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Banjo-Kazooie on ARM via N64: Recomp. It’s running better on the ROCK5 ITX+ (RK3588) from Radxa than it did on an Intel N150. Wild.
#Linux #ARM

Running Mainline Linux, U-Boot, and Mesa on Rockchip: A year in review Learn about the strides made on Rockchip from a recap on Nicolas Frattaroli's talk at FOSDEM 2026.

Missed FOSDEM this year? No problem!

Grab the recap of Nicolas Frattaroli's talk detailing Rockchip’s mainline progress, including Vulkan 1.4 and NPU support as a vital path to sustainable, affordable hardware.

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#FOSDEM2026 #Rockchip #Vulkan #OpenSource

FireZip 250: The Zip Drive Iomega Wouldn't Make Now, I'm not exactly what you would call a retro hardware enthusiast, but even I knew Iomega never made a FireWire ZIP drive.

Nobody expects to be reading a 25 year old Mac formatted ZIP disk over FireWire in 2026 using #Linux. Yet here we are 😀
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2X SFP HAT For Raspberry Pi Plumspace posted an interesting HAT for the Raspberry Pi on X toward the end of last month. We’re big fans of both SFP and Raspberry Pi — even mor...

Fibre HAT, neat! #linux #raspberrypi
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Linux Thunderbolt driver for the PreSonus Quantum 2626 Work has begun on an experimental driver for the PreSonus Quantum 2626 Thunderbolt audio interface. There’s no class compliant mode for Thunderbolt in...

A Thunderbolt audio interfacing working on #Linux would be quite the site.
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Ah, the 2026 edition of searching for a problem and finding your own article as the top result.

Something kinda neat arrived in the post.
#linux #vintage
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Building Ardour 9.0 On Debian 13 Ardour 9 is out with a gang of new features: Region FX, clip recording, piano roll windows, clip editing, and more. But if you’re running Debian 13

For anyone looking to build Ardour 9.0 on Debian 13.
#Linux #audio
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Silent Pro Audio: PipeWire, Reaper, and Windows VSTs on Linux This is the Cyber X1 from MeLE. And this top, well, it’s what baby LEGOs have nightmares about.

The full write up on getting PipeWire, Reaper, and Windows VSTs behaving on Linux for anyone curious about tangling with #Linux audio.
interfacinglinux.com/2026/02/13/s...

Davinci Resolve on the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370: ROCm + AV1 + A... The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is a neat block of silicon. 12 cores, 24 threads, and Radeon 890M graphics. Naturally, I want to run DaVinci Resolve on it, ...

Day 2 of poking at DaVinci Resolve on the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 #Linux #ROCm

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Davinci Resolve on the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370: ROCm + AV1 + A... The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is a neat block of silicon. 12 cores, 24 threads, and Radeon 890M graphics. Naturally, I want to run DaVinci Resolve on it, ...

DaVinci Resolve playing nice on a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 mini PC running #Linux. Working with the AV1 and AAC encoders.

Took some notes in case anyone is interested interfacinglinux.com/community/st...

Silent Pro Audio: Reaper, PipeWire, and Windows VSTs on Linux YouTube video by Interfacing Linux

It might look like a demonic LEGO, but its ability to hold a steady clock speed under load is genuinely impressive.
#Linux #audio
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LWDW #Linux news this week!
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GeForce NOW Linux beta,
Thoughts on renting hardware,
Alpakka 2 controller from Input Labs,
Firefox AI kill switch,
Raspberry Pi price increases

#OpenSource #podcast
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Running Windows audio plugins on #Linux with PipeWire’s reimplementation of JACK on an fanless mini PC without it 💩ing xruns.

Sunday things.

🔴 LIVE - Trakmania RPG & Rounds - TM2 Crew YouTube video by TM2 CREW

Live with Trackmania RPG. It's team puzzle solving, but with cars. #linux #gaming #live
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Sky-1 Linux: New Operating System For The Orion O6 If you have a SBC powered by the 12-core CD8180 from CIX, this is something you want to have a look at. Sky1 Linux maintains 68 patches on Linux 6.18....

Spent today trying to get Sky1 #Linux up and running on the Orion O6.
#ARM #anattemptwasmade
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🔴 LIVE - 14 NEW TRACKS Fresh from the Exchange - TM2 Crew YouTube video by TM2 CREW

Tuesday Mania tracking with the TM2 Crew. #Live.
#linux #gaming youtube.com/live/UzstXtc...

Page 2 | TASCAM US-144MKII Driver Page 2 | An unofficial ALSA kernel module for the TASCAM US-144MKII USB audio interface. You know, this guy. It even comes with a slick GUI. ...

Testing an updated #Linux driver for the TASCAM US-122MKII.
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Windows 8 On Wayland

A cursed Windows 8 tile interface for Wayland that you should definitely install... on your friend’s #Linux PC.
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Orange Pi 6 Plus GPU Upgrade: PCIe Crimes on ARM YouTube video by Interfacing Linux

The original plan was to stab an Orange Pi 6 Plus with an M.2 NVMe to PCIe x16 extension cable and see if anything catches fire. Cyberpunk on ARM using DLSS was a happy little accident :)
#Linux #gaming
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Orange Pi 6 GPU Upgrade - Advanced Screening | Interfacing Linux Get more from Interfacing Linux on Patreon

A 10 second teaser for Tuesday.
#Linux #gaming #ARM
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LWDW #Linux fun this week!
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Orange Pi 6 Plus vs GPUs,
BOSE open-sources SoundTouch speakers,
Kagi browser looking for Linux testers,
Linus uses AI for AudioNoise,
About those $1000 Steam Machines

#podcasts #opensource #steammachine
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Orange Pi 6 Plus M.2 PCIe Graphics Card Riser The Orange Pi 6 Plus has (basically) the same CIX SoC as the Orion O6, but it is missing a x16 PCIe expansion hole. That's to be expected since it is ...

Testing the Warranty Voider 9000 on the Orange Pi 6 Plus.
#Linux #ARM #gaming
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Upgrade Your NotRaspberryPi™

Happy New Year with LWDW #Linux fun this week!
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Warranty void-o-tron 9000,
Brow6el terminal browser
Key RGB for Wootware laptops,
Box64 Windows emulation on Loongarch CPUs,
Upgrading your NotRaspberryPi™ with Armbian Imager

#OpenSource
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🔴 LIVE - Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday YouTube video by Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday

About to record LWDW podcast. Live in the preshowzen. #linux

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So You Didn't Buy a Raspberry Pi: Step 1 If you buy a Raspberry Pi, the order of operations is simple. But what if you buy a NotRaspberryPi™?

All the bits needed to get Armbian #Linux running on your SBC with Armbian Imager.
interfacinglinux.com/2026/01/05/s...

So You Didn't Buy a Raspberry Pi: Step 1 YouTube video by Interfacing Linux

Got an unloved single board computer that never really worked right and has been collecting dust? Check this out. #Linux #ARM #SBC
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No Pi? No Problem! - Advanced Screening | Interfacing Linux Get more from Interfacing Linux on Patreon

Rough cut for an upcoming project is up on Patreon a few days early. #Linux #ARM
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COSMIC Bees! - Pop!_OS 24.04 On The Beelink EQi12 YouTube video by Interfacing Linux

Time to install Pop!_OS 24.04 and poke at System76’s Rust-powered COSMIC desktop. Fun times. #Linux #notthebees
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🔴 LIVE - Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday YouTube video by Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday

Today on LWDW. New Pop with COSMIC, Bazzite gaming, and ultrawide Pi. Live in the preshow. youtube.com/live/p3MptGO...