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Linux Matters
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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 terminal productivity, or running production infrastructure — we cover the tools and workflows that actually matter. New episode every fortnight. Upbeat and family-friendly for Linux enthusiasts of all ages.
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Ditching Grammarly for Open Sauce
1w ago00:33:37Tap to summarizeIn this episode: Alan eschews one gaming fad for a more bespoke, artisanal gaming experience using R4 cards, and ZXDS. Martin no longer considers Grammarly his friend, new friend is Harper Mark continues his Kobo journey with ventures in NickelMenu and KOReader. 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Transcribe →Cooking up a framework desktop
3w ago00:32:42Tap to summarizeIn this episode: Mark throws his cook books in the bin and buys a Kobo Libra Colour. Alan tidies up Mojinav and puts the source on github. Martin builds his own Framework desktop. 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Transcribe →Passing the Gourd
Apr 2800:38:20Tap to summarizeIn this episode: Martin goes over why and how he’s stepping down from Ubuntu MATE after 12 years, and the project is seeking new maintainers 🧉 Mark discovers new life, and new civilisations in Star Trek: Voyager - Across the unknown 🖖 Alan outsources busywork to Minnie Love, his OpenClaw personal AI assistant, with help from OpenClaw for dummies, and two gists 🤖 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Transcribe →Pouring out the Sidra
Apr 1400:33:22Tap to summarizeIn this episode: Alan optimistically crafts an alternative to the official Snapcraft store website - snapupdates.popey.com. Martin swaps Cider for Sidra. Mark dives deep into the data bucket and comes up richer! This time next year, Rodney. 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Transcribe →VNC? No way!
Mar 3100:34:50Tap to summarizeIn this episode: Mark works out how to run commands at the right point in the boot process, with NetworkManager-dispatcher Alan has been confining things with Lincubate. Martin has been VNCing here, there and everywhere with wayvnc and noVNC. 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Transcribe →Tailor Snaps for Big Iron
Mar 1700:33:10Tap to summarizeIn this episode: Martin has created tailor: Ready-to-wear project templates for GitHub repositories 👔 Mark’s ageing Microserver N36L has finally met its end, and the new beginning is off to a rocky start. Alan has been building snaps on an IBM mainframe thanks to LinuxOne. 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Transcribe →The Smell of Git
Mar 300:42:12Tap to summarizeIn this episode: Mark explains synesthesia and the experience of how it manifests in a Linux user, Alan spring cleans his GitHub, Martin gets busy with lazygit. 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Transcribe →Mark's Meshing About
Feb 1700:35:04Tap to summarizeIn this episode: Alan builds a new website whose link and name is mysteriously unknown at this time. Martin removes VS Code in favour of Zed Editor. Mark gets started with Meshtastic supher-highway country lanes. 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Transcribe →Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers
Feb 300:37:48Tap to summarizeIn this episode: Martin creates a automated audio engineer. Jivetalking - Professional podcast audio preprocessing - broadcast-quality results with zero audio engineering knowledge required 🕺 Mark create a very specialised Roku remote using External Control Protocol (ECP) Alan created SnapScope (source code)to scan Snap for CVEs and accidentally became a security blogger. 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
Transcribe →Points of You
Jan 2000:23:24Tap to summarizeIn this episode we round up our listener feedback and discuss: HyperMegaTech! Super Pocket Kazeta Recipe-Scribe FossFLOW Terminal Velocity - The A to Z of Modern Unix Toniebox Reverse Engineering Tonuino Yarg-lang Events SCaLE (Southern California Linux Expo) Pasadena, California, USA: March 5-8, 2026. Get 40% off your SCaLE ticket with the Linux Matters coupon code: LMAT OggCamp Manchester, UK: April 25th - 26th, 2026. 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 us on: The Linux Matters Chatters on Telegram. The Linux Matters Subreddit. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us.
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