Late Night Linux Extra

Gary, Chris, Dalton, and Joe discuss reporting bugs, why we don’t always do it, and why we really should.     CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/latenightlinux and sign up for a 7-day free trial.    ... Read More

Gary, Chris, and Joe are joined by Dalton to discuss whether platforms really matter in an age where they all offer so much choice with Virtualization, WSL, proton, and cloud desktops etc.     CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills.... Read More

Gary, Chris, and Joe cover some of your feedback about why we use traditional GTK desktops rather than Plasma or a tiling window manager, why we don’t use MikroTik network gear, and Joe’s “homelab”.       CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to... Read More

Joe talks to Chris and Gary about their homelab setups, their use of the cloud, and how it all ties together with WireGuard.     CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/latenightlinux and sign up for a 7-day... Read More

Joe is joined by Chris and Gary again to discuss cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and NFTs. Our history, our mistakes, and ultimately why we became jaded about the whole thing.       CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/latenightlinux... Read More

Joe is joined by Chris and Gary to discuss how we got into Linux around a decade ago, and what would be different for someone getting into it these days.       CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go... Read More

Joe is joined by Chris and listener Orlando to talk about why Arch and derivatives like Artix Linux are perfect for some users. Chris mentioned a talk called The Tragedy of systemd.   CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go... Read More

In this community meetup recording, we discuss what lengths we all go to to protect our privacy.     Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.   CBT Nuggets This episode... Read More

In this community meetup recording, we discuss the realities of using a FOSS-only phone.     Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100 credit.   CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by... Read More

In this community meetup recording, we discuss how far we are all willing to go to support people who we switch to Linux.     Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/latenightlinux and get started with $100... Read More

Joe is joined by Sean Davis to discuss the his shift from Xfce develpment towards elementary OS, and then we find out that Félim has a lot more tech superstitions than he thought. There is some bad language in this episode.     Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop,... Read More

The importance of open source vs open standards, and the best way to move beyond the Linux desktop into servers and headless boxes. Keep an eye on this page for details of the next community meetup.     Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern... Read More

How do we get the next generation of kids into Linux and FOSS? A question we tried to answer in this recording from a community meetup.   The next mumble get-together date will be on Friday 26th March at 10pm UK time. Details here.   Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines... Read More

In the latest community meetup recording we discuss the best distros for low end and high end hardware.   Check out the 2.5 Admins podcast.     See our contact page for ways to get in touch.     See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show.

In this recording from the second community meetup we talk about why we use our particular distros including Mint, Manjaro and Solus, and hear from a WSL user who’s relatively new to Linux.     Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog – the unified monitoring and analytics platform for comprehensive visibility into cloud, hybrid,... Read More

Joe is joined by Alan Pope – Developer Advocate at Canonical working on Snapcraft & Ubuntu to talk about Snaps. The PR problem, the non-free element, security, speed issues, and even some positive stuff. Honest. Alan posted a transcript of this episode on his blog.     Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog –... Read More

What’s likely to happen over the next year in open source, how we evaluate the security and privacy of distros, and more in this recording of the first LNL community meetup.     Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog – the unified monitoring and analytics platform for comprehensive visibility into cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud... Read More

Joe is joined by Brent Gervais, a professional photographer who exclusively uses Linux, to discuss the insights he has gained into the open source mindset during his time as host of Brunch with Brent; including a deep sense of collaboration, and the inherent optimism which occasionally causes issues.       Datadog This episode is... Read More

Joe is joined by former colleague Drew DeVore to talk about his new job as a sysadmin, the ridiculous lengths he goes to in order to use Linux for everything, Fedora and Silverblue, Flatpak and Snaps, WSL, constantly trying out new software, and much more.     Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog –... Read More

The Raspberry Pi 400 is here! Joe is joined by Jim Salter from Ars Technica and 2.5 Admins to discuss his initial impressions, and then Martin Wimpress to talk about Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu MATE on the Pi 400 and Pi 4.     Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog – the unified monitoring... Read More