Linux After Dark – Episode 131

It’s the FreeBSD challenge! We all get it running on a laptop and it’s great. Honest.                   Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Microsoft really wants you to update your Exchange server, our thoughts on immutable distros, more on Jim’s approach to internet access for his kids, restricting access to servers on a corporate network, and cloning and backing up operating systems with ZFS.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes OpenZFS User and Developer Summit 2026: October 27-30   News Microsoft to bounce mail from outdated Exchange servers                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

The Steam Frame is finally here and it’s not quite as expensive as we feared. Graham was selected in the lottery but will he actually buy one? We finally talk about Omarchy, its huge fundraising effort, and why we are disappointed in companies who are contributing. Plus LibreOffice’s enviable download numbers. With guest hosts Andy from Linux Dev Time, and Shane from Hybrid Cloud Show.   News Steam Frame Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve’s new SteamOS compatibility layers Power grab DigitalOcean has $3 million for DHH and nothing for CSS-Tricks CSS-Tricks could be a co-op One week of LibreOffice 26.8 – The stats! Yes, no AI is now a feature Development/AI policy – The Document Foundation Wiki             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Our fantasy programming language features.               Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed

How we approach the development and testing of our infrastructure as code, and how it differs at the homelab and professional scales. Plus our Ansible best practices.                   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Some of the ways you can mitigate the ridiculous hardware prices, and designing a small business LAN.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes FreeBSD’s Release Cycle: What It Means for Your Upgrade Schedule   Free consulting We were asked about designing a small business LAN.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

We answer your questions including the last new distro we tried, what distro we’d switch to if ours went away, whether we should limit our computer use, our vision for the Linux desktop, and our unpopular Linux opinions.               Tailscale Tailscale is a modern, secure, zero-trust connectivity platform. Tailscale’s personal plan will be free forever for up to 6 users and unlimited devices! No credit card required. Go to tailscale.com/lnl to get started. If you’d like to bring Tailscale to work, use code latenightlinux for three free months of any paid plan.             Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Chris needs a solution for his family to watch ripped media while travelling, and Gary has a complex but cool travel network setup.                   Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

A BGP hijack involved some basic errors, Microsoft teaches people to ignore warnings in Windows, Zoom appears to be reading the clipboard on X11, why a non-US open certificate authority is feasible in theory, and keeping a NAS powered on as little as possible.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Send us an email   News/discussion BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all Windows bug incorrectly tells users that Microsoft Defender Antivirus is turned off I noticed today that an update to the #Linux #Zoom client has made it start proactively reading _everything_ written to the X11 clipboard   Free consulting We were asked about keeping a NAS powered on as little as possible.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Pop culture phenomena that passed us by, and how long it’s acceptable to wait before replying to a message. With Félim, Gary, Jim, and special guest Shane from Linux Lads. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.