Crowbar Kernel Panic

By Bo McCoy

certainly entertaining and hopefully helpful we strive to cover the topics at the heart of the Linux gamer. From Proton to Vulkan, from Linux native to voiding the warranty. We discuss news and updat... more

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April 23, 2023 Episode 38: Planning a game with AI and struggling with the ARC A770
This episode was short prepped and spontaneous. It's been a little while since our last show and we've both had several life events holding us up from doing show prep. We didn't want to keep prolonging the recording of this episode so we decided to give it a shot recording with no prep.
The topic of AI in game development led me to ask Chat GPT to help me plan a fantasy survival horror game. The results were so good I may actually be making this game and after a suggestion from Discord, I may be making it in Godot 4.
Given my recent struggles running the ARC A770 on Linux Josh suggested I try Fedora 38. Ultimately, we're putting our faith in Linux 6.4...
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1h 6min
March 12, 2023 Episode 37: ARC A770 Graphics Card - What Linux Gamers Need to Know!
In this episode Josh and I both test out our new ARC A770 GPU, While it's not easily compatible with Linux just yet, this card has some exciting potential because of it's performance and cost.
We dive into what Wayland support for Wine means for Linux gamers, Flathub to support purchases and donations, Fungus computing power, and much more.
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/Nx6HgaAuZ3
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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55min
February 10, 2023 Episode 36: Gaming on Debian or LMDE
linuxgaming #Debian #pcgaming
This week we review some news items we missed in the last few weeks as well as come to our conclusion on the Debian challenge.
Topic Links
Geforce RTX 4070
https://www.techspot.com/review/2601-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-ti/
Ryzen 5800x3D vs ryzen 7600x
https://www.techspot.com/review/2592-ryzen-5800x3D-vs-ryzen-7600x/
New Arc drivers and price drop
https://hothardware.com/news/intel-arc-alchemist-big-driver-gains-new-arc-a750-price
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/Nx6HgaAuZ3
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 6min
January 19, 2023 Episode 35: Debian Cold Turkey
This episode we discuss the Mutalk, the new Proton, remembering Unity, Open Source Nvidia Vulkan driver, and would you believe Mozilla is changin the face of social media? We end the episode with our discussion of the first week of Debian, more to come.
News Items
The Mutalk - https://www.techspot.com/news/97242-someone-invented-voice-muting-vr-microphone-you-strap.html
Proton 7.0-6 - https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog
Improvements to Dolphin make emulation on Steam Deck even better - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/gamecube-and-wii-emulator-dolphin-got-a-big-speed-boost-for-steam-deck/
Mozilla is pretty melodramatic about starting a mastadon - https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
Unity 7.7 and UnityX 7.7 - https://unityd.org/unityx-7-7-testing/
Open Source Nvidia Vulkan driver making progress - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/the-open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-begins-to-run-games/
Stadia Controller now has Bluetooth abilities! - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/bluetooth-support-for-the-stadia-controller-is-now-live/
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/Nx6HgaAuZ3
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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56min
January 09, 2023 Episode 34: HDR on Linux and Debian Challenge
This episode was a bit of a recap of 2022 and a discussion of what we want to see in 2023. We discuss the exciting potential for true HDR on Proton and we plan our debian challenge for the beginning of the year.
News Items
X11 is almost dead
HDR on Steam Deck
Red Hat hackfest for HDR
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/Nx6HgaAuZ3
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 4min
December 12, 2022 Episode 33: Two Linux Nerds Discuss The Game Awards
News Links
Adwaita for Steam - https://github.com/tkashkin/Adwaita-for-Steam
Linux Mint 21.1 Beta - https://blog.linuxmint.com
RDNA 3 is looking good compared in price - https://www.techradar.com/news/amd-rdna-3-gpu-leaked-benchmarks-disappoint-some-gamers
https://www.phoronix.com/review/rx7900xt-rx7900xtx-linux
Someone posted the EVGA prototype to ebay - https://www.techspot.com/news/96923-someone-tried-auctioning-off-evga-rtx-4090-prototype.html
Turns out it was EVGA - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/evga-auctions-unreleased-rtx-4090-gpu-for-charity-dollar6200-and-rising
The Game Awards
Announcements - https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-2022-everything-announced
Winners - https://www.pcgamer.com/the-game-awards-2022-results-all-the-winners/
!steamdeck and /claim - https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-deck-giveaway-hopefuls-hijack-game-awards-chat-by-spamming-linux-commands/
Guy sneaks on stage with Elden Ring to shout out Rabbi Clinton - https://kotaku.com/game-awards-2022-bill-clinton-orthodox-rabbi-elden-ring-1849873240
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/Nx6HgaAuZ3
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 19min
December 07, 2022 Episode 32: AM5 PC build and Scalpers holding the bag
News
Scalpers are pissed bro - https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/341279-as-rtx-4080-scalpers-struggle-to-sell-their-cards-newegg-halts-refunds
Greg Salazar RIP Graphics Card Scalpers - https://youtu.be/6G3f0pPdhxg
Steam Deck Giveaways - https://store.steampowered.com/sale/thegameawards2022
What is Neon Prime - https://youtu.be/c9Vw7e5dDOc
Topics and links
RPG Maker MV - https://store.steampowered.com/app/363890/RPG_Maker_MV/
LimeZu On Itch.io Modern Interior and exterior asset packs.
https://limezu.itch.io/modernexteriors
https://limezu.itch.io/modernexteriors
Anbernic Retro Gaming - https://anbernic.com
AM5 PC build (so far)
Ryzen 7 7700X
TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/Nx6HgaAuZ3
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 17min
November 23, 2022 Episode 31: Fedora 37 is for lovers
We review this weeks news stories on the HOT topic of Nvidia cards, CAMM, and Intel ARC cards main lining kernel 6.2. After the news we cover Fedora 37 how well it's treating our workflow.
News links
Could CAMM replace SO-DIMM?
Updates on the Nvidia 12HPWR
Linux 6.2 Will No Longer Treat Intel Arc Graphics As Experimental
Fedora 37
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/37/ChangeSet
Davinci resolve installed via download Zip.
Required installing ffmpeg and nvidia cuda drivers.
Reaper installed via download tar.gz
Unity installed via dnf
Required openssl1.1 openssl-libs
Other links
Tempest Rising - https://youtu.be/MUuwXVG4ooY
Undetected - https://youtu.be/Jc8b-kcEgpk
AM4 vs AM5 - https://youtu.be/4P7nEJN-i90
RG350 Handheld Emulator - https://www.amazon.com/DigitCont-Handheld-Console-Rechargeable-Portable/dp/B093P8V2NR
Contact Us
Discord - https://discord.gg/qrAjzWRK
Send us an email at [email protected]
Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" and "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 17min
November 16, 2022 Episode 30: Retro Gaming, GPUs and Black Friday: Is it time to reinstate the CRT monitor?
linuxgaming #podcast #radeon
Our first live episode in a little while, we're going to talk about Josh's retro gaming setup and how Bo plans to max out his credit card on Black Friday.
In this episode of Crowbar Kernel Panic, we're talking about retro gaming and the current state of GPUs and black Friday. Does it make sense to buy a new GPU? What is the best Retro gaming emulator? And is it time to reinstate the CRT monitor?
As always, if you have a question or comment, let us know! We love hearing from you!
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1h 8min
October 13, 2022 Episode 29: EVGA and 90s era survival horror
This week we're talking the latest Nvidia news / progress on my game idea and how learning Unity is going / drawing inspiration from 90s Konami and Capcom
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1h 7min

FAQs about Crowbar Kernel Panic:

How many episodes does Crowbar Kernel Panic have?

The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.