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May 02, 2023Lawful evil monitor alignment
In this episode:
Mark is choosing a D&D alignment based on your monitor layout
Alan is building an ADB-S receiver to send flight data to FlightRadar24
Martin is unfathomably playing video games on Linux without a Steam Deck
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32 min
April 18, 2023Mastodon on my résumé
In this episode:
Alan is running Mastodon for a group of friends.
Martin is looking for the best Linux-loving laptop to rival the Apple Silicon offerings.
Mark uses the Steam Deck as his primary gaming device.
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.
38 min
April 16, 2023 Linux Matters is coming…

We’re delighted to tell you that we’ve got the band back together for a new podcast. Linux Matters.

So, while the podcast is new, the presenter lineup will be familiar to you.

We’ll be back every two weeks, talking about Open Source, Technology, gaming, software development and all the Linux matters that matter.

Stay tuned to this feed, and you’ll start getting the new epsiodes, or search for Linux Matters wherever you get your podcasts.
1 min
April 11, 2023 Introducing Linux Matters Podcast
Hello friends!
We’ve got the band back together, and we’re excited to announce the launch of our new podcast, Linux Matters. We’ll be here every two weeks, talking about the impact Linux has on our daily lives. While the podcast is new, our voices might be familiar to you. Linux Matters is brought to you by the minds and voices behind the Ubuntu Podcast.
Join us for some upbeat family-friendly banter, conversation and discussion for Linux enthusiasts and casual observers of all ages. We’ll be covering terminal productivity, desktop apps, self-hosting, Linux hardware and devices, community management, gaming, development and all the Linux Matters that matter.
Search for “Linux Matters” wherever you get your podcasts and smash the subscribe button!
1 min
September 30, 2021 S14E30 – Final Episode Recorded
This week we’ve been watching The Matrix, giving up Facebook and buying a new car. We make predictions for the next 14 years, bring you some command line love and go over your feedback to conclude this, the last episode of Ubuntu Podcast ever!
It’s Season 14 Episode 30 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
In this week’s show:

* The Ubuntu Podcast After Party

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Mark has been watching The Matrix.
* Martin has stopped using Facebook and WhatsApp.
* Alan has bought a car.

* We discuss our predictions for the next 14 years!
* We share some command line lurve:

* gotop – gotop

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* We share some more command line lurve:

* btop++ – A monitor of resources

btop

btop++

* And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!
* Image credit: Etienne Girardet
* We are running a crowd funder to cover our audio production costs on Patreon.
* You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Toot us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us in the Ubuntu Podcast Telegram group.

33 min
September 23, 2021 S14E29 – Penultimate Episode Recorded
This week we’ve been buying iPhones and playing with floppy disk emulators. We bring you new from the Ubuntu community and our favourite stories from past episodes of Ubuntu Podcast.
It’s Season 14 Episode 29 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Martin has been buying iPhones.
* Alan has been playing with Gotek Emulator.

* We discuss the community news:

* Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS released
* Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 lifecycle extended to ten years
* Ubuntu is switching the default Firefox install from deb to snap

* We mention some events:

* UbuCon Asia 2021: 25 to 26 of Sept 2021 – Online.

* We discuss the news our favourite news stories from Ubuntu Podcasts past:

* YouTuber Jim Sterling has revealed a workaround for YouTube’s Content ID system
* Season 1 Episode 11
* Google Wave

* Image credit: Volodymyr Hryshchenko
* We are running a crowd funder to cover our audio production costs on Patreon.
* You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Toot us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us in the Ubuntu Podcast Telegram group.

33 min
September 16, 2021 S14E28 – Tanks Rewarding Gender
This week we’ve been playing with Steam and the Windows Terminal. We look back at how Ubuntu and evolved over the years, bring you some command line love and go over all your feedback.
It’s Season 14 Episode 28 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Mark has been using Windows Terminal.
* Alan has been playing with steam.

* We have a little Ubuntu retrospective.
* We share a Command Line Lurve:

* Bash web server – serve bash command output as a web page

pip install ansi2html
while true;
do
echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\n$(top -n 1 | ansi2html)" | nc -l -k -p 8080 -q 1;
done

* And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!
* Image credit: Suu Amr
* We are running a crowd funder to cover our audio production costs on Patreon.
* You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Toot us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us in the Ubuntu Podcast Telegram group.

30 min
September 09, 2021 S14E27 – Drip With Nods
This week we’ve been buying technology from Russia and playing OpenSpades. We announce that the Ubuntu Podcast is ending and round up our favourite stories from the tech news.
It’s Season 14 Episode 27 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Martin has been buying technology from mother Russia 🇷🇺 – Oktava MK 012
* Alan has been playing OpenSpades

* We discuss the community news:

* The Ubuntu Podcast is ending.

* The final episode will be Season 14 Episode 30 and will be released on Thursday, September 30th 2021.
* Online afterparty with listners on Friday, October 1st 2021 (details to follow).
* Patreon and PayPal donations will remain open until the payments for September 2021 are processed, then both will be terminated.

* We discuss the news:

* Computer Engineering for Babies Book
* Twitter figures out a business model
* Google announces new photo upscaling tech

* Image credit: Luis Tosta
* We are running a crowd funder to cover our audio production costs on Patreon.
* You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Toot us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us in the Ubuntu Podcast Telegram group.

30 min
September 02, 2021 S14E26 – Amid Navigable Impulses
This week we’ve been building a new Ubuntu workstation. We interview Andreas Kling about SerenityOS, bring you some command line love and go over all your wonderful (and not so wonderful) feedback.
It’s Season 14 Episode 26 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Martin has been building a new Ubuntu workstation with his daughter.

* We discuss SerenityOS with it’s creator Andreas Kling
* We share a Command Line Lurve:

* Clickable hyperlinks in the terminal

printf '\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\\n'

* And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!
* Image credit: Brett Jordan
* We are running a crowd funder to cover our audio production costs on Patreon.
* You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Toot us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us in the Ubuntu Podcast Telegram group.

32 min
August 26, 2021 S14E25 – Noisy Copy Lies
This week we’ve been fixing 3″ disk drives and reading magazines. We round up the news from the Ubuntu community and discuss our favourite picks from the wider tech news.
It’s Season 14 Episode 25 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:

* Mark has been reading magazines with Libby.
* Alan has been fixing 3″ disk drives.

* We discuss the community news:

* GNOME Shell on M1 mac
* Canonical + DFI Pair Up For An “Industrial Pi” Powered By AMD & Ubuntu
* This is the Way – the Ubuntu Code of Conduct

* We discuss the news:

* Quake returns with an enhanced re-release for is 25th anniversary.
* The Sainsbury’s Archive.
* Micro:bit classroom.

* Image credit: Annie Spratt
* We are running a crowd funder to cover our audio production costs on Patreon.
* You can listen to the Ubuntu Podcast back catalogue on YouTube.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Toot us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us in the Ubuntu Podcast Telegram group.

29 min

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