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Sponsored by Sandfly Security: the revolutionary agentless platform designed for Linux. Visit destinationlinux.net/sandfly to experience security that's not just effective but gives you peace of mind. No agents. No downtime. Just cutting-edge protection.
In this episode of Destination Linux, we explore a Bluetooth mesh chat app for doomsday scenarios, discussing its decentralized communication. We address community feedback on Wayland and X11 compatibility issues for NVIDIA users and introduce an open-source gaming project enhancing Linux performance with lossless scaling. We also highlight Ploopy’s customizable dial for creative workflows and talk about SpeechNote, a privacy-focused offline speech-to-text application. All of this and more on this episode of Destination Linux.
SHOW NOTES ►► destinationlinux.net/427
Forum Discussion Thread ►► destinationlinux.net/forum
Hosted by:
Michael Tunnell = michaeltunnell.com
Jill Bryant = jilllinuxgirl.com
Ryan (DasGeek) = dasgeek.net
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SHOW NOTES ►► destinationlinux.net/427
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:47 Community Feedback
18:39 Sandfly Security
21:36 BitChat: Secure Off-Grid Messaging
33:52 Lossless Scaling on Linux
38:32 This Was About Linux... Then Pancakes Happened
39:34 Back to Lossless Scaling—Because It's That Cool
40:33 Trek Gets Sharper, Waffles Get Roasted, and So Does Ryan
42:38 Spin to Win: Dialing Up Linux Input Devices
45:14 Just Google “Real Money” – It Works
45:50 The Ploopy Knob: Our New Favorite Input Tool
46:42 Smartphones vs Dumb Phones: Let's Bring Back the Brick Phones!
50:24 From Streaming to Stashing: Taking Back Control of Media
53:30 Wrapping Up the Ploopy Saga (For Now)
55:41 Speech Note - speech to text app for Linux
57:37 Support the Show
58:40 Outro
59:37 Post Show
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Links:
- Community Feedback
- destinationlinux.net/comments
- destinationlinux.net/forum
- Sandfly Security
- destinationlinux.net/sandfly
- BitChat: Secure Off-Grid Messaging
- github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat
- Lossless Scaling on Linux
- steamdeckhq.com/news/lossless-scaling-is-getting-ported-to-linux
- gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lsfg-vk-aims-to-bring-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-to-linux
- store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/?curator_clanid=42495043
- github.com/PancakeTAS/lsfg-vk
- The Ploopy Knob
- ploopy.co/knob
- ploopy.co/shop/knob
- theverge.com/news/698443/ploopy-knob-dial-peripheral-controller-open-source-qmk
- Speech Note - speech to text app for Linux
- flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.SpeechNote
- Support the Show
- tuxdigital.com/membership
- store.tuxdigital.com
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#Linux #OpenSource #Podcast
Support the show by becoming a patron at tuxdigital.com/membership or get some swag at store.tuxdigital.com
Sponsored by Sandfly Security: the revolutionary agentless platform designed for Linux. Visit destinationlinux.net/sandfly to experience security that's not just effective but gives you peace of mind. No agents. No downtime. Just cutting-edge protection.
In this episode of Destination Linux, we explore a Bluetooth mesh chat app for doomsday scenarios, discussing its decentralized communication. We address community feedback on Wayland and X11 compatibility issues for NVIDIA users and introduce an open-source gaming project enhancing Linux performance with lossless scaling. We also highlight Ploopy’s customizable dial for creative workflows and talk about SpeechNote, a privacy-focused offline speech-to-text application. All of this and more on this episode of Destination Linux.
SHOW NOTES ►► destinationlinux.net/427
Forum Discussion Thread ►► destinationlinux.net/forum
Hosted by:
Michael Tunnell = michaeltunnell.com
Jill Bryant = jilllinuxgirl.com
Ryan (DasGeek) = dasgeek.net
---
SHOW NOTES ►► destinationlinux.net/427
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:47 Community Feedback
18:39 Sandfly Security
21:36 BitChat: Secure Off-Grid Messaging
33:52 Lossless Scaling on Linux
38:32 This Was About Linux... Then Pancakes Happened
39:34 Back to Lossless Scaling—Because It's That Cool
40:33 Trek Gets Sharper, Waffles Get Roasted, and So Does Ryan
42:38 Spin to Win: Dialing Up Linux Input Devices
45:14 Just Google “Real Money” – It Works
45:50 The Ploopy Knob: Our New Favorite Input Tool
46:42 Smartphones vs Dumb Phones: Let's Bring Back the Brick Phones!
50:24 From Streaming to Stashing: Taking Back Control of Media
53:30 Wrapping Up the Ploopy Saga (For Now)
55:41 Speech Note - speech to text app for Linux
57:37 Support the Show
58:40 Outro
59:37 Post Show
---
Links:
- Community Feedback
- destinationlinux.net/comments
- destinationlinux.net/forum
- Sandfly Security
- destinationlinux.net/sandfly
- BitChat: Secure Off-Grid Messaging
- github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat
- Lossless Scaling on Linux
- steamdeckhq.com/news/lossless-scaling-is-getting-ported-to-linux
- gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lsfg-vk-aims-to-bring-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-to-linux
- store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/?curator_clanid=42495043
- github.com/PancakeTAS/lsfg-vk
- The Ploopy Knob
- ploopy.co/knob
- ploopy.co/shop/knob
- theverge.com/news/698443/ploopy-knob-dial-peripheral-controller-open-source-qmk
- Speech Note - speech to text app for Linux
- flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.SpeechNote
- Support the Show
- tuxdigital.com/membership
- store.tuxdigital.com
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#Linux #OpenSource #Podcast
