349: Steam Machine Prices Revealed, Akrites for FOSS Security, GIMP from 1996, & more Linux news

video: https://youtu.be/eb8Evj5nw40 This week's Linux news is packed with all kinds of stuff to talk about from new hardware devices, desktop environments, and a blast from the past. Valve has some exciting news about their new Steam Machine, their latest SteamOS update and also hide your wallets because the Steam Summer Sale is happening right now. Then PINE64 announced a new Home Assistant powered Smart Speaker as a local alternative to Amazon Echos and all those. We've got some desktop news from Xfce as their new Wayland Compositor has Preview Release ready for testing and tinkerers. The COSMIC desktop also has a new release with new features and lots of polish but is it ready to go. Then later we've got a blast from the past because for some reason someone made a Flatpak of GIMP 0.54 the version from 1996. All of this and more on This Week in Linux, the weekly news show that keeps you up to date with what’s going on in the Linux and Open Source world. Now let's jump right into Your Sourcewe are for Linux GNews! Download as MP3 Support the Show Become a Patron = tuxdigital.com/membership Store = tuxdigital.com/store Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:19 Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale 08:14 Akrites from Linux Foundation 11:49 PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant 14:41 Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released 17:37 GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak 22:23 COSMIC 1.1 Released 26:46 Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release 29:08 Outro Links: Steam Machine, SteamOS, and Steam Summer Sale https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-summer-sale-2026-is-live-heres-our-budget-recommendations/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-machine-pricing-and-launch-announced-and-yes-its-pricey/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machine-1049 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/valve-upgraded-the-steamos-installation-image-to-the-big-steamos-3-8-release/ Akrites from Linux Foundation https://akrites.org/ https://akrites.org/linux-foundation-and-industry-leaders-launch-akrites-to-defend-critical-open-source-software-against-ai-enabled-cyber-threats/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Akrites https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/linux-foundation-and-leading-orgs-launch-akrites-to-protect-open-source-from-ai-threats/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1079657/ PINE64 Smart Speaker with Home Assistant https://pine64.org/documentation/PineVoice/ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/pine64-pinevoice-riscv-smart-speaker-launch https://itsfoss.com/news/pinevoice-smart-speaker/ Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released https://www.home-assistant.io/ https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06/23/the-matter-upgrade-youve-been-waiting-for/ https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/tag/18.0 GIMP 0.54 as a Flatpak https://gimp-0-54-410d78.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/its-1996-all-over-again-on-the-new-gimp-0-54-flatpak/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-0.54-Flatpak https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ub8xae/gimp_v054_from_1996_with_motif_toolkit_now/ COSMIC 1.1 Released https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/cosmic-desktop-update-system-monitor https://www.phoronix.com/news/COSMIC-Epoch-1.1 https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-1-desktop-environment-released-with-cosmic-monitor-more-improvements Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Preview Release https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfwl4-First-Release https://linuxiac.com/xfce-wayland-compositor-gets-its-first-preview-release/ Support the show https://tuxdigital.com/membership https://store.tuxdigital.com/