Happy new year (if you celebrate it). Trying out this shorts thing... www.youtube.com/shorts/f6x9b... #ffmpeg

Episode 71 of Linux Matters: Give me the Aux 🐧️🎙️ Alan discovers new music on Spotify with a shonky Python script. Martin makes a Go module for ffmpeg. Mark slices up his monitor with Tiling Assistant.

Episode 70 of Linux Matters: Grummaging Gophers & Gods 🐧️🎙️ Martin writes an MP3 encoder using Go. Mark has been playing the fast-paced rogue-like Hades II, and Alan has another Grummage.

Episode 69 of Linux Matters: He's a very nøughty boy 🐧️🎙️ Mark’s been buying audiobooks, Martin’s discusses Nøughty Linux, and Alan’s been streaming again!

Episode 68 of Linux Matters: Frameworks, Filesystems and Fixes 🐧️🎙️ Alan dusts off his newsletter, Martin encrypts his new Framework laptop, and Mark noodles with Moodle tools.

What's worth another look? Which past Linux Matters topics need a 2025 update, in a future episode?

After three brilliant years as part of the Late Night Linux family, Linux Matters is becoming an independent podcast. We're incredibly grateful to Joe for his support in launching and producing the show - it wouldn't exist without him. 🧵 1/3

A wild subreddit has appeared. reddit.com/r/LinuxMatte...

Episode 67 of Linux Matters: Panache, for Men 🐧️🎙️ Alan has been using Nix, Martin has been adding panache to his terminal, and Mark’s been playing Rimworld Odyssey.

Episode 66 of Linux Matters: Terminal Full of Sparkles 🐧️🎙️ Martin found a fancy alternative to apt, Mark debugged his car charger, and Alan moved from Plex to Jellyfin.

Episode 65 of Linux Matters: MacOS Made Me Snap! 🐧️🎙️ Alan has been manifesting Snaps, Martin snapped, and migrated from MacOS to Linux, and Mark found family snaps in Immich.

Episode 64 of Linux Matters: Ethical Retro Gaming 🐧️🎙️ Mark’s been retro gaming, Martin’s been syncing, and Alan’s been Gryping.

Episode 63 of Linux Matters: Running Linux on an IPad 🐧️🎙️ Martin runs Linux on an iPad, Alan has been to an AI hackathon, and Mark has a new phone running GrapheneOS

Episode 62 of Linux Matters: Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles 🐧️🎙️ Alan prepares for the inevitable by mirroring GitHub to Forgejo], Martin sidesteps complexity with Just, and Mark gives his first thoughts on the VW ID.3.

Episode 61 of Linux Matters: Coding in My Pants 🐧️🎙️ Martin has a fancy GitHub profile, Alan is busy with maintenance, and Mark retired a project.

Episode 60 of Linux Matters: Frankenstein's Ubuntu Server Framework 🐧️🎙️ Martin overrides default browser behaviour, Alan automates GitHub using gh, and Mark creates a monster using Ubuntu Server and his Framework laptop!

Episode 59 of Linux Matters: Old Man Yells at GMail 🐧️🎙️ Alan continues his Nerdy cloud-native journey, Mark fulfills his years-long dream of buying a new laptop, and Martin moves GMail to the junk folder.

Episode 58 of Linux Matters: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 🐧️🎙️ Martin gets his Linux all rusty, Alan continues day trippin’, and Mark makes a timelapse.

Episode 57 of Linux Matters: Nerdy Day Trips 🐧️🎙️ Martin heists disk space from GitHub. Alan reboots a very nerdy website. Mark has been punishing his Steam Deck.

Been somewhere nerdy this weekend? Share it so others can enjoy on #nerdydaytrips nerdydaytrips.org

Episode 56 of Linux Matters: Python A-Go-Go 🐧️🎙️ Alan uses all the models, Mark switches Bookshelf Buddy from Go to Python, and Martin completes his GotoSocial migration.

Episode 55 of Linux Matters: Thoccing Heavy 🐧️🎙️ Mark builds his first Bookshelf Buddy, Alan makes bots that pretend not to be bots, and Martin builds a very heavy keyboard.

Episode 54 of Linux Matters: High Precision Solid Metal Balls 🐧️🎙️ Martin embraces an alternative lifestyle. Alan refines his contribution workflow to Savannah. Mark self hosts an office suite.

Episode 53 of Linux Matters: Crafting Bookshelf Buddy 🐧️🎙️ Alan talks about Luddites at Monki Gras 2025, Mark continutes working on (and names) Bookshelf Buddy, and Martin keeps an eye on resources.

Episode 52 of Linux Matters: Great Scott, 1.21 Jiggabits! 🐧️🎙️ Mark has a new project, Alan hasn’t switched note-taking solutions, and Martin has more bandwidth.

Episode 51 of Linux Matters: Moodling Myself Silly 🐧️🎙️ Martin continues to avoid writing a video game. Mark has been Moodling himself silly. Alan has been grappling with Django.

Quick listener question... What kind of segments do you enjoy the most on @linuxmatters.sh ? Bonus question: Would you like to hear more about anything we have talked about before? 🪛 Hardware topics 🔍 Software discovery 👨🏻‍💻 Software development 🙋🏻‍♂️ Something else?

Episode 50 of Linux Matters: Syfting Through a LÖVEly Rack 🐧️🎙️ Mark builds a server rack, Alan benchmarks Syft, and Martin prepares for LÖVE.

Episode 49 of Linux Matters: Mark Down in the Console Caves 🐧️🎙️ Alan cranks the handle on the note-o-tron, Mark slips into the mines, and Martin does the console switcheroo.

Episode 48 of Linux Matters: Algorithms, Actions, and GitHub Adventures 🐧️🎙️ Martin has been running GitHub Actions locally. Alan has been making little helpers. Mark has been solving maths puzzles with computers.

Episode 47 of Linux Matters: Not a Bar or a Camp 🐧️🎙️ Mark talks to students, Alan organises a Barcamp, and Martin uses starship

Episode 46 of Linux Matters: Streaming Your Way to Freedom 🐧️🎙️ Alan does some BlueSky thinking, Mark Plexes his muscles with Jellyfin, and Martin goes all-in on the fediverse.

Happy New Year & congratulations to the UK-based open source software maintainers & open data leaders honoured in OpenUK's Honours List 25 See the full list https://buff.ly/40f8vwr #openukhonours #maintainers #opendata #opensource

Episode 45 of Linux Matters: Working Remotely on the Savannah 🐧️🎙️ Martin plants a little link tree, Mark uses a Wayland desktop remotely, and Alan is exploring the Savannah.

👋 Hello, Bluesky people. We made a little starter pack listing some #Linux podcasters here. Let us know if you'd like to be added or if you know someone we missed! go.bsky.app/CE7bRqL

Episode 44 of Linux Matters: A Textual Rummage With Jason 🐧️🎙️ We discuss exploring JSON data, joining the Fediverse for real, and listening to looong audiobooks.

Episode 43 of Linux Matters: Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub 🐧️🎙️ Alan uses vhs to make beautiful terminal recordings, Mark builds a presentation in MarkDown, and Martin uses pueue to manage all his mainframe jobs.

If podcasts were distributed in the 1980s. ✓ - Load from tape ✓ - Loading screen ✓ - Questionable audio quality Thanks to a friend of the show, @mcphail.uk, for this nostalgic creation. (Thanks also to Einar Saukas's zx0 compression) A new Linux Matters episode is out later today!

Episode 42 of Linux Matters: Somewhere Over the Keybow 🐧️🎙️ Martin monitors a new server, Alan makes gifs of the terminal, and Mark plays with a tiny macro pad.

Linux Matters episode 41is out! 🐧️🎙️

ICYMI: Snap, Crackle and Desktop! In episode 18 we discuss our first impressions of Ubuntu Core Desktop, using AWS Lambdas to blog to the Fediverse and creating and open-source alternative to Apple AirDrop 🎤 linuxmatters.sh/18

New episode of Linux Matters: Um, Actually 🎙️ 🐧 linuxmatters.sh/13/

ICYMI: Steam Deck Emulation Done Right 🕹️ In episode 12 we discover the fabulous RetroDECK for Steam Deck and Desktop #Linux 🐧 🔗 retrodeck.net We love 💖 the thoughtful integration with Emulation Station:DE 🔗 es-de.org Listen to learn more: 🎙️ linuxmatters.sh/12/

New episode of Linux Matters: Picking Apart the Steam Deck 🎙️ 🐧 linuxmatters.sh/8/

New episode of Linux Matters: Writing a Game for Linux 🎙️ 🐧 linuxmatters.sh/6/

New Linux Matters Extending GNOME Is Hard https://linuxmatters.sh/5/