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Linux Matters

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Martin has been learning Go and created:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/linuxmatters/jivedrop">Jivedrop</a> - Drop the mix, ship the show-metadata, cover art, and all 🪩</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/linuxmatters/jivefire">Jivefire</a> - Spin your podcast .wav into a groovy MP4 visualiser. <a href="https://github.com/karlstav/cava">Cava</a>-inspired real-time audio frequencies 🔥</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Mark, true to form, has been playing <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/">Hades II</a>, a fast-paced rogue-like that runs beautifully on the SteamDeck.</li>
<li>Alan revisits <a href="https://github.com/popey/grummage">Grummage</a>, an interactive terminal frontend to <a href="https://github.com/anchore/grype">Grype</a>, the vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems
<ul>
<li>This new release focuses on UI and usability improvements ✨</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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Grummaging Gophers & Gods

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Mark is now buying his audiobooks from <a href="https://libro.fm/">Libro.fm</a>, and supporting <a href="https://coles-books.co.uk/">Coles Books</a>.</li>
<li>Martin has merged Ubuntu and Nix in <a href="https://noughtylinux.org/">Nøughty Linux</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/noughtylinux">Nøughty Linux GitHub Project</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Alan has been <a href="https://popey.com/live/">live streaming</a>.</li>
</ul>
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He's a very nøughty boy

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alan dusts off his <a href="https://newsletter.popey.com">newsletter</a>.</li>
<li>Martin encrypts his new <a href="https://www.chainguard.dev/">work</a> <a href="https://frame.work/">Framework</a> laptop without LVM, but with <code>--cipher=aes-xts-plain64 --hash=sha256 --iter-time=1000 --key-size=256 --pbkdf-memory=1048576 --sector-size=4096</code>, and without ZFS, but with btrfs and <code>compress=lzo discard=async noatime rw space_cache=v2 ssd</code>.</li>
<li>Mark gets help with his Moodle noodling from <a href="https://mdlcode.dev/">MDLCode</a>.</li>
</ul>
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Frameworks, Filesystems and Fixes

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alan slipped down the <a href="https://nixos.org/">nix</a> rabbit-hole.</li>
<li>Martin created <a href="https://glyph-party.wimpys.world/">Glyph Party</a>, for adding panache to your terminal applications.</li>
<li>Mark has lost all his free time to the latest <a href="https://rimworldgame.com/">Rimworld</a> DLC, <a href="https://rimworldgame.com/odyssey/">Odyssey</a>.</li>
</ul>
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Panache, for men

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Martin has been using a fancy and colourful alternative to apt called <a href="https://gitlab.com/volian/nala">nala</a>.</li>
<li>Mark has been debugging his car charger.</li>
<li>Alan swapped from Plex to <a href="https://jellyfin.org/">Jellyfin</a>.</li>
</ul>
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Terminal Full of Sparkles

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alan has been <a href="https://github.com/anchore/syft/pull/4151">manifesting</a> <a href="https://snapcraft.io/">Snaps</a>.</li>
<li>Martin has <em>snapped</em> and switched from macOS to Linux with a <a href="https://frame.work/">Framework</a>.</li>
<li>Mark used <a href="https://immich.app/">Immich</a> to find family favourite snaps.</li>
</ul>
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macOS Made Me Snap!

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Mark has been retro gaming with an <a href="https://evercade.co.uk">Evercade</a>.</li>
<li>Martin replaced the official Dropbox client with <a href="https://maestral.app/">Maestral</a>.</li>
<li>Alan created an <a href="https://github.com/anchore/grype-mcp">MCP server for Grype</a>.</li>
</ul>
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Ethical Retro Gaming

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Martin has been running Linux on an iPad using <a href="https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/a-shell/id1473805438">a-Shell</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/a-shell-mini/id1543537943">a-Shell mini</a>, and <a href="https://ish.app/">iSH</a>. He also used <a href="https://github.com/9001/copyparty">copyparty</a>.</li>
<li>Alan went to a hackathon and used <a href="https://tessl.io/">Tessl</a>. If you want to try their closed beta, <a href="https://discord.com/invite/jbb2vHnHZQ">join their discord</a> and tell them popey sent you.</li>
<li>Mark installed <a href="https://grapheneos.org/">GrapheneOS</a> on a <a href="https://store.google.com/gb/product/pixel_8a">Pixel 8a</a>.</li>
</ul>
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Running Linux on an iPad

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alan prepares for the inevitable by mirroring GitHub to <a href="https://snapcraft.io/forgejo">Forgejo</a>.</li>
<li>Martin sidesteps complexity with <a href="https://github.com/casey/just">Just</a>.</li>
<li>Mark gives his first thoughts on the VW ID.3.</li>
</ul>
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Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Martin has <a href="https://github.com/flexiondotorg/">a fancy GitHub profile</a>.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://shields.io/">Shields.io</a> - Concise, consistent, and legible badges</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats">github-readme-stats</a> - Dynamically generated GitHub stats.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/muesli/readme-scribe">readme-scribe</a> - Automatically generates & updates markdown content, like your README.md
<ul>
<li>Latest blog posts, podcasts, live streams, YouTube videos from RSS</li>
<li>Latest release, starred repos.</li>
<li>Thank and mention sponsors.</li>
<li>Uses <a href="https://github.com/stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action">git-auto-commit-action</a> to automatically commit and push changed files and <a href="https://github.com/nkoppel/push-files-to-another-repository">push-files-to-another-repository</a> to push the rendered README.md to my wimpysworld GitHub org.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Platane/snk">snk</a> - GitHub user contributions graph as animated snake game
<ul>
<li>Uses <a href="https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages">ghaction-github-pages</a> to update a branch everynight</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Alan is busy maintaing lots of Snaps.</li>
<li>Mark retired <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6036/advanced-volume-control/">Advanced Volume Control</a> for GNOME.</li>
</ul>
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<div class="row"><div class="col"><h2>Sponsors</h2></div></div><p>Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – <i>give them a visit and keep our show thriving!</i></p> <hr /><h3>Tailscale</h3><b>Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices.</b><div><a href = "https://tailscale.com/linuxmatters" target="_blank"><img alt = "tailscale" src = "https://linuxmatters.sh/img/sponsors/tailscale.png" class="img-fluid"></a><a href = "https://tailscale.com/linuxmatters" target="_blank">Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.</a></div>

Coding in my pants

<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Martin uses <a href="https://github.com/koiuo/xdg-override">xdg-override</a> to answer the question, <a href="https://127001.me/post/change-browser-in-slack/">How do you change browser in Slack anyway?</a></li>
<li>Mark upgrades the SSD in his <a href="https://frame.work/gb/en">Framework</a> laptop in the most elaborate way, <em>e-v-e-r!</em></li>
<li>Alan masters <a href="https://cli.github.com/"><code>gh</code></a> to build reports and automate GitHub operations.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can send your feedback via <code>show@linuxmatters.sh</code> or the <a href="https://linuxmatters.sh/contact/"><strong>Contact Form</strong></a>. If you&rsquo;d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join us on:</p>
<ul>
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</ul>
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<div class="row"><div class="col"><h2>Sponsors</h2></div></div><p>Here's a high-five ✋ to our sponsors – <i>give them a visit and keep our show thriving!</i></p> <hr /><h3>Tailscale</h3><b>Tailscale makes creating software-defined networks easy: securely connecting users, services, and devices.</b><div><a href = "https://tailscale.com/linuxmatters" target="_blank"><img alt = "tailscale" src = "https://linuxmatters.sh/img/sponsors/tailscale.png" class="img-fluid"></a><a href = "https://tailscale.com/linuxmatters" target="_blank">Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code Linux25 for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.</a></div>

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Frameworks, Filesystems and Fixes

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Panache, for men

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Terminal Full of Sparkles

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macOS Made Me Snap!

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