Late Night Linux Family All Episodes
Episodes
Late Night Linux – Episode 132
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
GitHub might put coders out of a job and piss them off in the process, Audacity’s owners cause more drama, IBM’s surprising management announcemen...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 25
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Chris and Gary again to discuss cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and NFTs. Our history, our mistakes, and ultimately why we became jaded...
Late Night Linux – Episode 131
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our long-awaited look at RebeccaBlackOS and how it drove us over the edge, and your feedback about Arch, Firefox, and loud dogs. Then a shocking revel...
Late Night Linux – Episode 130
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Berners-Lee jumps the shark, Chrome OS is 10, KDE Korner, good things about all sorts of projects, our Linux frustrations, Android or iOS, and mor...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 24
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Chris and Gary to discuss how we got into Linux around a decade ago, and what would be different for someone getting into it these da...
Late Night Linux – Episode 129
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A replacement for CentOS that seems identical so far, and your feedback about IRC, laptop marketing, Arch, alternatives to Windows terminal servers, l...
Late Night Linux – Episode 128
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The new Firefox design annoys Félim, more Audacity drama, Fuchsia launches with a whimper, Ardour faces an age-old problem, KDE Korner, and more. ...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 23
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Chris and listener Orlando to talk about why Arch and derivatives like Artix Linux are perfect for some users. Chris mentioned a talk...
Late Night Linux – Episode 127
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A quick look at a powerful distro that deserves a lot more time, your feedback, and Graham finally tries out a Pinephone. First Impressions We had ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 126
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Drama in the IRC world, the Framework modular laptop pre-orders are live, good and bad Android news, rare praise for Mozilla, the usual distaste for t...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 22
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this community meetup recording, we discuss what lengths we all go to to protect our privacy. Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 125
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The perfect offline distro, and your feedback about WSLg, Plasma issues, our terrible artwork, some app suggestions, and more. First Impressions We...
Late Night Linux – Episode 124
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Big news for everyone’s favourite audio recorder and editor Audacity, KDE Korner, and the various ways we all follow the news. News Audacity & Mu...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 21
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this community meetup recording, we discuss the realities of using a FOSS-only phone. Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’...
Late Night Linux – Episode 123
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whether there’s any point trying out random distros, and your feedback about AMD hardware, slow phones, messaging services, cryptocurrencies, and KD...
Late Night Linux – Episode 122
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Linux flies on Mars, a new Ubuntu release, the kernel is the subject of an ill-judged study, Linux GUI apps on Windows, KDE Korner, and more. News ...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 20
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this community meetup recording, we discuss how far we are all willing to go to support people who we switch to Linux. Linode Simplify your c...
Late Night Linux – Episode 121
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We go through a load of your feedback about Auacity’s new file format and UI toolkit, hacking a Firestick, Google search, the future of Fedora, and ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 120
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Signal disappoints with crypto nonsense, Google finally triumphs over Oracle, Nvidia helps out Mozilla’s voice project, the EFF helps you find out i...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 19
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Sean Davis to discuss the his shift from Xfce develpment towards elementary OS, and then we find out that Félim has a lot more tech ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 119
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The lengths that we’ve all been to for a smooth home media setup, your feedback about SUSE and NFTs, and we hear from some actual young people who u...
Late Night Linux – Episode 118
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stallman is back and ruffling feathers, PHP moves to GitHub, AMP might be on its way out, Audacity’s latest update gives us pause, Fairphone deliver...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 18
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The importance of open source vs open standards, and the best way to move beyond the Linux desktop into servers and headless boxes. Keep an eye on thi...
Late Night Linux – Episode 117
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What’s changed about Linux and FOSS in the last crazy year, a new private search engine on the horizon, and your feedback about all sorts. A new ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 116
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Graham tries to argue that NFTs are sometimes good, SUSE prepares IPO, Canonical gets friendly with Google, Konvergence in KDE Korner, and more. Ne...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 17
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do we get the next generation of kids into Linux and FOSS? A question we tried to answer in this recording from a community meetup. The next mu...
Late Night Linux – Episode 115
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why so many distros ship GNOME by default, a retro OS on modern hardware, Mint’s update woes, your feedback, and more. RISC OS with the Pi 400 Wi...
Late Night Linux – Episode 114
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Linux on another planet, Chrome OS enjoys huge success, great Firefox improvements, a flawed but well-meaning idea for a laptop, free RHEL for FOSS pr...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 16
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest community meetup recording we discuss the best distros for low end and high end hardware. Check out the 2.5 Admins podcast. See...
Late Night Linux – Episode 113
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Which messaging services we use, Debian, web apps and Firefox in your Feedback, and running proper distros on Chromebooks. Messaging Overload Our t...
Late Night Linux – Episode 112
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Internet outrage about Raspberry Pi OS and Ubuntu on Azure, slightly new LibreOffice branding, when software freedom is a matter of life and death and...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 15
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this recording from the second community meetup we talk about why we use our particular distros including Mint, Manjaro and Solus, and hear from a ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 111
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whether Debian should be easier for new users, Twitter pretends to care about decentralisation, a protip about portable monitors, how we should run an...
Late Night Linux – Episode 110
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Graham’s Pi microcontroller prediction comes true, great progress with Linux on M1 Macs, Element’s Play Store troubles, hope for Firefox and web s...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 14
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Alan Pope – Developer Advocate at Canonical working on Snapcraft & Ubuntu to talk about Snaps. The PR problem, the non-free element...
Late Night Linux – Episode 109
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will’s hybrid cloud approach to Pi-hole, and huge batch of feedback about all sorts including Firefox, convergence, home monitoring, email servers, ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 108
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will’s questionable network gear recommendations, Wikipedia at 20, terrible BBC educational material, minimising e-waste, VMs vs containers, KDE Kor...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 13
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What’s likely to happen over the next year in open source, how we evaluate the security and privacy of distros, and more in this recording of the fi...
Late Night Linux – Episode 107
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monitoring and automating our homes, heating systems, brewing the perfect beer with a raspberry Pi, modern databases, KDE Korner, and more. Home mo...
Late Night Linux – Episode 106
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s that time of year where we look back at our 2020 predictions, and make some new ones for 2021. Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 105
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We look back at some of the biggest 2020 trends including Arm and Mozilla, consider the fallout from the recent CentOS announcement, and end on typica...
Late Night Linux – Episode 104
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Faux outrage over the Linux Foundation’s lack of dogfooding, an attempt to port Linux to modern Macs, follow-up on search engines and privacy, KDE K...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 12
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Brent Gervais, a professional photographer who exclusively uses Linux, to discuss the insights he has gained into the open source min...
Late Night Linux – Episode 103
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What we actually mean when we use the word trust, good news for youtube-dl, why we don’t use DuckDuckGo, and Joe’s shocking switch to KDE Neon (on...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 11
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by former colleague Drew DeVore to talk about his new job as a sysadmin, the ridiculous lengths he goes to in order to use Linux for eve...
Late Night Linux – Episode 102
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mint finally sorts out the Chromium mess, what distro we should be recommending to new users, a new Raspberry Pi, the problem with Let’s Encrypt’s...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 10
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Raspberry Pi 400 is here! Joe is joined by Jim Salter from Ars Technica and 2.5 Admins to discuss his initial impressions, and then Martin Wimpres...
Late Night Linux – Episode 101
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Drama with open source office suites, the RIAA attacks open source, a new Ubuntu release complete with Raspberry Pi support, new Arm hardware, and the...
Late Night Linux – Episode 100
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why Windows isn’t switching to a Linux kernel, Will tells us how he stopped his kids using TikTok with a Raspberry Pi, possible LNL merch, and the u...
Late Night Linux – Episode 99
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why WireGuard is the only VPN software worth using, games becoming open source, the slow demise of Mozilla, Cloudflare synergy with the Wayback Machin...
Late Night Linux – Episode 98
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do we fix the broken Internet? We try to find solutions that don’t mean resorting to regulation. Plus Arm is sold again, Ubuntu community rumbli...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 09
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle returns again, this time to address some of the feedback we have received from previous episodes, and to talk about his brief experiences with Po...
Late Night Linux – Episode 97
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bad news for Mozilla, divided opinion on modular phones, AI takes over aviation, whether Canonical is on the right path, and plenty of great developme...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 08
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle returns, this time to talk to Joe about his experiences with Xubuntu. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS F...
Late Night Linux – Episode 96
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How a Windows user views desktop Linux, some ask us anything questions, and Félim’s attempts to solve his RSI problem. Kyle the Windows user We ...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 07
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Kyle, a technical Windows user who cares about privacy and security. He tried Linux but didn’t stick with it. We try to get to the ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 95
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A look back at the year in Linux so far, some speculation about what’s coming, Lineage OS on the Raspberry Pi, and KDE Korner. Lineage Love-in On...
Late Night Linux – Episode 94
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been an unusually busy couple of summer weeks so we dig into the news including Canonical teaming up with Google, more updates from Pine64, and...
Late Night Linux – Episode 93
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Late Night Linux – Episode 92
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Will reminisces about netbooks, Joe has a new Pinebook Pro, Facebook’s complex morals, Bountysource worries the community, and KDE Korner. News F...
Late Night Linux – Episode 91
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 90
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Li...
Late Night Linux – Episode 89
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Good news for Linux phones and Raspberry Pi users, an embarrassing security incident, Keybase bought by Zoom, KDE Korner, some feedback, and more. ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 88
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 06
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LNL Extra is back! Joe is joined by Michael Hall to talk about his experiences of converting conferences to online events. Check out Michael’s bl...
Late Night Linux – Episode 87
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 KD...
Late Night Linux – Episode 86
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 vi...
Late Night Linux – Episode 85
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 mo...
Late Night Linux – Episode 84
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Late Night Linux – Episode 83
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 82
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Late Night Linux – Episode 81
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
Late Night Linux – Episode 80
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Late Night Linux – Episode 79
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 launche...
Late Night Linux – Episode 78
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 77
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Prin...
Late Night Linux – Episode 76
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Late Night Linux – Episode 75
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Startpag...
Late Night Linux – Episode 74
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Korn...
Late Night Linux – Episode 73
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Félim’s near death experience leads to a conversation about our home network setups. In the news: rms quits, Linux audio improvements, home directo...
Late Night Linux – Episode 72
15 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 GNOM...
Late Night Linux – Episode 71
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 KPeo...
Late Night Linux – Episode 70
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 vuln...
Late Night Linux – Episode 69
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Late Night Linux – Episode 68
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Free Software and free speech clash, controversy ensues. We talk about Mastodon’s recent conundrum. Plus a packed news section including Blende...
Late Night Linux – Episode 67
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Graham and Joe managed to buy a Raspberry Pi 4 while they were HOT. Literally. Plus all sorts in the news including KDE, the villain that is Mozilla, ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 66
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a full house for the first time in a while and a lot has been happening so we have a look at all the news including the Ubuntu i386pocalypse, t...
Late Night Linux – Episode 65
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our show from FOSS Talk Live! After KDE, Firefox, GMail, and Stadia in the news, missed opportunities for FOSS and how we can seize the next on...
Late Night Linux – Episode 64
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the news including ZombieLoad and the Huawei debacle, and Joe tries to convince himself that 32-bit x86 Linux is...
Late Night Linux – Episode 63
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a month since the last proper episode so we recap the news from the last few weeks including real Linux in WIndows, RHEL 8, Nextcloud, Deb...
Late Night Linux – Episode 62
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a special episode. Joe and Will are joined by Richard Brown from openSUSE and Matthew Miller from Fedora to discuss how their distros work toge...
Late Night Linux – Episode 61
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Félim is away so Stuart Langridge joins us to discuss news including Chef, VMware, web standards, UBPorts, and more. Then we discuss how Linux has ch...
Late Night Linux – Episode 60
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly goes into an LTS release of the most popular desktop distro? We find out from Will after a packed news segment that includes Stadia, vide...
Late Night Linux – Episode 59
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of companies have attempted convergence but none have approached it like Maru OS. We speak to the founder of the project about its major new rel...
Late Night Linux – Episode 58
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Does the need to fund FOSS explain its complexity? The four of us don’t seem to agree. Plus plenty of news including KDE, MariaDB, Lineage OS, and t...
Late Night Linux – Episode 57
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Librem 5 shipping when? Todd from Purism joins us to answer that question, as well as what’s going on with the dev kits. Plus KDE, Red Hat Satellite...
Late Night Linux – Episode 56
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Exciting Pine64 devices, no Pi 4 this year, good gaming and firmware news, and more. News Pine64 to Launch $79 Linux Tablet, $199 PineBook Pro Lapt...
Late Night Linux – Episode 55
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you better off with the elasticity of public clouds like AWS, or should you avoid lock-in by running servers on premises? Guess what Félim thinks...
Late Night Linux – Episode 54
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A new year dawns so we make some predictions for the months to come. Plus we look back at last year’s predictions, and have a look at what’s been ...
Late Night Linux – Episode 53
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s almost Christmas so it’s time to look back at 2018 and talk about some of the news stories that shaped the year. January Meltdown and Spec...