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Late Night Linux Late Night Linux – Episode 356
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Oct 20, 2025 A recent AWS outage caused chaos, taking down countless services and highlighting vulnerabilities. Ubuntu 25.10 has serious bugs that raised concerns about Flatpak and Wayland. The Xubuntu website was hacked, posing malware risks to users. Discord experienced a major ID leak, prompting a discussion on third-party data handling. Additionally, Framework faced backlash for sponsoring a controversial Linux project, igniting community debates over their decision. Tune in for all the tech drama!
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Cloud Outages Expose Hidden Single Points
- Major cloud outages reveal surprising single points of failure across many services.
- Organizations often unknowingly centralize critical pieces in regions like AWS US-East-1, amplifying systemic risk.
Hosts’ Personal Disruptions From AWS Outage
- Félim described real impact: Signal and other services were disrupted for him, causing extra work.
- Graham listed consumer hits like Snapchat, Roblox and even his Ring doorbell failing during the outage.
Avoid Single-Region Dependencies
- Evaluate and remove single-region dependencies when designing cloud architectures.
- Use multi-region failover and simpler architectures to reduce catastrophic single-point failures.
