Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday

KDE is 30, and Plasma 6.8 is going all-in on Wayland! Someone's got WINE running on OpenBSD, and it's playing Hollow Knight and The Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition. Linux 7.3 has some goodies for gamers, including better VRAM management for AMD GPUs, new controller support, and a bunch of other kernel tinkering. And Microsoft Defender is coming to Linux desktops, because nothing says freedom like enterprise compliance.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

03:56 Steam Next Fest 

13:13 30 years of KDE

22:00 WINE gaming on OpenBSD

31:47 Linux Kernel 7.3

38:28 Windows Defender for Linux desktop

Topics:

Happy 30th KDE!

https://9to5linux.com/happy-30th-birthday-kde

WINE 4 BSD

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=179236125692175&w=2#5

Linux Kernel 7.3

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-7-3-features

Linux Defendor 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderatpblog/secure-linux-desktops-with-microsoft-defender/4560822

Today on LWDW, we’re talking about Linux Mint’s move to an annual release cycle, with Mint 27 ‘Adrien’ bringing a host of new features and applications later this year. We’ll look at the eth68, an unusual Linux audio interface that uses Ethernet to deliver low-latency audio, and discuss the possibility of getting one into the studio for testing. Steam has hit a new record of 43.5 million concurrent users, and I’ve been checking out the free-to-play AION 2. Finally, in Slice of Pi, we’ll take a look at Axera’s AX8860 AI chip, a 128GB Arm-based system that aims to challenge NVIDIA’s DGX Spark.

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Timestamps:

00:00 EPIC Game Store Linux beta

21:30 Linux Mint 27 Adrien

27:44 ETH-88 Linux-first ethernet audio interface

39:40 43.5 million Steam users

48:22 Axera AZ8860 takes on the DGX Spark

Topics:

EPIC Game Launcher for Linux
https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxgaming/installing-official-epic-game-launcher-beta-on-linux/#post-1327

Linux Mint update
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-mint-27-adrien-due-at-christmas/amp

ETH-68 Network Interface
https://naturalsystems.io/eth68

Steam 43.5 Million concurrent users
https://www.techpowerup.com/353605/steam-tops-43-5-million-concurrent-players-new-all-time-high

Axera AX8860 DGX Killer
https://wccftech.com/axera-ax8860-ai-chip-beat-dgx-spark-ai-llms-128-gb-memory-40w-less-cost/

This week, we look at the experimental native Linux port of Bloodborne and check out DroidDeck, an open source app that brings Valve’s official Steam client and Proton to Qualcomm Snapdragon Android handhelds. We also cover the recent price increases for the 2GB variants of the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5, and take a look at OpenPaper L, a new open source 13.3-inch colour E-Ink picture frame.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

04:41 My first Bioshock

07:01 Witching the Spire

09:22 Fixing the Firefox Nova theme

14:24 Installing native-ish Bloodborne on Linux

24:37 Steam on Android with DroidDeck

33:58 2Gb Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 price increases

40:04 13" of E-ink

Show Topics:

Native Linux port of Bloodborne for PC

https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxgaming/installing-bbport-native-linux-port-of-bloodborne-for-pc/

Android Steam Deck

https://droiddeck.app/

2GB Pi goes up in price

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/price-increases-for-2gb-raspberry-pi-4-and-raspberry-pi-5/

OpenPaper L

https://linuxiac.com/openpaper-l-launches-as-a-13-3-inch-open-source-color-e-ink-frame/

This week, we're getting VST3 plugins running directly in OBS and leveling audio aromatically. SteamOS 3.8.28 has landed in the stable channel with a big pile of Mesa, kernel, VRAM, controller, and handheld compatibility updates. F-Droid 2.0 gets a ground-up rebuild, a much nicer UI, better search, and automatic app updates. And Qualcomm is bringing the Snapdragon X2 series to Linux, with upstream support for the Adreno GPU and Hexagon NPU and official Debian and Ubuntu support on the way.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:30 Witcher 3 Remaster on Linux

09:21 F-Droid 2.0

17:58 Automatically fix volume levels in OBS

27:51 Big update for SteamOS

36:59 Snapdragon X2 supports Linux

Topics:

F-Droid 2.0

https://f-droid.org/2026/09/24/f-droid-2.0-a-new-chapter-for-android-freedom.html

Audio leveling in OBS

https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxaudiosofware/automatic-audio-levelling-for-livestreams-podcasts-vst3-obs-linux/

SteamOS Update

https://steamdeckhq.com/news/new-steamos-update-performance-improvements/

Qualcomm hearts Linux 

https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2026/09/snapdragon-summit-agentic-ai-pcs-linux

Testing out the unofficially official Steam ARM client on Linux, Asahi officially supports M3 Macs, Raspberry Pi blocks RAM upgrades, and bottling Office 365 for Linux.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

04:40 Revisiting DOOM Eternal

06:57 Asahi Linux for the Apple M3

15:31 Office 365 on Linux with Bottles

20:26 Raspberry Pi block RAM upgrades

30:37 Steam's native Linux client for ARM

Topics:

Asahi on M3

https://asahilinux.org/2026/09/m2-episode-1/

365 on Linux

https://itsfoss.com/news/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look/

RasPi Blocks RAM Upgrades

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1wkxjwg/raspberry_pi_5_eeprom_update_now_blocks_manual

Steam’s ARM client is FAST!

https://interfacinglinux.com/2026/09/20/steams-unofficially-official-arm-client-for-linux/

Valve announces their latest VR headset, how SteamOS handles Intel Battlemage GPUs, controlling blinkies with OpenRGB, and a PC port for Space Channel 5 for Linux.

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Topics:

Steam Frame is here!

https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steamframe

Battlemage in a box: SteamOS on Intel 

https://interfacinglinux.com/2026/09/12/battlemage-in-a-box-steamos-on-intel-arc-130v/

OpenRGB RC 1.0rc3

https://codeberg.org/OpenRGB/OpenRGB/releases/tag/release_candidate_1.0rc3

Space channel 5 on Linux

https://github.com/ZoomiesZaggy/Space-Channel-5/releases/tag/v0.1.0-preview.1

SteamOS passes thirty thousand verified and playable titles, and the Linux gaming library just keeps getting bigger. A new homebrew tool called ButterAndJelly lets you stream your media library to retro hardware like the Wii U and original Xbox 360. Audacity 4.0 has also landed with a rebuilt Qt interface and some much-needed improvements to non-destructive clip editing. Plus adventures in Intel documentation featuring the Hexagon NPU.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:03 Happy-fun holiday weekend

03:04 An oddball Steam Machine

04:22 30,000 games for SteamOS

10:54 Jellyfin for the Wii U and XBOX 360

14:16 New paint and problems for Audacity 4.0

25:56 Building a low-power thinky box

This week, California exempts Linux and other open-source operating systems from upcoming age-verification rules, while Debian votes to allow responsible use of generative AI contributions. Tether lets Linux users take advantage of iMessage, notifications, clipboard syncing, file sharing, and 2FA codes on their iDevices without needing a Mac. Blue Dragon Recompilation brings the XBOX 360 RPG to Linux natively, with 4K, unlocked FPS, widescreen, rebindable controls, and other modern updates.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:54 Bayonetta on Linux with CEMU
09:40 Mild Disney Lands and gotcha maps
12:20 Linux exempted from the age-verification law
17:03 It's not real age verification
24:34 Debian allows generative AI contributions
31:20 Connecting iDevices to Linux in 2026 made easy
36:17 Running Blue Dragon (XBOX 360) natively on Linux

Happy 35th Birthday to Linux! We put on our old people hats and look back at the early days of wrestling with Slackware installs, and surviving CRT-killing configs. We also cover 30 years of Valve and how Proton, SteamOS, and handheld hardware are driving desktop Linux forward. Plus, we test the native Linux recompilation port of Soulcalibur II (GameCube edition with Link!) and spend an afternoon running generic ARM Linux installers on a Raspberry Pi 4 using UEFI firmware.

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Show Notes & Topics:

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Timestamps:

05:49 Linux celebrates 35 years of old

16:47 Soulcalibur II Linux port

22:37 Happy 30th Valve!

35:29 UEFI on the Raspberry Pi 4

Ploopy announces their slickest DIY trackball to date, EPIC threatens to release their client on Linux, Kernel 7.2 learns how to Apple M3, and Proxmox makes ARM an official platform.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:38 Playing the new Quake

04:39 Jill's Vegas trip

11:15 The Ploopy A+ DIY trackball

16:08 Epic Launcher headed to Linux

27:11 Proxmox officially released on ARM

33:03 Pine64 stops production due to RAM and storage prices