Late Night Linux Family All Episodes

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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How do you convince people to stop using unethical technology like generative AI?













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Why you might not want your Windows encryption keys to be backed up to Microsoft, some Bluetooth devices are vulnerable to snooping and tracking, a lesson in the need for backups,  and the best practices and stack for setting up a mail server.



Plugs

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Klara’s Expert Perspective on OpenZFS in 2026 and What to Expect Next

Modern VDI on Proxmox: ZFS Reliability and GPU Acceleration at Lower Cost



News/discussion

Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw

How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft

WhisperPair: Hijacking Bluetooth Accessories Using Google Fast Pair

When two years of academic work vanished with a single click



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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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Software complexity is a complex topic, so we dig into it.













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