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It’s not a great idea to wipe someone’s only laptop, install Linux on it, and then leave them to it. We talk about the responsible ways to get people started with Linux.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 146
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Mozilla disappoints again, a beacon of hope in the mobile world, whether the future of the Internet really is a dystopian nightmare, and the usual KDE goodness in the Korner.
News
Firefox’s address bar has ads now, but you can disable them
News from Firefox Focus and Firefox on Mobile
Internet Archive’s 2046 Wayforward Machine says Google will cease to exist
Admin
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KDE Korner
Krita 5.0 beta 2 is out and 5 will bring a price bump in the Mac/Windows stores
Crowdsec
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 32
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Joe is joined by Gary Kramlich, the Pidgin project maintainer. Gary mentioned the contributing page, and the upcoming State of the Bird event which will be streamed on his Twitch channel.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 145
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Why one of us is probably switching to Xfce, and why Graham couldn’t use a proper Linux phone full-time. Plus your feedback about sandboxed apps, Vivaldi in Manjaro, and why we don’t talk about Fedora very often.
First Impressions
We had a look at Xfce, a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems that Joe loves. Félim mentioned Zorin OS.
Graham and the Pinephone
Graham’s phone broke recently so he decided to try using the Pinephone as his main phone. He tells us how it went. He mentioned Waydroid.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 144
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Ubuntu sets out its enterprise stall and makes a big move for Snaps on the desktop, excellent gaming news, disquiet downstream of GNOME, KDE Korner, and details of a new show in the LNL family.
News
Linux After Dark has launched!
Ubuntu Podcast after-party live stream
Ubuntu Makes Firefox Snap the Default
Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 lifecycle extended to ten years
Epic Online Services launches Anti-Cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck
BattlEye to support the Steam Deck
Building an Alternative Ecosystem
Admin
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KDE Korner
Get Drawing With Krita with this Book
Ever. So. Closer. And a beta test in October
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Linux After Dark – Episode 01
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 31
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Joe is joined by Alyssa Rosenzweig, a graphics developer who’s passionate about software freedom and leads the Panfrost and Asahi graphics drivers, about porting Linux to the M1 Macs.
Gary, Chris and Dalton haven’t disappeared. We’ve launched a new show called Linux After Dark.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 143
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What we’d do if we were in charge of the Linux desktop, first impressions of an unusual but frustrating distro, and your feedback about Mastodon and Bodhi Linux.
First Impressions
We had a look at GoboLinux, an alternative Linux distribution which
redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy.
If we were in charge of the Linux desktop
What we’d do if if we were magically in charge of the Desktop teams of Red Hat, Canonical, and SUSE.
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Late Night Linux – Episode 142
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Manjaro is shipping a proprietary browser and some people are upset, a win for Firefox on Windows, Proton Mail doesn’t make you magically impervious to the long arm of the law, Bitcoin becomes an official currency in El Salvador, influential friends call it a day, and more.
News
Mozilla has defeated Microsoft’s default browser protections in Windows
Ask Slashdot: Why Is Firefox Losing Users?
Vivaldi is the default browser on Manjaro Linux Cinnamon
ProtonMail removed “we do not keep any IP logs” from its privacy policy
Introducing Pedalboard: Spotify’s Audio Effects Library for Python
El Salvador becomes first country to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency
Admin
Check out Late Night Linux Extra 30
KDE Korner
Killing the dreaded hamburger menu and Tags are nearly there
NERC Space Geodesy Facility featured on Tom Scott
Crowdsec
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Linode
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 30
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Dalton gives us his first impressions of the Framework laptop, why we didn’t talk about AMD mobile CPUs when the M1 came up, and what we do when the software we want isn’t in the main repo.
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