Late Night Linux

Nextcloud scaling up, decentralised Internet, KDE love, Devuan, Linux in the real world, Fedora’s sales pitch and more on LNL 12.   News Nextcloud 12 Global Scaaaaaaaaaale and loads of new features including screen sharing Blockstack: Browser for a decentralised Internet KDE Simon 0.4.90 Beta Released (Speech recognition on Linux! Well for computer control) It’s designed for people with quadriplegia in reality but the video here has a nice demo Devuan finally reaches 1.0.0  just weeks before a new major Debian release     Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux 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.     The realities of enterprise computing Joe recently attended a Linux meetup in London and learned the harsh reality is that although Linux is the standard on servers, almost no one uses it on the desktop, despite how terrible Windows 10 is.     Admin Thanks to everyone for supporting us with PayPal and Patreon etc.   We spoke about FOSS Talk Live and specifically the drunken mashup show which will feature Joe, Stuart Langridge, Dave Megaslippers and Marius Quabeck answering your questions!     Fedora We don’t seem to talk about Fedora very often so we invited Matthew Miller onto the show to tell us about it.     See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

Canonical looking to go public, Microsoft adding new distros to Windows, Raspberry Pi and Google Assistant, Android’s possible replacement, and proper convergence in action with Maru OS on LNL 11.   News Canonical starts IPO path; very interesting related article SUSE and Fedora being added to Windows 10 Raspberry Pi Foundation encourages kids to make their own Google Assistant in a box Google’s copyleft-free mobile OS Fuchsia starts to come together   Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux 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.   Admin Thanks to everyone for supporting us with PayPal and Patreon etc. Linux Action News has launched   Maru OS We are joined by Preetam D’Souza to talk about his project Maru OS which combines an Android Open Source base with a containerised Debian desktop to create a truly useful convergent device.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.  

Yet more Ubuntu fallout including forks of their dead desktop and mobile platform, Libreboot wants to rejoin GNU, mobile Linux coming together, IoT standardisation and how to spread the word about FOSS on LNL 10.   News Wayland and GNOME to be default in Ubuntu 17.10 Yunit tries to avoid a mutiny as UBports looks to have avoided theirs Libreboot applies to rejoin GNU Halium aims to standardise mobile Linux development The open interop platform for the IoT edge; Cloudflare has their own IoT security solution   Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux 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.   How to talk to normals about FOSS What’s the best way to introduce people to the idea of FOSS? Explain the practical benefits, go full on rms, or something in between?       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

Tizen code is a shambles, Drupal struggles with HR, Mastodon is flavour of the month, Linux on Windows improvements, updates to the Ubuntu saga and more on LNL 09.   News Samsung’s Tizen is riddled with security flaws, amateurishly written Drupal needs a decent HR department Mastodon is the latest social media fad, despite having been around for several years under different names. It might not last Substantial update to Windows Subsystem for Linux Solus adds a GNOME edition   Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux 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.   Jesse’s black box Jesse tells us about the Raspberry Pi that he doesn’t connect to a network and asks whether it’s OK to avoid updates.   Admin Thanks to everyone for supporting us with PayPal and Patreon etc. We didn’t give people individual shoutouts but if you want to hear your name on the podcast, get in touch. If you want to join our existing supporters, check out the support page for various ways to do that. Also thanks to everyone who advised Jesse about moving away from LastPass.   Updates on the Ubuntu announcement Ubuntu GNOME to merge with the main edition Phones and tablet will only receive security patches until June 2017 (2 more months) UBports to carry on with Ubuntu Touch and Unity 8; will integrate Anbox Separate Unity 8 fork Staff layoffs and CEO to leave Ubuntu 12.04 ESM seems to only be aimed at servers         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

In this special episode, Joe, Ikey and Jesse discuss the bombshell that Ubuntu is abandoning Unity in favour of GNOME for its next LTS and has officially given up on dreams of mobile convergence.   We’ll back to our usual schedule with episode 9 on 18th April.   See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

Netflix on Linux, phishing with https, licensing, password managers, Android convergence, the inside story of Nextcloud scanning and more on LNL 07.   News Netflix now works in Firefox on Linux 14,766 Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates Issued to PayPal Phishing Sites Inside OpenSSL’s battle to change its license   Password managers Jesse tells us why he’s still using LastPass and asks what the rest of us use.   Entroware This episode of Late Night Linux 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.   Android convergence With Android now more popular than Windows, how are the various efforts at desktop convergence coming along? Maru now available for the Nexus 7 Phoenix OS 2.0 alpha based on Android 7.1 Samsung has a go at convergence VMware and Citrix too   Admin There are now loads of ways that you can help out the podcast. See our support page for details. Following in Ikey’s illustrious footsteps, Joe was recently a guest on Destination Linux.   Nextcloud Interview After some of us slagged off Nexcloud on the last episode, Jos asked if he could come on the show and explain what really happened. Ikey and Joe were unconvinced to say the least.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

Jesse is back but this time Félim is in his sick bed so it’s a 3 man show yet again. Some heated debates about Nextcloud’s actions, Ubuntu extended support and PowerPC distros, followed by a deep dive into the world of HiDPI 4k support in Linux.   News Nextcloud going too far to ensure that people stay up to date? Introducing Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) With the death of Ubuntu MATE for PowerPC, a fork appears   Admin If you want to support the show by trying something for free, check out Digital Ocean. If you sign up using our affiliate link you’ll get $10 free credit. If you stick with them then eventually we will make a few quid and it won’t cost you any more than their normal service. We also spoke about a couple of upcoming events: FOSS Talk Live 2017 OggCamp 2017   HiDPI Ikey has been trying out some of the big desktop environments on his new 4k monitor.     See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

Ikey is back but with Jesse on holiday, it’s a three man show again. VR gaming on Linux, a new Raspberry Pi, Mozilla buying Pocket, Web DRM, Kodi piracy and loads more on LNL 05.   News SteamVR Is Coming to Linux and SteamOS Raspberry Pi Zero W RetroPie needs legal help; Terminix face a similar situation Shutting down Manjaro-Arm Mozilla acquires Pocket FSF unimpressed with Encrypted Media Extensions   Admin FOSS Talk Live 2017. 24th June at the Harrison in London. OggCamp 2017. 19th and 20th of August 2017 at Canterbury Christ Church University in Canterbury, Kent, UK.   Kodi What should Kodi do about its PR problem?       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

With Ikey languishing in his sick bed, the rest of the team discussed even more Linux hardware, Munich probably switching back to Windows, Elementary’s potentially ill-fated crowdfunded app store, Félim’s new phone and loads more. Plus we learn more about OpenSUSE from its chairman Richard Brown on LNL 04.   News 7 inch Ubuntu Laptop Indiegogo Munich takes decisive step towards returning to Windows Elementary OS are crowdfunding a pay what you want app store; They are writing it in Vala Gaming on Ubuntu 16.10 vs Windows 10   Félim’s new Oneplus 3T   Admin Shout out to Tuxedo Computers, a German Linux hardware company. Jesse tried to list the video editors we had recommended to us. FOSS Talk Live 2017 will happen on 24th June at the Harrison in Kings Cross, London. It will be a free evening of live Linux podcasts. We will hopefully have more details about it next time. For now, save the date. Jam Jesse checked out a FOSS Command line Google Play Music client called Jam   OpenSUSE The OpenSUSE chairman Richard Brown tells us about some of the great features of the distro. He mentioned a couple of FOSDEM talks.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.

A packed show this time. More Linux hardware, 32 vs 64-bit, Ubuntu MATE on the Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu Budgie, yet more Solus news and loads more on LNL 03. News KDE and Slimbook Release a Laptop for KDE Fans Arch and Tails are dropping 32-bit but 32-bit CentOS is still available Black market Blackphones get sent a kill message that bricks them Steam’s Linux Marketshare For January Was 0.8% Mozilla is shutting down the group behind Firefox OS Chromium Ikey tells us why Chromium isn’t as Free as some people might think Ubuntu MATE on the Raspberry Pi Joe spoke to Martin Wimpress about the upcoming release of Ubuntu MATE 16.04.2 for the Raspberry Pi. Ubuntu Budgie Jesse has abandoned KaOS in favour of Ubuntu Budgie on his laptop (Yet more) Solus news Budgie turns its back on GTK, goes Qt and Wayland; is inevitably forked See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: You can subscribe to the MP3 feed or the Ogg feed.