About this episode

This episode covers recent funding news for Flatpak and Omarchy, Nintendo's crackdown on emulation, and updates on GrapheneOS and Linux kernel performance.

💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:55 Flatpak gets half a million in funding https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/ 04:07 Omarchy gets 8 million dollars https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-linux-distro-lands-a-massive-8m-boost/ https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/ 06:15 Nintendo nukes 400 repos linked to emulation https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-takes-down-over-400-github-repositories-for-switch-emulators-in-one-go-relentless-dmca-strikes-tied-to-piracy-concerns-over-illegal-cryptographic-keys 08:26 GrapheneOS will come to Motorola flagships…

People in this episode

Host: The Linux Experiment

Topics covered

• Flatpak funding
• Omarchy funding
• Nintendo emulation
• GrapheneOS
• Kernel performance
• File systems

Keywords

• Flatpak
• Omarchy
• Nintendo
• emulation
• GrapheneOS
• Kernel 7.3
• BTRFS
• ext4
• XFS

Sponsors

Tuxedo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Flatpak, Omarchy, Nintendo, GrapheneOS, BTRFS, ext4, XFS

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