Late Night Linux

Mozilla kills Pocket and Fakespot, SteamOS is now available for devices other than the Steam Deck, Nextcloud’s Android app was missing key functionality until they made a public stink about it, WSL is now open source, there’s a new open source command-line text editor in Windows, and more.   News Investing in what moves the internet forward [https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/] Firefox Source Code Now Hosted On GitHub [https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-On-GitHub] Firefox Security Response to pwn2own 2025 [https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2025/05/17/firefox-security-response-to-pwn2own-2025/] When I say that I can’t recommend third-party forks of either Firefox or Chrome for real world use, this kind of thing is why [https://infosec.exchange/@dymaxion/114530993777386949] Servo Browser Engine Now Rendering Gmail & Google Chat, Decides Against AI Contributions [https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-Gmail-Now-Works] Valve’s huge Steam Deck update is now ready for everyone, including rival AMD handhelds [https://www.theverge.com/news/673114/valves-huge-steam-deck-update-is-now-ready-for-everyone-including-rival-amd-handhelds] SteamOS 3.7.8: Go Country – Steam News [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/820329049655084700] SteamOS [https://store.steampowered.com/steamos] Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain. [https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-android-file-upload-issue-google/] Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/nextcloud-accuses-google-of-big-tech-gatekeeping-over-android-app-permissions/] The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source [https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-is-now-open-source/] Microsoft open-sources Windows Subsystem for Linux [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/microsoft-takes-windows-subsystem-for-linux-open-source-after-nearly-a-decade/] Edit is now open source – Windows Command Line [https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/edit-is-now-open-source/] Allow us to block Copilot-generated issues (and PRs) from our own repositories [https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159749]           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.   1Password Extended Access Management Take the first step to better security for your team by securing credentials and protecting every application — even unmanaged shadow IT. Learn more at 1password.com/latenightlinux [https://1password.com/latenightlinux]       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/]

Running an old version of Windows on a Wii for some reason, a nice way to learn programming languages, a couple of very different games, more documentation tools, and moving to a new Mastodon instance.   Discoveries entii-for-workcubes [https://github.com/Wack0/entii-for-workcubes] Learn C [https://www.learn-c.org/], Coding for Kids [https://codingforkids.io/en/] Isonzo [https://steamcommunity.com/app/1556790] Material for MkDocs [https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/] markata [https://github.com/WaylonWalker/markata] mdq [https://github.com/yshavit/mdq] Moving to a new Mastodon instance is very easy [https://joeress.com/moving-to-a-new-mastodon-instance-is-very-easy/]             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/]

It’s the wheel of misfortune! Roughly 50 (mostly) Linux-related things are on the wheel, we take turns spinning it, and we all have to say at least some positive things about the thing we land on. (It makes sense once we start).           Porkbun.com Go to https://porkbun.com/LNL25 [https://porkbun.com/LNL25] to get $1 off your next desired domain name at Porkbun!       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/]

The US government is trying to break up Google which sounds like a great idea, but it is potentially catastrophic news for Mozilla and Firefox. Alex from Open Web Advocacy [https://open-web-advocacy.org/] tells us all about it. But first we talk about blocking ads on the web with Pi-hole [https://pi-hole.net/], uBlock Origin [https://ublockorigin.com/], and AdGuard public DNS [https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html].           Tailscale This episode is sponsored by Tailscale. It’s 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 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/]

Wikipedia is attacked by Trump lackeys, Bluesky folds under pressure from the Turkish government, Linux YouTube is terrible as usual, Microsoft wants you to use the “proper” VS Code, Intel AI chips aren’t selling well, yet another open source project has to deal with crawlers, TrueNAS goes Linux-only, and more.   News Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia [https://www.theverge.com/news/656720/ed-martin-dc-attorney-wikipedia-nonprofit-threat] Bluesky restricts access to 72 accounts in Turkey amid government pressure [https://stockholmcf.org/bluesky-restricts-access-to-72-accounts-in-turkey-amid-government-pressure/] Windows isn’t an OS, it’s a bad habit bordering on addiction [https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_opinion/] Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks [https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/] Intel’s AI PC chips aren’t selling well — instead, old Raptor Lake chips boom [https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-ai-pc-chips-arent-selling-instead-last-gen-raptor-lake-booms-and-creates-a-shortage] ardour.org has banned 1.2M distinct IP addresses for trying to slurp from our git repository [https://fosstodon.org/@PaulDavisTheFirst/114422838428953674] TrueNAS 25.04 drops FreeBSD: “Fangtooth” only with GNU/Linux base [https://www.heise.de/en/news/TrueNAS-25-04-drops-FreeBSD-Fangtooth-only-with-GNU-Linux-base-10363267.html] Fangtooth Unifies the TrueNAS Community [https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-fangtooth-25-04/]         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.   1Password Extended Access Management Secure every app, device, and identity – even the unmanaged ones, at 1password.com/latenightlinux [https://1password.com/latenightlinux]     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/]