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August 5, 202656 min

Linux Cracks 10% Desktop Usage!

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.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTubeTimestamps:00:00 Intro06:05 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-202506-202607New NLE for Linux https://blickeditor.com/NVIDIA joins LVFS!https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-joins-dell-and-hp-in-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfsSlice of PiTeam Green SBCshttps://interfacinglinux.com/2026/08/04/recomputer-super-j4012-setup-and-quickstart/

July 29, 202651 min

4GB AMD 9050 GPUs and Chrome for ARM Linux!

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.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro07:22 AMD 4GB GPUs16:57 Steam Frame VR headset price increases 25:36 Google Chrome for ARM Linux 33:52 10" Raspberry Pi touchscreen37:48 NVIDIA Jetson price increases New 4GB GPUs from AMDhttps://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-radeon-rx-9050-4gb-exists-but-it-is-oem-onlySteam 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 ARMhttps://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/chrome-arm64-linux-availableRasPi 10” Touchscreenhttps://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-10-raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-available-now-at-80/Jetson Price increasehttps://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-raises-jetson-prices-by-up-to-101-agx-thor-now-costs-5499

July 22, 202641 min

Native Linux RuneScape Launcher and Steam Machine Sales Data

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.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TIMESTAMPS00:00 Welcome to the Show & Weekly Catchup01:11 Testing NVENC, OBS, and NVIDIA Jetson Hardware04:35 Weekend Outing at the Park & Outdoor Fun06:12 Old School RuneScape Launches Official Linux Bet14:51 Steam Machine sales data 22:05 Castlevania Syphyony of the Night on Linux30:48 BSD is GPL freeTOPICSOld school penguins https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/jagex-launcher-for-linux-beta-out-now?oldschool=1Steam Machine Sales Uphttps://www.techspot.com/news/113169-valve-steam-machine-may-selling-between-12000-15000.htmlSymphony of the Night recomphttps://github.com/birabittoh/NocturneRecompFreeBSD - GPLhttps://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-Free

July 15, 202644 min

Pi Powered Stream Decks!

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.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro09:55 DIY Stream Decks20:38 Rent a Redhat26:43 Silent Hill running on Linux 33:57 Cinnamon learns to Wayland TOPICSPro 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.htmlFog Simulator 1999https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxgaming/building-the-silent-hill-pc-port-on-linux/Cinnamon Waylandhttps://9to5linux.com/linux-mints-cinnamon-6-8-desktop-environment-will-fully-support-wayland

July 8, 202647 min

Tuxedo Computers Ditches Ubuntu

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.⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro02:36 Reviewing Nvidia SBCs07:09 Windows Drops under 60% market share10:31 SteamOS 3.8 is ready for normies17:14 Tuxedo drops Ubuntu for Debian26:48 Hannah Montana Linux is won't die37:46 Acoustica headed to LinuxTOPICSSteamOS 3.8https://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 Tuxedoshttps://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/A-new-foundation-for-TUXEDO-OS-Switching-to-Debian.tuxedoHannah 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-plasmaAcoustica for Linux https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxaudiosofware/digital-audio-editor-acoustica-headed-to-linux/

July 1, 202648 min

New GPU Linux Benchmark Utility and 30-year old GIMP

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.⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Timestamps00:00 Intro01:52 Linux box art 09:35 Running a 30-year old GIMP17:06 New GPU benchmark in Goverlay 28:07 New drivers and GUI for Audient ID interfaces 31:15 Pine Voice home assistant TOPICSGIMP in 1996https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/gimp-1996-flatpakGoverlay 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 Speakerhttps://pine64.org/documentation/PineVoice/

June 24, 202645 min

Steam Machine$ and XFCE 4 Wayland!

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.⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠Timestamps00:00 Intro02:22 Looking for knockout testers!06:58 Steam Machines get a price24:20 DLSS for open-source NVIDIA drivers28:37 Ubuntu AI voice input tool34:41 Wayland 4 XFCETOPICSTM2C Knockout test serverhttps://interfacinglinux.com/community/tm2crew/botn-cotd-for-trackmania-2-stadium-testing/Steam Machine Launch $$$$https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steammachineOpen-Source DLSShttps://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-dlss-support-lands-in-open-source-nvk-vulkan-driver-for-linuxTalk to Ubuntuhttps://itsfoss.com/news/myna-ai-speech-to-text-tool/XFCE 4 Wayland https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release

June 17, 202641 min

Replacing X11 And Wayland

Ladybird slams the door on AI pull requests, Kernel 7.1 brings a healthy performance boots for the Intel B580, emulating analog TV and VHS artifacts on Linux, and an official Proton drive for penguins.The 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.⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠Show Notes⁠Timestamps00:00 Intro06:12 Replacing X11 and Wayland13:38 Linux 7.1 is out20:07 Goldeneye 007 XBOX 360 remaster on Linux27:12 Distrowatch tuns 25TopicsWhy Serverhttps://github.com/joske/yserverLinux 7.1https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/linux-7-1-kernel-featuresGoldenEye 007 XBLA Recomphttps://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxgaming/goldeneye-007-xbla-recomp-on-linux-native/Distrowatch turns 25!https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260601#sitenews

June 10, 202644 min

Ladybird Slams The Door On AI

Ladybird slams the door on AI pull requests, Kernel 7.1 brings a healthy performance boots for the Intel B580, emulating analog TV and VHS artifacts on Linux, and an official Proton drive for penguins.The 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.⁠Patreon⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠YouTubeShow NotesTimestamps00:00 Intro02:29 Forcing Webview in Firefox09:12 Ladybird browser closes outside contributions18:20 Proton Dive native Linux client25:46 Adding analog damage on Linux34:18 Intel B580 performance gains with kernel 7.1

June 3, 202648 min

Laptop or Craptop?

Adventures with Thunderbolt eGPU docks on Linux, NVIDIA announces ARM PCs and laptops, new plugins for Audacious 4.6, and a craptop so bad it's kind of adorable.The 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.PatreonDiscordYouTubeAMD @ Computex 2026https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-confirms-am5-support-through-2029-zen-4-and-5-platform-will-likely-see-two-more-generations-at-leastAMD @ Computex 2026https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/nvidia-unveils-rtx-spark-superchip-at-computex-2026-new-platform-promises-to-turn-windows-into-an-agentic-ai-os-with-arm-cpu-blackwell-gpu-and-128gb-unified-memoryeGPU Docking Adventures On Linuxhttps://interfacinglinux.com/2026/06/01/peladn-link-s-3-egpu-docking-adventures-on-linux/Audacious 4.6https://9to5linux.com/audacious-4-6-media-player-released-with-file-browser-plugin-many-improvementsChewy Book https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2026/05/28/chuwi-minibook-x/

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