427: Secure Off-Grid Chat, Lossless Scaling on Linux, & $37 Ploopy Knob

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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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

• 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
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  • https://store.tuxdigital.com/