The Off Topical Podcast: Recent Episodes
Gardiner Bryant
On this episode Ryan and Gardiner let loose and rant about whatever comes to mind. From Zucerkberg's Metaverse to Linus Sebastian's choice of desktop environment. Join is for another fun episode!
In this episode Gardiner and Ryan chat about game compatibility on the Steam Deck, the new YubiKey hardware, and Ryan's favorite home automation stuff! Show notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57081241
Amazon wants to put a robot in every home. Plus Intel builds a chip fab in Arizona and SimulaVR!
Talking about Disney+ hitting 94 mil subscribers, Microsoft wanting to buy Pinterest and a whole lot more! https://www.patreon.com/posts/47456748 https://linode.com/offtopical
Wolfgang and I chat about the news this week. Check it out and show our sponsor some love: https://linode.com/offtopical
Microsoft courts Sony with a “collaboration” on Cloud gaming services, plus Purism’s Librem One launch hits some roadbumps, Star Trek: Picard has a few photos from set leaked online and MORE https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/624-episode-36-show-notes
PlayDate makes for an interesting new Panic venture, plus GNOME app devs are fed up with distros theming themselves just to be different, and MORE! https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/628
Proton 4.2-6 released, OpenRA blog post details new features, Google Stadia pricing details are just confusing, and just in case you missed my latest video... https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/681
Raven is BACK and we’re here with a brand new episode of the show! Atari VCS Preorders are Live, CERN ditches Microsoft over licensing fees, and so much more! https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/692
Librem 5 vs. PinePhone? Ubuntu ends 32-bit, WINE, gaming support. DOTA Underlords released for Linux, mobile. EA Says their gambling mechanics are ethical. Lenovo Laptops can have Linux pre-installed on them? https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/695
Twitter clarifies its rules about world leaders breaking its rules. And the rules don’t apply to them, apparently, Jony Ive is leaving Apple, FCC allows Verizon to lock devices for 60 days, and MORE https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/701
Rumor has it, Valve are working on a new Steam Controller. What features would you like to see? A big part of the Internet went down this week, we get to the bottom of it... In the UK, 30,000 online followers makes you an Internet celebrity. Surprisingly, not a "Cyber Celebrity" https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/706
Google says you're still using compromised passwords, Apple sued because iCloud is really Google and Azure--forgot to mention it, Georgia ordered to switch to paper ballots. Walmart wants in on crypto. https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/766
Purism shows the August progress for the Librem 5, plus Valve rejects a security researcher's issue, Apple Card is the most Apple thing Apple's ever Apple'd, and YouTube is suddenly being cool, but still YouTube. https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/777
GNOME 3.34 releasae, Hello Games improves Linux Proton support for No Man's Sky, Nintendo sues another ROM site https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/802
EU's Highest court rules EU citizens, member countries can block "illegal" content worldwide, vaping related illness damages lung tissue like Mustard Gas and more https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/832-episode-49-show-notes
In this episode we talk about Oracle, Larry Ellison, and the kerfuffle around ZFS and the Linux Kernel. Plus we chat about The Windows Terminal and a few other things. And then we just shoot breeze. https://forum.heavyelement.io/d/886