Epic Games Launcher Linux BETA, Ethernet Audio Interfaces, 16-Core ARM!

Today on LWDW, we’re talking about Linux Mint’s move to an annual release cycle, with Mint 27 ‘Adrien’ bringing a host of new features and applications later this year. We’ll look at the eth68, an unusual Linux audio interface that uses Ethernet to deliver low-latency audio, and discuss the possibility of getting one into the studio for testing. Steam has hit a new record of 43.5 million concurrent users, and I’ve been checking out the free-to-play AION 2. Finally, in Slice of Pi, we’ll take a look at Axera’s AX8860 AI chip, a 128GB Arm-based system that aims to challenge NVIDIA’s DGX Spark. A video version of the show is available to Patrons, along with the Extended Chaos podcast featuring over an extra hour of LWDW content every week. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 00:00 EPIC Game Store Linux beta 21:30 Linux Mint 27 Adrien 27:44 ETH-88 Linux-first ethernet audio interface 39:40 43.5 million Steam users 48:22 Axera AZ8860 takes on the DGX Spark Topics: EPIC Game Launcher for Linux https://interfacinglinux.com/community/linuxgaming/installing-official-epic-game-launcher-beta-on-linux/#post-1327 Linux Mint update https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-mint-27-adrien-due-at-christmas/amp ETH-68 Network Interface https://naturalsystems.io/eth68 Steam 43.5 Million concurrent users https://www.techpowerup.com/353605/steam-tops-43-5-million-concurrent-players-new-all-time-high Axera AX8860 DGX Killer https://wccftech.com/axera-ax8860-ai-chip-beat-dgx-spark-ai-llms-128-gb-memory-40w-less-cost/