Late Night Linux

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

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  

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

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

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

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