Linux Matters

By Linux Matters

Experienced Open Source professionals exploring the tech we actually use. If it runs on Linux, we're into it. Whether you're tweaking your desktop, gaming, self-hosting, developing software, improving... more

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The podcast currently has 355 episodes available.

Linux Matters episodes:

November 25, 2025He's a very nøughty boy
In this episode:
Mark is now buying his audiobooks from Libro.fm, and supporting Coles Books.
Martin has merged Ubuntu and Nix in Nøughty Linux
Nøughty Linux GitHub Project
Alan has been live streaming.
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33min
November 11, 2025Frameworks, Filesystems and Fixes
In this episode:
Alan dusts off his newsletter.
Martin encrypts his new work Framework laptop without LVM, but with --cipher=aes-xts-plain64 --hash=sha256 --iter-time=1000 --key-size=256 --pbkdf-memory=1048576 --sector-size=4096, and without ZFS, but with btrfs and compress=lzo discard=async noatime rw space_cache=v2 ssd.
Mark gets help with his Moodle noodling from MDLCode.
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 us on:
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If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
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29min
October 28, 2025Panache, for men
In this episode:
Alan slipped down the nix rabbit-hole.
Martin created Glyph Party, for adding panache to your terminal applications.
Mark has lost all his free time to the latest Rimworld DLC, Odyssey.
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 us on:
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If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Sponsors
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TailscaleTailscale 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.
...more
29min
October 14, 2025Terminal Full of Sparkles
In this episode:
Martin has been using a fancy and colourful alternative to apt called nala.
Mark has been debugging his car charger.
Alan swapped from Plex to Jellyfin.
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Sponsors
Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving!
TailscaleTailscale 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.
...more
24min
September 30, 2025macOS Made Me Snap!
In this episode:
Alan has been manifesting Snaps.
Martin has snapped and switched from macOS to Linux with a Framework.
Mark used Immich to find family favourite snaps.
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Sponsors
Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving!
TailscaleTailscale 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.
...more
27min
September 16, 2025Ethical Retro Gaming
In this episode:
Mark has been retro gaming with an Evercade.
Martin replaced the official Dropbox client with Maestral.
Alan created an MCP server for Grype.
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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Sponsors
Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving!
TailscaleTailscale 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.
...more
29min
September 02, 2025Running Linux on an iPad
In this episode:
Martin has been running Linux on an iPad using a-Shell, a-Shell mini, and iSH. He also used copyparty.
Alan went to a hackathon and used Tessl. If you want to try their closed beta, join their discord and tell them popey sent you.
Mark installed GrapheneOS on a Pixel 8a.
You can send your feedback via [email protected]. 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 you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Sponsors
Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving!
TailscaleTailscale 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.
...more
36min
August 19, 2025Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles
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 [email protected]. 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 you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Sponsors
Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving!
TailscaleTailscale 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.
...more
34min
August 05, 2025Coding in my pants
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 [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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Sponsors
Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving!
TailscaleTailscale 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.
...more
31min
July 22, 2025Frankenstein's Ubuntu Server Framework
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 [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 us on:
The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram.
The Linux Matters Subreddit.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Sponsors
Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – give them a visit and keep our show thriving!
TailscaleTailscale 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.
...more
32min

FAQs about Linux Matters:

How many episodes does Linux Matters have?

The podcast currently has 355 episodes available.

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