Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday

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. ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTu...

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. ⁠⁠⁠ Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01...

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. ⁠⁠⁠ Patreon ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Discord ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ YouTube ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 02:22 Looking for knockout testers! 06...

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. ⁠⁠ Patreon ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Discord ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ YouTube ⁠ ⁠ Show...

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. ⁠ Patreon ⁠ ⁠ Discord ⁠ ⁠ YouTube Show Notes Tim...

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. Patreon Discord YouTube AMD @ Computex 2026 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-componen...

Ploopy is back with a bean-powered pointing device, Germany invests in KDE, Firefox gain 6 million new users, and taking a look at the DIY router from Banana Pi. 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. Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://...

Ploopy is back with a bean-powered pointing device, Germany invests in KDE, Firefox gain 6 million new users, and taking a look at the DIY router from Banana Pi. Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 04:03 Thunderbolt GPU docks on Linux 06:46 Ploopy BEAN decktop nub mouse 11:07 Germany invests in...

Tux turns 30! Kernel devs continue their war against old hardware, and somebody made a 3D terminal with a spinning rat cursor because reasons. Also, Twilight Princess running natively on Linux might feel deeply incorrect, but don't let that stop you. Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 04:23 N...

The LVFS is ending the free ride for hardware vendors by requiring contributions to keep the service sustainable and high quality. AMD finally pushed HDMI 2.1 patches to the kernel, likely a move to prepare for upcoming Steam Machines. There is a new ~/Projects directory standard arriving in xdg-user-dirs to help organize code and hardware designs. Finally, Focusrite is working with Linux develope...

Linux preinstalled version of the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro is outselling Windows, Ubuntu 26.04 ships with GNOME 50, kernel 7.0 arrives on the Orion O6 and O6N SBCs, and what if WSL existed in the 90s? Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TOPICS WSL 9X https://codeberg.org/hails/wsl9x Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://canonical.com/blog...

Steam releases Proton for ARM plus a native Linux client, Davinci Resolve bring professional photo editing to Linux, running NVIDIA GPUs on Rockchip SBCs, and Firefox get a native GTK emoji picker. Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TOPICS Resolve 21 Editor  https://petapixel.com/2026/04/16/the-davinci-resolve-21-photo-editing-tool...

Rock Band 4 fixes land in Kernel 7.0! Installing (and playing DOOM) on a router, France installs Linux, and Oberon System 3 on Raspberry Pi. Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TOPICS DOOMing a router https://interfacinglinux.com/2026/04/09/doom-on-the-banana-pi-r4-pro/ France to Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/france-leaves-windows...

Linux reaches 5% on Steam! Raspberry Pi raises prices by $100, hacking your way though pasta blockers, and a Linux distro without X11 or Wayland. Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TOPICS Linux on Steam < %5! https://videocardz.com/newz/steam-on-linux-reaches-5-33-in-march-steam-survey-highest-share-on-record Hacking Paste https://githu...

Ubuntu MATE is on the lookout for a new maintainer, running Sonic Unleashed natively on ARM Linux, updates for the PineTime Pro, and complex BASH scripting made easy. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TOPICS Sonic ARMs https://interfacinglinux.com/2026/03/26/sonic-unleashed-running-natively-on-arm-linux-is-wild/ Ubuntu MATE https://www.omgub...

19 Manjaro volunteers call for a clean break, Google is bringing Chrome to the ARM Linux desktop, a PlayStation 5 hacker submits fixes to the Linux kernel, and updating audio interface firmware from the comfort of Linux. Support the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠ Come say hi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Topic links Router bans https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/networking/the...

19 Manjaro volunteers call for a clean break, Google is bringing Chrome to the ARM Linux desktop, a PlayStation 5 hacker submits fixes to the Linux kernel, and updating audio interface firmware from the comfort of Linux. Patreon: ⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠ ⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Topic links Manjaro on Strike https://itsfoss.com/news/manjaro-team-strike/ Chrome on A...

Valve says Steam Machine might definitely come in 2026, System 76 heads to Congress over mandatory age checks, a full GUI OS for your Raspberry Pi 2050, and Ubuntu is doubling down on RISC-V. Bonus show plus Video: ⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠ Come say hi in Discord! ⁠⁠ https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠ Topic links Steam Machines in 2026? https://www.vice.com/en/article/valve-responds-to-steam...

Microsoft bans the phrase “microslop,” OrangePi postpones its Steam Deck competitor, California and Colorado introduce age checks for operating systems, and a forgotten piece of FireWire storage history. Video and bonus content: ⁠ https://www.patreon.com/lwdw Time Stamps 00:00 Intro 01:13 My Ryzen AI PC died 05:47 Microsoft bans "microslop" in their Discord 08:17 OrangePi Steam Deck comp...

Intel is once again expanding their Linux team, the Ladybird browser is full of AI Rust, ASCII weather in your terminal, and a Thunderbolt driver for Linux audio. Video and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/lwdw TOPICS Intel Hiring Linux GPU Engineers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-Jobs-February-2026 ASCII Storms https://github.com/Veirt/weathr Rusty Ladybird https://ladybird.org/p...

Fanless Linux-powered digital audio workstations! Ubuntu splits its firmware into 17 packages, a native Linux client for classic World of Warcraft is available, and DaVinci Resolve runs on Ryzen AI with ROCm and AV1. Video and bonus content: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠ TOPICS Davinci Resolve on the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 https://interfacinglinux.com/community/streaminglinux/davinci-resolve-on-th...

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month! Linux Kernel 6.19 makes older AMD GPUs go brr, a writer at The Verge can't figure out how to Linux, and the RasPi 4 Model B gets a dual RAM setup. Get a bonus hour of LWDW plus a video version of the podcast by supporting LWDW on a Patreon. Patreon:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠ https://discord.gg/uQVckr5...

NVIDIA brings GeForce NOW to Linux PCs, Input Labs has a new open-source gamepad, Firefox is adding an AI kill switch, and Raspberry Pis are going up in price… again. Get a bonus hour of LWDW plus a video version of the podcast by supporting LWDW on a Patreon. Patreon:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠ Topics GeForce NOW on Linux https://blogs.nvidi...

XFCE learns how to Wayland, Raspberry Pi releases a flash drive, Linus hates pop-ups, and GOG plans on bringing Galaxy to Linux. Video and live versions of the show: https://www.patreon.com/lwdw Story Topics Microsoft Microfun https://x.com/linusgsebastian/status/2015948530578587699 https://x.com/SamuelePanzeri/status/2014026212570460464 Oh My GOG! https://videocardz.com/newz/gog-adds-linux-focus-...

Opera GX is finally headed to Linux, Valve is fixing its AI disclosure rules, someone patched Wine to make Adobe Creative Cloud installers actually work, and there is a cursed Windows 8 tile interface for Wayland that you should definitely install on your friend’s PC. Get a bonus hour of LWDW plus a video version of the podcast by supporting LWDW on a Patreon. LWDW Patreon: ⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patre...