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  1. Late Night Linux – Episode 47

    2 oktober 2018 · 45 min

    Afspelen
    It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the world of Linux and FOSS news including an upgraded KDE Neon, Ubuntu and Fedora betas going head to head, Microsoft showing how much they love FOSS, Sailfish continuing to live, and loads more. Lees meer

    News

    KDE Neon rebased on Ubuntu 18.04

    Google loosens grasp on AMP

    Web 5.0?

    Fedora 29 beta released

    Ubuntu (and flavours) 18.10 beta released

    Mir reaches 1.0.0

    Running Ubuntu VMs on Windows made easier

    At least half of Azure is running Linux

    Re-Open-Sourcing MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0

    Sailfish OS not dead yet

    Mintcast needs new hosts

    Digital Ocean

    This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $100 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.

    CDN77

    This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world. Learn more at cdn77.com/lnl

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  2. Late Night Linux – Episode 46

    18 september 2018 · 50 min

    Afspelen
    Good stuff from Nextcloud, KDE, and fedora, politics in the kernel dev camp, a debate about contributing to FOSS, and more. Lees meer

    News

    Nextcloud 14

    KDE 5.14 Beta

    Give Fedora Silverblue a test drive

    Linux User and Developer magazine to close

    Has Linus finally had enough?

    Maybe this is what did it

    The Post-meritocracy Manifesto

    Check out User Error

    Digital Ocean

    This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $100 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.

    Entroware

    This episode of 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.

    Do you need to use FOSS to contribute to it?

    After finding out last time that VM Brasseur was using a Mac because she had lost her patience with Linux on the desktop, a fierce debate erupted.

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  3. Late Night Linux – Episode 45

    4 september 2018 · 45 min

    Afspelen
    Yet more great stuff from KDE, more Windows games for Steam, and more in the news, and an interview about how to contribute to open source. Lees meer

    News

    KDE Pinebook release

    KItinary call for data

    Start wine-ing about Steam

    Commons Clause

    Desktop icons on GNOME

    Digium (makers of Asterisk) being bought by Sangoma?

    Ubuntu Touch OTA 4 Released

    Digital Ocean

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    Admin

    OggCamp live show

    Bug Report

    CDN77

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    VM Brasseur

    VM Brasseur joins Joe to talk about her new book Forge Your Future with Open Source.

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  4. Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 05

    27 augustus 2018 · 55 min

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    It’s the OggCamp 2018 live show! Lees meer

    Joe is joined by Jon Spriggs, Martin Wimpress, Dan Lynch, and Dave Lee at OggCamp.

    We spoke about spreading the word about collaboration culture, and how we rationalise using proprietary solutions over open ones.

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  5. Late Night Linux – Episode 44

    21 augustus 2018 · 41 min

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    Graham is away but Jesse is back! He tells us what he’s been up to over the last few months including thoroughly testing snaps and shouting at his NAS. Plus Joe has been to OggCamp, and a shortish news segment. Lees meer

    News

    Lots of updates from Akademy: KDE Itinery & KDE Apps 18.08 (kontact gained Itinery support) / Frameworks 5.49.0, Inline notes in Kate

    Trinity Desktop R14.0.5 released

    Open Source goes all Hollywood

    Help LVFS gather NVMe data

    Send me yer invites!

    Entroware

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    OggCamp 2018 report

    Joe attempts to explain how he managed to go to OggCamp without seeing a single talk.

    Jesse’s adventures in dadland

    Jesse tells us about switching distro, using snaps in the real world, and why he’s frustrated with his NAS.

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  6. Late Night Linux – Episode 43

    7 augustus 2018 · 1 uur 2 min

    Afspelen
    With Félim and Will absent, Alan Pope joins us to discuss the news, and an interview with Wes Mason about npm and modern software distribution methods. Lees meer

    News

    Please welcome Lenovo to the LVFS

    Slackware dev has financial problems

    elementary OS receives large donation

    Handshake appears and dishes out cash to FOSS projects

    GNOME might get rid of themes

    What’s next, extensions?

    Android 9 to be called Pie

    Entroware

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    Wes mason

    Wes Mason joins Joe to discuss the recent malware incidents with npm, and the wider topic of traditional software repositories vs user-submitted ones like the Snap Store.

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  7. Late Night Linux – Episode 42

    24 juli 2018 · 49 min

    Afspelen
    Google has been fined $5BN by the EU but before that we have a packed news section including KDE, Python, more crypto miners, the Librem 5, and RISC-V. Lees meer

    News

    KDE Plasma 5.13.3, Frameworks 5.48.0 & applications 18.04.3 & Onboarding

    Guido van Rossum resigns as Python leader

    NPM fail…again

    Arch Linux AUR Repository Found to Contain Malware

    Librem 5 update (dev boards delayed)

    Arm talks down RISC-V

    But then backtracks

    Entroware

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    CDN77

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    Android Antitrust

    The EU has fined Google $5BN for anti-competitive behaviour with Android. Google responded publicly. Félim found a good write up.

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  8. Late Night Linux – Episode 41

    10 juli 2018 · 45 min

    Afspelen
    Some good and some bad news, Free Software vs Open Source, how to put smaller FOSS events together, and more. Lees meer

    News

    SUSE acquired

    Gentoo’s GitHub compromised

    Minimal Ubuntu released

    Ubuntu Studio Audio Handbook

    FOSS synth for iPad

    Entroware

    This episode of 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.

    20 years of Open Source

    With the 20 year anniversaries of Open Source and the Apache licence, we discuss the differences between Free Software and Open Source.

    CDN77

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    Small community events

    After FOSS Talk Live, Stuart Langridge wrote a blog post about smaller FOSS events and how there should be more of them. We discuss whether he’s right and if so, how we can make them happen.

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  9. Late Night Linux – Episode 40

    26 juni 2018 · 57 min

    Afspelen
    It’s been a while since we recorded a proper episode with all four of us so we catch up on the news that we have missed and then cover what’s been happening recently. Lees meer

    News Catchup

    Microsoft to buy Github

    Endless lays off several of its employees

    An opportunity to invest in Mycroft

    Dockerhub malware

    Entroware

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    Admin

    Most of the recordings from FOSS Talk Live are now available, as well as some videos.

    CDN77

    This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world. Learn more at cdn77.com/lnl

    Newer News

    Ubuntu Touch OTA 4 RC released

    UBports concerned about Article 13

    A first look at Ubuntu desktop metrics

    Atari’s Ubuntu powered console

    Atari’s PR train goes off the rails

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  10. Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 04

    18 juni 2018 · 22 min

    Afspelen
    It’s the last episode of LNLE. At least for the time being. Lees meer

    GIMP 2.10

    Jehan Pagès spoke about the latest major release of GIMP, but forgot to plug the film that he’s working on called ZeMarmot.

    Bad News

    This is the last episode of Late Night Linux Extra in its current format.

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  11. Late Night Linux – Episode 39

    11 juni 2018 · 45 min

    Afspelen
    It’s a live episode from FOSS Talk Live 2018! Lees meer

    FOSS Talk Live 2018

    Joe, Will, Graham and Jesse discussed what we hope will happen over the next 5-10 years in the FOSS world, and also what we fear could happen.

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

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  12. Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 03

    4 juni 2018 · 43 min

    Afspelen
    Asteroid OS 1.0 and openSUSE Leap 15. Lees meer

    Asteroid OS

    Florent Revest talks about the recent release of Asteroid OS, the open source operating system for smartwatches.

    openSUSE Leap 15

    Richard Brown talks about the recent openSUSE Leap 15 release.

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  13. Late Night Linux – Episode 38

    29 mei 2018 · 43 min

    Afspelen
    We find out how Ubuntu Touch is coming along after a year of independence from Canonical, but first we look at the news which includes great Qt-based releases on the desktop, major systemd news, great news for smartwatch wearers, bad news for Huawei owners, and potentially bad news for SteamOS. Lees meer

    News

    KDE 5.13 almost ready

    LXQt 0.13 released

    Portable Services arrives in systemd

    Asteroid OS reaches 1.0

    Huawei locks down its bootloaders

    Steam link on android

    Admin

    An advert-free version of the show is now available for Patreon supporters.

    FOSS Talk Live is happening very soon and you should come!

    Christoph Zimmermann asked us to mention the OpenRheinRuhr conference which is taking place on 3rd and 4th November in Oberhausen in Germany.

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Ubuntu Touch

    We talk to Dalton Durst from UBports about Ubuntu Touch.

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  14. Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 02

    21 mei 2018 · 42 min

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    The new KDE Plasma beta and the future of Xubuntu. Lees meer

    KDE Plasma 5.13 beta and Berlin Sprint

    Jonathan Riddell talks about the recent KDE sprint in Berlin and the recent beta of Plasma 5.13. We also spoke about running KDE Neon on the Pinebook, and also the Slimbook II.

    Xubuntu

    Sean Davis talks about the future of Joe’s favourite distro, Xubuntu.

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  15. Late Night Linux – Episode 37

    15 mei 2018 · 54 min

    Afspelen
    A new Fedora release and big news from red hat, Stallman throws his weight around, 32-bit is dying, Snap store malware SHOCKER, email encryption is knackered, and do small distros stand a chance of making it big? Lees meer

    News

    Fedora 28 released

    Red Hat to integrate CoreOS into OpenShift

    Stallman shows who’s boss

    Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Budgie drop 32-bit

    The other flavours could follow suit

    Malware found in (and removed from) the Snap store

    EFAIL

    Admin

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    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Can there ever be another big distro?

    With the seeming demise of Void Linux and Korora, we ask whether small distros have any chance of surviving in the long term without an eccentric billionaire backer.

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  16. Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 01

    5 mei 2018 · 35 min

    Afspelen
    A new sister show is born! Joe finds out about the recent Fedora 28 release and the upcoming beta of elementary OS 5. Lees meer

    Fedora 28

    Matthew Miller talks about the new release of Fedora.

    elementary OS 5 beta

    Daniel Foré talks about the upcoming beta of Juno.

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  17. Late Night Linux – Episode 36

    1 mei 2018 · 51 min

    Afspelen
    Oracle are at it again, GNOME can talk to your phone, Microsoft has fully embraced Linux, Germany loves Nextcloud, and we have a look at Ubuntu 18.04. Lees meer

    News

    Oracle being lovely netziens again

    GSConnect NIH KDEConnect replacement

    KDE Apps 18.04

    Microsoft announces Linux-based OS

    German government chooses NextCloud

    Admin

    OggCamp Call for papers

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

    We look at the latest long term support release of Ubuntu.

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  18. Late Night Linux – Episode 35

    17 april 2018 · 43 min

    Afspelen
    With Graham and Will firmly on board, we talk about the future of the web and how Google’s AMP will affect it. That’s after a news section that includes a new Qt music player, the end of passwords, and the potential death of Steam Machines. Lees meer

    New hosts

    We introduce Graham Morrison and Will Cooke.

    News

    Elisa: Finally something to replace faltering Amarok?

    System76 joins the Gnome foundation advisory board

    WebAuthN to “replace” passwords online?

    Steam Machines disappear from Valve’s site but Valve claim that Steam Machines aren’t dead yet

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    AMP

    Are Accelerated Mobile Pages a great way for publishers to offer a fast and unified experience on mobile browsers? Or is Google forcing content to be centralised in a way that the Web traditionally wasn’t? Or maybe both?

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  19. Late Night Linux – Episode 34

    3 april 2018 · 48 min

    Afspelen
    It’s Ikey’s last show and Jesse’s last show for a while, and Félim is off sick. Graham Morrison joins us to discuss 2 factor authentication, Firefox OS, a new DNS service, Linux-Libre security, and whether we can move away from centralised social media. Lees meer

    News

    2 factor authenticator for Linux

    The final nail in the Firefox OS coffin

    Cloudflare launches DNS service

    Linux-Libre prioritises freedom over security

    Good night, sweet princes

    Ikey and Jesse have are experiencing some big changes in their lives which mean they are leaving the show; Jesse for a while, Ikey forever. But fear not! We have some stellar new team members ready to take their place.

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Decentralised social networks

    In the wake of the Facebook scandal, we discuss some decentralised alternatives including Diaspora and some blockchain-based projects.

    If you are planning to delete your Facebook account, why not trash all your data first?

    If you are planning to keep using Facebook, using the new Firefox Facebook Container Extension would probably be wise.

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  20. Late Night Linux – Episode 33

    19 maart 2018 · 44 min

    Afspelen
    A new GNOME release, a new Raspberry Pi, more distros on the Windows Subsystem, and more apps are Snapped. Plus why rms refused to come on the show. Lees meer

    News

    GNOME 3.28 released

    KDE needs gnome support to be a real DE

    Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (7min video)

    Debian and Kali Linux now available in Windows 10

    Firefox and Chromium now available as Snaps

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    GNU/Linux?

    After Joe’s ill-fated attempt to have a reasonable discussion with Richard Stallman, we discuss the difference between the kernel and the operating system.

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  21. Late Night Linux – Episode 32

    6 maart 2018 · 56 min

    Afspelen
    It’s a mobile-heavy news section this week with Sailfish, Linux on Samsung phones, Lineage and Purism, followed by a look at the upcoming Trisquel release and how we feel about freedom and pragmatism. Lees meer

    News

    Sailfish is coming to more phones

    Full Linux desktop on Samsung phones

    Lineage 15.1

    Purism starts the work to enable GNOME applications on the Librem 5

    Admin

    FOSS Talk Live tickets are now available!

    Ian Kelling asked us to mention the LibrePlanet conference

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Freedom vs Pragmatism

    Trying out the latest development release of Trisquel prompts the question of how much freedom we actually need on the Linux desktop.

    Jesse also mentioned an Arch-based alternative to Trisquel called Parabola GNU/Linux-libre

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  22. Late Night Linux – Episode 31

    20 februari 2018 · 1 uur 9 min

    Afspelen
    We speak to the CEO of Purism about their totally free software phone and laptops but before that, a new Plasma desktop is out, and Ubuntu and elementary OS have proposed some controversial changes for their next releases. Lees meer

    News

    Plasma 5.12.0 LTS is out and the pineapple fund makes it rain

    Ubuntu wants to collect user metrics

    elementary OS AppCenter changes

    Admin

    FOSS Talk Live tickets are now available!

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Purism

    We are joined by Todd Weaver who is the CEO and founder of Purism to talk about the completely FOSS-friendly phone that they are planning to deliver in January next year and their laptops that are available right now. Can they really deliver something good as well as private and secure? Todd certainly thinks they can.

    Digital Ocean

    If you are looking for for a Linux VPS with full root access, check out Digital Ocean. With our affiliate link you can get $10 credit.

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  23. Late Night Linux – Episode 30

    6 februari 2018 · 1 uur 6 min

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    It’s all about the community this week as expert Jono Bacon joins us but before that, Plasma Mobile is looking good, flight simulator dev politics, booting servers more quickly, and Mycroft will get a second attempt to answer the question “What are beans?” Lees meer

    News

    Testing Plasma Mobile on x86 and mobile devices

    Flightgear hostile forks

    LinuxBoot

    Mycroft Mark II

    Admin

    Come to Oggcamp and FOSS Talk Live!

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Communitising the community

    We are joined by Community expert, author, and podcaster Jono Bacon to talk about FOSS communities, their good and bad sides, and how to deal with problematic members within them. We mentioned his consulting business and his podcast Bad Voltage.

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  24. Late Night Linux – Episode 29

    23 januari 2018 · 1 uur 6 min

    Afspelen
    KDE are almost finished with X11, Purism make progress with their FOSS phone, Nextcloud video calling is here, a debate about CVE branding, and the state of accessibility in Linux. Lees meer

    News

    KWin/X11 is feature frozen

    Exciting GNOME news

    Purism keep up their excellent PR

    Nextcloud Talk

    Major vulnerability hoax site

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Jonathan Nadeau

    Ikey and Joe spoke to Jonathan Nadeau about the current state of accessibility in Linux and FOSS. He mentioned Sonar GNU/Linux and his podcast network. And KDE does indeed care about accessibility.

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  25. Late Night Linux – Episode 28

    9 januari 2018 · 1 uur 7 min

    Afspelen
    A brief check-in with KDE and a look at FOSS speech recognition, Meltdown and Spectre, last year’s predictions, and new ones for 2018. Lees meer

    News

    KDE Community 2017 & Browser integration in June

    Speech recognition on Linux?

    Meltdown and Spectre

    Epic Games and Redis throughput performance impact

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Predictions

    We look back at the predictions that we all made at the start of 2017 and make some more about what will happen in 2018.

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  26. Late Night Linux – Episode 27

    25 december 2017 · 1 uur 5 min

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    It’s been a year of Late Night Linux! We wrapped up the year with a look back at some of the biggest Linux and FOSS stories. Lees meer

    January

    No New Ubuntu Phones on the Horizon, And No Major Updates for Existing Ones, Either

    Cyanogenmod became Lineage OS

    February

    Arch and Tails announced that they were dropping 32-bit

    Mozilla shutting down the group behind Firefox OS

    March

    Mozilla acquired Pocket

    Nextcloud going too far to ensure that people stay up to date?

    April

    Ubuntu abandoned Unity and Ubuntu Phone

    May

    SUSE and Fedora being added to Windows 10

    Here comes Treble: A modular base for Android

    June

    Ikey quit his day job and to develop Solus full time

    July

    Project Common Voice

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    September

    Sailfish for the Xperia X

    October

    Librem 5 funded

    Linux Kernel Community Enforcement Statement

    November

    Conservancy and SFLC fall out

    Firefox 57 Quantum and the Yahoo debacle

    Munich voted to return to Windows

    December

    Mozilla faced blowback after slipping Mr Robot plugin into Firefox

    Bitcoin surged past $10k

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  27. Late Night Linux – Episode 26

    12 december 2017 · 51 min

    Afspelen
    Jesse is back from Trumpistan so it’s a full house again. KDE looks forward, TeamViewer comes to Linux, more Intel ME problems, HTTPS is winning, corporations try to avoid GPL litigation while Mozilla faces a suit from Yahoo, and Patreon has reignited the FOSS funding debate. Lees meer

    News

    KDE’s vision for the next 3-4 years and its goal of Privacy

    TeamViewer loves the Qt

    Intel’s cunning plan to get everyone to upgrade their processors and AMD might be capitalising?

    66% of page loads are https up from 46% in January this year

    Big companies join the compliance-first approach to GPLv2

    Mozilla Files Cross-Complaint Against Yahoo Holdings and Oath

    Entroware

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    Funding FOSS

    Patreon have recently made some changes which directly affect this show and Ikey’s distro. We discussed the implications and alternatives, and asked for your opinion.

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  28. Late Night Linux – Episode 25

    28 november 2017 · 57 min

    Afspelen
    With Jesse away it’s just Joe and the Irish this time. A good step forward for open hardware, Firefox is almost good now, kernel security politics, FSF mockery, a debate about licences, and more. Lees meer

    News

    RISC-V arrives!

    Firefox 57 Quantum and the Yahoo debacle

    Firefox 58 anti-fingerprint etc.

    Android kernel & SOCs looking a bit rosier

    Linus gets heated about kernel security, then calmly explains his position, Others act like children

    Gifts positive in the freedom dimension

    New magazine from the Raspberry Pi Foundation – Hackspace

    Entroware

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    Copyleft vs permissive licences

    Listener Jeffrey Bouter asked about where we stand on FOSS licensing.

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  29. Late Night Linux – Episode 24

    14 november 2017 · 1 uur 6 min

    Afspelen
    FOSS gets litigious, Canonical may or may not care about the desktop, Solus works more on Steam, Red Hat embraces an ARM-based future and we hear from elementary OS. Lees meer

    News

    Conservancy and SFLC fall out

    Canonical Joins the GNOME Advisory Board

    Ubuntu wants free art

    Solus, snaps and Steam

    RHEL gets an ARM version (Related hardware)

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Admin

    Joe wants to know if his Nexus 9 is slower than other ones

    elementary OS

    Daniel Foré of elementary OS joins Joe and Ikey.

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  30. Late Night Linux – Episode 23

    31 oktober 2017 · 1 uur 1 min

    Afspelen
    The kernel devs want compliance rather than cash, Mint backs Flatpack, Canonical aim for an IPO, Solus needs help with art, and we speak to a ZFS advocate called Jim Salter. Lees meer

    News

    Linux Kernel Community Enforcement Statement

    Mint to add Flatpak support

    Oracle Could Still Make ZFS A First-Class Upstream Linux File-System

    Shuttleworth confirms suspicions that he’s aiming for a Canonical IPO

    Solus looking for help with aesthetics for Solus 4

    Entroware

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    Jim Salter

    Ikey and Joe are joined by Jim Salter to talk about ZFS and BTRFS. We mentioned an old article he wrote for arstechnica. He plugged his project Sanoid.

    Jesse mentioned this post on the hidden cost of using ZFS for home NAS.

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  31. Late Night Linux – Episode 22

    17 oktober 2017 · 1 uur 9 min

    Afspelen
    Some great phone news and some very bad, KDE goodness, Google creepiness, Ikey saves gaming on Linux, nonces compromise WiFi, and the biggest Ubuntu release for years. Lees meer

    News

    Librem 5 funded

    Konvergence

    Plasma 5.11 is out

    Jesse always feels like there’s someone watching him

    Google Announce new Hardware

    Ikey is singlehandedly saving gaming on Linux

    WPA2 attacked by nonces

    Entroware

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    Ubuntu 17.10

    It’s the first Ubuntu release since Shuttleworth dropped the bombshell about the death of Unity and Convergence. The final release was a few days away when we recorded this so there might be a few slight changes and bug fixes.

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  32. Late Night Linux – Episode 21

    3 oktober 2017 · 54 min

    Afspelen
    Three of us plus a half dead Ikey get together to talk about Nextcloud, Apple, MariaDB, Facebook and React.js, the Ubuntu Rally in New York, and the FOSS version of Android called Replicant. Lees meer

    News

    Nextcloud introduces end-to-end encryption

    Apple open sources some kernels

    MariaDB gets a large investment

    Facebook changes React License to MIT (and WordPress threatening to move away from FB license)

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Ikey’s trip to New York

    Ikey has just come back from the Ubuntu Summit in New York. He tells us all about it.

    Replicant

    Jesse and Félim have been trying out the totally FOSS version of Android called Replicant.

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  33. Late Night Linux – Episode 20

    19 september 2017 · 59 min

    Afspelen
    All four of us return to talk about KDE, FOSS phones and watches, Solus’ growing pains, perfect code and more. Lees meer

    News

    More eKciting developments in the land of KDE

    Purism will team up with KDE for their Librem 5 phone

    Replicant doubles the number of supported devices

    Connect Watch smartwatch with AsteroidOS crowdfunding campaign

    Public money, public code!

    Solus growing pains

    Ikey tells us about his recent scaling problems and what he has done to fix them.

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    All software has bugs. But should it?

    Joe attempts to argue that properly written software should be bug-free and should only require maintenance for compatibility and new features.

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  34. Late Night Linux – Episode 19

    5 september 2017 · 1 uur 5 min

    Afspelen
    We are back for a proper episode but Félim is on holiday so it’s a 3 man show. We’ve been to OggCamp, we discuss some developments in the mobile space, Ikey is off to New York on Shuttleworth’s dime, Joe has an ancient Mac and we talk about Patreon saturation. Lees meer

    OggCamp Recap

    Joe and Jesse briefly discuss their OggCamp Experiences.

    News

    Sailfish for the Xperia X

    Librem 5 – Matrix blog post

    Ubuntu Rally in NYC

    Playing with old rubbish

    Joe recently acquired an eMac that was destined for the rubbish tip. It turns out that getting Linux to run on it is more difficult than you might think.

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Admin

    Ikey has been on Destination Linux again

    New funding models

    With the recent news that Disney is pulling (at least some of) its content from Netflix to start its own streaming service, we discuss how far a person’s budget can stretch. In a world where every company has a subscription service and every creator has a Patreon, can FOSS projects expect anything more than some beer money?

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  35. Late Night Linux – Episode 18

    19 augustus 2017 · 52 min

    Afspelen
    It’s the Late Night Ubuntu Podcast! Recorded live at OggCamp 17, Jesse and Joe are joined by Martin and Mark from the Ubuntu Podcast for a (very sober) mashup show. Normal service will resume in around two weeks. Lees meer

    News

    Nextcloud push into education

    Solus 3 Released

    Snappy Sceptic Files Bug to Ask Why It Even Exists

    GNOME turns 20 and Debian turns 24

    Q&A

    We asked each other a few questions and answered some pre-submitted ones from the Internet and the crowd.

    See our contact page for ways to get in touch.

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  36. Late Night Linux – Episode 17

    7 augustus 2017 · 59 min

    Afspelen
    Mozilla launches yet more projects, Krita had a brush with the tax man, Flash is on the way out, Debian is almost totally reproducible, Mycroft on Plasma, and Linux as a Windows and Mac replacement and more. Lees meer

    With Jesse and Félim away, we asked Michael Tunnell to join us.

    Sorry to System76

    On the last episode Jesse told us about his nightmare with Pop!_OS. It turns out that he really did dd the iso over sda so it was definitely his fault.

    News

    Mozilla finds some new ways to spend their millions

    Krita had some tax troubles but the community came to the rescue with Mega-Props to Private Internet Access

    Flash is moribund

    Debian reproducible builds

    Mycroft Plasmoid Version 2.0

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Linux as a Windows/Mac replacement

    If someone is interested in switching to Linux, what distro or desktop would be the most suitable drop-in replacement? Perhaps that’s the wrong way to look at it and we should show them a world beyond their old experience.

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  37. Late Night Linux – Episode 16

    23 juli 2017 · 1 uur 7 min

    Afspelen
    Jesse’s Pop!_OS nightmare, news about KDE’s event, desktop Android takes a hit, Mozilla are lazy, a look at distro with a lot of history and more. Lees meer

    Jesse regrets pop!_ing his cherry

    Jesse tells us about his experience of trying Pop!_OS

    News

    Akademy running 22nd – 27th July a nice overview of what went on Day 1 Here. And one for Jesse

    Remix OS discontinued but Phoenix OS lives on

    Mozilla using Google Analytics ‘cause you know… laziness

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Admin

    Destination Linux need a new co-host

    Jesse and Joe will be at OggCamp in a few weeks.

    Mageia 6

    Mageia has a long and colourful history so we thought we’d have a look at the recent release of version 6.

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  38. Late Night Linux – Episode 15

    11 juli 2017 · 1 uur 7 min

    Afspelen
    Endless has a major update, KDE continues to innovate, Ubuntu backtracks on Wayland, O’Reilly trolls Félim, System76 and Tuxedo make some distros, and more on LNL 15. Lees meer

    News

    Endless OS 3.2 Released, Rebases From GNOME Shell 3.8 To 3.22

    KDE Stash virtual folder for dumping files from all about your directories, Snaps added to KDE Discover, Vulkan support added to QT 5.10

    Ubuntu Is Now Uncertain about Using Wayland by Default

    O’Reilly exits direct book sales

    Project Common Voice

    LetsEncrypt offering wildcard certs in 2018

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Admin

    Uncut video of us at FOSS Talk Live

    Linux hardware sellers’ own distros

    With the recent news that System76 and Tuxedo Computers are making their own Ubuntu-based distros we discuss whether they actually are distros and whether they should even exist.

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  39. Late Night Linux – Episode 14

    27 juni 2017 · 1 uur 11 min

    Afspelen
    Mozilla’s new mobile browser, a big Budgie update, Debian’s fluffing of their latest release, and our show from FOSS Talk Live. Lees meer

    News

    Debian botches the ISO then is forced to disable hyperthreading

    Firefox Focus – Android privacy browser

    Ikey tells us about a big Budgie update

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    FOSS Talk Live

    Joe, Jesse and Félim met up at the 2nd annual FOSS Talk Live to record in front of an audience. We each talked about one thing that we like and one thing we dislike about Linux, followed by a discussion about FOSS business models. Ikey couldn’t make it but he was with us in spirit.

    See our contact page for ways to get in touch.

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  40. Late Night Linux – Episode 13

    13 juni 2017 · 1 uur 8 min

    Afspelen
    A new KDE Plasma release, yet more Ubuntu news, Ikey goes full time with Solus, openSUSE for containers, Snaps and Flatpak, and more on LNL 13. Lees meer

    News

    KDE Plasma 5.10 is out and KDE Frameworks 5.35.0

    GDM to Replace LightDM in Ubuntu 17.10

    The death of the x86 Windows PC?

    GPG fundraiser

    Canonical are looking for devs to do some paid user testing in London

    Ikey has quit his day job and is going to develop Solus full time

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Admin

    FOSS Talk Live

    Mashup show questions

    OggCamp

    We are now on Youtube

    openSuse

    Richard Brown from openSUSE joins us to discuss their new container OS Kubic and we discuss Snaps, Flatpak and AppImage in depth.

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  41. Late Night Linux – Episode 12

    30 mei 2017 · 1 uur 14 min

    Afspelen
    Nextcloud scaling up, decentralised Internet, KDE love, Devuan, Linux in the real world, Fedora’s sales pitch and more on LNL 12. Lees meer

    News

    Nextcloud 12 Global Scaaaaaaaaaale and loads of new features including screen sharing

    Blockstack: Browser for a decentralised Internet

    KDE Simon 0.4.90 Beta Released (Speech recognition on Linux! Well for computer control) It’s designed for people with quadriplegia in reality but the video here has a nice demo

    Devuan finally reaches 1.0.0 just weeks before a new major Debian release

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    The realities of enterprise computing

    Joe recently attended a Linux meetup in London and learned the harsh reality is that although Linux is the standard on servers, almost no one uses it on the desktop, despite how terrible Windows 10 is.

    Admin

    Thanks to everyone for supporting us with PayPal and Patreon etc.

    We spoke about FOSS Talk Live and specifically the drunken mashup show which will feature Joe, Stuart Langridge, Dave Megaslippers and Marius Quabeck answering your questions!

    Fedora

    We don’t seem to talk about Fedora very often so we invited Matthew Miller onto the show to tell us about it.

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  42. Late Night Linux – Episode 11

    16 mei 2017 · 1 uur 4 min

    Afspelen
    Canonical looking to go public, Microsoft adding new distros to Windows, Raspberry Pi and Google Assistant, Android’s possible replacement, and proper convergence in action with Maru OS on LNL 11. Lees meer

    News

    Canonical starts IPO path; very interesting related article

    SUSE and Fedora being added to Windows 10

    Raspberry Pi Foundation encourages kids to make their own Google Assistant in a box

    Google’s copyleft-free mobile OS Fuchsia starts to come together

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Admin

    Thanks to everyone for supporting us with PayPal and Patreon etc.

    Linux Action News has launched

    Maru OS

    We are joined by Preetam D’Souza to talk about his project Maru OS which combines an Android Open Source base with a containerised Debian desktop to create a truly useful convergent device.

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  43. Late Night Linux – Episode 10

    2 mei 2017 · 59 min

    Afspelen
    Yet more Ubuntu fallout including forks of their dead desktop and mobile platform, Libreboot wants to rejoin GNU, mobile Linux coming together, IoT standardisation and how to spread the word about FOSS on LNL 10. Lees meer

    News

    Wayland and GNOME to be default in Ubuntu 17.10

    Yunit tries to avoid a mutiny as UBports looks to have avoided theirs

    Libreboot applies to rejoin GNU

    Halium aims to standardise mobile Linux development

    The open interop platform for the IoT edge; Cloudflare has their own IoT security solution

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    How to talk to normals about FOSS

    What’s the best way to introduce people to the idea of FOSS? Explain the practical benefits, go full on rms, or something in between?

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  44. Late Night Linux – Episode 09

    18 april 2017 · 1 uur 19 min

    Afspelen
    Tizen code is a shambles, Drupal struggles with HR, Mastodon is flavour of the month, Linux on Windows improvements, updates to the Ubuntu saga and more on LNL 09. Lees meer

    News

    Samsung’s Tizen is riddled with security flaws, amateurishly written

    Drupal needs a decent HR department

    Mastodon is the latest social media fad, despite having been around for several years under different names. It might not last

    Substantial update to Windows Subsystem for Linux

    Solus adds a GNOME edition

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Jesse’s black box

    Jesse tells us about the Raspberry Pi that he doesn’t connect to a network and asks whether it’s OK to avoid updates.

    Admin

    Thanks to everyone for supporting us with PayPal and Patreon etc. We didn’t give people individual shoutouts but if you want to hear your name on the podcast, get in touch. If you want to join our existing supporters, check out the support page for various ways to do that. Also thanks to everyone who advised Jesse about moving away from LastPass.

    Updates on the Ubuntu announcement

    Ubuntu GNOME to merge with the main edition

    Phones and tablet will only receive security patches until June 2017 (2 more months)

    UBports to carry on with Ubuntu Touch and Unity 8; will integrate Anbox

    Separate Unity 8 fork

    Staff layoffs and CEO to leave

    Ubuntu 12.04 ESM seems to only be aimed at servers

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  45. Late Night Linux – Episode 08

    6 april 2017 · 38 min

    Afspelen
    In this special episode, Joe, Ikey and Jesse discuss the bombshell that Ubuntu is abandoning Unity in favour of GNOME for its next LTS and has officially given up on dreams of mobile convergence. Lees meer

    We’ll back to our usual schedule with episode 9 on 18th April.

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  46. Late Night Linux – Episode 07

    4 april 2017 · 1 uur 21 min

    Afspelen
    Netflix on Linux, phishing with https, licensing, password managers, Android convergence, the inside story of Nextcloud scanning and more on LNL 07. Lees meer

    News

    Netflix now works in Firefox on Linux

    14,766 Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates Issued to PayPal Phishing Sites

    Inside OpenSSL’s battle to change its license

    Password managers

    Jesse tells us why he’s still using LastPass and asks what the rest of us use.

    Entroware

    This episode of Late Night Linux 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.

    Android convergence

    With Android now more popular than Windows, how are the various efforts at desktop convergence coming along?

    Maru now available for the Nexus 7

    Phoenix OS 2.0 alpha based on Android 7.1

    Samsung has a go at convergence

    VMware and Citrix too

    Admin

    There are now loads of ways that you can help out the podcast. See our support page for details.

    Following in Ikey’s illustrious footsteps, Joe was recently a guest on Destination Linux.

    Nextcloud Interview

    After some of us slagged off Nexcloud on the last episode, Jos asked if he could come on the show and explain what really happened. Ikey and Joe were unconvinced to say the least.

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  47. Late Night Linux – Episode 06

    21 maart 2017 · 1 uur 4 min

    Afspelen
    Jesse is back but this time Félim is in his sick bed so it’s a 3 man show yet again. Some heated debates about Nextcloud’s actions, Ubuntu extended support and PowerPC distros, followed by a deep dive into the world of HiDPI 4k support in Linux. Lees meer

    News

    Nextcloud going too far to ensure that people stay up to date?

    Introducing Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance)

    With the death of Ubuntu MATE for PowerPC, a fork appears

    Admin

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    We also spoke about a couple of upcoming events:

    FOSS Talk Live 2017

    OggCamp 2017

    HiDPI

    Ikey has been trying out some of the big desktop environments on his new 4k monitor.

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  48. Late Night Linux – Episode 05

    7 maart 2017 · 1 uur 10 min

    Afspelen
    Ikey is back but with Jesse on holiday, it’s a three man show again. VR gaming on Linux, a new Raspberry Pi, Mozilla buying Pocket, Web DRM, Kodi piracy and loads more on LNL 05. Lees meer

    News

    SteamVR Is Coming to Linux and SteamOS

    Raspberry Pi Zero W

    RetroPie needs legal help; Terminix face a similar situation

    Shutting down Manjaro-Arm

    Mozilla acquires Pocket

    FSF unimpressed with Encrypted Media Extensions

    Admin

    FOSS Talk Live 2017. 24th June at the Harrison in London.

    OggCamp 2017. 19th and 20th of August 2017 at Canterbury Christ Church University in Canterbury, Kent, UK.

    Kodi

    What should Kodi do about its PR problem?

    See our contact page for ways to get in touch.

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  49. Late Night Linux – Episode 04

    21 februari 2017 · 1 uur 10 min

    Afspelen
    With Ikey languishing in his sick bed, the rest of the team discussed even more Linux hardware, Munich probably switching back to Windows, Elementary’s potentially ill-fated crowdfunded app store, Félim’s new phone and loads more. Plus we learn more about OpenSUSE from its chairman Richard Brown on LNL 04. Lees meer

    News

    7 inch Ubuntu Laptop Indiegogo

    Munich takes decisive step towards returning to Windows

    Elementary OS are crowdfunding a pay what you want app store; They are writing it in Vala

    Gaming on Ubuntu 16.10 vs Windows 10

    Félim’s new Oneplus 3T

    Admin

    Shout out to Tuxedo Computers, a German Linux hardware company.

    Jesse tried to list the video editors we had recommended to us.

    FOSS Talk Live 2017 will happen on 24th June at the Harrison in Kings Cross, London. It will be a free evening of live Linux podcasts. We will hopefully have more details about it next time. For now, save the date.

    Jam

    Jesse checked out a FOSS Command line Google Play Music client called Jam

    OpenSUSE

    The OpenSUSE chairman Richard Brown tells us about some of the great features of the distro. He mentioned a couple of FOSDEM talks.

    See our contact page for ways to get in touch.

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  50. Late Night Linux – Episode 03

    7 februari 2017 · 1 uur 30 min

    Afspelen
    A packed show this time. More Linux hardware, 32 vs 64-bit, Ubuntu MATE on the Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu Budgie, yet more Solus news and loads more on LNL 03. Lees meer

    News

    KDE and Slimbook Release a Laptop for KDE Fans

    Arch and Tails are dropping 32-bit but 32-bit CentOS is still available

    Black market Blackphones get sent a kill message that bricks them

    Steam’s Linux Marketshare For January Was 0.8%

    Mozilla is shutting down the group behind Firefox OS

    Chromium

    Ikey tells us why Chromium isn’t as Free as some people might think

    Ubuntu MATE on the Raspberry Pi

    Joe spoke to Martin Wimpress about the upcoming release of Ubuntu MATE 16.04.2 for the Raspberry Pi.

    Ubuntu Budgie

    Jesse has abandoned KaOS in favour of Ubuntu Budgie on his laptop

    (Yet more) Solus news

    Budgie turns its back on GTK, goes Qt and Wayland; is inevitably forked

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