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What Linux and open source will look like in 10 years, the aspects of Linux that got us hooked all those years ago, our happiest and most miserable experiences of converting people, and how we teach kids about privacy and security. Tailscale Tailscale is a modern, secure, zero-trust connectivity platform. Tailscale’s personal plan will be free forever for up to 6 users and unlimited devices! No credit card required. Go to tailscale.com/lnl to get started. If you’d like to bring Tailscale to work, use code latenightlinux for three free months of any paid plan. Support us on patreon and get an…
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Late Night Linux
The Late Night Linux Family · Tech & Science · English
Late Night Linux is a podcast that takes a look at what’s happening with Linux and the wider tech industry. Every week, Joe, Félim, Graham and Will discuss the latest news and releases, and the broader issues and trends in the world of free and open source software. Expect drinking, swearing, strong
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Joe gives his first impressions of the Steam Frame – a Linux PC that you wear on your face. It’s great for VR games, but it also has a KDE desktop. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS : Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
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22 Sep 2026 · 27 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 404
The Steam Frame is finally here and it’s not quite as expensive as we feared. Graham was selected in the lottery but will he actually buy one? We finally talk about Omarchy, its huge fundraising effort, and why we are disappointed in companies who are contributing. Plus LibreOffice’s enviable download numbers. With guest hosts Andy from Linux Dev Time , and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show . News Steam Frame Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve’s new SteamOS compatibility layers Power grab DigitalOcean has $3 million for DHH and nothing for CSS-Tricks CSS-Tricks could be a co-op One week of…
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14 Sep 2026 · 29 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 403
We answer your questions including the last new distro we tried, what distro we’d switch to if ours went away, whether we should limit our computer use, our vision for the Linux desktop, and our unpopular Linux opinions. Tailscale Tailscale is a modern, secure, zero-trust connectivity platform. Tailscale’s personal plan will be free forever for up to 6 users and unlimited devices! No credit card required. Go to tailscale.com/lnl to get started. If you’d like to bring Tailscale to work, use code latenightlinux for three free months of any paid plan. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free…
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8 Sep 2026 · 26 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 402
Audacity’s new major release makes it more like a proper digital workstation, Debian finally gets off the genAI fence and disappoints some of us, California exempts Linux from terrible age verification laws, and Asahi boots on M3 Macs. With guest host Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show . News Audacity 4 Debian Votes To Allow “Responsible Use Of Generative AI” Results for LLM usage in Debian Retiring from the Project (vv221) California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law M2: Episode 1 (or, Asahi Linux on M3) Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with…
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31 Aug 2026 · 26 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 401
KDE has a new proper LTS and Joe is very interested, the Steam Frame is (really) nearly here, the Epic Games Store is coming to Linux, Nintendo continues to play whack-a-mole with Switch emulators, and GitHub’s serious scaling issues are getting ridiculous. News/discussion What a real LTS looks like: Kubuntu 26.04 Kubuntu Focus, Techpaladin Software, and KDE e.V. Announce the ‘bullet-proof’ KDE Software Initiative New Frame welcome videos pushed to Steam Store assets Epic Games Store Will Support Linux “Soon” Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep Fairphone…
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25 Aug 2026 · 28 min
Late Night Linux – Episode 400
To celebrate 400 episodes, we look back of the last (almost) ten years of positive Linux and FOSS news. Plugs Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 5th September from 5pm until late Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes 9.5 years of good news Thunderbird Is Thriving: Our 2022 Financial Report (May 2023) Asking for donations in Plasma (Aug 2024) I think the donation notification works (Dec 2024) Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 to drop X11 in GNOME editions (Jun 2025) An update on the X11 GNOME Session Removal (Jun…
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