Late Night Linux Family All Episodes

Chris ended up with a managed M4 Macbook Air at work with no sudo or root. So how does a Linux user get on with his first ever Mac? Turns out pretty well, thanks to lots of open source software and a terminal.















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Microsoft locks devs out of important accounts, the foreign router ban exemptions make even less sense, Backblaze shows that “unlimited” never means that, and attempting to avoid software that’s written with AI.



Plugs

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Do More with Less: Cost-Efficient Storage on the New TrueNAS with Enhanced Fast Dedup

The Hidden Value of CPU-Intensive Compression on Modern Hardware



News/discussion

Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process

Action Required: Account Verification for Windows Hardware Program Begins October 16, 2025

FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn’t explain why

Backblaze has quietly stopped backing up your data



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We were asked about avoiding software that’s written with AI.















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The French government makes a start on moving to the Linux Desktop, the EU has a terrible but open source age verification app, some clarity on one of the exciting office suite dramas, the media swallows Anthropic’s nonsense about their new magically powerful model, a quick KDE Korner, and more.



News

France’s digital agency dumping Windows desktops for Linux

Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it

Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process

You cannot use the GNU (A)GPL to take software freedom away

AGPLv3§7¶4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware

Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era

On Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing

UK gov’s Mythos AI tests help separate cybersecurity threat from hype

Mythos and Cybersecurity

A few notes about the massive hype surrounding Claude Mythos

Breathless parroting of Anthropic’s bullshit from the graun

NSA using Anthropic’s Mythos despite blacklist



KDE Korner

KDE at 30

Tighter KDE Connect Integration

KDE Gear 26.04

















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We get into dependency management. The pros and cons of tools like Dependabot, the varying approaches with different languages and standard library sizes, the times when pinning dependencies makes sense, and more.



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Aaron and Shane share some thoughts about attending Kubecon, including the push for European sovereign cloud, how platform engineering might mitigate some of the problems AI is causing, the sense that Kubernetes is mature and boring in a good way now, and our concerns about scope creep.



Announcing the AI Gateway Working Group













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