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219: New World Unlocked: GOG Charts a Linux Frontier | Linux Out Loud 121
February 21st, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
age verification, backups, cold storage, community podcast, cubicle nate, data recovery, discord, drm‑free gaming, exfat, foss, gnu/linux, gog, gog galaxy, heroic launcher, home lab, linux, linux gaming, linux out loud, linux saloon, moderation, online communities, open source, polls, privacy, proton, self‑hosting, show notes, tech podcast, tuxdigital, wine, wordpress
In this level of Linux Out Loud, Nate takes player‑one controls with Wendy and Matt as co‑op buddies for a run‑and‑gun through data disasters, platform drama, and hopeful Linux gaming news. Matt kicks things off with a catastrophic cold‑storage failure that turns into a hard‑earned reminder about backups and the limits of data‑recovery tools on both Windows and Linux. Wendy then opens a side‑quest about Discord’s upcoming age‑verification changes, why that’s a problem for community privacy and moderation, and what it might mean for the future home of the Lobby of Loudness. Nate rounds out the host updates with Linux Saloon going fully independent, moving show notes and polls onto CubicleNate.com so he controls the platform and the ad dollars. For the main mission, the crew dives into GOG calling Linux its “next major frontier” for GOG GALAXY and hiring a senior C++ engineer to help make Linux a first‑class gaming citizen instead of an afterthought. Along the way they talk heroic launchers, Proton and Wine, and what a “good citizen” GOG client on Linux should actually look like for home‑labbed and multi‑PC setups.
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218: Home Lab Spawn Point and High‑Ping Gaming | Linux Out Loud 120
February 7th, 2026 | 56 mins 12 secs
battletech, bookbinder js, cloud gaming, community podcast, controllers, desktop linux, first lego league, first tech challenge, fll, foss, ftc, gnu, gog, home lab, homelab, jellyfin, kodi, linux, linux gaming, linux out loud, media server, networking, open source, pdf tools, photo printer, robotics, self‑hosting, starlink, tech podcast, tuxdigital, usb‑c
In this episode of Linux Out Loud, Matt takes squad leader role while Wendy and Nate rejoin the party for a high‑FPS catch‑up on life, Linux, and loud gaming sessions. They swap updates on Wendy’s robotics teams heading deeper into competition season, Nate’s battle with basement water and building a proper home lab spawn point, and Matt’s quest to keep a local‑only media server running on modest hardware. From organizing racks and labeling gear to wrestling with Starlink latency and debating cloud gaming versus real ownership, the crew dives into how their real‑world chaos shapes the way they run Linux, host services, and play games. If you like robots, home labs, and arguing about whether you really own your digital library, this one’s for you.