Late Night Linux – Episode 384

There’s a new Ubuntu LTS release and quite a lot is new, Canonical’s infrastructure was taken down and we disagree about whether it could have been avoided, two recent examples of irresponsible vulnerability disclosure, and the Steam controller finally arrives with a hefty price tag.

Plugs

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News

Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon (ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-0…)

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: What’s New Since Ubuntu 24.04? (omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-26-04-lts-chang…)

An update on rust-coreutils (discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreu…)

Pro-Iran group turns Ubuntu DDoS into shakedown (theregister.com/2026/05/01/canonical_confirms_…)

The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed (arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/as-the-most-s…)

Carrot disclosure: Forgejo (dustri.org/b/carrot-disclosure-forgejo.html) and dustri.org/b/follow-up-to-carrot-disclosure-fo…

Steam Controller: The Ars Technica review (arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/04/steam-controlle…)

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