Late Night Linux – Episode 397

Late Night Linux – Episode 397

Author: The Late Night Linux Family August 3, 2026 Duration: 26:01

Initial Steam Machine reviews are broadly positive, Jellyfin is losing some key project leaders, Sony deletes more movies that people “bought”, why you probably shouldn’t wipe your phone when the US authorities ask for access, Graham repurposes some discarded crypto hardware to play arcade games, Félim gets that old game working, a great terminal music player, and more.

 

News

Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux – initial thoughts

Jellyfin Project Leadership Changes

Sony Deletes A Bunch More Movies From The Accounts Of People Who ‘Bought’ Them

US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system

David Potter, the man who put Psion in the palm of your hand, logs off at 82

 

Discoveries

AMD BC250 Documentation

Cholo

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Screenshot of kew in action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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: 50

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 60 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:48
Is the industry now better or worse than when we got into it? Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.
2.5 Admins 307: One Big Pool [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:37
Follow-up on rebooting to update, portable power stations, glass storage, and objective news sources. Plus whether to use one ZFS pool per vdev, or just one large pool. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS…
Ask The Hosts – Episode 38 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:18
The condiment we’d pick if we could only have one. With Allan from 2.5 Admins, May from Linux After Dark, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break. Patrons got this t…
Late Night Linux – Episode 393 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:58
A great example of accessibility features benefitting more than the target audience, a new version of the classic game Nethack, checking for bufferbloat, and Windows 10 limps on in discoveries. Then Félim’s question abou…
Linux After Dark – Episode 125 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:11
Chris is struggling to decide which distro to install on his new work laptop, and he and Gary want to pick a new distro for the people they support. Plus Joe wonders what moving on from Xfce would look like. Support us o…
2.5 Admins 306: WiFi Cable [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:04
Why setting up commercial email and VPN services is incredibly hard, avoiding TrueNAS’s move from FreeBSD to Linux, why we avoid virtualising storage systems, and bridging WiFi to an external building. Plugs Support us o…
Late Night Linux – Episode 392 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:34
We finally have pricing for the Steam Machine, but they are very hard to actually buy, and very expensive. SteamOS is now supported on your own hardware now though, and Joe gives it a go. Plus Ubuntu makes moves to tight…