Late Night Linux

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 25.10 lands: Rustier and Wayland-ier, but Flatpak is broken

WireGuard bug

Xubuntu website got hacked and is serving malware (trojan)

Confirmation from Sean

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

Framework flame war erupts over Linux controversy

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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 – Stable Release of Immich #22546

This open-source printer you can repair yourself is powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero W

Amazon launches Vega OS, its Android replacement for Fire TV with no sideloading

Amazon’s Vega OS launch trick: cloud-streamed apps

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition

Open Home Foundation Jobs

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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 Félim can’t 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

$5–$10 price increases for some 4GB and 8GB products

Trixie — the new version of Raspberry Pi OS

AI helped curl

F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree

Let’s talk security: Answering your top questions about Android developer verification

Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs

We finally know how Android’s new app verification rules will actually work

Google reveals its Android for PC is coming next year

Baldur’s Gate 3 | Steam Deck – Native Version

New digital ID scheme to be rolled out across UK

ID cards: UK risks sleeping walking into pre-crime state

“It will not be compulsory to obtain a digital ID but it will be mandatory for some applications”

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The entrenched Linux or tech habits, workflows, and ideas we think we’ll move away from in the next few years and how we see ourselves doing it.

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Drama in KDE land, more worries about Android source code, Ubuntu’s 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

OggCamp CfP 

Adios Chicos, 25 Years of KDE

A few corrections about the transition from Blue Systems to Techpaladin

The move from Blue Systems to TechPaladin

Android 16 QPR1’s source code is nowhere to be found, but Google swears it’s coming

Music video Chris mentioned

Ubuntu 25.10’s Rust Coreutils Transition Has Uncovered Performance Shortcomings

Service offerings from Mastodon

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape

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Cloning disks (again), Félim’s new colour e-reader, 3 ways to make a QR code, improving your typing with a TUI and a game, a quick KDE Korner, and more.

Discoveries

Clonezilla

Kobo Clara Colour

Just a QR Code

mini-qr

libqrencode

Nallely-midi

pico-rv32ima

typr

Epistory

KDE Korner

2024 KDE e.V. Report

We’ve formally sent a proposal to the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. leadership for a unified Linux App Summit (LAS) that would merge GUADEC, Akademy, and the current LAS into a single event

Announcing the Alpha release of KDE Linux

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Entroware

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Android becomes more like iOS, another key dev leaves the Asahi Linux project, Mozilla will probably keep their Google search deal, we troll Félim with some AI bollocks, GNOME can’t keep an executive director, Microsoft releases the source for an ancient BASIC implementation, friend of the show Connor is snubbed by an Irish newspaper, a brief review of a classic Bond movie, and more.

News

A new layer of security for certified Android devices

With Apple M1/M2 Graphics Driver Code Working, Alyssa Rosenzweig Stepping Away From Asahi Linux

Consultation on the review of the DMA

Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly orders modest remedies

Firefox Adds CoPilot Chatbot, New Tab Widgets in Nightly Builds

Firefox 32-bit Linux Support to End in 2026 – Future Releases

Firefox ESR won’t quit Windows 7 until March 2026

AI Is Now Being Used To Help Determine Patches For Backporting In The Linux Kernel

Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the ‘Antithesis of Wikipedia’

Perplexity Is Launching a New Revenue-Share Model for Publishers

Vivaldi browser capo doubles down on generative AI ban

Thanks and farewell to Steven Deobald

So short, and thanks for all the flinch

Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC

Windows 10 support shutdown offers window of opportunity for a Linux OS developed in Dublin

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What happens to Linux after Linus, what a German legal case might mean for blocking ads on the web, Graham tell us about his new foldable phone which Joe has also had for about 7 months, and a quick KDE Korner.

News/disccussion

The plan for Linux after Torvalds has a kernel of truth: There isn’t one

‘Ad Blocking is Not Piracy’ Decision Overturned By Top German Court

Foldable phone

Graham has just bought a Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and Joe has had his for about 7 months. It’s chunky, fragile, but really cool. Especially for reading, playing old games, and using ssh. Graham mentioned a screenshot of his old phone and Will mentioned a photo that Graham took of the new phone.

KDE Korner

KDE Gear 25.08 & Kdenlive

Karton Update

Getting Ready for Akademy

On screen keyboard feedback wanted

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Entroware

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The AI crawler bot arms race has developed more quickly than we hoped, Google pretends to care what the community thinks, full Linux desktop apps are probably coming to Android, Thunderbird shares more details of their paid services and we are interested, and PuTTY has a great new domain name.

News

It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges

these sham community engagement exercises piss me off

Hands-on: We ran full desktop Linux apps on an Android phone!

Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update

There is a new short domain name for #PuTTY!

putty.software

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Xfce running on Wayland on openSUSE, Canonical laid off the printing guy, Mozilla pisses people off with AI tab groups, and what the post-x86 world will look like for desktop Linux. Plus a handy way to save and run project-specific commands, turning any device into a file server, and a convoluted way to get wind data from planes. With guest hosts Gary from Linux After Dark and Hybrid Cloud Show, and Kevin from Linux Dev Time.

News/discussion

Try Xfce on Wayland with openSUSE Leap 16.0 RC

Urgent help for OpenPrinting needed!

OpenPrinting News – 25 years of working full-time for printing with free/open-source-software

OpenPrinting News to stay up-to-date

OpenPrinting on LinkedIn

Till Kamppeter on LInkedIn

Mozilla Slammed Over Battery-Draining “Garbage” AI in Firefox

Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.16

Intel CPU Temperature Monitoring Driver For Linux Now Unmaintained After Layoffs

Additional Intel Linux Drivers Left Orphaned & Maintainers Let Go

Discoveries

just

cargo-update

ADS-B Weather Model

copyparty

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Entroware

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