Steam Deck Restock Comes At A Price

About this episode

The episode discusses the Steam Deck restock, new products, and various tech updates including Firefox's user growth and a DIY router.

Ploopy is back with a bean-powered pointing device, Germany invests in KDE, Firefox gain 6 million new users, and taking a look at the DIY router from Banana Pi. The video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week. Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 05:52 Steam Deck restock and new price 09:36 HP joins LVFS 14:09 3D Movie Maker On Linux 19:04 USB4 stream protocol 22:35 Rockchip-powered Flipper One Topics More LVFS Support :-D https://itsfoss.com/news/hp-supports-lvfs/ 3D Movie Maker On Linux https://benstoneonline.com/posts/porting-3d-movie-maker-to-linux/ USB4STREAM (Mir_ppc) https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-usb4stream-protocol/ Flippy Rocks https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/collabora-flipper-opening-up-the-rk3576.html

Topics covered

• Steam Deck restock
• Ploopy pointing device
• KDE investment
• Firefox user growth
• DIY router
• USB4 stream protocol
• Flipper One

Keywords

• Steam Deck
• Ploopy
• KDE
• Firefox
• Banana Pi
• USB4
• Flipper One

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ploopy, Germany, KDE, Firefox, Banana Pi, HP, LVFS, Collabora

Products: Steam Deck, USB4, Flipper One

Books & works: 3D Movie Maker

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