Destination Linux
Destination Linux
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427: Secure Off-Grid Chat, Lossless Scaling on Linux, & $37 Ploopy Knob
59 minutes Posted Jul 15, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
Intro
Community Feedback
Sandfly Security
BitChat: Secure Off-Grid Messaging
Lossless Scaling on Linux
This Was About Linux... Then Pancakes Happened
Back to Lossless Scaling—Because It's That Cool
Trek Gets Sharper, Waffles Get Roasted, and So Does Ryan
Spin to Win: Dialing Up Linux Input Devices
Just Google “Real Money” – It Works
The Ploopy Knob: Our New Favorite Input Tool
Smartphones vs Dumb Phones: Let's Bring Back the Brick Phones!
From Streaming to Stashing: Taking Back Control of Media
Wrapping Up the Ploopy Saga (For Now)
Speech Note speech to text app for Linux
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video: https://youtu.be/DrRtxFrl06o
In this episode of Destination Linux, we explore a Bluetooth mesh chat app for doomsday scenarios, discussing its decentralized communication. We address community feedback on Wayland and X11 compatibility issues for NVIDIA users and introduce an open-source gaming project enhancing Linux performance with lossless scaling. We also highlight Ploopy’s customizable dial for creative workflows and talk about SpeechNote, a privacy-focused offline speech-to-text application. All of this and more on this episode of Destination Linux.
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Community Feedback
https://destinationlinux.net/comments
https://destinationlinux.net/forum
Sandfly Security
https://destinationlinux.net/sandfly
BitChat: Secure Off-Grid Messaging
https://github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat
Lossless Scaling on Linux
https://steamdeckhq.com/news/lossless-scaling-is-getting-ported-to-linux/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lsfg-vk-aims-to-bring-lossless-scalings-frame-generation-to-linux/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/?curator_clanid=42495043
https://github.com/PancakeTAS/lsfg-vk
The Ploopy Knob
https://ploopy.co/knob/
https://ploopy.co/shop/knob/
https://www.theverge.com/news/698443/ploopy-knob-dial-peripheral-controller-open-source-qmk
Speech Note - speech to text app for Linux
https://flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.SpeechNote
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