Late Night Linux

Cheap handheld retro gaming, F1 stats in the terminal, running binaries as if they were Python functions, websites that look like TUIs, basic graphics manipulation, strange old audio archives, and more.   Discoveries  POWKIDDY X55 [https://powkiddy.com/en-uk/products/powkiddy-x55-5-5-inch-1280-720-ips-screen-rk3566-handheld-game-console-jelos-system-open-source-retro-console-childrens-gifts] ROCKNIX [https://github.com/ROCKNIX/rocknix.org] undercut-f1 [https://github.com/JustAman62/undercut-f1/tree/master] WebTUI [https://webtui.ironclad.sh] Astro Docs [https://astro.build/] Pinta 3.0 [https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/pinta-3-0-released-with-new-effects-and-gtk4-port] python-sh [https://sh.readthedocs.io/en/latest/] Attention K-Mart Shoppers [https://archive.org/details/attentionkmartshoppers] Techmoan [https://www.youtube.com/@Techmoan] r/LiminalSpace [https://old.reddit.com/r/LiminalSpace/] The Conet Project [https://archive.org/details/The-Conet-Project] You are listening to [https://youarelistening.to/]             Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl [https://tailscale.com/lnl] and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes [https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux]             See our contact page [https://latenightlinux.com/contact/] for ways to get in touch. [https://latenightlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/latenightlinux-sm.jpg] RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here [https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/]

Linus Torvalds’ other big project is 20 years old, new Ubuntu and Fedora releases, the downsides of permissive licences, a quick KDE Korner, and more.   News Git turns 20: A Q&A with Linus Torvalds [https://github.blog/open-source/git/git-turns-20-a-qa-with-linus-torvalds/] Fedora 42 Released As A Fantastic Update To This Leading-Edge Linux Distribution – Phoronix [https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-42-Released] The answer is 42! Fedora Linux 42, that is [https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42/] Ubuntu 25.04 Release Now Available for Download [https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-release-now-available-for-download] Canonical Releases Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin [https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin] What’s new in APT 3.0 [https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1017315/9dbc0f74fd61964b/] Getting Forked by Microsoft [https://philiplaine.com/posts/getting-forked-by-microsoft/] The Day AppGet Died [https://keivan.io/the-day-appget-died/]   KDE Korner This Week in Plasma: The beginnings of Wayland session restore [https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/12/this-week-in-plasma-the-beginnings-of-wayland-session-restore/] KWallet Now A Wrapper For Secret Service [https://notmart.org/blog/2025/04/towards-a-transition-from-kwallet-to-secret-service/] Akademy Registration Now Open [https://akademy.kde.org/news/2025-04_akademy-2025-registration/]             Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl [https://tailscale.com/lnl] and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes [https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux]             See our contact page [https://latenightlinux.com/contact/] for ways to get in touch. [https://latenightlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/latenightlinux-sm.jpg] RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here [https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/]

Two very different approaches to setting up security cameras, an IDE-like experience for text adventure games, a glimpse of convergence on Pixel phones, a new LTS of the flight sim FlightGear, and more.   Discoveries Frigate [https://frigate.video/] Coral TPUs [https://coral.ai/products/] daylight [https://github.com/jbreckmckye/daylight/blob/main/README.md] RPi Improved Pan Tilt Module [https://thepihut.com/products/pan-tilt-platform-for-official-raspberry-pi-camera-module] The Visible Zorker [https://intfiction.org/t/the-visible-zorker/73242] Flightgear new LTS [https://www.flightgear.org/blog/release-2024-1-1/] Bagels – TUI Expense Tracker [https://github.com/EnhancedJax/Bagels] Pixel 9 desktop mode [https://www.pocket-lint.com/pixel-9-desktop-mode/] pinchflat [https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat] fixing locale [https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Configure_Locales_in_Ubuntu] KIOT [https://github.com/davidedmundson/kiot]               Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl [https://tailscale.com/lnl] and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.   Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware [https://www.entroware.com/store/?tracking=86hv72346h834]. 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.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes [https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux]       See our contact page [https://latenightlinux.com/contact/] for ways to get in touch. [https://latenightlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/latenightlinux-sm.jpg] RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here [https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/]

AI crawlers are causing serious problems for open source projects, an example of disclosure by vagueposting, Zorin does something good and something bad, LibreOffice downloads are doing well, Thunderbird is planning new services, a quick KDE Korner, and more.   News Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries [https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/devs-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries/] Wikimedia Foundation bemoans AI bot bandwidth burden [https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/wikimedia_foundation_bemoans_bot_bandwidth/] It might be a good time to temporarily uninstall atop [https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/uninstall_atop_for_now/] Panic averted: It was just a bug in Atop after all [https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/atop_panic_averted/] Dash to Panel lives on, thanks to Zorin sponsorship [https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/30/zorin_and_dash_to_panel/] Zorin OS 17.3 takes Brave step of changing default browser [https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/zorin_os_173/] Stop using Brave Browser [https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/] Look Mum No Computer on Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3400380/Look_Mum_No_Computer/] LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs  [https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html] Firefox maker Mozilla prepares Gmail-like Thundermail [https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/thunderbird_pay_services/] Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro Services [https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning/T437cd854afcb1395]     KDE Korner Roadmap for a modern Plasma Login Manager [https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/a-roadmap-for-a-modern-plasma-login-manager/] Akademy 2025 [https://akademy.kde.org/2025/]             1Password Extended Access Management Secure every app, device, and identity – even the unmanaged ones, at 1password.com/latenightlinux [https://1password.com/latenightlinux]   Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl [https://tailscale.com/lnl] and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes [https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux]             See our contact page [https://latenightlinux.com/contact/] for ways to get in touch. [https://latenightlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/latenightlinux-sm.jpg] RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here [https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/]

What if Google hadn’t come along in the late 90s? What would search, mobile devices, and the web in general look like? Plus a musical discovery, and why moving to a new distro just means moving to new little problems to fix.   Discovery Wilsonic MTS-ESP [https://github.com/marcus-w-hobbs/Wilsonic-MTS-ESP]         Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl [https://tailscale.com/lnl] and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.     Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes [https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux]             See our contact page [https://latenightlinux.com/contact/] for ways to get in touch. [https://latenightlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/latenightlinux-sm.jpg] RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here [https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/]