How we make our Web experiences better with various plugins, websites and services. Plus the ethics of blocking ads, bypassing paywalls, and supporting creators.

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-70/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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 What's the best open source app or utility that no one else has heard of?

(Please note that your replies may be read out and discussed on an episode of Late Night)

#VoiceOfTheMasses 

 KDE Plasma 6 is here and Félim can barely contain his excitement. Plus the differing philosophies of GNOME and KDE, Nintendo crushes an open source Switch emulator, Mozilla does another great thing for the Web, another reason to hate Spotify, and more.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-272/

#linux #podcast #opensource

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 Whether we’re living in a simulation, our favourite foreign swear words, advertisers we’ve turned down, how we organise recordings and how much gets edited out, how Joe’s role changes on different shows, and if there are any conspiracy theories we believe in.

With Will and Félim from Late Night Linux,  popey, Martin, and Mark from Linux Matters, Gary from Linux After Dark, and Amolith from Linux Downtime.

https://askthehosts.com/ath5/

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 Something has gone wrong with the timeline and all software is free and open source. What does that world look like? Plus more on biometrics and desktop scaling.

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-53/

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 The Wayland future is finally in sight, the UK government disappoints yet again, future LTS kernels won’t get 6 years of support, Unity drives people to Godot, Valve is a good open source citizen, an easy way to pay people to work on small KDE features and fixes, and more.

With guest host @e0e3b1bd from @e8333406 

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-248/

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 What hardware we recommend for desktop Linux users in 2023. Is it really as simple as buying a 5 year old ThinkPad?

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-52/

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