Join 3 experienced Open Source professionals as they discuss the impact Linux has in their daily lives. Upbeat family-friendly banter, conversation and discussion for Linux enthusiasts and casual observers of all ages. A new episode every two weeks covering terminal productivity, desktop experience, development, gaming, hosting, hardware, community, cloud-native and all the Linux Matters that matter.
Tue, April 01, 2025
Show notes here in Markdown, No HTML. No relative links. In this episode: Mark has started developing a self-hosted replacement for the Yoto or Tonie audiobook players. Alan has taken a look at Docs , but didn’t use it. Martin has upgraded his home networking with Deco and YuanLey devices. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, March 18, 2025
In this episode: Martin has created smiti18n ( pronounced smitten ) - A very complete internationalization library for Lua with LÖVE support 🌕💕 Mark has been hard at work Moodling himself silly on the run up to the Moodle 5.0 release Alan has been wrangling with Django and has worries about contributing large patches to SavannahHQ You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, March 04, 2025
In this episode: Mark built a server rack using parts from LinxcomUK (ebay) and Kenable . Alan wrote a measure-syft for benchmarking syft performance. Martin created the LÖVE Game Development & Automated Build System . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, February 18, 2025
In this episode: Alan switches from self hosted markdown to self hosted mark down served from a docker container running CodiMD . Mark puts on his robe and wizard’s hat, and ventures into the Caves of Qud . Martin switches his console to KMSCON . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, February 04, 2025
In this episode: Martin runs GitHub Actions on his development workstations using act . Alan likes to help people and has upped his people-helping skills by making little tools to solve their problems . keyshield - A simple utility to protect your game inputs from GNOME keyboard shortcuts. archive-vbulletin-thread - A Python script to archive threads from vBulletin-based forums. Mark has been flexing his grey matter with challenging mathematical/computer programming problems at Project Euler . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, January 21, 2025
In this episode: Mark has been a STEM Ambassador , talking to school children about his career. Alan is co-organising BarCamp Surrey , a free event at Godalming College on Saturday 2nd August 2025. Martin has switched from powerline-go to starship , and shared his starship config . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, January 07, 2025
In this episode: Alan migrates accounts from the silly bird website to BlueSky for Syft , Grype , and Anchore , and has fun with Starter Packs Mark migrates his personal Linux ISO hosting from Plex to Jellyfin . Martin migrates his life to the Fediverse, contributing to Owncast along the way. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, December 24, 2024
In this episode: Martin uses LittleLink and LittleLink Extended to create a “link in bio” page. Deployments to https://wimpysworld.link/ are automated using ssh-deploy . Mark is using GNOME on Wayland remotely. Alan’s coding journey expands his horizons to the Savannah . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, December 10, 2024
In this episode: Alan has written Grummage for inspecting the output of Grype . Martin is hosting his own personal Fediverse instance with GoToSocial , and has written a backup tool . Mark is listening to Critical Role with Audiobookshelf . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. 1Password 1Password Extended Access Management secures every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at https://1password.com/linuxmatters
Tue, November 26, 2024
In this episode: Alan uses vhs to make a short video Mark uses MARP to build a presentation in MarkDown for a lightning talk at OggCamp Martin uses pueue to manage all his mainframe jobs You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, November 12, 2024
In this episode: Martin has been keeping setting up simple monitoring and observability on a new server with ntfy.sh and gatus Alan has been creating animated gifs of terminal sessions with t-rec . Mark picked up a Keybow MINI from the swaps table at OggCamp . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. 1Password 1Password Extended Access Management secures every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at https://1password.com/linuxmatters
Tue, October 29, 2024
In this episode: Martin has been keeping his secrets safe with gocryptfs . CLI setup: gocryptfs -init ~/Syncthing/Secrets : Create encrypted storage gocryptfs ~/Syncthing/Secrets ~/Vault : Mount the decrypted secrets under ~/Vault fusermount -u ~/Vault : Unmount the decrypted secrets GUI Tools: vaults (Linux, GTK4) SiriKali (cross-platform, Qt) Mark wrote, built and released powerline-go-moodle . Alan joined the club and bought an LG Dualup monitor. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, October 15, 2024
In this episode: Alan, Martin, and Mark read your feedback about streaming audio and video, those funny square monitors, funny keyboards and more. Some links and products mentioned in the show: funkwhale Synergy Elis’ monitors we “forced” them to buy Indoor cameras tvheadendinterruptionchecke homeserver-power-saver dockcheck You can send feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, October 01, 2024
In this episode: Martin has been overclocking and underclocking GPUs with the pretty tools: gpuviewer GreenWithEnvy Which needs a Coolbits bit mask of 28 to enable power and fan control. Linux AMDGPU Configuration Tool or LACT Requires the amdgpu.ppfeaturemask kernel parameter with this value 0xfffd7fff to enable power and fan control. Alan, who is still not a developer, has been writing more Python to discover new music via the Spotify APIs. Mark created a new Audiobook server using audiobookshelf You can send feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! 1Password 1Password Extended Access Management secures every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at https://1password.com/linuxmatters Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.</
Tue, September 17, 2024
In this episode: Mark brings us a clutch of Subsonic apps for Android: Tempo GoSonic Ultrasonic Symphonium Martin names a whole new category of “Top-like” tools for monitoring GPUS: nvtop intel_gpu_top nvitop amdgpu_top Alan, who is not a developer, has been writing UncleClive in Python to send Mastodon posts to a Spectrum emulator and back. You can send feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, September 03, 2024
In this episode: Alan snapped Syft and Grype with classic confinement Martin patched a font from the past to add quality-of-life glyphs and braile characters, to make it marginally better to look at. Mark went in search of a self-hosted streaming music solution, and found SubSonic with mobile clients . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. 1Password 1Password Extended Access Management secures every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at https://1password.com/linuxmatters
Tue, August 20, 2024
In this episode: Martin themes his Linux desktop and the Internet using Catppuccin . Alan has been streaming to Twitch , YouTube and Owncast with stream-sprout . Mark plays audio from his Android phone to his Linux desktop speakers. And Martin does the same with an iPad and uses playerctl and bluetoothctl to control the iPad remotely. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, August 06, 2024
In this episode: Martin is migrating notes to Joplin and heynote , and getting 2 LG DualUp monitors. Alan attempts to contribute package updates to Void and Apline linux. Mark discovers what happens when you plug a phone’s USB port into TV. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! 1Password 1Password Extended Access Management secures every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at https://1password.com/linuxmatters Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, July 23, 2024
In this episode: Alan explains how and why he uses Listmonk to create, host and send out a personal email newsletter . Mark gets guilt-tripped nerd-sniped into updating the Flutter-based Quickgui project. Martin digs into his pile-o-bits to craft a new home-lab server that is quieter, cooler, harder, faster, better, stronger, and mostly empty. Martin mentioned an episode of Ask The Hosts . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, July 09, 2024
In this episode: Martin uses homepage to create a static highly customizable application dashboard. Martin also mentioned the New Tab Override extension for Firefox. Mark has been composing bass parts for an album using Tux Guitar . Alan has been visualising source code in 4K with Gource . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! 1Password 1Password Extended Access Management secures every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at https://1password.com/linuxmatters Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, June 25, 2024
In this episode: Martin announces what’s new in quickemu . Mark explains how quickgui came to be. Alan starts testing with quicktest . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! 1Password 1Password Extended Access Management secures every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at https://1password.com/linuxmatters Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, June 11, 2024
In this episode: Alan uses records his voice with Piper Recording Studio using the LJ format for use with Piper Train to create a new generation of the old Mycroft AI apope voice . Martin has eschewed Google Search to use Kagi instead. Mark has been judging a coding contest where students used Scratch to create games, including the use of backpack . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure it can't access your apps. It's Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxmatters to learn more. Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, May 28, 2024
In this episode: Martin has been working on Quickemu , his project to quickly create and run optimised Linux, Windows and macOS virtual machines. Alan has a new job at Anchore , and tells us about their open-source vulnerability, SBOM , license scanners, Grype , Syft , and Grant Mark explains how he is using ntfy to send push notifications to his phone when servers do interesting things. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure it can't access your apps. It's Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxmatters to learn more. Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, May 14, 2024
In this episode: Martin has been perfecting the Pantheon desktop environment . Alan has been writing Go, and enjoying it. Mark has been playing Against the Storm , a town-builder with rogue-like elements. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure it can't access your apps. It's Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxmatters to learn more. Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, April 30, 2024
In this episode: Alan gives the rationale for turning the Linux Matters Podcast upside down Mark explains why he hasn’t migrated Plex to his shiny new server Martin flies to the end of the alphabet to talk about Zoxide You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure it can't access your apps. It's Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxmatters to learn more. Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, April 16, 2024
In this episode: Alan, Martin and Mark read some highlights from your wonderful feedback. Thank you for all the kinds words you have sent us. Here are the links to everything we mentioned. Snaps Bucklespring Localsend Snapdrop Hardware Mark’s funky monitor - the LG DualUp 8BitDo Micro Gamepad Security keys and passwords https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd-cryptenroll.1 https://blog.fraggod.net/2023/01/04/fido2-hardware-passwordsecret-management.html https://blog.fraggod.net/2023/01/26/more-fido2-hardware-authkey-uses-on-a-linux-machine-and-their-quirks.html Virtualization & Containers Introduction to Virtualization systemd-nspawn containers Gaming A guide to a good docked gaming experience on Steam Deck Voice assistant topics StyleTTS2 Pied Comic and ebook reading topics Calibre Companion Calibre Web FBReader CDisplayEx Komga BorrowBox Audiobookshelf Booksonic Microserver topics N100 upgrade You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Co
Tue, April 02, 2024
In this episode: Alan has the most exotic GPU configuration and needs your help now! Martin has improved his desktop Linux chat quality of life with Telegram GTK4 Color palette , Fractal and Halloy . Mark is migrating data to his new home server in a very snappy way. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure it can't access your apps. It's Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxmatters to learn more. Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, March 19, 2024
In this episode: Mark is migrating services between servers Martin is stress-testing Linux with stress-ng Alan is coding for fun in PHP You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, March 05, 2024
In this episode: Alan has been Driving an electric Mini for two years . Mark is migrating to a new home server. Martin is using a modern version of swap . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure it can't access your apps. It's Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxmatters to learn more.
Tue, February 20, 2024
In this episode: bcachefs debuted in Linux 6.7, and Martin has excitedly installed it on everything! Support bcachefs development via Patreon Alan helps someone with an Exodus of Bitcoin Exodus Bitcoin Wallet: $490K Swindle Mark has pulled the trigger on a new “home server” You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure it can't access your apps. It's Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxmatters to learn more.
Tue, February 06, 2024
In this episode: Mark is reading magazines with Libby and Calibre plugins . Alan is building Telegram for Asahi Linux . Martin is virtualising on an M2 Macbook with Lima You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure it can't access your apps. It's Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxmatters to learn more.
Tue, January 23, 2024
In this episode: Alan is emulating SoundBlaster cards in FreeDOS on bare metal. Vogons Mark is planning for HP Microserver hardware failure Martin announces NeoFetch is dead, long live fastfetch , cpufetch , ramfetch , and onefetch , You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn't secure it can't access your apps. It's Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxmatters to learn more.
Tue, January 09, 2024
In this episode: Martin is using the unfold.ai coding assistant to turn the MVP Rust project, ia-get , into a “product” . Alan has impressions of actually using NextCloud . Mark is listening to audiobooks on Linux with Cozy and on Android with Voice . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required.
Tue, December 26, 2023
In this episode: Mark is playing Baldur’s Gate 3 . Alan is going LoCo in Ubuntu - You can contribute to the UK LoCo website on GitHub. Martin is building and running Snaps on NixOS. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, December 12, 2023
In this episode: Alan stumbles upon Ubuntu Core Desktop Preview and gives it a shake on a SteamDeck. Mark further continues his adventures in the Fediverse , by developing AWS Lambdas on his desktop. Martin creates an Open-Source Apple AirDrop-alike for sending files around the aether with LocalSend You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, November 28, 2023
In this episode: B is for Bottom in Martin’s A-Z of Modern Unix. Alan takes Asahi Linux for a test drive on an M1 Macbook using Ubuntu Asahi . Mark continues his adventures integrating his static blog with the Fediverse . We also mentioned owncast for self-hosting live streams, which also has deep Fediverse integration. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, November 14, 2023
In this episode: Mark is publishing blog posts to the Fediverse with help from Seb Jambor ’s ActivityPub.academy and Paul Kinlan’s blog . Martin is writing Rust code without knowing Rust. Alan is Resurrecting a NextCloud Box and using it for something new. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, October 31, 2023
In this episode: Alan upgrades the network in a rented student house with TP-Link Deco Mark details the gaming journey of a tiny-handed toddler from button mashing to throwing rocks Martin is building a solid-state NAS with NixOS You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, October 17, 2023
In this episode: Martin is using Distrobox , via Universal Blue , to run OBS Studio Portable built for Ubuntu on NixOS. You might also like Bazzite , an OCI image that serves as an alternative operating system for the Steam Deck. Alan laments the trials and tribulations of updating dozens of Snaps to current standards, including the wonderful Bombsquad Mark does a spot of J2ME retro-gaming on Android using J2ME Loader and (nearly) RetroDECK You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, October 03, 2023
We go over the feedback from the first 12 episodes. Website All the shows in the Late Night Linux Family TPM Lots of people recommended YubiKey TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption is coming to Ubuntu Tang server for remote key delivery Unlocking with a USB key Backups We answer some questions about our backup solutions Music SongShift for iOS can migrate your playlists between services. Cider 2 is available on Itch.io ZeroTier Alan and Martin have installed ZeroTier on the Steam Deck . NixOS You can set up printing with auto discovering using Martin’s CUPS and Avahi configurations. Also see the NixOS Wiki about Printing You can send feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, September 19, 2023
In this episode: Alan is consolidating multiple services onto a dedicated server Mark is contributing to a large open source project Martin is retro gaming on a refurbished Steam Deck with RetroDECK , ScreenScraper , and ZeroTier You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, September 05, 2023
In this episode: Mark has been exploring the secrets of the TPM Martin is running Radeon and NVIDIA GPUs in one PC. Alan is getting ongoing data from an EV. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, August 22, 2023
In this episode: Martin is creating a magical shell history with Atuin Alan is using Axiom to visualise a “data takeout” of a Mini EV Mark is going maximum Google with a previously owned Pixel 6a purchased via Mozillion , then de-googling with Simple Mobile Tools . You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, August 08, 2023
In this episode: Alan is backing up with rsnapshot Martin suggests BorgBackup is better Mark is using rclone to keep family photos safe You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, July 25, 2023
In this episode: Mark is repairing a Steam Deck Alan is taking digital hoarding too far with Tube Archivist Martin is creating a magical LAN using the Internet with ZeroTier Some pictures of the state inside Mark’s Steam Deck The interior of a Steam Deck showing a PCB with a corroded connector The back of a Steam Deck’s touchpad showing sticky residue The touch pad PCB from a Steam Deck showing sitcky residue coating the sensor You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, July 11, 2023
In this episode: Martin makes a NixOS configuration for non-technical family members Alan takes a Steam Deck on an aeroplane Mark is publishing a GNOME extension You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, June 27, 2023
In this episode: Alan is extending the range of ADSB receivers and sending data to additional places Mark is “hacking” a washing machine Martin is entering Linux Game Jam 2023 in a not very Linux-y way with Antsy Alien Attack Pico You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, June 13, 2023
In this episode: Mark is writing a GNOME Extension Martin edits without nano, switching to Micro Alan presents what we learned from AskUbuntu You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, May 30, 2023
In this episode: Alan announces RSS is alive and well, and powering Mastodon bots Mark finds the best mouse for desktop Linux . Possibly. Martin is using the Stream Deck to automate desktop Linux You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, May 16, 2023
In this episode: Martin switches to Apple Music on Desktop Linux Alan starts Sideloading Homebrew on Steam Deck Mark tries to find note-taking nirvana You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Catalyst
Tue, May 02, 2023
In this episode: Mark is choosing a D&D alignment based on your monitor layout Alan is building an ADB-S receiver to send flight data to FlightRadar24 Martin is unfathomably playing video games on Linux without a Steam Deck You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Catalyst
Tue, April 18, 2023
In this episode: Alan is running Mastodon for a group of friends . Martin is looking for the best Linux-loving laptop to rival the Apple Silicon offerings. Mark uses the Steam Deck as his primary gaming device. You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form . If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us using Patreon or PayPal . For $5 a month on Patreon, you can enjoy an ad-free feed of Linux Matters, or for $10, get access to all the Late Night Linux family of podcasts ad-free.
Tue, April 11, 2023
Hello friends! We’ve got the band back together, and we’re excited to announce the launch of our new podcast, Linux Matters. We’ll be here every two weeks, talking about the impact Linux has on our daily lives. While the podcast is new, our voices might be familiar to you. Linux Matters is brought to you by the minds and voices behind the Ubuntu Podcast. Join us for some upbeat family-friendly banter, conversation and discussion for Linux enthusiasts and casual observers of all ages. We’ll be covering terminal productivity, desktop apps, self-hosting, Linux hardware and devices, community management, gaming, development and all the Linux Matters that matter. Search for “Linux Matters” wherever you get your podcasts and smash the subscribe button!
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