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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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:47 Community Feedback

18:39 Sandfly Security

21:36 BitChat: Secure Off-Grid Messaging

33:52 Lossless Scaling on Linux

38:32 This Was About Linux... Then Pancakes Happened

39:34 Back to Lossless Scaling—Because It's That Cool

40:33 Trek Gets Sharper, Waffles Get Roasted, and So Does Ryan

42:38 Spin to Win: Dialing Up Linux Input Devices

45:14 Just Google “Real Money” – It Works

45:50 The Ploopy Knob: Our New Favorite Input Tool

46:42 Smartphones vs Dumb Phones: Let's Bring Back the Brick Phones!

50:24 From Streaming to Stashing: Taking Back Control of Media

53:30 Wrapping Up the Ploopy Saga (For Now)

55:41 Speech Note - speech to text app for Linux

57:37 Support the Show

58:40 Outro

59:37 Post Show

Links:

• 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
  
  


• Support the Show
  
  
  
  
  • https://tuxdigital.com/membership
  
  
  • https://store.tuxdigital.com/