Linux For Everyone

Ed Crisler has been gaming on PCs before Windows existed. And he's spent half of his career evangelizing AMD Radeon graphics cards as the North American PR rep for Sapphire Tech. He just switched to Linux. And he has some opinions.

Jason, Liam, and Nick navigate all the bad news from Valve, explain the Discord drama, and reframe some game developer news with a positive spin. Plus, a mountain of evidence showing how awesome Linux gaming is already doing in 2026. Oh, and the obligatory rant from Liam, some spicy opinions about GeForce Now on Linux, and much more!

Watch this podcast: https://youtu.be/gqgqzungNaw

▶️ @NJTechBenchmark's Benchmark Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDDdbb7wuCA

▶️ @LinuxForEveryone's Bazzite vs Windows video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDDdbb7wuCA

🔗 Liam's GeForce Now Impressions: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-native-linux-app-for-nvidia-geforce-now-is-now-in-beta/

FEATURING:

Welcome back to the Linux For Everyone podcast, and welcome /home! In this episode, I share some astounding data which shows Linux adoption continuing to gain momentum. Plus, the Discovery of the Week is back! Learn about a simple, awesome way to de-bloat your browser on Windows, macOS, and Linux. And then, settle in for an educational conversation about planning, building, and maintaining your own NAS (Network Attached Storage) with Late Night Linux founder and producer Joe Ressington.

One of my favorite recorded conversations happened in 2022, right after Valve launched the Steam Deck. I rounded up Liam from Gaming on Linux, Nick from The Linux Experiment, and Gardiner Bryant for an organic chat about Linux gaming. Well, the gang is finally back together!

In this episode we discuss the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame hardware launches, focusing less on specs and more on the impact these could have on broader Linux adoption. We also reflect on how our gaming habits have changed since the Steam Deck launched back in 2022.

Plus, we throw down some bold predictions for 2026, and share what games we've been enjoying during the last month.

FEATURING:

Mike Kelly (aka @CodeMonkeyMike) is using NixOS, his passion, and his free time to change people's lives. He's already made a positive impact on more than 1500 people in his local community, and he's just getting warmed up!

Plus: After reading about a developer losing 20+ years of precious memories to Apple's walled garden, I've decided to build and manage my own NAS, and that adventure starts in this episode.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to send a new "Welcome /home" intro?

Welcome back to the Linux For Everyone podcast! In the first of several new interviews, I'm joined by Graham Morrison of Late Night Linux for an organic conversation about Valve, VR, Linux, and ARM! Does FEX + Proton spell the end of native Linux ports? Does Valve have too much control in the Linux gaming space? Will we ever get a good Linux phone? And when will Graham serenade us with his synth stylings? This and much more coming up!

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Send an email to [email protected].

A talk at the Linux App Summit about software sustainability – and the environmental impact of power-hungry code – was a shocking wake-up call that's too important to ignore. Please give a warm welcome to the creator of that talk, KDE's Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss.

In this episode of Linux For Everyone, we discuss Joseph's vital work with KDE Eco, and the path the project is forging to create a culture of software sustainability and inspire more power-efficient software. Our conversation might dramatically change how you think about the apps you use, and the potentially devastating ecological footprint of the software installed on millions -- if not billions -- of devices.

Joseph and I both hope this episode inspires more conversation and more awareness.To that end, here is a long list of resources and links to help you better understand the situation, and to get directly involved!

A talk at the Linux App Summit about software sustainability -- and the environmental impact of power-hungry code -- was a shocking wake-up call that's too important to ignore. Please give a warm welcome to the creator of that talk, KDE's Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss.

In this episode of Linux For Everyone, we discuss Joseph's vital work with KDE Eco, and the path the project is forging to create a culture of software sustainability and inspire more power-efficient software. Our conversation might dramatically change how you think about the apps you use, and the potentially devastating ecological footprint of the software installed on millions -- if not billions -- of devices.

Joseph and I both hope this episode inspires more conversation and more awareness.To that end, here is a long list of resources and links to help you better understand the situation, and to get directly involved!

Special Guest: Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss.

Links:

• Follow Linux For Everyone @ Mastodon
• ThunderCast: The Official Thunderbird Podcast
• KDE Eco
• The KDE Eco Handbook
• KDE Eco: Get Involved — Links to Matrix channel, mailing list, and repositories.
• The Green Metrics developer tool
• Free and Open Source Energy Efficiency Project (FEEP) Repo
• The Hidden Life Of An Amazon User: Article
• The Hidden Life Of An Amazon User: Interactive Project
• Report: Carbon footprint of unwanted data-use by smartphones
• "Sustainable Programming" online course — (see 04:20–06:10 to go from a one CPU-second reduction to 95 thousand megawatt hours by scaling up). Choice quote: "Often, it is a quite manageable set of decisions which lead to significant differences in power consumption"
• "Post Collapse Computing" Parts 1-4 by Tobias Bernard: — (A 4-part series)
• GUADEC 2020: Carbon emissions by Philip Withnall
• The German Environment Agency report comparing energy consumption of software products — English summary on pages 22-27

No notes. No prep. Just 4 passionate content creators gathering for a broad, unfiltered discussion about Valve's Steam Deck. It's an epic 2 hour Linux gaming crossover!

For authenticity, this entire episode was hosted, recorded, edited and published on Jason's Steam Deck!

This entire episode is also available to watch on YouTube:

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Special Guests: Gardiner Bryant, Liam Dawe, and Nick.

Linus dropped my name on The WAN Show, Valve has big plans for AMD's FSR, YouTube dislikes your dislikes, the COVID face mask life in video games, ProtonUP gets a GUI, and more!

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