Linux Matters

A pocket full of Pi

In this episode: Alan creates a self-hosted build bot to automate himself out of existence. Martin evangelises for Silo Server. Mark clears out his Pi drawers. You can

Flatpak Stats vs. Snap Stats

In this episode: Mark re-purposes a baby-cam as a doorbell-cam with HomeAssistant and NTFY. Alan creates Snap Charts, and Flathub Updates. Martin revisits the Tailor. Y

Shonky WonKey Donkey

In this episode: Martin makes a programmer for the XFKEY One Key Max called WonKey - One key, to rule them all 1️⃣ Mark switches up his home network with PoE and 5G ⚡ Al

Old man hands

In this episode: Alan talks about leaving Developer Relations for a grown-up job at Chainguard. Martin creates a simple (his words) note-taking workflow with zx, fsf, Fu

Ooh, you are nøughty

In this episode: Mark has been decorating his home office with hexagons and the help of Krita. Alan has been improving NøughtyLinux. Martin has been adding all the chat

Peering into the Tube

In this episode: Martin uses lan-mouse to use his main workstation to control two laptops, one sitting on a PUTORSEN 2 in 1 Laptop Arm Mount and connected via UGREEN Rev

Talking to my Computer

In this episode: Alan introduces Canopy, a community insights tool he built. Martin finds talking to people isn’t enough, and now talks to his computer with Voxtype. Mar

Herding online exams

In this episode: Mark explores the online exam center at ETH Zurich. Alan replaces a shell script with a node script, to keep track of his snaps Martin finally gets on b

Moodling the Fediverse in Europe

In this episode: Martin is on a break, and will be back next time Mark attends MoodleMoot DACH 2026 in Zürich, and hacks together support for the Fediverse in Moodle. Al

Clearing the Decks

In this episode: Alan reports back from the Ubuntu Summit, Alan’s SnapScope lightning talk Martin’s Jivetalking lightning talk Canonical introduces Workshop The full pl

DOSing about with games

In this episode: Mark creates DOSsier, a system for retro PC gaming. Martin replaces his editor (again), this time with Fresh Alan creates a new app for event attendance

snap install flatpak

In this episode: Martin transforms Neovim into an unyielding modeless VSCode-style IDE with CUA keybindings. Some of this was achieved with novim-mode and snacks.nvim.

Ditching Grammarly for Open Sauce

In 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, n

Cooking up a framework desktop

In 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 Framewor

Passing the Gourd

In 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, a

Pouring out the Sidra

In this episode: Alan optimistically crafts an alternative to the official Snapcraft store website - snapupdates.popey.com. Martin swaps Cider for Sidra. Mark dives deep

VNC? No way!

In 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.

Tailor Snaps for Big Iron

In 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

The Smell of Git

In 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

Mark's Meshing About

In 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 wi