Wimpy's World

Episode 92 of Linux Matters: Shonky WonKey Donkey 🐧️🎙️

Martin makes some shonky software, Mark gets lightning fast 5G broadband, and Alan helps you find your next Linux machine.

https://linuxmatters.sh/92/

Episode 91 of Linux Matters: Old man hands 🐧️🎙️

Alan does a job switcheroo, Martin does a notes switcheroo, and Mark does a backdrop switcheroo.

https://linuxmatters.sh/91/

Episode 90 of Linux Matters: Ooh, you are nøughty 🐧️🎙️

Mark’s been colouring in his walls, Alan’s been reviving NøughtyLinux and Martin’s been chatting in herdr.

https://linuxmatters.sh/90/

Episode 89 of Linux Matters: Peering into the Tube 🐧️🎙️

Martin connects a mouse and keyboard over Tailscale, Mark plays a recreation of an N64 classic, and Alan creates a PeerTube instance.

https://linuxmatters.sh/89/

Episode 88 of Linux Matters: Talking to my Computer 🐧️🎙️

Alan introduces a community insights tool called Canopy, Martin is chuntering from a sedentary position, and Mark plays The Last of Us Part II.

https://linuxmatters.sh/88/

Episode 87 of Linux Matters: Herding online exams 🐧️🎙️

Mark find out how to run online exams, Alan migrates a shell script to Node, Martin finds a terminal multiplexer he likes.

https://linuxmatters.sh/87/

Sidra 0.4.0 is out ✨

Sidra is an Apple Music client, primarily for 🐧 Linux but also available for 🍏 macOS and 🪟 Windows, because I'm extra like that.

The new release adds support for 🎼 Apple Music Classical and 📊 Last.fm scrobbling and six themes.

Here's the feature run down:

🎨 Six bundled themes
📊 Last.fm scrobbling
🎮 Discord Rich Presence
🔔 Desktop notifications
🌍 32 languages
🧭 Back, Forward, and Reload injected navigation
🖱️ Scroll to change volume
🎼 Apple Music Classical
🐧 Wayland and X11 support
🔊 Bi-directional MPRIS over D-Bus
🎚️ Application Indicator

Find out more and get the downloads from:
🐙 https://github.com/wimpysworld/sidra

You should find packages for all your favourite distros 📦

Episode 86 of Linux Matters: Moodling the Fediverse in Europe 🐧️🎙️

Martin is on a break, Mark leaves the country to conduct experiments with Moodle, and Alan buys a portable gaming device (not that one).

https://linuxmatters.sh/86/

Episode 85 of Linux Matters: Clearing the Decks 🐧️🎙️

Alan reports back from the Ubuntu Summit, Martin updates Jivetalking, and Mark is a fun guy.

https://linuxmatters.sh/85/

Episode 84 of Linux Matters: DOSing about with games 🐧️🎙️

Mark plays DOS games, Martin discoveres a new editor (again), and Alan makes an events app

https://linuxmatters.sh/84/

Episode 83 of Linux Matters: snap install flatpak 🐧️🎙️

Martin fixes Neovim, Mark has been playing Solasta: Crown of the Magister, and Alan does something unspeakable with snaps and flatpak.

https://linuxmatters.sh/83/

Episode 82 of Linux Matters: Ditching Grammarly for Open Sauce 🐧️🎙️

Alan enjoys a particular kind of gaming, Martin consigns Grammarly to the bin, and Mark does some brewing with Kobo.

https://linuxmatters.sh/82/

Episode 81 of Linux Matters: Cooking up a framework desktop 🐧️🎙️

Mark organises recipes, Alan tidies up an app, Martin builds a new desktop.

https://linuxmatters.sh/81/

Episode 80 of Linux Matters: Passing the Gourd 🐧️🎙️

Martin pours out his last MATE, Mark boldly goes where he’s been before, and Alan gets himself an assistant.

https://linuxmatters.sh/80/

Episode 79 of Linux Matters: Pouring out the Sidra 🐧️🎙️

Alan crafts another Snap website, Martin brews up some Sidre, and Mark saves a very small fortune on block storage.

https://linuxmatters.sh/79/

Episode 78 of Linux Matters: VNC? No way! 🐧️🎙️

Mark runs commands on boot, Alan flexes his LXD muscles, and Martin uses remote desktops

https://linuxmatters.sh/78/

Adding a single dependency to a Node project and seeing the impact on package-lock.json is like watching a tsunami "ripple" across the entire ocean surface of the planet.

Developers using Node don't care about software supply chain security because they simply can't.

Episode 77 of Linux Matters: Tailor Snaps for Big Iron 🐧️🎙️

Martin has been tailoring GitHub repository templates and settings, Mark has had Microserver woes, and Alan has been running Linux on Big Iron

https://linuxmatters.sh/77/

Episode 76 of Linux Matters: The Smell of Git 🐧️🎙️

Mark explains the links between Linux and North Hampshire, Alan spring cleans hit GitHub profile, and Martin gets busy with lazy git.

https://linuxmatters.sh/76/

Episode 75 of Linux Matters: Mark's Meshing About 🐧️🎙️

Alan builds a website (link soon), Martin reviews Zed Editor, and Mark joins the mesh life.

https://linuxmatters.sh/75/