Linux Matters

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 wi...

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...

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 wit...

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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit...

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...

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 s...

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 us on: The...

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...

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...

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 s...

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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit . If...

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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matt...

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 ot...

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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram....

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 commun...

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...

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 us on: The Linux Matters Cha...

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 ha...

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...

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...

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,...

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 Andr...

We go over the feedback from the first 12 episodes. 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 insta...

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,...

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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Ma...