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Linux After Dark – Episode 103
It’s the £20 Linux machine challenge! This time the rules are stricter: no adding storage and RAM. It turns out that if you try really hard, you can buy a really nice Linux computer on a seriously low budget. Check out part 1 (https://linux
Linux After Dark – Episode 102
It’s our annual episode where we need to talk about Ubuntu. This time most of us are broadly indifferent about the distro itself, so we end up mostly discussing our concerns about Canonical. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed
Linux After Dark – Episode 101
Gary has been using a Framework 12 (https://frame.work/gb/en/laptop12) laptop for a few weeks and gives us his impressions of it. Are the upgradability and repairability worth the premium price he paid for it? Support us on Patreon and get
Linux After Dark – Episode 100
It’s our 100th episode spectacular! We look back at some of the memes and themes of our first hundred episodes including our obsession with old hardware, our silly challenges, our move away from custom phone ROMs, our disappointment with Ar
Linux After Dark – Episode 99
It’s part 2 of the £50 Linux machine challenge! This time: actually using them, what upgrades we did, what we’ll actually use them for, and more. Listen to part 1 here (https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-98/). Support us on
Linux After Dark – Episode 98
It’s the £50 Linux machine challenge! We all had a budget of 50 GBP (~65 USD) to buy the best computer we could find to run Linux. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (https://www.patreon.com/Late
Linux After Dark – Episode 97
Some of our hot takes and some from other people. Your OS is a passive gateway to apps and services, OSTree sucks, when you need to reboot Ubuntu is a mystery, stop hiding things from users, Chris needs an “I use Debian by the way” t-shirt,
Linux After Dark – Episode 96
We recently talked about the lowest-end hardware we’d be willing to use as a daily desktop machine, but what about headless boxes? It turns out that it depends on what exactly it’s doing and to what extent we have to actively interact with
Linux After Dark – Episode 95
What Linux and FOSS technology should Joe learn next? Is it a case of waiting for a problem to present itself before even trying? Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (https://www.patreon.com/LateN
Linux After Dark – Episode 94
What do we wish had happened in the Linux and open source world? Successful mobile Linux, convergence, Snaps winning, and Amigas still being around. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (https://ww
Linux After Dark – Episode 93
Two years after we talked about the lowest-end hardware we’d be willing to daily drive, the Web has bogged machines down to the point where our thresholds have gone up significantly. We channel our inner Linux Luddites, but don’t really com
Linux After Dark – Episode 92
We look at postmarketOS (https://postmarketos.org/) on various devices old and new, Arm and x86, and are impressed. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux) See
Linux After Dark – Episode 91
A dreadful backup box mistake was made but then rectified, whether to take on the technical debt of an older Ubuntu LTS, and why there are more important battles to fight than advocating for FOSS. 2.5 Admins episode where Joe talks about hi
Linux After Dark – Episode 90
It’s the alternative open source OS challenge! May got OpenIndiana (https://www.openindiana.org/), Joe got ReactOS (https://reactos.org/), Gary got GhostBSD (https://www.ghostbsd.org/), and Chris got Haiku (https://www.haiku-os.org/). Haiku
Linux After Dark – Episode 89
The search for the ideal cheap and small off-site backup machine, and our advice on learning the ins and outs of desktop Linux. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (https://www.patreon.com/LateNig
Linux After Dark – Episode 88
When a certain task has both options, what do we only do with the command line and what do we only do with a GUI? Plus May’s Linux win that wasn’t quite enough to avoid going back to the Windows desktop. Boomstick (https://gitlab.com/Univer
Linux After Dark – Episode 87
We share the stories of our various tech wins and fails over the holiday period including updating Ubuntu, getting mad at Docker, trying to recover Microsoft passwords, building a PC over a video call, wireless access points that mostly jus
Linux After Dark – Episode 86
We look back at what we wanted to happen in the Linux and FOSS world in 2024, and talk about what we want to happen in 2025. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (https://www.patreon.com/LateNightL
Linux After Dark – Episode 85
Gary observes that non-FOSS people don’t understand or care about licences. Chris admits that he too is somewhat clueless in this area so we try to explain the basics, and then get to the bottom of why “normal” people aren’t interested. Sup
Linux After Dark – Episode 84
Our FOSS frustrations, and our satisfying open source wins. https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot https://github.com/benfred/py-spy OggCamp (https://ogg.camp/) Distrobox (https://distrobox.it/) BoxBuddy (https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.dvlv.b
Linux After Dark – Episode 83
We all compete to create the worst possible RAID array and network storage device. The mantra here was “what would Jim and Allan from 2.5 Admins (https://2.5admins.com/) NOT do”. Guess who won with this monstrosity. Support us on Patreon an
Linux After Dark – Episode 82
Where do we draw the line when it comes to being made to use software that we don’t want to at work? Plus why only half of us use Linux on the desktop. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (https:/
Linux After Dark – Episode 81
We revisit our home networking setups including using MoCa (network over coax), Chris searching for a unicorn, and relying on an Apple TV for home automation. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (
Linux After Dark – Episode 80
Framework sent Joe a 13 DIY edition (https://frame.work/gb/en/products/laptop-diy-13-gen-amd?tab=specs) (for free and to keep) so we do our best to talk about it honestly. It’s a great machine, but you pay a premium for the ability to repai
Linux After Dark – Episode 79
Social media was a mistake that has caused polarisation through the spread of misinformation by grifters. We try to come up with some ideas for what to do about it. Dalton mentioned cohost to shut down at end of 2024 (https://cohost.org/sta
Linux After Dark – Episode 78
Is a proprietary games company driving all the innovation on the Linux desktop, and is that OK? Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux) 1Password Extended Acce
Linux After Dark – Episode 77
We need to talk about Ubuntu (again). The updates situation is a confusing mess, a lot of enthusiast users have had enough and are starting to move to other distros, but ultimately millions of normal users will quietly carry on and not care
Linux After Dark – Episode 76
We once recorded an episode about GNOME that was so negative that we decided to delete our recordings and not publish it. Our opinions of GNOME have changed significantly since then so we explain why. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-fre
Linux After Dark – Episode 75
How we learn, remember, and document new Linux and FOSS technologies. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes (https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux) See our contact page (https://linuxafterdark.net/
Linux After Dark – Episode 74
We all customise our phones and computers to one extent or another, but does it make sense to inflict our defaults on other people’s machines when we set them up? Or should we set them up with normal defaults on mainstream distros like Ubun
