Episodes

  • Frankenstein's Ubuntu Server Framework
    Jul 22 2025

    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:

    • 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.

    Show More Show Less
    34 mins
  • Old Man Yells at GMail
    Jul 8 2025

    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:

    • 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.

    Show More Show Less
    35 mins
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    Jun 24 2025

    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:

    • 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.

    Show More Show Less
    30 mins
  • Nerdy Day Trips
    Jun 10 2025

    Show notes here in Markdown, No HTML. No relative links.

    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:

    • 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.

    Show More Show Less
    37 mins
  • Python A-Go-Go
    May 27 2025

    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:

    • 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.

    Show More Show Less
    33 mins
  • Thoccing Heavy
    May 13 2025

    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:

    • 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.

    Show More Show Less
    35 mins
  • High Precision Solid Metal Balls
    Apr 29 2025

    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 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.

    Show More Show Less
    39 mins
  • Crafting Bookshelf Buddy
    Apr 15 2025

    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 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.

    Show More Show Less
    30 mins