Late Night Linux

Thinkpads that won’t boot Linux by default, Lennart moves to Microsoft, the Firefox Snap is finally a lot faster, Reddit shows its true colours, KDE Korner, and more.   News London Meetup 5th August near The Eye Lenovo Secured-core PC unable to boot Linux from a USB stick Responsible stewardship of the UEFI secure boot ecosystem Lennart leaves Red Hat and Goes to Microsoft Microsoft is a Linux and open source company Firefox snap performance Part 3: significant startup improvements Reddit and Nothing NFTs   KDE Korner KDE eV Report 2021 Last and This week in KDE Should Fedora sponsor KDE officially?       Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.   Entroware This episode 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.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

A modern alternative to the watch command, automating lights, and hacking routers, using FOSS to make installing Windows easier. Plus our thoughts on VC funding in open source, and more.   Discoveries viddy Cheerlights & cheerlights-hid Hacking a Netgear router to be a ‘mesh’ satellite Vita3K Rufus 3.19 adds bypass for mandatory Windows 11 22H2 Microsoft Account requirement Raspberry Pi Restores Guitar Amp, Complete With Effects   Feedback Improvements in git 2.37 when resolving conflicts with vimdiff liquidsoap       Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3QqaWW8   Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.

The community gets angry about GitHub Copilot, Félim gets angry about email, Firefox continues to improve, drawers fill up with more Raspberry Pis, KDE shines as ever, and more.   News London Meetup 5th August near The Eye Raspberry Pi Pico W: your $6 IoT platform GitHub Copilot and open source laundering Chris Green on Twitter Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come! Now Amazon debuts an AI programming assistant – CodeWhisperer Firefox kills another tracking cookie workaround Thunderbird 102 Released: A Serious Upgrade To Your Communication Thunderbird is getting a visual revamp Lawmakers seek to accelerate asteroid finder and want more Mars helicopters   KDE Korner KDE Apps mid-year update Digitally signing PDFs with a hardware token DigiKam 7.7.0 KDE PIM May & June update         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.

Will buys a cheap mouse, Félim thinks he’s a meteorologist, Graham hacks his TV, and Joe complains about YouTube.   Discoveries libratbag & piper WeeWX Device/DevMode Manager for webOS TV LMN 3: An Open-Source DAW-in-a-Box Doom on coreboot and on a Bluetooth dongle OBS   Feedback Deskreen       Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Thumbs up for Mozilla and KDE, mixed reaction to mobile Thunderbird and Microsoft, AI definitely isn’t sentient, and more.   News Our Plans For Thunderbird On Android Frequently Asked Questions: Thunderbird Mobile and K-9 Mail Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users worldwide How to easily switch from Chrome to Firefox How to set Firefox as your default browser on Windows Microsoft Store: no astronomical pricing and paid open source or free copycat applications anymore Microsoft Gives $10k to GNOME clap Ready to transform the enterprise world? We are! Google suspends engineer who claims its AI is sentient Is LaMDA Sentient? — an Interview What is LaMDA and What Does it Want?   KDE Korner Plasma 5.25 along with Frameworks 5.95 Goal: Apps & the call for new Goals is open Platform Calendar Access followup Qt Patch Level 5.15.5       Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.   Entroware This episode 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.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Arch is really easy to install now, Graham uses his keyboard as a mouse, replacing expensive security platforms with FOSS, silly AI pictures, and Will baffles us with electronics technobabble. Plus feedback about all sorts, including a chance to hear the noise that sends Joe to sleep.   Discoveries Wazuh cheat Sigrok (better write up here) warpd archinstall Dwitter DALL·E mini     Feedback Monit Jason’s command: play -n -c1 synth whitenoise band -n 100 20 band -n 50 20 gain +25 fade h 1 864000 1 Joe’s: play -n -c1 synth whitenoise lowpass -1 150 lowpass -1 150 gain +10 Noice Linux After Dark 18         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The usual love for the Mars helicopter and KDE, rare praise for Mozilla, and fingers pointed at DuckDuckGo and Brave. Plus apprehension about Broadcom’s VMware acquisition, and Intel’s new “features”.   News Alex’s London meetup is going to be a day earlier than originally planned. He’s still working on a venue but stay tuned and watch the meetup page!  Ingenuity Adapts for Mars Winter Operations NASA’s 161-second helicopter tour of Martian terrain Phoronix Turns 18 Years Old Mozilla releases local machine translation tools as part of Project Bergamot DuckDuckGo: Why our browsers won’t block Microsoft trackers DDG has a tracker blocking carve-out linked to Microsoft contract Brave marketing gaffe Brave’s use of Direct Mailers Broadcom is acquiring VMware for $61 billion VMware users are nervous about Broadcom acquisition Broadcom’s stated strategy ignores most VMware customers Drew’s Tweet Linux 5.18 Released With Intel SDSi, New CPU & GPU Features Intel’s software-defined silicon set to debut in Linux 5.18 Intel Upgrade Service   KDE Korner KDE a Google SoC participent SCAM: Lightmoon IS NOT Kdenlive. Lightmoon is MALWARE KDE ECO sprint May & Nico Fella KItinerary April/May Update KDE Goals: Wayland Job vacancy for furthering KDE in app stores           Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

FOSS alternatives to TeamViewer and Plex, Alexa automation made easy, Thunderbird is in great health, plus your feedback about all sorts including an amazing weird Linux installation.   Discoveries RustDesk Virtual Smart Home Jellyfin Thunderbird is very much alive and it has an RSS reader   Feedback Geekbench results for Linux on Surface devices barrier owncast       Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3tONetk   Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

We break with tradition and talk about some of the things we love about Linux and FOSS. Plus overhyped NVIDIA news, Google relents on free custom email accounts, Félim is trolled about Chromebooks, KDE Korner, and a Rust supply-chain attack drags up an old debate.   News No FOSS Talk Live this year but there’s Alex’s outdoor meetup in August Nvidia takes first step toward open source Linux GPU drivers Hector Martin’s Twitter thread about it Google backtracks on legacy GSuite account shutdown, won’t take user emails Chromebooks are the perfect place to teach yourself about Linux When will we learn?   KDE Korner Lars Knoll Leaving The Qt Company, Starting New Chapter Outside Qt Leaving The Qt Company Almost time to pick new goals and end of KDE Goals: “Consistency”         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.   Entroware This episode 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.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Graham plays with a synth, old desktops live on, Generation X11 yells at cloud, Will has been a naughty boy, TV alternatives, and Linux on weird hardware.   Discoveries Surge XT synth The Unity desktop is still alive (as is Trinity) 10 hours of a hairdryer noise Star Trek TNG bridge noise   Feedback Cloudfree.shop       Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3tONetk   Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here