

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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Sep 16, 2025 • 29min
Ethical Retro Gaming
In this episode:
Mark has been retro gaming with an Evercade.
Martin replaced the official Dropbox client with Maestral.
Alan created an MCP server for Grype.
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Sep 2, 2025 • 35min
Running Linux on an iPad
In this episode:
Martin has been running Linux on an iPad using a-Shell, a-Shell mini, and iSH. He also used copyparty.
Alan went to a hackathon and used Tessl. If you want to try their closed beta, join their discord and tell them popey sent you.
Mark installed GrapheneOS on a Pixel 8a.
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:
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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.

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Aug 19, 2025 • 34min
Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles
In this episode:
Alan prepares for the inevitable by mirroring GitHub to Forgejo.
Martin sidesteps complexity with Just.
Mark gives his first thoughts on the VW ID.3.
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:
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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.

Aug 5, 2025 • 30min
Coding in my pants
In this episode:
Martin has a fancy GitHub profile.
Shields.io - Concise, consistent, and legible badges
github-readme-stats - Dynamically generated GitHub stats.
readme-scribe - Automatically generates & updates markdown content, like your README.md
Latest blog posts, podcasts, live streams, YouTube videos from RSS
Latest release, starred repos.
Thank and mention sponsors.
Uses git-auto-commit-action to automatically commit and push changed files and push-files-to-another-repository to push the rendered README.md to my wimpysworld GitHub org.
snk - GitHub user contributions graph as animated snake game
Uses ghaction-github-pages to update a branch everynight
Alan is busy maintaing lots of Snaps.
Mark retired Advanced Volume Control for GNOME.
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.

Jul 22, 2025 • 32min
Frankenstein's Ubuntu Server Framework
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.
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.

Jul 8, 2025 • 33min
Old Man Yells At GMail
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.
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.

Jun 24, 2025 • 27min
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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.
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.

Jun 10, 2025 • 35min
Nerdy Day Trips
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 Martin’s 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 that’ll 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 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.

May 27, 2025 • 31min
Python a-Go-Go
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 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.

May 13, 2025 • 33min
Thoccing Heavy
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 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.


