Linux Matters

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Ooh, you are nøughty Sep 15, 2026

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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 clients to herdr
- Concord - Discord
- slk - Slack
- Perch - Mastodon and Bluesky
- iamb - Matrix
- Senpai & Soju - IRC

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Peering into the Tube Sep 01, 2026

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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 Revodok Pro 14-in-1 USB-C Docking Station.
Mark get a nostalgia hit from playing Agent 64: Spies Never Die
Alan is challenged to create a PeerTube instance after our YouTube channel was deleted.
- Linux Matter PeerTube

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Talking to my Computer Aug 18, 2026

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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.
Mark once again fights the fungi in The Last of Us Part II.

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Herding online exams Aug 04, 2026

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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 board with terminal multiplexers, after discovering herdr

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Moodling the Fediverse in Europe Jul 21, 2026

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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.
Alan buys a Mangmi Air X as a game development test-bed.

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Clearing the Decks Jul 07, 2026

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In this episode:

Alan reports back from the Ubuntu Summit,
Martin updates Jivetalking
Mark combats the cordyceps in The Last of Us Part I

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DOSing about with games Jun 16, 2026

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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.

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snap install flatpak Jun 09, 2026

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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.
Mark has been playing Solasta: Crown of the Magister.
Alan wants you all to install flatpak with a snap. Gather round children, it’s story time.

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Ditching Grammarly for Open Sauce May 26, 2026

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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, new friend is Harper
Mark continues his Kobo journey with ventures in NickelMenu and KOReader.

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Cooking up a framework desktop May 12, 2026

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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 Framework desktop.

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