Episode 297

Welcome to Episode 297 of the LinuxLUGcast
We are an open podcast/LUG that meets at 9 PM EST every first and third friday of the month using mumble.
We encourage anyone listening to join us and participate on the podcast. Check out https://www.linuxlugcast.com/ for the server details.
If you have any questions, comments, or topic you would like us to discus and are unable to join us during the live show you can send us email at [email protected]

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Previous Movie:Murderbot (2023)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26457986/

Next Movie: GeoStorm (2017)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1981128/

RAMageddon Continues Another Year as 2027 Memory Capacity Is Reportedly Sold Out
https://www.ign.com/articles/ramageddon-continues-another-year-as-2027-memory-capacity-is-reportedly-sold-out

Idle Fantasy: Idle RPG: train skills, fight dungeons, craft gear. No ads, no accounts.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.tristinbaker.idlefantasy/

Startup backed by the world’s largest battery maker just launched a supercheap mini PC that competes with Nvidia’s $5000 AI DGX Spark PC
https://www.techradar.com/pro/startup-backed-by-the-worlds-largest-battery-maker-just-launched-a-supercheap-mini-pc-that-competes-with-nvidias-usd5000-ai-dgx-spark-pc

Linux desktop use surged to 22% on one workday, Cloudflare data shows
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-desktop-use-surged-on-one-workday-cloudflare-data-shows/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh%2Fx%2Fdiscover%2Fm1%2F4

Peertube comment
https://nightshift.minnix.dev/w/2A2GgN7qD5tJMNZw1g5eon

Flock Camera Map
https://banishbigbrother.com/flock-camera-map/

Overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop and Wine.
https://github.com/mausimus/ShaderGlass

PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/nine-pbs-loses-access-to-70-years-of-data-after-contracted-cloud-storage-vendor-goes-defunct-public-tv-channel-sues-iron-mountain-data-center-which-hosts-archival-materials-to-ensure-preservation

ReelTalk: A federated social network for tracking, reviewing, and discovering films.
https://github.com/minnixtx/reeltalk

minnix: new build server from facebook marketplace

busco criadillas

A fluid, morphing interface to your Linux desktop
https://github.com/caelestia-dots/caelestia

FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/fcc-abolishes-gigabit-speed-goal-suggesting-it-is-unfair-to-slower-technologies/

Our next recording date will be September 4th
Our music is “Downright” provided by Klaatu and Broam
and we would like to thank Minnix for the mumble server