Best Linux Matters Podcasts (2025)

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Nerdy Day Trips 36:53

4d ago36:53

36:53

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.…

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Linux Matters 57: Nerdy Day Trips 36:54

4d ago36:54

36:54

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 fascina…

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I’ve Been Reviewed - WAN Show June 13, 2025 2:50:33

8h ago2:50:33

2:50:33

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 32 24:17

20h ago24:17

24:17

After over 10 years of using Synology appliances for his backups, Gary has had enough of their shenanigans and needs to rethink his whole setup. Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives AOOSTAR Mini PC UGREEN NASync DXP2800 2-Bay Desktop NAS Fractal Design Node 304 – Black – Mini Cube Compact Computer Case True…

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2.5 Admins 251: OversharePoint 31:54

2d ago31:54

31:54

SharePoint is exploitable by Microsoft’s AI, NIST proposes a new metric for exploited vulnerabilities, SBCs that look cool for a mini NAS and a router, and setting up a first NAS with 4 disks. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes The Maintainer’s Dilemma: Strategies for Supporting Legacy Drivers Acro…

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Ask The Hosts – Episode 25 16:46

3d ago16:46

16:46

Sports we’d take up if we were less unfit and lazy, whether we listen to our own podcasts, what the best time of day is, and our favourite sci-fi shows. With Allan from 2.5 Admins, and Martin from Linux Matters. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.By The Late Night Linux Family

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Late Night Linux – Episode 337 31:36

5d ago31:36

31:36

Redis finally picks the right licence but it’s probably too late, the Ubuntu release process is being modernised, GNOME drops X11 for good and gets a new Executive Director, the Android Desktop mode is officially happening, and Linux Format magazine is no more. Plus a cool Frigate update, auto dark mode in Plasma, and Fender’s new audio workstation…

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Okay We HAVE To Talk About This - WAN Show June 6, 2025 2:42:36

7d ago2:42:36

2:42:36

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Linux After Dark – Episode 97 22:15

8d ago22:15

22:15

Some of our hot takes and some from other people. Your OS is a passive gateway to apps and services, OSTree sucks, when you need to reboot Ubuntu is a mystery, stop hiding things from users, Chris needs an “I use Debian by the way” t-shirt, and more. Zak’s post on Mastodon Luke Miani’s video Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with ea…

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2.5 Admins 250: Better RAIDz? 32:26

8d ago32:26

32:26

Google bypasses the usual channels to distrust two certificate authorities, Meta’s new escalation in the privacy arms race, Allan gives us the inside details of a new mixed-disk-size ZFS RAID feature, and moving from UniFi gear to TP-Link. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes The Overlooked Complexit…

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Context And The True "Cost" Of AI 41:12

9d ago41:12

41:12

Sure, AI has made a splash. And it's on us to level up, learn the ropes, and roll with it. But how do we even do that? And what cool human stuff might we accidentally ditch along the way? The Compiler team ends the season discussing the importance of context, creativity, and applied knowledge.By Marc Mangus, Aakanksha Duggal

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Late Night Linux – Episode 336 32:05

11d ago32:05

32:05

Mozilla kills Pocket and Fakespot, SteamOS is now available for devices other than the Steam Deck, Nextcloud’s Android app was missing key functionality until they made a public stink about it, WSL is now open source, there’s a new open source command-line text editor in Windows, and more. News Investing in what moves the internet forward Firefox S…

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Episode 5:14: Bloat Don’t Float 1:18:47

12d ago1:18:47

1:18:47

Coming up in this episode Death, DEATH, everywhere Not so bloated, now, is it? and Someone Agrees with US! 0:00 Cold Open 1:35 Mozilla's Making Changes... Again 24:31 Disks Hate This One Weird Trick! 54:32 The Last of the Season 5 Feedback -54:42 VesuLabs -1:03:02 stephenreaves3205 1:12:16 Next Time & Farewell (For Now) 1:17:38 Stinger The Video Ve…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 125 26:49

13d ago26:49

26:49

What are the fundamental ideas and components of development and programming? Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feedBy The Late Night Linux Family

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Windows Is Cooked For Gaming - WAN Show May 30, 2025 3:30:12

14d ago3:30:12

3:30:12

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 31 21:21

15d ago21:21

21:21

When should you consider using a third-party management tool, rather than just the ones built into your cloud of choice? Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.By The Late Night Linux Family

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2.5 Admins 249: Octopodian Nightmare 29:21

16d ago29:21

29:21

Locating people with just a phone call, Google forces a change to Let’s Encrypt certificates, yet another example of a “lifetime” subscription being cut short, connecting drives to a small form factor machine, and managing ssh keys with LDAP. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes What We’ve Learned Su…

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Python A-Go-Go 33:05

18d ago33:05

33:05

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 [email protected] 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 Lin…

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Linux Matters 56: Python a-Go-Go 33:06

18d ago33:06

33:06

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 [email protected] 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 Linu…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 335 23:07

19d ago23:07

23:07

Running an old version of Windows on a Wii for some reason, a nice way to learn programming languages, a couple of very different games, more documentation tools, and moving to a new Mastodon instance. Discoveries entii-for-workcubes Learn C, Coding for Kids Isonzo Material for MkDocs markata mdq Moving to a new Mastodon instance is very easy Tails…

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NVIDIA At War With The Media - WAN Show May 23, 2025 2:40:47

21d ago2:40:47

2:40:47

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Linux After Dark – Episode 96 23:19

22d ago23:19

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We recently talked about the lowest-end hardware we’d be willing to use as a daily desktop machine, but what about headless boxes? It turns out that it depends on what exactly it’s doing and to what extent we have to actively interact with it. Ultimately we could probably use slower hardware than we actually do if it came to it. Support us on Patre…

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2.5 Admins 248: NASty Pi 30:38

23d ago30:38

30:38

TrueNAS drops FreeBSD but there’s a community fork, the elusive ZFS send bug that affected encrypted datasets is finally identified and fixed, why the Raspberry Pi doesn’t make a great NAS, and when to use the zpool checkpoint feature. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Maintaining FreeBSD in a Com…

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Agentic AI: Working As Instructed 37:36

23d ago37:36

37:36

Agentic AIs are showing promise for tedious work. But it’s hard to explain exactly how you want it done—and getting it wrong could create big problems. This episode of Compiler investigates how Agentic AIs could carry out their tasks and how some agents are taking their baby steps in the wide world. The team also considers the difficulties humans h…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 334 32:49

26d ago32:49

32:49

It’s the wheel of misfortune! Roughly 50 (mostly) Linux-related things are on the wheel, we take turns spinning it, and we all have to say at least some positive things about the thing we land on. (It makes sense once we start). Porkbun.com Go to https://porkbun.com/LNL25 to get $1 off your next desired domain name at Porkbun! Tailscale Tailscale i…

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Episode 5:13: Sloppy AI or Good Fuzzing? 1:21:08

26d ago1:21:08

1:21:08

Coming up in this episode AI's Won't Take Over Yet Is Rust Open Source? and All Kinds of Feedback The Video Version https://youtu.be/LxMpNIfhFiA 0:00 Cold Open 3:56 Curl's "AI Slop" Problem 25:12 A Little Viral Licensing 42:12 So Much Feedback ❤️ 42:30 ukwan / Youtube 51:16 jliljj / Youtube 56:35 fredstech1 / Youtube 1:00:15 conan kudo / Youtube 1:…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 124 20:51

27d ago20:51

20:51

It’s another hot questions episode. Tabs vs spaces, whether we have imposter syndrome, why software keeps getting heavier, the correct length of functions and files, and what every programmer should know. Some things we mentioned: Interesting Characters (UTF-16, utf-8, Unicode, encodings) Software Design is Knowledge Building The Absolute Minimum E…

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We’re The Best In The World At Computer - WAN Show May 16, 2025 2:45:26

28d ago2:45:26

2:45:26

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 30 24:56

29d ago24:56

24:56

Sean tells us about bootable containers and asks for our opinions on how he plans to use them with Kubernetes. He mentions Talos Linux. Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24.99 with your purchase, go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”,…

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2.5 Admins 247: MPOF 33:46

30d ago33:46

33:46

The basic computer science problems that still remain unsolvable, why you shouldn’t trust AI to tune ZFS (or answer any admin questions), and setting up a check-in system for a group of friends. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Discussion Why You Can’t Trust AI to Tune ZFS Free consulting We were asked…

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Ask The Hosts – Episode 24 19:18

1M ago19:18

19:18

Our least favourite fandoms, frivolous things we’d buy, favourite childhood TV shows and movies, and house cleaning hacks. With Amolith, Kevin, and Andy from Linux Dev Time. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.By The Late Night Linux Family

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Thoccing Heavy 35:09

1M ago35:09

35:09

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 [email protected] or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with oth…

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Linux Matters 55: Thoccing Heavy 35:09

1M ago35:09

35:09

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 [email protected] or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with oth…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 333 36:17

1M ago36:17

36:17

The US government is trying to break up Google which sounds like a great idea, but it is potentially catastrophic news for Mozilla and Firefox. Alex from Open Web Advocacy tells us all about it. But first we talk about blocking ads on the web with Pi-hole, uBlock Origin, and AdGuard public DNS. Tailscale This episode is sponsored by Tailscale. It’s…

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Nintendo and Nvidia Compete in Scumbag Competition - WAN Show May 9, 2025 2:40:18

1M ago2:40:18

2:40:18

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Linux After Dark – Episode 95 20:39

1M ago20:39

20:39

What Linux and FOSS technology should Joe learn next? Is it a case of waiting for a problem to present itself before even trying? Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.By The Late Night Linux Family

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2.5 Admins 246: Perpetual Hotpatch 30:23

1M ago30:23

30:23

Old passwords work for Windows RDP, Broadcom shows why perpetual software licenses aren’t really forever, Windows Server is getting hotpatching, and preventing changes to archived files. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Owning the Stack: Infrastructure Independence with FreeBSD and ZFS News/discussion…

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Breaking Down AI Biases 34:27

1M ago34:27

34:27

Does your health insurance chatbot need to tell jokes? No. Does it need to be accurate? Absolutely. That's hard when biases get in the way. The introduction of bias into a model can be unintentional, but it can have significant consequences for those relying on its guidance. The Compiler team examines the ways bias can creep in, and what steps can …

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Late Night Linux – Episode 332 35:04

1M ago35:04

35:04

Wikipedia is attacked by Trump lackeys, Bluesky folds under pressure from the Turkish government, Linux YouTube is terrible as usual, Microsoft wants you to use the “proper” VS Code, Intel AI chips aren’t selling well, yet another open source project has to deal with crawlers, TrueNAS goes Linux-only, and more. News Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikiped…

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Episode 5:12: 10,000 Tabs and an Extended Warranty 1:12:30

1M ago1:12:30

1:12:30

Coming up in this episode Extended service warranty for your Linux 10,000 Tabs Made Easy! A Chrome Firesale The Video Version https://youtu.be/pTGaEsSA12I 0:00 Cold Open 1:40 Extended Warranty for Ubuntu 17:36 Tab Groups and Unwanted Cookies 41:39 A Google Chrome Firesale! 58:33 The Science of Next Time 1:11:14 Stinger Upgrade or ESM? Why not both?…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 123 25:51

1M ago25:51

25:51

Andy is convinced that functional programming isn’t boring. Listen to find out if he’s right! Functional Programming & Haskell Beautiful Racket Functional Programming & Haskell – Computerphile Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed…

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Everything Just Got More Expensive - WAN Show May 2, 2025 3:31:30

1M ago3:31:30

3:31:30

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 29 29:27

1M ago29:27

29:27

Aaron and Shane both recently had a bad experience when buying hard drives, the hardware we picked for our homelabs, why gigabit LANs aren’t quite cutting it anymore, an update on Shane’s janky Kubernetes setup, and more. Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24…

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2.5 Admins 245: IPaaS 30:16

1M ago30:16

30:16

Crosswalks were comically vulnerable to being hacked, even Google struggles with tiered SSD and HDD storage, some insight into how AI scrapers are using domestic IPs, and creating a ZFS mirror one disk at a time. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Inside FreeBSD Netgraph: Behind the Curtain of Adva…

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