Late Night Linux

Loads of discoveries including window tiling, rich text for CLI Python apps, FOSS Wordle, 3D home design, and fractals. Plus your feedback about JSON, Matrix, audio, and an old Mac.   Discoveries Python Rich Sweethome 3D react-wordle wordle in under 50 lines of bash Bismuth Kröhnkite KWin-Tiling Mandelbulber2   Feedback fx: Command-line tool and terminal JSON viewer jo Unofficial LNL Matrix room Samson mic Podcastage         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

Mixed gaming news, great Raspberry Pi news, Mozilla teams up with Meta and ditches their VR browser, KDE Korner, and more.   News Slackware 15 released Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit vs. 64-bit Performance Review Network install beta test Update on Firefox Reality Privacy Preserving Attribution for Advertising Pocket migration to Firefox accounts Google Stadia has reportedly been demoted, but it might show up in your Peloton Inside Google’s Plan to Salvage Its Stadia Gaming Service Early Steam Deck previews are out – and battery life is causing concern Steam Deck CAD files now available Twitter thread about the Deck’s size Epic won’t update Fortnite to run on the Steam Deck   Admin Check out Linux Downtime and Linux After Dark   KDE Korner Plasma 5.24 (Nico has a video) & Bug fixes coming with some improvements too Kalendar 1.0 is out Plasma Mobile Gear 22.01 is out 5.25 starts: Discover redesign begins & Navigate panels with the keyboard         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

Why FOSS is unlikely to gain traction in education, what’s great about Discourse, Linux gaming, the uncertain future of Termux, our thoughts on Snap and Flatpak, and more.   Links mentioned: Termux and its plugins are no longer updated on Google Play Store Termux and Android 10 AppImage, Flatpak und Snap in comparison     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 Steam Deck is nearly here, Will is looking for a new email host, Creative Commons is abused, Joe has kernel problems, Félim upgrades his phone, and Graham plays a synth. Plus KDE Korner.   News Steam Deck Deposit – Steam Deck Launching February 25th Farewell, G-Suite Legacy The Pains Involved In Moving on from Google Apps for Domains A Bug in Early Creative Commons Licenses Has Enabled a New Breed of Superpredator   Discoveries Jq Vital synth   Admin Check out Linux Downtime and Linux After Dark   KDE Korner Falkon 3.2.0 15 Minute bug initiative and progress (plus some upcoming features) Runner help Linux App Summit       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

Why some people use Mint instead of Ubuntu, and your feedback. Plus all sorts of discoveries including programming lights, Ceefax, and a FOSS alternative to Sonos.   Discoveries HiFi Berry OS Ceefax lives! NimBLE ESP32 iPlayer probably runs on 32-bit Linux   Why use Mint over Ubuntu? Linux Mint 20.3 “Una” Cinnamon released! New Features in Linux Mint 20.3 ‘Una’ Cinnamon Edition         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 theme of funding open source development runs throughout the news including npm sabotage, Mozilla accepting crypto donations, and Signal’s CEO standing down. Plus Wordle’s open web problem, the usual great stuff in KDE Korner, and more.   News JavaScript dev deliberately screws up own popular npm packages to make a point of some sort Open source maintainer threatens to throw in the towel if companies won’t ante up New year, new Signal CEO Mozilla backtracks on crypto donations Wordle is being punished by app stores for choosing the open web Dev of namesake app donates proceeds to charity Humble subscription service is dumping Mac, Linux access in 18 days Canon forced to ship ink cartridges without chips   KDE Korner Plasma 5.24 Beta out KVer Graphics & Dev Videos Gnome App ID in KDE Task Manager KDE PIM Updates and 4k LOC from Dolphin refactored out       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

A simple FOSS way to share your mouse and keyboard across multiple machines, and a handy command line tool to find duplicate files. Plus your predictions for 2022 including gaming, GNOME, Firefox, Raspberry Pi, and PipeWire.   Discoveries Barrier rdfind A CPU implemented in a modular synthesizer   Feedback CalyxOS and a site to check which apps will work with de-Googled Android       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

Ubuntu might be taking gaming more seriously, more Mozilla missteps, why Her Majesty’s demise might be really bad news, a brand new segment, KDE Korner, and more.   News/discussion Please don’t use Discord for FOSS projects UK tech policy predictions for 2022: pennies dropping everywhere Firefox I Love You, But Can You Shut Up About Mozilla VPN?! Mozilla begs for crypto & jwz lays some smack down Canonical Seeks Linux Desktop Gaming Product Manager  In 2022, security will be priority number one for Linux and open-source developers   Discoveries ts – Prefix any line with the current timestamp The Rockstar Language Specification   KDE Korner Highlights of 2021 and a Roadmap for 2022 Krita 5.0 released! A new browser from kMobile KDE Art Stream       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

It’s that time of year where we look back at our 2021 predictions, and make some new ones for 2022.     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.   CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/latenightlinux and sign up for a 7-day free trial.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

We look back at some of the biggest stories and trends of 2021 including Linux on Mars, gaming, Arm, drama, and NFTs.   2021 Linux year in review Mars Linux has made it to Mars [feb] NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter achieves historic powered flight on Mars [apr] NASA’s Mars helicopter makes second flight [apr] Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Faster, Farther on Third Flight [apr] “Huge leap” for NASA’s Mars helicopter ushers new mission support role [jul] Mars helicopter has Log4j bug, breaks records all the same [dec]   Gaming Google closes Stadia’s dedicated game studios after less than 2 years [feb] Google Stadia is celebrating its second birthday with hardware for free or cheap [nov] Amazon Luna runs on Windows — and yet it’s hiring Linux gaming engineers [dec] Steam Link now available on Linux [mar] Valve is making a Switch-like portable gaming PC [jun] Steam Deck [jul] EAC has come to Linux and BattlEye is inbound [sep] Valve delays Steam Deck, now starts shipping February 2022 [nov]   Drama Free Software Foundation urged to free itself of Richard Stallman by hundreds of developers and techies [mar] FSF Adopts New Governance Framework for Board Members [dec] Audacity 3.0.0 Released [mar] Audacity & MuseScore Announcement! [may] Audacity finds new and exciting ways to annoy contributors with a Contributor License Agreement [jun] Audacity privacy notice [jul] Clarification of Privacy Policy [jul] Freenode IRC staff resign en masse, unhappy about new management [may] Welcome to Libera Chat [may] GitHub Copilot is AI pair programming where you, the human, still have to do most of the work [jun] Vivaldi is the default browser on Manjaro Linux Cinnamon [sep]   Arm Meet Raspberry Silicon: Raspberry Pi Pico now on sale at $4 [jan] Arduino To Release Board Based on Raspberry Pi Silicon [jan] Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W on sale now at $15 [nov] Pinephone Pro [oct] How We Ported Linux to the M1 [jan] M1 Macs booting from NVMe [jan] GNOME desktop boots on Asahi Linux for Apple M1 [aug] The End-Of-Year 2021 State Of Linux On Apple’s M1 SoC [dec] Asahi Linux looks forward to exciting 2022 on Apple silicon [dec]   NFTs Source Code for the WWW Tim Berners-Lee, an NFT [jun] Signal’s founder is trolling with an NFT that’ll turn to shit if you buy it [oct] Jimmy Wales is selling his first Wikipedia edit as an NFT [dec] Stan Lee’s memory defiled [dec] Brian Eno is not a fan of NFTs [dec]   Existential dread Happy birthday, Linux: From a bedroom project to billions of devices in 30 years [aug]   Admin Check out Late Night Linux Extra 37 and Linux After Dark What’s Up With KDE, And How Was It Implemented! Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms       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.   CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/latenightlinux and sign up for a 7-day free trial.   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