Late Night Linux

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the news including good news for UBports, changes to Firefox, Microsoft’s new LSM, potentially bad news for KDE, and more.   Keep an eye on the All Episodes Feed for upcoming episodes of Late Night Linux Extra   News PinePhone UBports Community Edition Pre-orders are Open PINEPHONE – “Community Edition: UBports” Limited Edition Linux SmartPhone Ubuntu Touch Q&A 72: Foundation & Volla News Latest Firefox updates address bar, making search easier than ever Mozilla installs Scheduled Telemetry Task on Windows with Firefox 75 Firefox now 3rd most popular browser behind Chrome and Edge Mozilla goes back to Mitchell Baker as CEO Paul Cormier takes over as Red Hat CEO, as Jim Whitehurst moves to IBM Google and Apple launching coronavirus contact-tracing system for iOS and Android Windows 10 is getting Linux files integration in File Explorer Microsoft announce a new Linux Security Module called IPE   KDE Korner KDE on Instagram February/March in KDE Itinerary Maui Project Qt offering changes 2020 #1: Qt, Open Source and corona #2: Qt, Open Source and corona Qt and Open Source   Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The impacts of Coronovirus on Linux and open source, KDE Korner, and whether we are seeing the second big split in the FOSS world.   Linux and the virus We mention that FOSS Talk Live 2020 is cancelled and talk about how Linux and FOSS will be affected by current world events.   KDE Korner Plasma Bigscreen (homepage) Plasma Video Winner & Apps Winner Aleix Pol, president of KDE e.V. podcast interview   Linux vs the cloud Prompted by NASA’s recent AWS mistake, Joe asks if we are living through the second big split in the FOSS world.     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   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 feed

We try and lighten the mood with a silly new segment. Meanwhile in the news Microsoft makes another open source move, bad news for VR on Linux, and more.   News Microsoft’s GitHub buys npm When Virgin Media said it leaked ‘limited contact info’, it meant p0rno filter requests Half Life Alyx is released 23rd March, with no Linux support, despite being developed by Valve using Vulkan. Pinebook Pro pre-orders start March 18th – will ship with Manjaro KDE   KDE Korner Plasma Mobile Frameworks 5.68 is out – and Telegram icons sorted finally Ikona: utilities for wrangling with icons and an icon preview.   Ask Linux We try a new segment where we shoehorn Linux into otherwise relatively sensible questions.     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed

Is it time to give up on the Linux desktop and concentrate on open source apps? Plus a conundrum for Félim, Raspberry Pi and GTK in the news, and KDE Korner.   FOSS Talk Live 2020 Tickets and info here   News GTK website revamp attempting to stake QT Pi4 Gets Server Ready A birthday gift: 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 now only $35   Félim spots OpenOffice on YouTube Félim grapples with whether to tell strangers to use LibreOffice.   Open source apps vs desktops Should we be concentrating more on open source applications like Krita and rather than obsessing over the desktop. We mentioned the AppCenter For Everyone crowdfunder again.   KDE Korner Has Gmail/Google Auth Been Fixed – No (refers to this issue) but updates to PIM coming kTop Seekrit kItinerary all the things       Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   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 feed

Joe has been playing with a PinePhone for a week and gives an honest appraisal. Plus Will’s simple solution to his Mac woes, switching to Linux and a community crowdfunder in the news, and a packed KDE Korner.     News AppCenter for Everyone South Korea switching to Linux? Windows 7 users moving to Windows 10 Microsoft shares a roadmap for the new Microsoft Edge   KDE Korner Updates to Apps, Frameworks & Plasma: Enable User Feedback (if you can) Acknowledgment it was a bit buggy but plans in place to not repeat that KItinerary Fosdem Video & Repo for F-Droid!   Admin Joe’s Podcasting Basics Jupiter Extra FOSS Talk Live 2020   PinePhone Joe gives his first impressions of the PInePhone.     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Lots of news including Pine64, Linux gaming, Thunderbird, and WireGuard. Plus Will is looking to install a decent OS on his Mac, and mixed news in KDE Korner.   FOSS Talk Live 2020 announcement The date has changed. It will now happen on 20th June at the Harrison near Kings Cross in London. More details here.   News PinePhone Freedom HardROCK64 single-board computer coming in April for $35 and up Rocket League will drop support for Mac, Linux versions in March Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance On A $199 AMD Ryzen Laptop Thunderbird moves to MZLA Technologies Corporation umbrella WireGuard will likely ship with the 5.6 kernel Free Software Foundation suggests Microsoft ‘upcycles’ Windows 7… as open source   Linux on Will’s Mac Will seeks our advice on how to install Ubuntu on his Mac. Graham mentioned rEFInd and the Chameleon bootloader.   KDE Korner Qt News & Reactions 1 2 3 KDE gets a handshake       Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   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 feed.

The death of Windows 7 presents yet another opportunity for the wide adoption of Linux on the desktop. Is that just wishful thinking? Plus Y2K comes back, bad news for Mozilla, a great new Nexcloud release, and more in the news.   News Y2020 Mozilla Lays off 70 people PinePhones Shipping Nextcloud Hub now with KItinerary   KDE Korner KUserFeedback with a bit more detail Plasma 5.18 LTS Beta   Admin Joe’s Brunch With Brent Graham talking about synths on Jupiter Extras   Linux as a replacement for Windows 7 Now that support for Windows 7 has ended, should we be advising people to change to Linux? Are we actually doing that?     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.

It’s officially the future so we look back at our predictions from last year and make some new ones for 2020.         Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   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 feed.

It’s almost Christmas so it’s time to look back at 2019 and talk about some of the news stories that shaped the year.     January Amazon launches Mongo-compatible DocumentDB MongoDB removed from major distros   February Redis Labs raises $60 million for its NoSQL database Redis Labs changes its open-source license — again   March Google launches game streaming service called Stadia LVFS joins Linux Foundation   April UBports Foundation finally created Ubuntu 19.04 ‘Disco Dingo’ Released with New Features   May Announcing WSL 2 Introducing Windows Terminal   June Raspberry Pi 4 released   July Fuchsia gets a website   August Xfce 4.14 released exFAT in the Linux kernel? Yes!   September Richard Stallman resigns from the FSF Richard Stallman resigns from MIT Stallman intends to keep leading GNU   October Ubuntu 19.10 released Will has left Canonical   November Google gives most Chromebooks an extra year of software support Google Stadia will be missing many features for Monday’s launch   December Canonical announces Ubuntu Pro for Amazon Web Services Microsoft Teams is now available on Linux     Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   CDN77 This episode is sponsored by CDN77. Trusted by the European Space Agency, CDN77 supports the latest tech innovations and provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery solutions all around the world.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feed.  

Chrome OS is by far the most popular Linux-based desktop OS and we find out if that top spot is deserved. Plus Ubuntu, Zorin, Firefox, Kali, and more in the news.   News Ubuntu Pro 64-bit Ubuntu now works on Pi 4 The Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Pre-release Survey First Ever Release of Ubuntu Cinnamon Distribution is Finally Here! Zorin OS Responds to Privacy Concerns Firefox 71 Kali Linux 2019.4 released with Xfce by default   KDE Korner Kontributing to KDE is even easier than you kThink   Chrome OS Joe has been playing with a “new” Chromebook. We discuss how this hugely popular Linux-based desktop OS compares to proper distros.       Digital Ocean This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Go to do.co/lnl and get started with $50 of credit. Digital Ocean provides virtual private servers all over the world with full root access starting at $5 per month, and other great features like block storage and load balancers.   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 feed.