korner
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Entroware
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Linux After Dark – Episode 103
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It’s the £20 Linux machine challenge! This time the rules are stricter: no adding storage and RAM. It turns out that if you try really hard, you can buy a really nice Linux computer on a seriously low budget.
Check out part 1 and part 2 of the £50 challenge that we did previously.
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2.5 Admins 262: It’s About Control
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Google is planning to assert even more control over which Android apps can be installed, the US government takes a 10% stake in Intel, and minimum networking speeds in homes and offices.
Plugs
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ZFS Basecamp Launch: A Panel with the People Behind ZFS
News/discussion
A new layer of security for certified Android devices
US government takes 10 percent stake in Intel in exchange for money it was already on the hook for
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We were asked about minimum networking speeds in homes and offices.
Late Night Linux – Episode 348
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The AI crawler bot arms race has developed more quickly than we hoped, Google pretends to care what the community thinks, full Linux desktop apps are probably coming to Android, Thunderbird shares more details of their paid services and we are interested, and PuTTY has a great new domain name.
News
It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges
these sham community engagement exercises piss me off
Hands-on: We ran full desktop Linux apps on an Android phone!
Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update
There is a new short domain name for #PuTTY!
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