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The Late Night Linux Family
All episodes from Late Night Linux, Linux Dev Time, Linux After Dark, 2.5 Admins, Linux Matters, Hybrid Cloud Show, and Ask The Hosts.
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Sep 21, 2023 • 26min
2.5 Admins 161: 5PiB Coffee Mug
The future of archive storage using lasers and ceramics, self-hosting an Internet archive, more on Windows 11 Home, and setting up storage inside VMs.
Plugs
Support us on patreon
Jim and Allan host Klara’s latest Webinar: OpenZFS Data Replication
News/discussion
Cerabyte roadmaps ceramic nano-memory storage
Feedback
Archivy
ArchiveBox
Free Consulting
We were asked about setting up storage inside VMs.
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Sep 19, 2023 • 36min
Linux Matters 12: Steam Deck Emulation Done Right
In this episode:
Alan is consolidating multiple services onto a dedicated server
Mark is contributing to a large open source project
Martin is retro gaming on a refurbished Steam Deck with RetroDECK, ScreenScraper, and ZeroTier
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Sep 18, 2023 • 33min
Late Night Linux – Episode 247
Sorting Python imports, searching open tabs and history etc in Firefox, configuring proprietary headsets on the command line, Fedora on an M1 Mac, digital archaeology, Slackware on easy mode, Félim fails at Linux, and loads more.
Discoveries
isort
Firefox search hints
HeadSetControl
Asahi Fedora
Abort Retry Fail
Another Abort Retry Fail
Webhook.site
Regolith 3.0
Feedback
Salix
Factor
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Kolide
Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/latenightlinux
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Sep 15, 2023 • 25min
Linux After Dark – Episode 52
What hardware we recommend for desktop Linux users in 2023. Is it really as simple as buying a 5 year old ThinkPad?
HelloFresh
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Sep 14, 2023 • 32min
2.5 Admins 160: Diss Unity
Unity causes a stink with its new pricing model, running out of disk space causes a very expensive problem, how one-off promotional domains can come back to bite you, and picking the hardware and software for a router.
News
Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off
Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume
unity_to_godot_converter: An experimental converter from Unity to Godot game engines
Toyota outage caused by servers running out of storage
Lidl recalls Paw Patrol snacks after website on packaging displayed porn
Free Consulting
We were asked about picking the hardware and software for a router.
HelloFresh
With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months at hellofresh.com/5025admins using code 5025admins.
Kolide
Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a
See our contact page for ways to get in touch.

Sep 12, 2023 • 29min
Late Night Linux – Episode 246
The Steam Deck pushes Linux gaming stats over a small but significant threshold, why you should definitely switch from Chrome to Firefox, Microsoft throws its legal weight behind its generative AI, a quick KDE Xorner, and more.
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News
Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS
Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
Microsoft announces new Copilot Copyright Commitment for customers
Xubuntu Development Update September 2023
Plasma 6 coming in February 2024
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Sep 10, 2023 • 22min
Linux Downtime – Episode 80
We are joined by Element developer Andy Balaam to talk about working on open source software after 20 years in the proprietary world. We get into working in public, the realities of accepting code contributions, being part of a distributed team, the pros and cons of working from home, and more.
Andy’s links:
Live streams
Website and blog
Andy’s programming videos
Retro games
Factor
Factor’s fresh, never frozen, meals are ready in just 2 minutes, so all you have to do is heat them up and enjoy. Go to factormeals.com/ldt50 and use code ldt50 to get 50% off.
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Sep 7, 2023 • 31min
2.5 Admins 159: Dirty Install
The user experience on fresh installations of Windows and Edge is terrible and we get to the bottom of why. Unfortunately the reason isn’t exclusive to Microsoft’s offerings – it’s a pattern that we’ve seen from numerous companies, even Mozilla. Plus why it’s a bad idea to power your server on and off regularly.
Plugs
Support us on patreon
News/discussion
Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron
Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google
Free Consulting
We were asked about powering a home server on and off regularly.
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Sep 6, 2023 • 20min
Ask The Hosts – Episode 4
How our lives would change if cars ceased to exist, what intellectual property we’d make into a TV show or movie, and our worst cases of buyers’ remorse. With Will and Félim from Late Night Linux, and popey from Linux Matters.
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Sep 5, 2023 • 29min
Linux Matters 11: Using Two GPUs at Once
In this episode:
Mark has been exploring the secrets of the TPM
Martin is running Radeon and NVIDIA GPUs in one PC.
Alan is getting ongoing data from an EV.
You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal. For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
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