Late Night Linux – Episode 408

A true legend of computer science leaves us, Fortnite is coming to Linux, Steam is finally moving away from 32-bit, Microsoft Defender comes to the Linux Desktop, Adobe’s flagship apps are cloned by AI as open source, and a quick KDE Korner.

News

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 (news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-…)

The new Epic Games Launcher is finally here in Preview (Fortnite is coming to Linux) (store.epicgames.com/news/epic-games-launcher-p…)

Steam preemptively killed the only advantage Epic Games’ vibe-coded store would have had (destructoid.com/steam-start-up-performance-patch)

Today’s Steam Beta Makes The Linux Client A 64-bit App (phoronix.com/news/Steam-Linux-Beta-64-bit)

Secure Linux desktops with Microsoft Defender (techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefe…)

“Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones (arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/software-is-over-bo…)

KDE Korner

KDE: The Documentary (youtube.com/watch?v=1Vyzla9mx4g)

Plasma 6.8 (kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.8.0)

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