November 17, 2025

641: Something New, Something Old

1 hour 10 minutes

We dig into the biggest Linux hardware news of the year, then fire up our new-to-us 1L PC server.

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Valve reveal the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine with SteamOS
Steam Controller — Steam Controller shares DNA with Steam Deck, with all the inputs to play all the games on Steam, wherever Steam is.
Steam Machine — Made for powerful, versatile PC gaming on a big screen; quiet and small enough to fit under your TV, on your desk, or anywhere else you want to game. (It's a roughly 6-inch (160mm) cube!)
Steam Frame — Comfortable, wireless, lightweight VR designed to give you a new way to experience your entire Steam library
“The Steam machine is equal or better than 70% of what people have at home.”
Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine
FEX-Emu/FEX: A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux
FEX 2511 Delivers More Performance Improvements For Linux x86 Binaries On ARM64
Commits · FEX-Emu/FEX · GitHub
PLF10 Smart Plug – Kaufman Home Automation
Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1
About Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 — Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 is the new name for Home Assistant SkyConnect. Despite the new name and look, they have the exact same hardware, capability, and support.
libvirt: The virtualization API
libvirt - ArchWiki — Libvirt is a collection of software that provides a convenient way to manage virtual machines and other virtualization functionality, such as storage and network interface management. These software pieces include a long term stable C API, a daemon (libvirtd), and a command line utility (virsh).
Category:Virtualization - NixOS Wiki
Virt-manager - NixOS Wiki
Libvirt - NixOS Wiki
Pick: easyeffects — Limiter, compressor, convolver, equalizer and auto volume and many other plugins for PipeWire applications
EasyEffects 8.0 Released In Porting From GTK4 To Qt / QML / Kirigami
Easy Effects on Flathub
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