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Mozilla has a new revenue stream that might actually work, GNOME OS gets closer to a stable release, Raspberry Pi OS for x86 machines returns, and Amazon has expensive new Android tablets that have the Play Store. Plus hacking old Echo Dots to work with Home Assistant, building ad blocking lists, and unbricking an M1 Mac with Linux in discoveries.   News Mozilla introduces Firefox Enterprise Introducing GNOME OS Preview Raspberry Pi Desktop now available for PC and Mac Amazon’s new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever   Discoveries Echo Dot Hacks PiHole Blocking Tool idevicerestore               Tailscale Tailscale is a modern, secure, zero-trust connectivity platform. Tailscale’s personal plan will be free forever for up to 6 users and unlimited devices! No credit card required. Go to tailscale.com/lnl to get started. If you’d like to bring Tailscale to work, use code latenightlinux for three free months of any paid plan.             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

A true legend of computer science leaves us, Fortnite is coming to Linux, Steam is finally moving away from 32-bit, Microsoft Defender comes to the Linux Desktop, Adobe’s flagship apps are cloned by AI as open source, and a quick KDE Korner.   News Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 The new Epic Games Launcher is finally here in Preview (Fortnite is coming to Linux) Steam preemptively killed the only advantage Epic Games’ vibe-coded store would have had Today’s Steam Beta Makes The Linux Client A 64-bit App Secure Linux desktops with Microsoft Defender “Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones   KDE Korner KDE: The Documentary Plasma 6.8               Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

New Snapdragon SoCs will officially support Linux, Firefox’s redesign confuses us, the Dutch government is embracing NixOS, F-Droid has a new modern look, and Ubuntu starts shipping new kernels more regularly. Plus with the iPhone Duo about to come out, Graham is still enjoying his Pixel 9 Pro Fold but Joe’s 10 Pro Fold is in a drawer.   News Inside Snapdragon Summit 2026: Agentic AI PCs, Googlebooks and Linux The new Firefox design: More modern, more flexible, still Firefox Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom Google’s assault on F-Droid has begun Ryanair Boarding Pass Liberation Getting Ryanair tickets Accelerating delivery of CVE fixes with a new Kernel release strategy Kernel Recipes 2026                 Tailscale Tailscale is a modern, secure, zero-trust connectivity platform. Tailscale’s personal plan will be free forever for up to 6 users and unlimited devices! No credit card required. Go to tailscale.com/lnl to get started. If you’d like to bring Tailscale to work, use code latenightlinux for three free months of any paid plan.             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Joe gives his first impressions of the Steam Frame – a Linux PC that you wear on your face. It’s great for VR games, but it also has a KDE desktop.                 Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

What Linux and open source will look like in 10 years, the aspects of Linux that got us hooked all those years ago, our happiest and most miserable experiences of converting people, and how we teach kids about privacy and security.             Tailscale Tailscale is a modern, secure, zero-trust connectivity platform. Tailscale’s personal plan will be free forever for up to 6 users and unlimited devices! No credit card required. Go to tailscale.com/lnl to get started. If you’d like to bring Tailscale to work, use code latenightlinux for three free months of any paid plan.             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

The Steam Frame is finally here and it’s not quite as expensive as we feared. Graham was selected in the lottery but will he actually buy one? We finally talk about Omarchy, its huge fundraising effort, and why we are disappointed in companies who are contributing. Plus LibreOffice’s enviable download numbers. With guest hosts Andy from Linux Dev Time, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show.   News Steam Frame Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve’s new SteamOS compatibility layers Power grab DigitalOcean has $3 million for DHH and nothing for CSS-Tricks CSS-Tricks could be a co-op One week of LibreOffice 26.8 – The stats! Yes, no AI is now a feature Development/AI policy – The Document Foundation Wiki             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

We answer your questions including the last new distro we tried, what distro we’d switch to if ours went away, whether we should limit our computer use, our vision for the Linux desktop, and our unpopular Linux opinions.               Tailscale Tailscale is a modern, secure, zero-trust connectivity platform. Tailscale’s personal plan will be free forever for up to 6 users and unlimited devices! No credit card required. Go to tailscale.com/lnl to get started. If you’d like to bring Tailscale to work, use code latenightlinux for three free months of any paid plan.             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Audacity’s new major release makes it more like a proper digital workstation, Debian finally gets off the genAI fence and disappoints some of us, California exempts Linux from terrible age verification laws, and Asahi boots on M3 Macs. With guest host Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show.   News Audacity 4 Debian Votes To Allow “Responsible Use Of Generative AI” Results for LLM usage in Debian Retiring from the Project (vv221) California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law M2: Episode 1 (or, Asahi Linux on M3)                       Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

KDE has a new proper LTS and Joe is very interested, the Steam Frame is (really) nearly here, the Epic Games Store is coming to Linux, Nintendo continues to play whack-a-mole with Switch emulators, and GitHub’s serious scaling issues are getting ridiculous.   News/discussion What a real LTS looks like: Kubuntu 26.04 Kubuntu Focus, Techpaladin Software, and KDE e.V. Announce the ‘bullet-proof’ KDE Software Initiative New Frame welcome videos pushed to Steam Store assets Epic Games Store Will Support Linux “Soon” Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep Fairphone 6 + PostmarketOS working main camera! The August 17 GitHub outage, and the work ahead                 Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

To celebrate 400 episodes, we look back of the last (almost) ten years of positive Linux and FOSS news.   Plugs Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 5th September from 5pm until late Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes   9.5 years of good news Thunderbird Is Thriving: Our 2022 Financial Report (May 2023) Asking for donations in Plasma (Aug 2024) I think the donation notification works (Dec 2024) Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 to drop X11 in GNOME editions (Jun 2025) An update on the X11 GNOME Session Removal (Jun 2025) GNOME Mutter Now “Completely Drops The Whole X11 Backend” (Nov 2025) KDE Going all-in on a Wayland future (Nov 2025) Give Fedora Silverblue a test drive (Sept 2018) KDE Linux Alpha has been released (Sept 2025) Introducing a new version of Steam Play (Aug 2018) Steam Deck Launching February 25th 2022 Steam Machine, controller, VR headset incoming from Valve (Nov 2025) Canonical Builds Steam Snap For Ubuntu ARM64 Leveraging FEX (Jan 2026) Announcing WSL 2 (May 2019) How one volunteer stopped a backdoor from exposing Linux systems worldwide (Apr 2024) Linux has made it to Mars (Feb 2021) Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will fly no more (Jan 2024)                   See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Guest hosts Chris from Linux After Dark and Sean from Hybrid Cloud Show tell Joe and Félim about bootc desktop Linux distros, how they build, deploy, and update them, and why this modern approach is so powerful. Plus another system information tool, cutting edge upscaling on the Steam Deck, and why Chris has switched to the KDE Plasma desktop.   Bootc desktops bootc Using Bootc to Manage Ubuntu Hosts ubuntu-summit-26-demo ubuntu-bootc  Mono repository for all bootcrew images How Steam Play/Proton makes Gaming on Linux Awesome   Discoveries HWall ProtonPlus KDE Plasma desktop             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Reports of desktop Linux adoption numbers are probably exaggerated, the Steam Frame seemingly gets closer, Valve’s European logistics partner leaks people’s data, Proxmox gains Arm64 support, GNOME Boxes makes some changes, and a quick KDE Korner. With guest hosts Chris from Linux After Dark, and Sean from Hybrid Cloud Show.   News Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 5th September from 5pm until late Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July Valve may be putting the finishing touches to the Steam Frame software stack, because Lepton and FEX are now on Steam Steam hardware shipper breach leaks customer data, including names and addresses Proxmox Virtual Environment launches official Arm64 Support Proxmox ports itself to Arm with help from Nvidia and Supermicro Getting Started With Libvirt and Saltstack Felipe Borges: The Future of GNOME Boxes   KDE Korner This Month in KDE Linux: July 2026 This Quarter in KDE Digital Sovereignty: Q2 2026               Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

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 kew Screenshot of kew in action               Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

With several open source figures taking a stance on either side of the generative AI debate, we have another argument about it. This time we actually come to something closer to an understanding of each other’s views, even if we still end up disagreeing.   News/discussion Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 5th September from 5pm until late “Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it” Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian                   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Some of the tech from early on in our lives that inspired where we are today. Plus discoveries including and old game that doesn’t work, professional audio hardware that now works on Linux, Arch on easy mode, and an old chip that can do a surprising amount.   Discoveries Celebrating 55 years of the 555 timer chip (flashing alert) open-apollo Ovine EndeavourOS               Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here