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We finally have pricing for the Steam Machine, but they are very hard to actually buy, and very expensive. SteamOS is now supported on your own hardware now though, and Joe gives it a go. Plus Ubuntu makes moves to tighten up the flavours situation and announces speech to text on the desktop, and a quick KDE Korner.

News

Valve opens Steam Machine pre-orders with queue lottery and hefty prices amid AI squeeze

Valve’s Steam Machine ships June 29 for $1,049, but you probably won’t be able to buy one yet

Gamers Nexus long review

Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop [archived]

$100 Steam Machine GPU Unlocked! PS5 APU (ASRock BC-250)

Ubuntu Flavors Now Mandated To Participate In Beta Releases For Official Status

Introducing Myna: Speech to Text for Ubuntu Desktop

KDE Korner

KDE e.V. COMMUNITY REPORT

Plasma 6.7

Get started with Union, Plasma’s new theming engine, in 2 minutes or less: a FAQ

Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes

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Our favourite little things about Linux and open source. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break.

Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes

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The new Steam hardware is getting close, Arch Linux’s AUR is compromised, and curl is having a month off from vulnerability reports. Plus updates on using the Kagi search engine, retro handhelds, and 3D printing.

Plugs

Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late

Graham’s talk

Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes

News

Steam Machine and Steam Frame are shipping this summer

Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day [archived] 2

Arch Linux’s AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malware 4.5

Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages

Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack

Arch Linux locks down AUR signups amid wave of malicious commits

curl summer of bliss

Retro gaming handhelds

R36S

Fakes

R36H