Late Night Linux

The professional-grade audio workstation Ardour has a great new version, LinkedIn does a shocking but not surprising amount of browser fingerprinting, Firefox is getting a button to turn off the AI nonsense, a new way to prevent slop “contributions” to your project, another tale of someone failing to switch to Linux, and why we should talk more about why open source software can be better than proprietary alternatives. With guest host Kevin from Linux Dev Time.



News/discussion

Ardour 9.0 — What’s new

Linkedin-extension-fingerprinting

AI controls are coming to Firefox

Introducing Vouch: explicit trust management for open source

I went back to Linux and it was a mistake

















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Pricing and release dates for the new Steam hardware are delayed, Xfce is getting a new Wayland compositor that’s written in Rust but it might take a while, the Sudo dev could do with sponsorship, Lennart Poettering and friends are cooking up something (but it’s not exactly clear what that is), KDE Linux is progressing nicely, and more. With guest host Kevin from Linux Dev Time.



News

Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs

Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor

Xfwl4 (Xfce’s Wayland Compositor) FAQ

Xubuntu Development Update February 2026

Sudo’s maintainer needs resources to keep utility updated

Ikea’s new Matter smart home devices are having connection problems

Introducing Amutable

Busy months in KDE Linux















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Malware in the Snap store highlights the risks of modern package management, but users accidentally ending up with a totally different desktop environment shows the perils of the older approach. Plus the UK government wants to do more age-gating, and we hear about a project to get kids into Free Software.



News

Malware Peddlers Are Now Hijacking Snap Publisher Domains

Linux Mint user gets Gnomed

It looks like they followed these instructions to install Proton VPN (including selecting gdm)

They aren’t alone

AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty

UK government rolls back key part of digital ID plans

Lords back UK social media ban for under-16s

Under-16 social media ban would expand age-gating for millions and silence young people

UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs



Mission:Libre

Carmen tells us about her project that aims to get kids into Free Software.















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Wikipedia is 25 years old and has found a good way to deal with the AI scraping problem, the Python Software Foundation funds the security work they had planned, curl’s bug bounty program is ending, Raspberry Pi has new underwhelming hardware, and European AWS hasn’t won Félim over. Plus a reminder about the upcoming OggCamp event, and a call for participation.



News

Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of knowledge at its best (and does deals with more AI companies)

Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them

Anthropic invests $1.5 million in the Python Software Foundation and open source security

The end of the curl bug-bounty

Introducing the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2: Generative AI on Raspberry Pi 5

Raspberry Pi Flash Drive available now from $30: a high-quality essential accessory

AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty



OggCamp 2026

OggCamp crew lead Andy Piper tells us about the upcoming unconference.

Call for volunteer crew

Call for papers

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We cover your feedback including follow-up on old tablets as clocks, Firefox alternatives, and moving off Gmail. Plus building synths in Rust, FOSS isometric diagrams, a powerful network analysis tool for Android, and some cool ambient music in discoveries.



Discoveries

CAW

FossFlow

Félim’s bad diagram

Blade Runner Radio

LUX on Bandcamp

Network Survey















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