Late Night Linux – Episode 365

Good news for custom Android ROMs, Rust is here to stay in the kernel, an open source success story in Germany, and a new version of elementary OS is out. Plus discoveries is back including better Firefox history, migrating from Windows to Linux, automating telescopes, turning old tablets into clocks, and more.

News

Good news for custom ROMs: Google just released the Android 16 QPR2 (androidauthority.com/android-16-qpr2-source-co…)

The (successful) end of the kernel Rust experiment (lwn.net/Articles/1049831)

New Linux Patch Confirms: Rust Experiment Is Done, Rust Is Here To Stay (phoronix.com/news/Rust-To-Stay-Linux-Kernel)

Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions (heise.de/en/news/Goodbye-Microsoft-Schleswig-H…)

elementary OS 8.1 Available Now (blog.elementary.io/os-8-1-available-now)

Discoveries

Better History (addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox…)

codeberg.org/Operese/operese

commodore64 is back!? (youtube.com/shorts/J-GZBvIneQU?si=dT2Kd4WDmT3V…)

Making History: Signing the Commodore Contract + C64 Ultimate Production Update (youtube.com/watch?v=uR5oW7YFqfQ)

PiFinder (pifinder.io)

Fullscreen Clock (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloc…)

Clasp (github.com/google/clasp)

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