Best Linux Matters Podcasts (2025)

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Thoccing Heavy 35:09

1d ago35:09

35:09

In this episode: Mark has been prototyping Bookshelf Buddy devices with Raspberry Pi. See the demo here. Alan has been using bots, to build bots, that pretend not to be bots. Martin fell down a rabbit hole filled with keyswitches and keycaps. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with oth…

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Linux Matters 55: Thoccing Heavy 35:09

22h ago35:09

35:09

In this episode: Mark has been prototyping Bookshelf Buddy devices with Raspberry Pi. See the demo here. Alan has been using bots, to build bots, that pretend not to be bots. Martin fell down a rabbit hole filled with keyswitches and keycaps. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with oth…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 124 20:51

25m ago20:51

20:51

It’s another hot questions episode. Tabs vs spaces, whether we have imposter syndrome, why software keeps getting heavier, the correct length of functions and files, and what every programmer should know. Some things we mentioned: Interesting Characters (UTF-16, utf-8, Unicode, encodings) Software Design is Knowledge Building The Absolute Minimum E…

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We’re The Best In The World At Computer - WAN Show May 16, 2025 2:45:26

1d ago2:45:26

2:45:26

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 30 24:56

2d ago24:56

24:56

Sean tells us about bootable containers and asks for our opinions on how he plans to use them with Kubernetes. He mentions Talos Linux. Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24.99 with your purchase, go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”,…

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2.5 Admins 247: MPOF 33:46

24h ago33:46

33:46

The basic computer science problems that still remain unsolvable, why you shouldn’t trust AI to tune ZFS (or answer any admin questions), and setting up a check-in system for a group of friends. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Discussion Why You Can’t Trust AI to Tune ZFS Free consulting We were asked…

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Ask The Hosts – Episode 24 19:18

1d ago19:18

19:18

Our least favourite fandoms, frivolous things we’d buy, favourite childhood TV shows and movies, and house cleaning hacks. With Amolith, Kevin, and Andy from Linux Dev Time. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.By The Late Night Linux Family

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Late Night Linux – Episode 333 36:17

4d ago36:17

36:17

The US government is trying to break up Google which sounds like a great idea, but it is potentially catastrophic news for Mozilla and Firefox. Alex from Open Web Advocacy tells us all about it. But first we talk about blocking ads on the web with Pi-hole, uBlock Origin, and AdGuard public DNS. Tailscale This episode is sponsored by Tailscale. It’s…

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Nintendo and Nvidia Compete in Scumbag Competition - WAN Show May 9, 2025 2:40:18

9d ago2:40:18

2:40:18

Get a free 15-day trial of Odoo’s all-in-one business solution and see how it can make your life easier! Check it out at https://www.odoo.com/wan Check out Doom: The Dark Ages on Green Man Gaming and save 17% today using our link: https://tinyurl.com/mu6y2nhn Thanks to AMD for being a great partner! Enter to win an AMD Ultimate Gaming Upgrade bundl…

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Linux After Dark – Episode 95 20:39

6d ago20:39

20:39

What Linux and FOSS technology should Joe learn next? Is it a case of waiting for a problem to present itself before even trying? Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.By The Late Night Linux Family

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2.5 Admins 246: Perpetual Hotpatch 30:23

5d ago30:23

30:23

Old passwords work for Windows RDP, Broadcom shows why perpetual software licenses aren’t really forever, Windows Server is getting hotpatching, and preventing changes to archived files. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Owning the Stack: Infrastructure Independence with FreeBSD and ZFS News/discussion…

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Breaking Down AI Biases 34:27

5d ago34:27

34:27

Does your health insurance chatbot need to tell jokes? No. Does it need to be accurate? Absolutely. That's hard when biases get in the way. The introduction of bias into a model can be unintentional, but it can have significant consequences for those relying on its guidance. The Compiler team examines the ways bias can creep in, and what steps can …

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Late Night Linux – Episode 332 35:04

8d ago35:04

35:04

Wikipedia is attacked by Trump lackeys, Bluesky folds under pressure from the Turkish government, Linux YouTube is terrible as usual, Microsoft wants you to use the “proper” VS Code, Intel AI chips aren’t selling well, yet another open source project has to deal with crawlers, TrueNAS goes Linux-only, and more. News Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikiped…

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Episode 5:12: 10,000 Tabs and an Extended Warranty 1:12:30

8d ago1:12:30

1:12:30

Coming up in this episode Extended service warranty for your Linux 10,000 Tabs Made Easy! A Chrome Firesale The Video Version https://youtu.be/pTGaEsSA12I 0:00 Cold Open 1:40 Extended Warranty for Ubuntu 17:36 Tab Groups and Unwanted Cookies 41:39 A Google Chrome Firesale! 58:33 The Science of Next Time 1:11:14 Stinger Upgrade or ESM? Why not both?…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 123 25:51

9d ago25:51

25:51

Andy is convinced that functional programming isn’t boring. Listen to find out if he’s right! Functional Programming & Haskell Beautiful Racket Functional Programming & Haskell – Computerphile Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed…

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Everything Just Got More Expensive - WAN Show May 2, 2025 3:31:30

16d ago3:31:30

3:31:30

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 29 29:27

11d ago29:27

29:27

Aaron and Shane both recently had a bad experience when buying hard drives, the hardware we picked for our homelabs, why gigabit LANs aren’t quite cutting it anymore, an update on Shane’s janky Kubernetes setup, and more. Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24…

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2.5 Admins 245: IPaaS 30:16

12d ago30:16

30:16

Crosswalks were comically vulnerable to being hacked, even Google struggles with tiered SSD and HDD storage, some insight into how AI scrapers are using domestic IPs, and creating a ZFS mirror one disk at a time. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Inside FreeBSD Netgraph: Behind the Curtain of Adva…

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Linux Matters 54: High Precision Solid Metal Balls 38:52

14d ago38:52

38:52

In this episode: Martin switches from traditional mice to trackball and gets a bit carried away with customising them L-Trac Trackball L-Trac Trackball Kensingston SlimBlade Pro Trackball input-remapper: An easy to use tool to change the behaviour of your input devices. Alan refines his contribution workflow to Savannah and brings it bang up to dat…

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High Precision Solid Metal Balls 38:51

14d ago38:51

38:51

In this episode: Martin switches from traditional mice ️🖱️ to trackball ️🖲️ and gets a bit carried away with customising them 🪩 L-Trac Trackball 🇬🇧 L-Trac Trackball 🇺🇸 Kensingston SlimBlade™ Pro Trackball input-remapper: An easy to use tool to change the behaviour of your input devices. Alan refines his contribution workflow to Savannah and brings …

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Late Night Linux – Episode 331 22:48

17d ago22:48

22:48

Cheap handheld retro gaming, F1 stats in the terminal, running binaries as if they were Python functions, websites that look like TUIs, basic graphics manipulation, strange old audio archives, and more. Discoveries POWKIDDY X55 ROCKNIX undercut-f1 WebTUI Astro Docs Pinta 3.0 python-sh Attention K-Mart Shoppers Techmoan r/LiminalSpace The Conet Proj…

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Google Is Promoting Ad Blockers On YouTube - WAN Show April 25, 2025 2:32:52

23d ago2:32:52

2:32:52

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Linux After Dark – Episode 94 23:47

18d ago23:47

23:47

What do we wish had happened in the Linux and open source world? Successful mobile Linux, convergence, Snaps winning, and Amigas still being around. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.…

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2.5 Admins 244: Branded and Splintered 31:07

19d ago31:07

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Some Synology NAS products will require drives they sold you, doubt is cast on the CVE program, why some FreeBSD packages didn’t appear when they should have, and backing up the keys for encrypted backups. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Robust & Reliable Backup Solutions with OpenZFS News Synol…

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Diagnosing and Dispelling AI Hallucinations 33:43

20d ago33:43

33:43

AI is notorious for making stuff up. But it doesn’t always tell you when it does. That’s a problem for users who may not realize hallucinations are possible. This episode of Compiler investigates the persistent problem of AI Hallucination. Why does AI lie? Do these AI models know they’re hallucinating? What can we do to minimize hallucinations—or a…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 330 24:11

22d ago24:11

24:11

Linus Torvalds’ other big project is 20 years old, new Ubuntu and Fedora releases, the downsides of permissive licences, a quick KDE Korner, and more. News Git turns 20: A Q&A with Linus Torvalds Fedora 42 Released As A Fantastic Update To This Leading-Edge Linux Distribution – Phoronix The answer is 42! Fedora Linux 42, that is Ubuntu 25.04 Releas…

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Episode 5:11: Qt Vibes and a New Standard 1:11:28

22d ago1:11:28

1:11:28

Coming up in this episode Vibe Coding Coming to a Plasma Near You We Need Another Standard The Newest of the New 0:00 Cold Open 2:01 Weird Vibes in Qt-Land 21:51 Rust Is Inevitable 41:04 Fedora, Ubuntu and a Journey 1:08:25 Next Time 1:10:24 Stinger The Video Version https://youtu.be/4Y_u6TPPMvI What a Qt little AI? Qt Blog post Phoronoix article 📣…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 122 22:28

23d ago22:28

22:28

We’ve done hot takes episodes in the past but this is different, it’s hot questions. Would we rather have bad managers who can code or good managers who can’t? Too many comments or none? 80 columns or as long as you like? What editor do we use and why? Vim for Fun or PeerTube version Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early epis…

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That Time I Almost Got Sued - WAN Show April 18, 2025 3:35:36

30d ago3:35:36

3:35:36

Signup for Netdata today and get 10% off at: https://netdata.cello.so/aJbUFz0F8K5 Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. Check out Proton Mail at https://proton.me/wan and get up to 38% off their plans! Get 20% off DeleteMe US consumer plans when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/WAN and use pro…

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 28 27:53

25d ago27:53

27:53

With increasing numbers of organisations starting to seriously think about moving away from US-owned providers, we dig into the technical challenges of major cloud migrations. Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.…

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2.5 Admins 243: 0.5 Centuries 32:59

28d ago32:59

32:59

IPv4 addresses are worth an awful lot of money, the serious dangers of a seemingly sensible deepfake law, Microsoft is 50 years old, and our thoughts on antivirus on Linux and Windows. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Accurate and Effective Storage Benchmarking News Your IPv4 stash can now be col…

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Crafting Bookshelf Buddy 29:48

1M ago29:48

29:48

In this episode: Alan gives a talk about Luddites at Monki Gras 2025 Mark continues developing and names “Bookshelf Buddy”, a self-hosted replacement for the Yoto or Tonie audiobook players. Martin keeps an eye on his resources with Resources You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with oth…

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Linux Matters 53: Crafting Bookshelf Buddy 29:49

28d ago29:49

29:49

In this episode: Alan gives a talk about Luddites at Monki Gras 2025 Mark continues developing and names “Bookshelf Buddy”, a self-hosted replacement for the Yoto or Tonie audiobook players. Martin keeps an eye on his resources with Resources You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with oth…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 329 30:52

29d ago30:52

30:52

Two very different approaches to setting up security cameras, an IDE-like experience for text adventure games, a glimpse of convergence on Pixel phones, a new LTS of the flight sim FlightGear, and more. Discoveries Frigate Coral TPUs daylight RPi Improved Pan Tilt Module The Visible Zorker Flightgear new LTS Bagels – TUI Expense Tracker Pixel 9 des…

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Sorry America - WAN Show April 11, 2025 3:08:58

1M ago3:08:58

3:08:58

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Linux After Dark – Episode 93 24:53

1M ago24:53

24:53

Two years after we talked about the lowest-end hardware we’d be willing to daily drive, the Web has bogged machines down to the point where our thresholds have gone up significantly. We channel our inner Linux Luddites, but don’t really come up with any solutions. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See o…

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2.5 Admins 242: Malscraping 33:41

1M ago33:41

33:41

Jim’s server is getting hammered by AI scrapers and he’s big mad about it, why RCS doesn’t work on Android without Google apps, a complex Google account issue, and how Jim and Allan handle their WireGuard configs. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Network Offload and Socket Splicing (SO_SPLICE) in…

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Chasing Its Own Tail 36:43

1M ago36:43

36:43

With the massive flow of AI-generated content onto the internet, it was only a matter of time until all of those bits of data found their way back into AI models. But what do you get when generative AI models start getting their answers from that content? The Compiler team digs into AI feedback loops, and the unique challenges they present for tech…

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Ask The Hosts – Episode 23 20:06

1M ago20:06

20:06

Our weirdest collections, food we’ve eaten as a dare, and the nicest thing someone has done for us. With Félim from Late Night Linux, Gary from Linux After Dark, Andy from Linux Dev Time, and popey from Linux Matters. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.By The Late Night Linux Family

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Late Night Linux – Episode 328 30:44

1M ago30:44

30:44

AI crawlers are causing serious problems for open source projects, an example of disclosure by vagueposting, Zorin does something good and something bad, LibreOffice downloads are doing well, Thunderbird is planning new services, a quick KDE Korner, and more. News Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries…

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Episode 5:10: Handle With Care 1:06:43

1M ago1:06:43

1:06:43

Coming up in this episode The Thunder rolls We flatten out the History And Package Up Our Experience 0:00 Cold Open 1:34 Thundermail for Everyone! 23:21 The History of Flatpak 24:32 From Glick to Bundles 29:55 From Bundles to xdg-app 30:54 From Flatpak to the Future!37:44 Are Flatpaks the Best Solution?1:02:46 Next Time1:05:14 Stinger The Video Ver…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 121 24:00

1M ago24:00

24:00

Joe accidentally tried vibe coding and it was as much of a disaster as you’d imagine. Amolith has also tried it, and does his best to defend the use of LLMs with development. Kevin and Andy are mostly bemused. We all have concerns about the ethics and environmental issues. This episode has a bit more bad language than usual. Support us on Patreon a…

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This Is An Emergency - WAN Show April 4, 2025 3:07:11

1M ago3:07:11

3:07:11

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 27 19:38

1M ago19:38

19:38

The best way to cope with a huge spike in traffic on a product launch day, and the most important public and private cloud technologies to learn. Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.…

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