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Welcome to Crowbar Kernel Panic, the Podcast at the intersection of Linux and Gaming! In this pre-recorded episode, we're diving into the latest tech news and discussing what we'd automate if we could. Whether you're listening on YouTube, iTunes, or your favorite podcast app, don't forget to like, subscribe, and comment to show your support. Join t…

Welcome to another episode of Crowbar Kernel Panic, the podcast at the exciting intersection of Linux, Gaming, and Game Development. In Episode 44, we dive deep into the latest developments in the gaming industry, particularly focusing on Unity's recent pricing changes and what they mean for game developers like you. This episode is pre-recorded an…

Welcome to another exciting episode of Crowbar Kernel Panic, the ultimate podcast at the crossroads of Linux and gaming! In this Episode 43, we're diving deep into the world of Linux and gaming, bringing you the latest news, tech updates, and gaming insights. Join us on this journey as we explore the dynamic landscape of the Linux gaming community.…

🔥 Join us as we dissect the gripping tale of Linuxs Media Group's controversy, ignited by a video from Gamer's Nexus. But wait, that's just the beginning! 🎮 Level up your gaming world with exclusive news: Valve's move of offering refurbished Steam Decks at unbeatable discounted rates! 💸 And that's not all – discover how ProtonDB's feature now lets …

The show kicks off with an unexpected twist - a quick diversion into the world of Magic: The Gathering and The One Ring. Who said geeks can't have diverse interests? / Trackball Mania: It's time to take sides! Join the banter as our hosts engage in a friendly, yet passionate, discussion about the advantages of trackball mice versus the traditional …

This episode we review the latest news on Red Hat source code, System 76 data breach, and a community lead project to AI voice Morrowind. We also discuss plans for a home lab/NAS build and review some interesting demos from the Steam Next Fest. Red Hat links https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream https://news.itsfoss.com/…

Does Redhat still believe in the Fedora project, we question the 4% let go from the company in cutbacks // Somebody tell Elon he'd be a real internet cool guy if he opensourced Tesla software updates // RPG Maker Unity asset finally luanches with suspicious comments // Valve is still crushing with good will from the Linux gaming community // 'About…

This episode was short prepped and spontaneous. It's been a little while since our last show and we've both had several life events holding us up from doing show prep. We didn't want to keep prolonging the recording of this episode so we decided to give it a shot recording with no prep. The topic of AI in game development led me to ask Chat GPT to …

In this episode Josh and I both test out our new ARC A770 GPU, While it's not easily compatible with Linux just yet, this card has some exciting potential because of it's performance and cost. We dive into what Wayland support for Wine means for Linux gamers, Flathub to support purchases and donations, Fungus computing power, and much more. Contact…

linuxgaming #Debian #pcgaming This week we review some news items we missed in the last few weeks as well as come to our conclusion on the Debian challenge. Topic Links Geforce RTX 4070 https://www.techspot.com/review/2601-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-ti/ Ryzen 5800x3D vs ryzen 7600x https://www.techspot.com/review/2592-ryzen-5800x3D-vs-ryzen-7600x/ New…

This episode we discuss the Mutalk, the new Proton, remembering Unity, Open Source Nvidia Vulkan driver, and would you believe Mozilla is changin the face of social media? We end the episode with our discussion of the first week of Debian, more to come. News Items The Mutalk - https://www.techspot.com/news/97242-someone-invented-voice-muting-vr-mic…

This episode was a bit of a recap of 2022 and a discussion of what we want to see in 2023. We discuss the exciting potential for true HDR on Proton and we plan our debian challenge for the beginning of the year. News Items X11 is almost dead HDR on Steam Deck Red Hat hackfest for HDR Contact Us Discord - https://discord.gg/Nx6HgaAuZ3 Send us an ema…

News Links Adwaita for Steam - https://github.com/tkashkin/Adwaita-for-Steam Linux Mint 21.1 Beta - https://blog.linuxmint.com RDNA 3 is looking good compared in price - https://www.techradar.com/news/amd-rdna-3-gpu-leaked-benchmarks-disappoint-some-gamers https://www.phoronix.com/review/rx7900xt-rx7900xtx-linux Someone posted the EVGA prototype to…

News Scalpers are pissed bro - https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/341279-as-rtx-4080-scalpers-struggle-to-sell-their-cards-newegg-halts-refunds Greg Salazar RIP Graphics Card Scalpers - https://youtu.be/6G3f0pPdhxg Steam Deck Giveaways - https://store.steampowered.com/sale/thegameawards2022 What is Neon Prime - https://youtu.be/c9Vw7e5dDOc Topics a…

We review this weeks news stories on the HOT topic of Nvidia cards, CAMM, and Intel ARC cards main lining kernel 6.2. After the news we cover Fedora 37 how well it's treating our workflow. News links Could CAMM replace SO-DIMM? Updates on the Nvidia 12HPWR Linux 6.2 Will No Longer Treat Intel Arc Graphics As Experimental Fedora 37 https://fedorapro…

linuxgaming #podcast #radeon Our first live episode in a little while, we're going to talk about Josh's retro gaming setup and how Bo plans to max out his credit card on Black Friday. In this episode of Crowbar Kernel Panic, we're talking about retro gaming and the current state of GPUs and black Friday. Does it make sense to buy a new GPU? What is…

This week we're talking the latest Nvidia news / progress on my game idea and how learning Unity is going / drawing inspiration from 90s Konami and CapcomBy Bo McCoy

We've been away for a little while to move and catch up on other life projects but we found the time to get together and record this discussion. Life has been busy but not so busy that we haven't played some recent releases and picked up some new hobbies. Contact Us Discord - https://discord.gg/CddBwcFs Send us an email at CrowbarKernelPanic@pm.me …

News Linux 5.20 to support XP Pen Deco - https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.20-XP-PEN-Deco-L Selaco now has demo on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592280/Selaco/ Valve doubling shipments of Steam decks - https://kotaku.com/steam-deck-q3-emails-valve-preorder-reservation-date-q2-1849115741 Valve quietly changes …

NEWS Gnome new governance and other updates - https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/05/twig-43/ Nvidia moved many features behind firmware before opensourcing it’s kernel - https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidias-moved-most-of-the-code-to-firmware-before-releasing-open-source-linux-drivers/ Budgie submitted for inclusion in Fedora 37 - https://www.reddit.c…

It could literally be the apocalypse. Nvidia has a road map to fully open source the gpu driver by the end of year. Up next, flying pigs and a frozen purgatory! NEWS Nvidia is Open-Sourcing their drivers! Fedora 36 Released Heroic Games Launcher Updates XIVLauncher update for steamdeck Linux Gamer Fixes FFXIV Angrily Contact Us Discord - https://di…

Josh drives down the east coast to visit me, we intended to install Fedora and review it but instead we played board games. NEWS https://9to5linux.com/proton-7-0-2-makes-more-games-playable-on-linux-fixes-numerous-bugs https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/14/23025968/razer-first-linux-laptop-lambda-tensorbook-tensorflow Send us an email at CrowbarKernel…

My Steam Deck finally came in and in this episode I review it in detail. Send us an email at CrowbarKernelPanic@pm.me Join us on Discord. https://discord.gg/4tCyMQhj News New version of edge made just for steam deckhttps://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/stadia-xbox-cloud-gaming-finally-work-on-steam-deck-thanks-to-microsoft-edge/https://www.theverg…

This episode we have Steam Deck, NFT, GPU prices, Master Chief's face, and the Nobara Project! Steam Next Fest Feb 21-28th https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest Still waiting to purchase my steam deck. Valve is testing native Linux games to decide if the native version runs better than proton. https://www.techradar.com/news/steam-deck-will-r…

This episode we discuss the latest news of possible Activision Blizzard purchase, Amazon Luna testing, and which Linux distro is the easiest out of the box for game performance. News Humble Bundle “Humble Trove” dropping Linux support - https://kotaku.com/latest-humble-bundle-change-leaves-mac-linux-gamers-ou-1848356728 Valve squeezing more battery…

News https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/01/easy-anti-cheat-not-as-simple-as-expected-for-proton-and-steam-deck/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/01/ubuntu-is-looking-for-a-desktop-gaming-manager https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-future-of-snapcraft https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases/tag/v2.0.0 Contact Us Discord - http…

00:00 - Intro 03:55 - Tiny Tina's Wonderlands https://playwonderlands.2k.com 09:14 - Square-Enix suspends sales of ffxiv https://www.techspot.com/news/92660-square-enix-suspends-sales-final-fantasy-xiv-due.html 14:00 - Valve reduces size of steamOS to 10g https://www.techspot.com/news/92656-valve-reduces-size-steamos-steam-deck-10gb.html 20:46 - Am…

Back on Linux Mint baby! This episode we discuss several stories from Valve, Steam, and the linux community. We dive into Dying Light Hellraid and Guild Wars 2. Cold Open OpenMW - This is bad ass! News Items Steam survey shows drop in gpu steam survey Oct Indie dev says Linux users give better reports Valve improves DRM compat Wimpy's Quickemu Guil…

Welcome to Crowbar Kernel Panic, the Podcast at the intersection of Linux and Gaming News Valve hiring compatibility testers Valve hired compatibility testers Introducing Steam Deck Verified Steam removing NFT Wanderings Baldur’s Gate 3 Larian Studio - Divinity Early Access - 59.99 DnD 5e WINEDLLOVERRIDES=”cchromaeditorlibrary64=” %command% Proton …

In this episode the cake is NOT a lie but maybe Github is. I'm not sure what that means. We talk about Linus Tech Tips Linux challenge and BloodyStealer before talking about new peripheral hardware we want to purchase. Oh, and we're getting old and first person games make us nauseous. News Items Guy sends anniversary cake to store he purchased GPU …

This episode we tried out some new stream tech that didn't quite pan out. It did however, inspire a more deep dive into one game. Project: Gorgon. A two person dev team linux native geared towards old style mmo players. The game is unique and self aware. We also celebrate the breakthrough in EAC on proton! 0:00 - Pixelated graphics, aesthetic choic…

We want to say thank you to the Linux_Gaming subreddit and our new subscribers! This episode is pretty laid back because it's pressed in an already busy week. Some light news, Weekly wanderings, and discussion of future changes to the Youtube channel. Improving the show Breaking up the segments When we have an in-depth topic, should it go first? We…

We've been talking a lot about our love of Proton, this episode we wanted to cover some great Linux native games. This isn't a "top" list but a list of note worthy. Games mentioned in this episode FFXIV LOTRO Albion Bless Unleashed Bioshock Infinite Borderlands 2 Half-life 2 Valheim Asura: Vengeance Edition Portal Shroud of the Avatar Contact Us Di…

Not gonna lie, I'm just a little burnt out on reformatting my drive but we did two distro tests anyway. This week we dive into the new and exciting Garuda Linux and compare it to the long standing Manjaro. We also discuss Proton vs native linux games. Weekly wandering Linus Tech Tips Vs Steam Deck Pathfinder Kingmaker Wrath of the Righteous Black M…

Weekly wanderings i3wm,Robi, and bumblebee I’m still playing ff14, not much to add. It’s a great game. I’ve just started Dragon Age: Inquisition https://dragonagekeep.com/en_US/ MTGA The Forgotten Realms released this week Metro Exodus and it's exactly what a Metro game should be Everything we know about the Steam Deck The Steam Deck will begin shi…

This week we review Ubuntu for gaming and we discuss what we picked up in the Steam summer sale. Steam Summer Sale Picks Victor Vran - Linux Outward - Gold Metro Exodus - Linux Hand of Fate 2 - Linux Last Epoch - Linux Monster Hunter: World - Gold Tomb Raider - Linux Divinity Original Sin - Linux Works better under proton (only tested on proton 4.1…

This is the second half of last week's episode and at this point is dated by a few weeks. We discuss some E3 announcements and some news about Linux and Gaming. E3 Announcements Elder Scrolls VI A Plague Tale: Requiem Starfield Project: Ferocious Elden Ring Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora News Albion Online releases mobile version Steam Next Fest - li…

This episode we install fedora 34 and test gaming under Wayland, Pipewire, and gnome 40. The opening of the show sounds a bit negative but listen to full show, you may be surprised by the end. Fedora Wonderings Trying out Fedora for gaming Installing Nvidia graphics https://itsfoss.com/install-nvidia-drivers-fedora/ https://www.if-not-true-then-fal…

This week we talk about OBS on Wayland, DLSS on Proton, and Final Fantasy guitars on walls. Games mentioned on this episode Graven Resident Evil Village Resident Evil 3: Remake Final Fantasy 14 News Items fender makes a final fantasy guitar Ffxiv players held memorial for Kentaro Miura OBS supports Wayland Nvidia teaming up with Valve to release DL…

Opening: The funniest thing about last week's episode is we still never graded ESO. Live streaming on youtube at undercast collective and ckp youtube Send us an email at CrowbarKernelPanic@pm.me A lot of gaming talk in this episode, a little less kernel panic. We review Death Stranding as well as Nivida Geforce Now. Now that we've played several ti…

SOTU (Sounds of the Underground) is an annual alternative music festival in Amsterdam. SOTU has a "passion for genre bending sound and performances". This results in a broad festival program – you can listen to noise, punk, folk, improv, rave, avant-garde and electronics. The festival celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2021, and this edition was…

Contact Us Email us - CrowbarKernelPanic@pm.me Discord - https://discord.gg/WrCBhE5N Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyaCyldxB7S939WoRN-mLw News Articles Amazon cancels LOTR MMO Nvidia 465.24.02 University of Minnesota gets banned Surviving the GPU Shortage by Using Cloud Gaming? *GeForce Now * Not Linux Native but here is a Link to sho…

This episode we discuss Magic Legends, our experience with Valheim, and a listener issue with ESO. News Articles proton 6.3-1 released POE 2 Trailer Google vs Oracle What it means for Linux gaming. Links Mentioned ESO on ProtonDB Heroic Game Launcher Lutris Support Page Games Mentioned Magic Legends Valheim Elder Scrolls Online Contact Us Email us …

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This episode we discuss some ARPGs, Survival games, and compair Nvidia and Radeon driver overhead cost. We also finalize our review of playing ESO on Linux. News Articles Nvidia Has a Driver Overhead Problem, GeForce vs Radeon on Low-End CPUs Doom Eternal's second campaign DLC, The Ancient Gods Part 2 Games Mentioned Last Epoch Albion Online Valhei…

This is the first full-length episode! THE NEWS: Could Nvidia be solving the Wayland problem? Wine project leader gives blessing to upstream Wayland driver Future Nvidia cards could be designed to limit crypto mining Techspot compares Steam Play vs Moonlight Free and OS RTS 0 a.d. releases update after almost 3 years Valheim hits 5 million sold Eld…

This is the first episode of what we hope is a long running Linux gaming podcast. Covering who we are and what this podcast will be. "Bit Quest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Crea…

Drone based on old material made for a stage play back in 2004. (© 2020 Th. Geritz)By Thijs Geritz

A podcast exclusive episode. A 45 minutes long seascaped drone laced with harbour sounds, seagulls and waves. (© 2019 Th. Geritz)By Thijs Geritz

An episode from the archive. The original piece, l'Alph art (1987), was a improvisation done with one monophonic analogue synthesizer (a Korg Sigma) and originally released on a compact cassette-album called Unique (1988). This recording is one of two digitally reworked versions dating from 2008. Both versions are available on archive.org: https://…