Late Night Linux – Episode 384

Late Night Linux – Episode 384

Author: The Late Night Linux Family May 5, 2026 Duration: 30:21

There’s a new Ubuntu LTS release and quite a lot is new, Canonical’s infrastructure was taken down and we disagree about whether it could have been avoided, two recent examples of irresponsible vulnerability disclosure, and the Steam controller finally arrives with a hefty price tag.

 

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News

Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: What’s New Since Ubuntu 24.04?

An update on rust-coreutils

Pro-Iran group turns Ubuntu DDoS into shakedown

The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

Carrot disclosure: Forgejo and follow-up

Steam Controller: The Ars Technica review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

Late Night Linux Family All Episodes
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2.5 Admins 294: Oh, R2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:24
Arm announces its first CPU, Anthropic accidentally leaks the source for Claude Code and it’s terrible, and setting up a backup for a friend’s photos. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some ear…
Ask The Hosts – Episode 35 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:08
What we do when we get stressed, cinema vs theatre, our mentors, and if we’ve tried being vegetarian. With Gary from Linux After Dark, Andy from Linux Dev Time, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show. Patrons got this this in…
Late Night Linux – Episode 380 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:14
Steam stats suggest that gaming on Linux is more popular than ever, Wine improvements might entice even more gamers, Ubuntu might break things when it tightens up GRUB security and makes 6GB of RAM the minimum requiremen…
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…
Late Night Linux – Episode 378 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:25
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 G…