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<p>Apple deletes a person&#8217;s entire digital life, PornHub Premium user data is leaked, Mozilla&#8217;s new CEO wants to ruin Firefox, Tech Force in the USA is alarming, and <span class="translatable-message">fine tuning storage for databases.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Plugs</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux">Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes</a></p> <p><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/is-dwpd-still-useful-ssd-spec/">Is DWPD Still a Useful SSD Spec?</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>News/discussion</strong></p> <p><a href="https://hey.paris/posts/appleid">20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pornhub-extorted-after-hackers-steal-premium-member-activity-data/">PornHub extorted after hackers steal Premium member activity data</a></p> <p><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/">Mozilla’s next chapter: Building the world’s most trusted software company</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1poe7kb/comment/nuiuwkh/">Rest assured, Firefox will always remain a browser built around user control</a></p> <p><a href="https://techforce.gov/">Tech Force</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/15/us_government_tech_force/">Trump administration launches Tech Force hiring push</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Free consulting</strong></p> <p>We were asked about <span class="translatable-message">fine tuning storage for databases.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <p>See our <a href="https://2.5admins.com/contact/">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="lazy loaded alignnone wp-image-881 entered" src="https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2.5admins-sm.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" srcset="https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-300x169.png 300w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-1024x576.png 1024w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-768x432.png 768w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-1536x864.png 1536w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-210x118.png 210w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon.png 1920w" alt="" width="350" height="197" data-src="https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2.5admins-sm.png" data-was-processed="true" data-ll-status="loaded" /></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>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 &#8220;AI&#8221;, and we laugh at another LLM.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>News</strong></p> <p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/why-wont-steam-machine-support-hdmi-2-1-digging-in-on-the-display-standard-drama/">Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/820656/valve-interview-arm-gaming-steamos-pierre-loup-griffais">Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/829631/save-google-stadia-gamepad-steam-deadline">Remember Google Stadia? Steam finally made its gamepad worth rescuing</a></p> <p><a href="https://fedoramagazine.org/find-out-how-your-fedora-system-really-feels-with-the-linux-mcp-server/">Talk to your Fedora system with the linux-mcp-server!</a></p> <p><a href="https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1049886/80c1b12f337ede1b/">Calibre adds AI &#8220;discussion&#8221; feature</a></p> <p><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross/115684588990137011">Because the Calibre ebook library software just acquired AI garbage it has *already* been forked</a></p> <p><a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/jrahmatzadeh/2025/12/06/ai-and-gnome-shell-extensions/">AI and GNOME Shell Extensions</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Tailscale</strong></p> <p>Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to <strong><a href="https://tailscale.com/lnl">tailscale.com/lnl</a></strong> and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code <strong>LATENIGHTLINUX</strong> for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="post-contents entry-content"> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux">Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div id="post-727" class="post-727 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-podcast"> <div class="post-content entry-content"> <div id="post-727" class="post-727 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-podcast"> <div class="post-content entry-content"> <p class="post-contents entry-content">See our <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/contact/">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone lazy loaded entered" src="https://latenightlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/latenightlinux-sm.jpg" width="207" height="207" data-src="https://latenightlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/latenightlinux-sm.jpg" data-was-processed="true" data-ll-status="loaded" /></p> <p><strong>RSS</strong>: Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feeds/">RSS feeds here</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

<p><span class="translatable-message">How far you can go with eliminating global variables, forcing everything you ever need to be passed in as arguments.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Tailscale</strong></p> <p>Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to <strong><a href="https://tailscale.com/ldt">tailscale.com/ldt</a></strong> and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code <strong>LATENIGHTLINUX</strong> for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux">Support us on Patreon<span class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color"> and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes</span></span></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>See our <a href="https://www.linuxdevtime.com/contact/">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-36 " src="https://www.linuxdevtime.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/linuxdevtime-300.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 217px) 85vw, 217px" srcset="https://www.linuxdevtime.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/linuxdevtime-300.png 300w, https://www.linuxdevtime.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/linuxdevtime-300-150x150.png 150w" alt="" width="217" height="217" /></p> <p>Subscribe to the <a href="https://latenightlinux.com/feed/extra">RSS feed</a></p>

<p>How to connect your public environments across clouds and into your datacenter infrastructure &#8211; using official options, VPNs and new ideas like mTLS. Plus container networking, CNIs and other ways to plug extras into Kubernetes.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Antigravity A1</strong></p> <p>The Antigravity A1 is the world’s first all-in-one 8K 360 drone. It&#8217;s a real game-changer. You get full immersive flight with the goggles, intuitive controls, and endless creative freedom in editing. If you’re thinking about buying a drone, make it this one. Learn more at <strong><a href="https://www.antigravity.tech/drone/antigravity-a1/buy?utm_term=hybridcloud">antigravity.tech</a></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux">Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-21" src="https://hybridcloudshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hcs-1000-300x300.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px" srcset="https://hybridcloudshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hcs-1000-300x300.jpg 300w, https://hybridcloudshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hcs-1000-150x150.jpg 150w, https://hybridcloudshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hcs-1000-768x768.jpg 768w, https://hybridcloudshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hcs-1000.jpg 1000w" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></p> <p>Subscribe to the <a href="https://hybridcloudshow.com/feed/podcast">RSS feed</a>.</p>

<p>The Crucial brand of consumer SSDs and RAM is going away, AMD and Intel memory encryption can be bypassed with cheap hardware, more AI buffoonery, and monitoring users&#8217; usage on a network.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Plugs</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/LateNightLinux">Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes</a></p> <p><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/zfs-vs-raid-zfs-redundancy-done-right/">When RAID Isn’t Enough: ZFS Redundancy Done Right</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>News/discussion</strong></p> <p><a href="https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business">Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/cheap-hardware-module-amd-intel-memory-encryption">Cheap Hardware Module Bypasses AMD, Intel Memory Encryption</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/01/google_antigravity_wipes_d_drive/">Google&#8217;s vibe coding platform deletes entire drive</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/837287/ai-browsers-comet-chatgpt-atlas-edge-copilot-chrome-gemini">One day, AI might be better than you at surfing the web. That day isn’t today</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Free consulting</strong></p> <p>We were asked about monitoring users&#8217; usage on a network.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Tailscale</strong></p> <p>Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to <strong><a href="https://tailscale.com/25a">tailscale.com/25a</a></strong> and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code <strong>LATENIGHTLINUX</strong> for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content"> <p>See our <a href="https://2.5admins.com/contact/">contact page</a> for ways to get in touch.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy loaded alignnone wp-image-881 entered" src="https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2.5admins-sm.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" srcset="https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-300x169.png 300w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-1024x576.png 1024w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-768x432.png 768w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-1536x864.png 1536w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon-210x118.png 210w, https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/youtube-thumb-moon.png 1920w" alt="" width="350" height="197" data-src="https://2.5admins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2.5admins-sm.png" data-was-processed="true" data-ll-status="loaded" /></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>