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Our smallest and our biggest FOSS wins.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 186
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Thinkpads that won’t boot Linux by default, Lennart moves to Microsoft, the Firefox Snap is finally a lot faster, Reddit shows its true colours, KDE Korner, and more.
News
London Meetup 5th August near The Eye
Lenovo Secured-core PC unable to boot Linux from a USB stick
Responsible stewardship of the UEFI secure boot ecosystem
Lennart leaves Red Hat and Goes to Microsoft
Microsoft is a Linux and open source company
Firefox snap performance Part 3: significant startup improvements
KDE Korner
Should Fedora sponsor KDE officially?
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Entroware
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Linux Downtime – Episode 51
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Martin and Hayden explain what it’s actually like to use GitHub Copilot, and why they think it’s going to have a positive impact open source software. Plus Hayden explains the legal nuances.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 185
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A modern alternative to the watch command, automating lights, and hacking routers, using FOSS to make installing Windows easier. Plus our thoughts on VC funding in open source, and more.
Discoveries
Hacking a Netgear router to be a ‘mesh’ satellite
Rufus 3.19 adds bypass for mandatory Windows 11 22H2 Microsoft Account requirement
Raspberry Pi Restores Guitar Amp, Complete With Effects
Feedback
Improvements in git 2.37 when resolving conflicts with vimdiff
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Linux After Dark – Episode 21
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We all tried to live with a touch-only experience on x86-64 devices. It turns out that Linux is very close to offering a great experience.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 184
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The community gets angry about GitHub Copilot, Félim gets angry about email, Firefox continues to improve, drawers fill up with more Raspberry Pis, KDE shines as ever, and more.
News
London Meetup 5th August near The Eye
Raspberry Pi Pico W: your $6 IoT platform
GitHub Copilot and open source laundering
Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!
Now Amazon debuts an AI programming assistant – CodeWhisperer
Firefox kills another tracking cookie workaround
Thunderbird 102 Released: A Serious Upgrade To Your Communication
Thunderbird is getting a visual revamp
Lawmakers seek to accelerate asteroid finder and want more Mars helicopters
KDE Korner
Digitally signing PDFs with a hardware token
Linode
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Linux Downtime – Episode 50
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Stuart Langridge joins us to discuss the nuances of gatekeeping in the Linux community, and why he thinks we inadvertently engaged in it on the last episode.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 183
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Will buys a cheap mouse, Félim thinks he’s a meteorologist, Graham hacks his TV, and Joe complains about YouTube.
Discoveries
Device/DevMode Manager for webOS TV
LMN 3: An Open-Source DAW-in-a-Box
Doom on coreboot and on a Bluetooth dongle
Feedback
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Linux After Dark – Episode 20
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Do we use Linux to avoid being locked into proprietary systems and services, or is that just as possible using any OS? Plus we bully Dalton for making us read a very American book.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 182
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Thumbs up for Mozilla and KDE, mixed reaction to mobile Thunderbird and Microsoft, AI definitely isn’t sentient, and more.
News
Our Plans For Thunderbird On Android
Frequently Asked Questions: Thunderbird Mobile and K-9 Mail
Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users worldwide
How to easily switch from Chrome to Firefox
How to set Firefox as your default browser on Windows
Microsoft Store: no astronomical pricing and paid open source or free copycat applications anymore
Ready to transform the enterprise world? We are!
Google suspends engineer who claims its AI is sentient
Is LaMDA Sentient? — an Interview
What is LaMDA and What Does it Want?
KDE Korner
Plasma 5.25 along with Frameworks 5.95
Goal: Apps & the call for new Goals is open
Platform Calendar Access followup
Linode
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Entroware
This episode is sponsored by Entroware. They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines.