Mark Down In The Console Caves Linux Matters podcast

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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.…

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Crafting Bookshelf Buddy 29:48

16 days 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.…

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Great Scott, 1.21 Jiggabits! 30:00

4 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.…

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Moodling Myself Silly 34:11

6 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.…

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Syfting Through a LÖVEly Rack 26:09

8 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.…

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Mark Down in the Console Caves 28:04

10 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.…

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Algorithms, Actions, and GitHub Adventures 31:01

12 weeks ago31:01

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In this episode: Martin runs GitHub Actions on his development workstations using act . Alan likes to help people and has upped his people-helping skills by making little tools to solve their problems . keyshield - A simple utility to protect your game inputs from GNOME keyboard shortcuts. archive-vbulletin-thread - A Python script to archive threads from vBulletin-based forums. Mark has been flexing his grey matter with challenging mathematical/computer programming problems at Project Euler . 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.…

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Not a Bar or a Camp 29:10

14 weeks ago29:10

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In this episode: Mark has been a STEM Ambassador , talking to school children about his career. Alan is co-organising BarCamp Surrey , a free event at Godalming College on Saturday 2nd August 2025. Martin has switched from powerline-go to starship , and shared his starship config . 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.…

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Streaming Your Way to Freedom 32:58

16 weeks ago32:58

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In this episode: Alan migrates accounts from the silly bird website to BlueSky for Syft , Grype , and Anchore , and has fun with Starter Packs Mark migrates his personal Linux ISO hosting from Plex to Jellyfin . Martin migrates his life to the Fediverse, contributing to Owncast along the 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 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.…

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Working Remotely on the Savannah 28:13

18 weeks ago28:13

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In this episode: Martin uses LittleLink and LittleLink Extended to create a “link in bio” page. Deployments to https://wimpysworld.link/ are automated using ssh-deploy . Mark is using GNOME on Wayland remotely. Alan’s coding journey expands his horizons to the Savannah . 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.…

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A Textual Rummage With Jason 28:24

20 weeks ago28:24

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In this episode: Alan has written Grummage for inspecting the output of Grype . Martin is hosting his own personal Fediverse instance with GoToSocial , and has written a backup tool . Mark is listening to Critical Role with Audiobookshelf . 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. 1Password 1Password Extended Access Management secures every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at https://1password.com/linuxmatters…

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Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub 28:49

22 weeks ago28:49

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In this episode: Alan uses vhs to make a short video Mark uses MARP to build a presentation in MarkDown for a lightning talk at OggCamp Martin uses pueue to manage all his mainframe jobs 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.…

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Somewhere Over the Keybow 35:44

24 weeks ago35:44

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In this episode: Martin has been keeping setting up simple monitoring and observability on a new server with ntfy.sh and gatus Alan has been creating animated gifs of terminal sessions with t-rec . Mark picked up a Keybow MINI from the swaps table at OggCamp . 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. 1Password 1Password Extended Access Management secures every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at https://1password.com/linuxmatters…

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Punch Up in the Garden 27:44

26 weeks ago27:44

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In this episode: Martin has been keeping his secrets safe with gocryptfs . CLI setup: gocryptfs -init ~/Syncthing/Secrets : Create encrypted storage gocryptfs ~/Syncthing/Secrets ~/Vault : Mount the decrypted secrets under ~/Vault fusermount -u ~/Vault : Unmount the decrypted secrets GUI Tools: vaults (Linux, GTK4) SiriKali (cross-platform, Qt) Mark wrote, built and released powerline-go-moodle . Alan joined the club and bought an LG Dualup monitor. 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.…

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The Reply Guys 21:37

28 weeks ago21:37