Late Night Linux – Episode 378

Late Night Linux – Episode 378

Author: The Late Night Linux Family March 24, 2026 Duration: 26:25
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Age declaration and verification in Linux gathers pace, Google blesses us with some hoops to jump through to install the software we want on stock Android, the FSFE lost their payment provider, great new KDE Plasma and GNOME features, and more.

 

News

Just over a month until OggCamp!

Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late

Age verification isn’t sage verification when it’s inside operating systems

The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux

A small set of people are merging changes to various Linux components to make sure every application knows your birth date

When you tell me to just not implement age declaration, do you understand you’re asking me to risk thousands of dollars in fines?

I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who’s behind the age verification bills.

meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety

450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us

This Week in Plasma: Press-and-Hold for Alternative Characters

Introducing GNOME 50, “Tokyo”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Late Night Linux Family All Episodes podcast is your comprehensive archive for a whole ecosystem of shows dedicated to the open-source world. This feed bundles every episode from the network's distinct voices into one convenient stream. You'll hear the flagship Late Night Linux with its broad discussions on desktop Linux, software, and community news, alongside more focused sister shows. Dive into the developer-centric conversations of Linux Dev Time, explore the deeper technical and philosophical layers on Linux After Dark, and get practical sysadmin insights from 2.5 Admins. The network also branches into infrastructure with the Hybrid Cloud Show and offers a direct line to the creators with Ask The Hosts. Listening to this podcast means having the entire spectrum of the Late Night Linux perspective at your fingertips, from casual chatter to deep dives, all united by a genuine passion for technology and the Linux platform. It's the definitive collection for enthusiasts who want every angle covered.
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Linux Dev Time – Episode 147 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:31
It’s another hot questions episode. Whether we think better on our own or with other people, our non-standard debugging habits, favourite interview questions, coding at night, character encoding, and abolishing time zone…
Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 53 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:04
The ugliest and jankiest hacks we’ve put into prod, and a few of the worst things we’ve seen other people get away with. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RS…
2.5 Admins 293: Reduced Flicker [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:20
Microsoft says Windows 11 is getting less rubbish but we are skeptical, vehicles with alcohol interlocks won’t start because the manufacturer’s server is down, and whether you should virtualise a router or a NAS. Plugs S…
Late Night Linux – Episode 379 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:24
Making silly URLs, visualising complex weather data, a TUI network discovery tool, and an open source version of a classic synthesizer in discoveries, plus the sad reality that it’s more or less impossible to avoid code…
Linux After Dark – Episode 118 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:01
We decided to give openSUSE a try. We had a great time. Honest. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.
2.5 Admins 292: Trivyally Infected [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:12
The US government is drumming up fear about foreign routers, a pretty serious supply chain attack might be state-sponsored, and the safety of filesystems inside VMs. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS fee…
Linux Dev Time – Episode 146 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:10
In the wake of Discord’s recent announcement about age verification, Matrix recently came in for a lot of criticism by a lot of people who said it’s not a viable replacement. Andy works on Matrix for a living and Amolith…
Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 52 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:10
Gary is concerned that he might have dug himself into a hole of on-prem vendor lock-in, despite using open source software. Plus why you should have PiKVM type device in your toolkit. PiKVM GL.iNet Comet HelloFresh Go to…
2.5 Admins 291: UPS for LiFePO4 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:43
Why passkeys aren’t the right solution to everything, Allan tells us why he loves his new Lithium Iron Phosphate UPS, Btrfs vs ZFS on root, and restricting Internet access for IoT devices on your network. Plugs Support u…
Late Night Linux – Episode 377 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:33
Drama in the exciting world of office suites, new ThinkPads are properly repairable, hands on with the Android desktop convergence future, and more. News/discussion LibreOffice Online: a fresh start LibreOffice Online dr…

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