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All episodes from Late Night Linux, Linux Dev Time, Linux After Dark, 2.5 Admins, Hybrid Cloud Show, and Ask The Hosts.
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How did your favorite Linux distribution get its start? Join us and find out! Linux User Space is hosted by Leo and Dan, and every two weeks we deep dive into the history of Linux distributions and the things that matter to us. Episodes drop every other Monday.
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Conversations about technology between two friends who disagree on plenty, and agree on plenty more.
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In this episode: Alan slipped down the nix rabbit-hole. Martin created Glyph Party, for adding panache to your terminal applications. Mark has lost all his free time to the latest Rimworld DLC, Odyssey. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If youâd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback witâŠ
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In this episode: Alan slipped down the nix rabbit-hole. Martin created Glyph Party, for adding panache to your terminal applications. Mark has lost all his free time to the latest Rimworld DLC, Odyssey. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If youâd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback witâŠ
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Some of our Linux hot takes including the LTS release model being broken, Linux media being out of touch, social media being the root of most evil, and people being too angry and defensive about the software they use. 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. SubscâŠ
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Why you should seriously consider buying refurbished hard drives, why drives might be lasting longer than they once did, Jimâs M.2 NVMe drive died at an inopportune moment, using multiple partitions on disks with ZFS. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Advanced ZFS Dataset Management: Snapshots, ClâŠ
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Mark Shuttleworth recently spoke to us about what heâs apprehensive and excited about in the tech world, and more. Plus in the news: Ubuntu Unity needs help to survive, the Python Software Foundation turns down a large government grant, Fedora allows AI contributions, SUSE goes all in on AI, and KDE hits its fundraising goal. News Linux Matters RegâŠ
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Coming up in this episode All the distro news All the browser news And a Cosmic Recap đŁAnnouncementsđŁ This program was made possible by: đșïžYoutube đœïžTILvids And by contributions to your L-U-S station by Patrons like you đ Disro Watch! Fedora 43 release Fedora 43 Release Announcement Fedora Immutables Also Release Fedora develops a policy for AI assâŠ
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Some of the languages that we love and why we love them. Itâs not just Rust, 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 feedBy The Late Night Linux Family
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Wolf surfaces five fundamentals to becoming a better developer (that you probably didnât even know you didnât know)! This is a fiery one! Jim asks questions, and also questions Wolf's choices. Takeaways The problem comes firstâask more questions Start with the simplest thing that could reasonably work Measure before you optimize (but donât be stupiâŠ
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Shane has teething issues with his Kubernetes homelab, Sean ran a bootable containers workshop at Texas Linux Fest, and the case for enterprise rolling distros. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.By The Late Night Linux Family
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Why you should keep your Baseboard Management Controller off the network, ZFS is hard to defeat with a zip bomb, how bad the Internet bot problem probably is, and building a small home server cluster. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Discussion Supermicro server motherboards can be infected with uâŠ
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Intel is contributing less to open source and it could easily backfire, Qualcomm buys Arduino and we have concerns, KDE turns 29, Germans are doing excellent work moving towards Linux, and good news for those running Linux on an Amiga. News Intel rethinking how it contributes to open source community Intelâs Open-Source Strategy Is Changing At OddsâŠ
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Weâve done various challenges in the past where weâve bought Linux machines on a seriously low budget, but what if we had an unlimited budget? What would we buy in this hypothetical situation? It turns out we all struggled to come up with anything and are pretty satisfied with the machines we already have. Note that this episode was recorded beforeâŠ
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It looks like the storage companies arenât betting on the AI bubble lasting much longer, the arguments against self-hosting, and setting up a server for virtualization and containers. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Performance Tuning in the Real World: ARC, L2ARC, and SLOG Discussion ExpectâŠ
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An AWS outage takes down a lot more sites and services than it should have, the new Ubuntu release has some surprisingly bad bugs, the Xubuntu website is compromised, Discord proves that uploading IDs is a bad idea, and Framework disappoints by sponsoring the baddies. News Major AWS outage across US-East region breaks half the internet Ubuntu 25.10âŠ
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This past week, as we were gearing up to record an episode, life had to just get in the way. We had a little wiggle room mid-week, so we decided to get something on tape anyway. Just something a little less structured. And so, this B-side was born. The object of the game was to dive deep into Cosmic, the first "reference implementation" in our two âŠ
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With constant news stories about security issues with developer-published software in package managers like npm, we weigh up the pros and cons of this approach to distributing open source software. 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 feedâŠ
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13: Terminals: Talking to the machine
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Jim takes us on a walk down memory lane! Terminals have been around for a long time, probably much longer than you'd ever guess. Join us as we talk about the history of computer terminals and get a bit into how they work and how they've evolved into the amazing applications that we have today. Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinter https:/âŠ
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Some examples of the technical debt weâve seen in the cloud world, how to pay it back, avoiding it in the first place, and why a certain amount of tech debt is inevitable. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.By The Late Night Linux Family
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Windows 10 is officially end of life but Microsoft extends free updates for Windows 10 in Europe, it gets even harder to use a local account in Windows 11, and whether repurposing old server hardware is worth it. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes What the Future Brings â ZFS Features, Roadmap, andâŠ
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In this episode: Martin has been using a fancy and colourful alternative to apt called nala. Mark has been debugging his car charger. Alan swapped from Plex to Jellyfin. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If youâd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: ThâŠ
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Linux Matters 66: Terminal Full of Sparkles
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In this episode: Martin has been using a fancy and colourful alternative to apt called nala. Mark has been debugging his car charger. Alan swapped from Plex to Jellyfin. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If youâd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: TheâŠ
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The Google Photos clone Immich finally has a stable release and Joe is impressed with it, we hope an open source printer crowdfunder works out, Amazon launches a Linux-based OS to replace Android on its streaming devices, Graham gives us an update on his Home Assistant hardware, and more. News/discussion v2.0.0 â Stable Release of Immich #22546 ThiâŠ
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Florian Beijers joins us again to give us an update on the state of accessibility in Linux and whether things have improved since we last spoke. Florianâs YouTube Channel Techy Twitch streams Accessible gaming Twitch streams firebornâs blog posts about accessibility in Linux Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes someâŠ
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A Red Hat breach leads to a leak of lots of sensitive customer data, Synology backs down on allowing third-party drives but they are removing features, and managing ZFS properties during replication. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Optimizing ZFS for High-Throughput Storage Workloads News Red HaâŠ
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Our desert island disks, retirement plans, and the worst gifts people have brought back from holiday for us. With Gary from Linux After Dark, FĂ©lim from Late Night Linux, and Martin, Mark and Alan from Linux Matters. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.By The Late Night Linux Family
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The most expensive Raspberry Pi ever might appeal to kids and a new OS version looks somewhat more modern, AI does something FĂ©lim canât complain about, F-Droid might be doomed, ChromeOS is probably being replaced by Android, the UK government wants to implement a disastrous digital ID scheme, and more. News Raspberry Pi 500+ on sale now at $200 $5âŠ
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Episode 6:02: The Lizard and The Wyzyrd
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Coming up in this episode Summaries will change the world It's the Last version of YaST F-Droid is Doomed 0:00 Cold Open 1:32 Summaries Will Change the World (Wide Web) 22:54 The Last Version of YaST! 41:54 F-Droid Is Doomed! 1:01:32 Feedback: Ant 1:05:09 Feedback: @Tacoghost 1:08:12 Feedback: @RafaelFarreiraPimenta 1:11:09 Feedback: @Fractal_32 1:âŠ
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What makes a good commit, the tools we use to help us produce good commits, and why we care about this. 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 feedBy The Late Night Linux Family
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12: GPUs - Can I, Should I, and How?
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It's Wolf's turn this episode, and this one required research! GPUs obviously do tons of work. You see it every time you play a graphics intensive game. You know how crypto-miners are using them. Youâve heard AI companies using them for model building. Youâve got this hardware in your machine! Can you use it? Should you use it? Where even to start?âŠ
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How we got started in our tech careers, how and why we moved into the cloud, and why the cloud often makes more sense than on-prem. Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code âhybridcloudâ, available for the first 30 purchâŠ
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The weird errors you see when your root partition is full, TikTok uses a lot of bandwidth by preloading videos, and dealing with a ZFS pool that wonât import. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS: Security, Encryption, and Delegation News/discussion Dark patterns killedâŠ
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In this episode: Alan has been manifesting Snaps. Martin has snapped and switched from MacOS to Linux with a Framework. Mark used Immich to find family favourite snaps. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If youâd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: TheâŠ
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In this episode: Alan has been manifesting Snaps. Martin has snapped and switched from MacOS to Linux with a Framework. Mark used Immich to find family favourite fotos. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If youâd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The âŠ
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The entrenched Linux or tech habits, workflows, and ideas we think weâll move away from in the next few years and how we see ourselves doing it. Tailscale Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 1âŠ
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We cover some of your emails, questions, and comments. A challenge suggestion of not using a package manager, donating old hardware, why we donât use custom ROMs on our phones, whether low end laptops with soldered eMMC storage are worth buying (they arenât), and tips for using Home Assistant with Apple gear and Jellyfin on Android. The terrible laâŠ
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2.5 Admins 266: Jiggawatts of Hallucinations
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Intel and Nvidia are teaming up for multiple reasons, Open AI are planning to build data centers and use a ludicrous amount of power, LLM hallucinations arenât going away, and how long we keep servers and hard drives in production. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Troubleshooting ZFS â Common IssâŠ
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Drama in KDE land, more worries about Android source code, Ubuntuâs transition away from GNU coreutils hits a slight speed bump, Mastodon adds a serious potential revenue stream, and a glimpse of a Blade Runner style dystopian tech future. With guest hosts Andy from Linux Dev Time, and Chris from Linux After Dark. News OggCamp 2026 OggCamp tickets âŠ
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Coming up in this episode We took a break over the break Windows 10 pulls a fast one Firefox brings in another clanker 0:00 Cold Open 2:27 A Distro, a Router and a Choice 25:26 Windows 10 Isn't Dead Yet... 43:45 Browser Watch (feat. Firefox) 1:09:58 Next Time! 1:14:57 Stinger The Video Version! https://youtu.be/Rsn57QtNsiI đ„Warm Upđ„ Leo has been plâŠ
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Some of the alternatives to GitHub that we use, why we use them, and how they differ in terms of features and workflows. 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 feedBy The Late Night Linux Family
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Jim demonstrates more of his networking knowledge, though this episode still required a lot research. Wolf, of course, has questions. The internet has been around for more than 40 years in some form. It's outgrown its ability to handle all of the hosts but fortunately, there's a solution. IPv6 is mature and wide-spread and not only does it increaseâŠ
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SMTP relays and observability, why we didnât recommend Podman over Docker to a newcomer, and Gary gives us an update on his homelab. Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code âhybridcloudâ, available for the first 30 purcâŠ
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Joe set up a FreeBSD box to serve as a replication target and it was surprisingly straightforward, if rather different from Linux. Plus the lies that storage tells us. Plug 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.By The Late Night Linux Family
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In this episode: Mark has been retro gaming with an Evercade. Martin replaced the official Dropbox client with Maestral. Alan created an MCP server for Grype. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If youâd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux MatâŠ
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