Linux Matters

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.
Website : https://linuxmatters.sh/
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Last Episode : July 22, 2025 7:15pm
Last Scanned : 1.4 hours ago


Episodes
Episodes currently hosted on IPFS.

In this episode:
Martin uses xdg-override to answer the question, How do you change browser in Slack anyway?
Mark upgrades the SSD in his Framework laptop in the most elaborate way, e-v-e-r!
Alan masters gh to build reports and automate GitHub operations.
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Published 07/22

In this episode:
Alan has continued his Nerdy Day Trips journey into cloud-native software development.
Mark fulfills his years-long dream of buying a new Laptop.
Martin has junked GMail for Fastmail.
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Published 07/08

In this episode:
Martin has replaced his coreutils, findutils, diffutils and sudo with Rust reimplementations.
Alan has continued working on Nerdy Day Trips.
Mark made a timelapse with Velocity lapse and Youcut. See it on Makertube.
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Published 06/24

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In this episode:
Martin has been brutally reclaiming GitHub runner disk space using Nothing but Nix
This technique can be applied to other purposes. Get the technical details from Martins blog: The Nix Space Heist: Reclaiming 130GB in GitHub Actions
Alan has resurrected a very nerdy website.
Go to Nerdy Day Trips² and submit your favourite fascinating places to visit around the world - science museums, observatories, maker spaces, research facilities, and other spots thatll scratch a curiosity itch.
Mark has been pushing the limits of his Steam Deck playing Avowed.
You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If youd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join:
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The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server.
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Published 06/10

In this episode:
Alan builds a content pipeline with ALL THE MODELS!
Mark switches Bookshelf Buddy
Martin completes his Fedi-migration from Fosstodon to GoToSocial.
You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If youd like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join:
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The #linux-matters channel on the Late Night Linux Discord server.
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Published 05/27

In this episode:
Mark has been prototyping Bookshelf Buddy devices with Raspberry Pi. See the demo here.
Alan has been using bots, to build bots, that pretend not to be bots.
Martin fell down a rabbit hole filled with keyswitches and keycaps.
You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If youd 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.
Published 05/13

In this episode:
Martin switches from traditional mice ️🖱️ to trackball ️🖲️ and gets a bit carried away with customising them 🪩
L-Trac Trackball 🇬🇧
L-Trac Trackball 🇺🇸
Kensingston SlimBlade™ Pro Trackball
input-remapper: An easy to use tool to change the behaviour of your input devices.
Alan refines his contribution workflow to Savannah and brings it bang up to date.
Mark self-hosts an ONLYOFFICE integrated with Nextcloud.
You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If youd 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.
Published 04/29

In this episode:
Alan gives a talk about Luddites at Monki Gras 2025
Mark continues developing and names Bookshelf Buddy, a self-hosted replacement for the Yoto or Tonie audiobook players.
Martin keeps an eye on his resources with Resources
You can send your feedback via show@linuxmatters.sh or the Contact Form. If youd 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.
Published 04/15

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 didnt 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 youd 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.
Published 04/01

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 youd 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.
Published 03/18

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 youd 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.
Published 03/04

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 wizards 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 youd 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.
Published 02/18