Late Night Linux – Episode 352

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 (artificialworlds.net) from Linux Dev Time (linuxdevtime.com), and Chris (fosstodon.org/@GreenSysAdmin) from Linux After Dark (linuxafterdark.net).

News

OggCamp 2026 (oggcamp.org)

OggCamp tickets (oggcamp.org/posts/tickets)

OggCamp CfP (oggcamp.org/posts/cfp)

Adios Chicos, 25 Years of KDE (jriddell.org/2025/09/14/adios-chicos-25-years-…)

A few corrections about the transition from Blue Systems to Techpaladin (pointieststick.com/2025/09/16/a-few-correction…)

The move from Blue Systems to TechPaladin (akselmo.dev/posts/bluesystems-to-techpaladin)

Android 16 QPR1’s source code is nowhere to be found, but Google swears it’s coming (androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr1-source-co…)

Music video Chris mentioned (youtu.be/8WYHDfJDPDc?t=194)

Ubuntu 25.10’s Rust Coreutils Transition Has Uncovered Performance Shortcomings (phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Rust-Coreutils-Perf)

Service offerings from Mastodon (blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/service-offering…)

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape (bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver)

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