Late Night Linux – Episode 316

SteamOS is coming to a new Lenovo handheld as well as getting a general beta release, the WordPress drama continues to roll on, the 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 makes no sense to at least one of us (who now owns an N100 mini PC), the Linux Foundation seems to think Chromium-based browsers need a helping hand, we troll Félim, and more.

News

Lenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld (theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338028/lenovo-legion-g…)

Valve will officially let you install SteamOS on other handhelds as soon as this April (theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338405/valve-steamos-b…)

SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck (store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/52…)

Microsoft is combining ‘the best of Xbox and Windows together’ for handhelds (theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338778/microsoft-xbox-…)

VLC player demos real-time AI subtitling for videos (theverge.com/2025/1/9/24339817/vlc-player-auto…)

Remembering and thanking Steve Langasek (discourse.ubuntu.com/t/remembering-and-thankin…)

Aligning Automattic’s Sponsored Contributions to WordPress (automattic.com/2025/01/09/aligning-automattics…)

Joost/Karim Fork – WordPress News (wordpress.org/news/2025/01/jkpress)

Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork (techcrunch.com/2025/01/11/matt-mullenweg-deact…)

Why Matt Should Resign (from 2010) (web.archive.org/web/20100523152636/http://wpbl…)

16GB Raspberry Pi 5 on sale now at $120 (raspberrypi.com/news/16gb-raspberry-pi-5-on-sa…)

New $120 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 is for the people who use it like an everyday PC (arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/new-120-16gb-r…)

TRIGKEY N100 Mini PC (amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0DGTFWLVB)

Linux Foundation Announces the Launch of Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers (linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-ann…)

Servo Revival: 2023-2024 (blogs.igalia.com/mrego/servo-revival-2023-2024)

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