Late Night Linux – Episode 365

Late Night Linux – Episode 365

Author: The Late Night Linux Family December 23, 2025 Duration: 23:32

Good news for custom Android ROMs, Rust is here to stay in the kernel, an open source success story in Germany, and a new version of elementary OS is out. Plus discoveries is back including better Firefox history, migrating from Windows to Linux, automating telescopes, turning old tablets into clocks, and more.

 

News

Good news for custom ROMs: Google just released the Android 16 QPR2

The (successful) end of the kernel Rust experiment

New Linux Patch Confirms: Rust Experiment Is Done, Rust Is Here To Stay

Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions

elementary OS 8.1 Available Now

 

Discoveries

Better History

Operese

commodore64 is back!?

Making History: Signing the Commodore Contract + C64 Ultimate Production Update

PiFinder

Fullscreen Clock

Clasp

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There’s a particular kind of conversation that happens when tech enthusiasts get together after hours, and that’s exactly the vibe you’ll find on Late Night Linux. Each episode feels like pulling up a chair with Joe, Félim, Graham, and Will as they dive into the week’s developments, from kernel updates to major shifts in the open source landscape. Their discussions go beyond just the headlines, digging into the implications and trends that actually matter to users and developers. This isn’t a sanitized, corporate overview; it’s a genuine, often unfiltered exchange where strong opinions are welcome, the occasional drink is had, and the language can get a bit colorful. A recurring theme involves giving Félim a hard time about his views on AI and cloud computing, which always adds a layer of playful camaraderie. If you’re looking for a relaxed but insightful take on Linux and the wider tech industry, this podcast delivers that unique blend of expertise and informal banter week after week. It’s the kind of show that makes complex topics accessible and reminds you that the community behind the technology is full of real, opinionated people. The Late Night Linux Family has built something that feels less like a broadcast and more like a regular gathering of friends who just happen to know a tremendous amount about free and open source software. You come for the news and stay for the personality.
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Podcast Episodes
Late Night Linux – Episode 388 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:21
Steam Deck price rises point toward high prices for the new Valve hardware, Lenovo puts its name to a cheap retro handheld and regrets it, Wikipedia management seems to be acting like a typical big tech company and the w…
Late Night Linux – Episode 387 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:22
Debian’s ambitious aim to make all packages reproducible pushes us closer to a better future, yet more talk about age verification for VPNs, Firefox gets more users on mobile thanks to regulation, Opera’s gaming browser…
Late Night Linux – Episode 386 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:47
Great funding news for LVFS and KDE, why Europe probably needs some more home-grown distros, a conspiracy theory about Cloudflare seems unlikely, and we wonder what can be done about all the irresponsibly disclosed vulne…
Late Night Linux – Episode 385 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:02
Voice to text, visualising CSVs in the terminal, managing software from releases on GitHub, a mini Android tablet for your wall, and Amiga music on Linux in Discoveries. Plus Ubuntu embracing AI makes us wonder if we sho…
Late Night Linux – Episode 384 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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,…
Late Night Linux – Episode 383 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:10
Whether you can trust small new distros, Amazon is officially abandoning Android on its new TV sticks in favour of their new Linux-based OS, and we have another pointless argument about AI bollocks. News/discussion Amazo…
Late Night Linux – Episode 382 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:24
The French government makes a start on moving to the Linux Desktop, the EU has a terrible but open source age verification app, some clarity on one of the exciting office suite dramas, the media swallows Anthropic’s nons…
Late Night Linux – Episode 381 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:20
Raspberry Pi prices have gone up yet again, more drama in the exciting world of open source office suites, Red Hat looks to be going all in on “AI”, Cloudflare vibe codes a WordPress rip off, and GIMP shares some interes…
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…
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…