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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: 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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Coding in My Pants 32:27

18 days ago32:27

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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: 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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Frankenstein's Ubuntu Server Framework 33:42

5 weeks ago33:42

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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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Old Man Yells at GMail 35:10

7 weeks ago35:10

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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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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The Very Hungry Caterpillar 29:38

9 weeks ago29:38

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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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Nerdy Day Trips 36:53

11 weeks ago36:53

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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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Python A-Go-Go 33:05

13 weeks ago33:05

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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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Thoccing Heavy 35:09

15 weeks ago35:09

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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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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High Precision Solid Metal Balls 38:51

17 weeks ago38:51

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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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Crafting Bookshelf Buddy 29:48

19 weeks ago29:48

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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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Great Scott, 1.21 Jiggabits! 30:00

21 weeks ago30:00

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In this episode: Mark has started developing a self-hosted replacement for the Yoto or Tonie audiobook players. Alan has taken a look at Docs , but didn’t use it. Martin has upgraded his home networking with Deco and YuanLey devices. 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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Moodling Myself Silly 34:11

23 weeks ago34:11

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In this episode: Martin has created smiti18n ( pronounced smitten ) - A very complete internationalization library for Lua with LÖVE support 🌕💕 Mark has been hard at work Moodling himself silly on the run up to the Moodle 5.0 release Alan has been wrangling with Django and has worries about contributing large patches to SavannahHQ 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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Syfting Through a LÖVEly Rack 26:09

25 weeks ago26:09

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In this episode: Mark built a server rack using parts from LinxcomUK (ebay) and Kenable . Alan wrote a measure-syft for benchmarking syft performance. Martin created the LÖVE Game Development & Automated Build System . 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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Mark Down in the Console Caves 28:04

27 weeks ago28:04

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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 . 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. Sponsors Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving! Tailscale Tailscale 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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Algorithms, Actions, and GitHub Adventures 31:01

29 weeks ago31:01