Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday

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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Show Notes & Topics:

⁠https://interfacinglinux.com/community/lwdw/⁠

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.

Video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week.

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Show Notes & Topics:

https://interfacinglinux.com/community/lwdw/

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.

Video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week.

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Show Notes & Topics:

You can find links to everything we discussed, along with the show notes, ⁠⁠in the forums.⁠

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

NVIDIA joins the LVFS, bringing easy firmware updates to Linux! Blick launches their video editor built entirely in Odin, Linux desktop usage reaches an all-time high of 10%, and what happens when you stick CUDA and ARM on something the size of a credit card?

Video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week.

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Show Notes & Topics:

You can find links to everything we discussed, along with the show notes, ⁠in the forums.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

06:05 Linux driver for MOTU Microbook!

09:06 Linux desktop usage tops 10%

19:46 Blick video editor announces Linux support

27:30 NVIDIA joins the LVFS firmware service

34:13 Learning about NVIDIA single board computers

Topics:

Linux at 10%! 

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america#monthly-202506-202607

New NLE for Linux 

https://blickeditor.com/

NVIDIA joins LVFS!

https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-joins-dell-and-hp-in-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs

Slice of Pi

Team Green SBCs

https://interfacinglinux.com/2026/08/04/recomputer-super-j4012-setup-and-quickstart/

Possible price increases for the VR Head Toaster, Google Chrome for ARM Linux desktops, a new 10-inch touchscreen for Raspberry Pi, and NVIDIA doubling the price of Jetson SoCs.

Video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

07:22 AMD 4GB GPUs

16:57 Steam Frame VR headset price increases

25:36 Google Chrome for ARM Linux

33:52 10" Raspberry Pi touchscreen

37:48 NVIDIA Jetson price increases

New 4GB GPUs from AMD

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-radeon-rx-9050-4gb-exists-but-it-is-oem-only

Steam Frame $$$

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/vr-hardware/more-bad-news-for-valve-and-its-still-unreleased-steam-frame-as-qualcomm-is-set-to-raise-the-price-of-its-chips-like-everyone-else/

Chrome on ARM

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/chrome-arm64-linux-available

RasPi 10” Touchscreen

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-10-raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-available-now-at-80/

Jetson Price increase

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-raises-jetson-prices-by-up-to-101-agx-thor-now-costs-5499

Official native Linux Jagex Launcher for Old School RuneScape, revenue estimates for Valve's Steam Machine, a static recompilation of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and FreeBSD 16 removing all GPL code from its base system.

Video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Welcome to the Show & Weekly Catchup

01:11 Testing NVENC, OBS, and NVIDIA Jetson Hardware

04:35 Weekend Outing at the Park & Outdoor Fun

06:12 Old School RuneScape Launches Official Linux Bet

14:51 Steam Machine sales data

22:05 Castlevania Syphyony of the Night on Linux

30:48 BSD is GPL free

TOPICS

Old school penguins 

https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/jagex-launcher-for-linux-beta-out-now?oldschool=1

Steam Machine Sales Up

https://www.techspot.com/news/113169-valve-steam-machine-may-selling-between-12000-15000.html

Symphony of the Night recomp

https://github.com/birabittoh/NocturneRecomp

FreeBSD - GPL

https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-Free

Building a Raspberry Pi powered Stream Deck, Redhat offers forever support, playing Silent Hill natively on Linux, and Cinnamon learned how-to Wayland?

Video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

09:55 DIY Stream Decks

20:38 Rent a Redhat

26:43 Silent Hill running on Linux

33:57 Cinnamon learns to Wayland

TOPICS

Pro Not Stream Deck 

https://interfacinglinux.com/2026/07/13/diy-raspberry-pi-powered-stream-deck-server/

RHEL For Life (RTheren)

https://www.heise.de/en/news/If-14-years-of-support-aren-t-enough-RHEL-for-eternity-11360882.html

Fog Simulator 1999

https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxgaming/building-the-silent-hill-pc-port-on-linux/

Cinnamon Wayland

https://9to5linux.com/linux-mints-cinnamon-6-8-desktop-environment-will-fully-support-wayland

Valve wants you to install SteamOS 3.8 on all the things! Tuxedo Computers snaps at Snaps, Acon Digital is preparing a Linux beta for its audio editor Acoustica, and Hannah Montana Linux gets a remaster.

Video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

02:36 Reviewing Nvidia SBCs

07:09 Windows Drops under 60% market share

10:31 SteamOS 3.8 is ready for normies

17:14 Tuxedo drops Ubuntu for Debian

26:48 Hannah Montana Linux is won't die

37:46 Acoustica headed to Linux

TOPICS

SteamOS 3.8

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/steam-machines/valve-greenlights-steamos-installs-on-normal-pcs-with-amd-gpus-so-you-can-go-make-your-own-steam-machine-if-you-dont-wanna-fork-over-usd1-049/

Debian Tuxedos

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/A-new-foundation-for-TUXEDO-OS-Switching-to-Debian.tuxedo

Hannah Montana Linux is back!

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/hannah-montana-linux-gets-modern-remaster-after-nearly-two-decades-sweet-niblets-new-v26-is-built-on-debian-with-a-re-skin-of-kde-plasma

Acoustica for Linux 

https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxaudiosofware/digital-audio-editor-acoustica-headed-to-linux/

GIMP like it's 1996! Goverlay gets super GPU benchmark powers, Pine64 announces a smart speaker, and Monix is a new driver + mixer for Audient audio interfaces on Linux.

Video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week.

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:52 Linux box art

09:35 Running a 30-year old GIMP

17:06 New GPU benchmark in Goverlay

28:07 New drivers and GUI for Audient ID interfaces

31:15 Pine Voice home assistant

TOPICS

GIMP in 1996

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/gimp-1996-flatpak

Goverlay Bench 

https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxgaming/testing-goverlays-built-in-pascube-gpu-benchmark/

Monix for Audient interfaces

https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxaudiosofware/monix-control-app-for-audient-id-interfaces/

Pine64 Smart Speaker

https://pine64.org/documentation/PineVoice/

Steam machines get a price tag! XFCE is one step closer to Wayland, DLSS for open-source NVIDIA drivers, and TEMU Cortana is headed to Ubuntu.

Video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week.

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro
02:22 Looking for knockout testers!
06:58 Steam Machines get a price
24:20 DLSS for open-source NVIDIA drivers
28:37 Ubuntu AI voice input tool
34:41 Wayland 4 XFCE

TOPICS

TM2C Knockout test server

https://interfacinglinux.com/community/tm2crew/botn-cotd-for-trackmania-2-stadium-testing/

Steam Machine Launch $$$$

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

Open-Source DLSS

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-dlss-support-lands-in-open-source-nvk-vulkan-driver-for-linux

Talk to Ubuntu

https://itsfoss.com/news/myna-ai-speech-to-text-tool/

XFCE 4 Wayland 

https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release