Late Night Linux – Episode 378

Late Night Linux – Episode 378

From Late Night Linux (Ogg) by The Late Night Linux Family

March 24, 2026 · 26 min

About this episode

The episode discusses age verification in Linux, software installation challenges on Android, and recent developments in KDE Plasma and GNOME.

Age declaration and verification in Linux gathers pace, Google blesses us with some hoops to jump through to install the software we want on stock Android, the FSFE lost their payment provider, great new KDE Plasma and GNOME features, and more.   News Just over a month until OggCamp ! Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late Age verification isn’t sage verification when it’s inside operating systems The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux A small set of people are merging changes to various Linux components to make sure every application knows your birth date When you tell me to just not implement age declaration, do you understand you’re asking me to risk thousands of dollars in fines? I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who’s behind the age verification bills. meta-lobbying-and-other-findings Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety 450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us This Week in Plasma: Press-and-Hold for Alternative Characters Introducing GNOME 50…

Topics covered

  • age verification
  • Linux
  • Android
  • KDE Plasma
  • GNOME
  • software installation
  • payment processing

Keywords

  • age declaration
  • Linux components
  • Android developer verification
  • FSFE
  • payment provider
  • OggCamp
  • KDE
  • GNOME
  • software installation

Sponsors

Automox

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, FSFE

Books & works: GNOME 50, KDE Plasma

Places: London Bridge

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