

Linux Matters
Linux Matters
Experienced Open Source professionals exploring the tech we actually use. If it runs on Linux, we're into it. Whether you're tweaking your desktop, gaming, self-hosting, developing software, improving terminal productivity, or running production infrastructure — we cover the tools and workflows that actually matter. New episode every fortnight. Upbeat and family-friendly for Linux enthusiasts of all ages.
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Feb 18, 2025 • 26min
Mark Down in the Console Caves
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.
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Feb 4, 2025 • 29min
Algorithms, Actions, and GitHub Adventures
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
SponsorsHere's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! TailscaleTailscale 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.

Jan 21, 2025 • 27min
Not a Bar or a Camp
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
SponsorsHere's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! TailscaleTailscale 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.

Jan 7, 2025 • 31min
Streaming your way to freedom
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 us on:
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If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
SponsorsHere's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! TailscaleTailscale 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.

Dec 24, 2024 • 26min
Working remotely on the Savannah
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
SponsorsHere's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! TailscaleTailscale 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.

Dec 10, 2024 • 25min
A textual rummage with Jason
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
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If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
SponsorsHere's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! TailscaleTailscale 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan. 1Password1Password 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

Nov 26, 2024 • 27min
Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
SponsorsHere's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! TailscaleTailscale 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.

Nov 12, 2024 • 32min
Somewhere over the Keybow
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
SponsorsHere's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! TailscaleTailscale 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan. 1Password1Password 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

Oct 29, 2024 • 26min
Punch up in the garden
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
SponsorsHere's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! TailscaleTailscale 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.

Oct 15, 2024 • 19min
The Reply Guys
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
SponsorsHere's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! TailscaleTailscale 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. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.


