Late Night Linux

Great news for Linux on RISC-V and open source Nvidia drivers, communicating with devices over serial the easy way, emulating an old calculator, a fully open source flight combat game, a new approach to caching files on your LAN, and an RSS reader for the terminal.   News riscv64 is now an official Debian architecture Building Debian For RISC-V Currently Relies Upon Nine HiFive Unmatched Boards The next step for NVK: Merging into Mesa!   Discoveries  tio HP-45 calculator emulator Linux Air Combat Passim goread       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           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

We celebrate Slackware’s 30th birthday by trying it out and basking in its classic glory. Plus the BBC joins Mastodon, Google has dystopian plans for the web, the LXD drama rumbles on, and KDE takes a leaf out of GNOME’s book.   Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes.   News Slackware turns 30 The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media LXD Maintainership Being Limited To Canonical Employees Web-Environment-Integrity Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web Google’s browser security plan slammed as dangerous, terrible, DRM for websites Some Of The Features You Will Find Removed With KDE Plasma 6         HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off and free shipping at hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50 using the promo code latenightlinux50.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

A simple GUI for browsing SQLite databases, a terminal IRC client, some great Python resources, a clone of Task Manager for Linux, decoding data from random satellites, and a slick Mastodon client.   Discoveries SQLite Browser WeeChat 4 David Beazley’s Python Courses Dive Into Systems Mission Center SatDump Decoding BW-3 Scott Tilley on Twitter Ebou Ebou GitHub         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   HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off and free shipping at hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50 using the promo code latenightlinux50.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Canonical takes control of LXD and it’s a little bit messy, Fedora might implement opt-out telemetry, and Félim sneaks in a mini KDE Korner. Plus more fallout from the RHEL source code restriction drama including surprising moves from SUSE and Oracle, and a sensible submissive solution from Alma.   News Monica Madon’s Mastodon and LinkedIn Ubuntu Maker Canonical Pulls In Control Of LXD Time to move on Christian Brauner on Mastodon Fedora Workstation 40 Considering To Implement Privacy-Preserving Telemetry Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL with a $10+ Million Investment SUSE announces its own RHEL-compatible distro… again The Future of AlmaLinux is Bright2022 KDE e.V. Report & Akademy is on right now! Raw videos are available           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

Will finds a domain registrar with a terrible name, Graham baffles us with 3D graphics, Félim discovers hidden python tools, and Joe does some maths to reveal how many Linux users there are on Steam. Plus bulletin boards, free hot water, music from /dev/urandom, and more.   Discoveries Python tools hidden in the Std Lib Blender 3.6 LTS Accurate dinosaurs edited with blender Qodem Telnet BBS Guide Zimodem 2.5M Steam users on Linux? ESP Home iBoost linuxwave         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   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/latenightlinux50 and use code latenightlinux50 to get 50% off.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

There’s only one news story this week, and it’s a big one. Red Hat dropped a bombshell on the RHEL rebuild communities by announcing that they will restrict source code releases to paying customers only.   Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes Keeping Open Source Open Red Hat’s new source code policy and the intense pushback, explained       HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep. Get 50% off and free shipping at hellofresh.com/latenightlinux50 using the promo code latenightlinux50.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The pros and cons of working on open source software, streaming your Android screen to desktop Linux, a Hacker News alternative, stabilizing video, an ESP32-based open hardware watch, a ludicrously expensive router, quickly cropping and rotating videos, Joe and Félim troll each other, and more.   Discoveries  Scrcpy lobste.rs Watchy  Turris Omnia Footage chatGPT-shell-cli       TrueNAS from iXsystems To learn more about TrueNAS and download it for free, visit truenas.com/lnl   Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 100 devices.   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 victory against the dystopian nightmare of facial recognition, Reddit drama might be good news long term, Google kills yet another service so muckyjpegs.com needs a new home, great KDE news, and more.   News Victory! New Jersey Court Rules Police Must Give Defendant the Facial Recognition Algorithms Used to Identify Him Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail: May 2023 Progress Report What Reddit Got Wrong Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen Reddit CEO felt ‘reaffirmed’ by Musk’s handling of Twitter Google Domains is yet another useful service to get the axe in favor of “focus” Kdenlive news and fundraising report This week in KDE: major plumbing work in Plasma 6         HelloFresh With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep.  Get 16 free meals plus free shipping at hellofresh.com/latenightlinux16 using the promo code latenightlinux16.   Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at kolide.com/latenightlinux   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 great way to access documentation offline, moving Windows installations to new disks without breaking them, streaming VR games from a PC, replacing Pocket with a proper open source solution, living with Google’s flagship phone for a few months, and more.   Discoveries Zeal Clonezilla Wallabag ALVR: Stream VR games from your PC to your headset via Wi-Fi       TrueNAS from iXsystems To learn more about TrueNAS and download it for free, visit truenas.com/lnl   Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 100 devices.   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 future of containerised applications and immutable desktops looks more and more like the present, what looks like the Steam Deck moment for audio production, open source voice assistants suddenly seem possible, and more.   News Check out Ask The Hosts. Episode 1 is available on Patreon. Ubuntu Plans to Switch CUPS Printing Stack to Snap All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year Ubuntu Core as an immutable Linux Desktop base Red Hat To Stop Shipping LibreOffice In Future RHEL, Limiting Fedora LO Involvement Carl George’s take The distribution model is changing Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak Response to “Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak” Push – a standalone expressive instrument Willow could be the $50 hardware piece of the DIY voice assistant puzzle Mozilla apologizes for intrusive Firefox VPN ad popup Pocket’s new features make it even easier to discover and organize content Linux On Desktop In 2023           Kolide Kolide believes that maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Learn more here at kolide.com/latenightlinux   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.   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