Late Night Linux – Episode 259

Google’s war on ad-blockers is potentially really good news for Firefox, and so are mobile extensions. Plus another quick terminal tip, a VM advent calendar, extreme synth geekery, your feedback on backing up photos, a plea to stop telling us about syncthing, and more.

 

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Discoveries

tail -F

QEMU advent Calendar

CS80 interactive diagram

Most followed Mastodon accounts

 

News

Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google’s war on ad blockers

Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates

privacy not included | Annual Consumer Creep-O-Meter

Open extensions on Firefox for Android debut December 14 (but you can get a sneak peek today

 

Feedback

syncthing

Syncopoli

Backing up my Android photos with rsync

Immich

FolderSync