Episode Details

Valve says Steam Machine might definitely come in 2026, System 76 heads to Congress over mandatory age checks, a full GUI OS for your Raspberry Pi 2050, and Ubuntu is doubling down on RISC-V.

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Topic links

Steam Machines in 2026?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/valve-responds-to-steam-machine-delay-fears-confirms-2026-release-window/

System76 vs Congress

https://x.com/carlrichell/status/2031125624711164182

FrankOS retro OS

https://github.com/rh1tech/frankos

RISC-V 2026

https://www.hackster.io/news/canonical-declares-that-2026-is-the-year-of-ubuntu-linux-on-the-risc-v-desktop-server-and-more-850a24c1e8b1

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:29 A week evaluating RISC-V

03:38 Sun hardware from 1993 is still in production

05:59 New Steam hardware shipping in 2026, probably.

12:04 System 76 founder goes to congress.

19:14 A full GUI operating system for the RP2050 microcontroller

26:50 Canonical declares 2026 the year of RISC-V