The Steam machine will use an older HDMI standard because of arbitrary rules, more details about running X86 Windows games on Arm Linux, and the Steam Controller lives on. Plus Calibre is adding “AI”, and we laugh at another LLM.
News
Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama
Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow
Remember Google Stadia? Steam finally made its gamepad worth rescuing
Talk to your Fedora system with the linux-mcp-server!
Calibre adds AI “discussion” feature
Because the Calibre ebook library software just acquired AI garbage it has *already* been forked
AI and GNOME Shell Extensions
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Late Night Linux – Episode 363
Arduino’s new ToS has some people worried, some projects are starting to move away from GitHub for technical reasons, Raspberry Pi has a new model and prices are going up because of RAM costs, great news for OpenPrinting, old text adventure games get open source, and Joe’s foldable phone breaks in an unexpected way.
News
Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition
Migrating from GitHub to Codeberg
Migrating Dillo from GitHub
1GB Raspberry Pi 5 now available at $45, and memory-driven price rises
Sovereign Tech Agency is investing in OpenPrinting
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
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Late Night Linux – Episode 362
KDE Plasma is finally moving on from X11, Tuxedo Computers abandons their Arm laptop project, Mozilla completely loses the room, but there might be a glimmer of hope.
News
Going all-in on a Wayland future
Help us reach the inflection point
Discontinuation of ARM Notebook with Snapdragon X Elite SoC
Linux Device Trees For Cancelled Products? Don’t “Waste Time”
Rewiring Mozilla: Doing for AI what we did for the web
Mozilla’s ‘Rewiring’ to AI – Saving the Web or Saving Itself?
Servo Announces Sponsorship Tiers To Get More Organizations Backing This Browser Engine
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Late Night Linux – Episode 361
Ubuntu get 15 years of support, Google finally releases Android source code and backs down on “sideloading”, more steps to move on from X11, IKEA launches a range of Matter IoS gear, and more.
News
Canonical expands total coverage for Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on
The wait is over: Android 16 QPR1’s source code is now available on AOSP
Google will let expert Android users to sideload all apps
GNOME Mutter Now “Completely Drops The Whole X11 Backend”
PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant
Introducing Blender Lab
IKEA launches new smart home range with 21 Matter-compatible products
Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible
KDE Korner
Help us reach the inflection point
Google Summer of Code 2025 Conclusion – KDE Mentorship
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Late Night Linux – Episode 360
We are excited and enthusiastic about Valve’s new Linux hardware, and then angry and disappointed about Mozilla’s latest nonsense.
News
Steam Machine, controller, VR headset incoming from Valve
Say hi to Kit
Introducing AI, the Firefox way: A look at what we’re working on and how you can help shape it
Mozilla Connect thread
End of Japanese community
Web API for AI Agents
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Late Night Linux is a podcast that takes a look at what’s happening with Linux and the wider tech industry. Every week, Joe, Félim, Graham and Will discuss the latest news and releases, and the broader issues and trends in the world of free and open source software. Expect drinking, swearing, strong opinions, and Félim being trolled about AI and the cloud.