Best Linux Matters Podcasts (2025)

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Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles 36:05

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In this episode: Alan prepares for the inevitable by mirroring GitHub to Forgejo. Martin sidesteps complexity with Just. Mark gives his first thoughts on the VW ID.3. You can send your feedback via [email protected]. If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community, you can join: The Linux Matters Chatter…

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Linux Matters 62: Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles 36:06

9d ago36:06

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In this episode: Alan prepares for the inevitable by mirroring GitHub to Forgejo. Martin sidesteps complexity with Just. Mark gives his first thoughts on the VW ID.3. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang out with other listeners and share your feedback with the community you can join: The Li…

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Android Has Become Apple - WAN Show August 29, 2025 3:17:26

11h ago3:17:26

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Go to http://FactorMeals.com/WAN50OFF and use code WAN50OFF to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year. (Offer only valid for new Factor customers with code and qualifying auto-renewing subscription purchase.) Help your teams get great done - find out how at http://miro.com Thanks to UGREEN for sposoring this episode! Check them …

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Linux After Dark – Episode 103 24:52

5h ago24:52

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It’s the £20 Linux machine challenge! This time the rules are stricter: no adding storage and RAM. It turns out that if you try really hard, you can buy a really nice Linux computer on a seriously low budget. Check out part 1 and part 2 of the £50 challenge that we did previously. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episode…

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2.5 Admins 262: It’s About Control 28:51

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Google is planning to assert even more control over which Android apps can be installed, the US government takes a 10% stake in Intel, and minimum networking speeds in homes and offices. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Basecamp Launch: A Panel with the People Behind ZFS News/discussion A new…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 348 21:06

3d ago21:06

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The AI crawler bot arms race has developed more quickly than we hoped, Google pretends to care what the community thinks, full Linux desktop apps are probably coming to Android, Thunderbird shares more details of their paid services and we are interested, and PuTTY has a great new domain name. News It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 131 26:03

4d ago26:03

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We explore the differences between terms like coder, software developer, engineer, and architect. They are often used interchangeably, but there can be real differences between them. Or at least once upon a time there were differences. Vibe coders are in for a shock. Writing code was never that hard. Don’t Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You Supp…

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My Favorite Website Is Gone Forever - WAN Show August 22, 2025 3:30:23

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Get the transparency you deserve and make sure you see the whole story with Ground News. Subscribe to their Vantage plan today and save 40% with our link: https://ground.news/WAN Cool down your PC in style! Check out MSI’s MPG CORELIQUID P13 AIO at https://lmg.gg/7UjMo Step confidently into daily life with the ultra-light Vessi Sneakers. Vessi clai…

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 37 30:36

6d ago30:36

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What exactly is platform engineering, and how does it differ from DevOps? Insta360 Go Ultra Insta360 have just launched their brand-new pocket camera, the GO Ultra. To get free Sticky Tabs with it go to store.insta360.com and use the promo code “hybridcloud”, available for the first 30 purchases only. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS fe…

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2.5 Admins 261: Worms and Baskets 24:01

7d ago24:01

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Why you can’t rely on a single cloud provider, Jim discovers AI that spreads itself like a worm, and configuring all-flash arrays. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes FreeBSD Summer Roundup: Guide to Lock-In Free Infrastructure News/discussion AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warn…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 347 32:51

10d ago32:51

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Xfce running on Wayland on openSUSE, Canonical laid off the printing guy, Mozilla pisses people off with AI tab groups, and what the post-x86 world will look like for desktop Linux. Plus a handy way to save and run project-specific commands, turning any device into a file server, and a convoluted way to get wind data from planes. With guest hosts G…

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Nerding Out on Software Supply Chain Security with ITSPmagazine's Sean Martin 27:06

11d ago27:06

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In this crossover episode, Viktor Petersson sits down with Sean Martin, co-founder of ITSPmagazine, to unpack how software supply chain security is evolving under regulatory pressure, real-world incidents, and a fast-changing tooling landscape. They explore how SBOMs are moving from static artifacts to operational assets, why transparency beats bla…

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Why Is Roblox Shielding Child Predators? - WAN Show August 15, 2025 3:41:25

15d ago3:41:25

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Linux After Dark – Episode 102 23:47

13d ago23:47

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It’s our annual episode where we need to talk about Ubuntu. This time most of us are broadly indifferent about the distro itself, so we end up mostly discussing our concerns about Canonical. 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 260: Watery Email 26:36

14d ago26:36

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AMD’s recent mobile-class processors impress us with their power to performance ratio, the UK government suggests a preposterous way to save water, setting up verified boot with snapshots, and the best way to configure ZFS to run VMs. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Summer Roundup: Smart Har…

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Ask The Hosts – Episode 27 18:44

15d ago18:44

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The field of science we find most interesting, the bionic enhancements we’d want, the longest we’ve stayed awake, and the wisdom we’d pass onto the next generation. With Gary from Linux After Dark and Félim from Late Night Linux. Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.By The Late Night Linux Family

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Late Night Linux – Episode 346 24:49

16d ago24:49

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A new Debian version is out and it’s the end of the 32-bit x86 era, an AWS user almost found out the hard way about the need for proper backups, GitHub is finally fully swallowed into Microsoft (having gone all in on AI), and a quick KDE Korner. With guest hosts Gary from Linux After Dark and Hybrid Cloud Show, and Kevin from Linux Dev Time. News D…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 130 21:11

18d ago21:11

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Not invented here syndrome is very common in open source. We get into why that is, when it makes sense to start your own project from scratch, and how contributing to existing software can sometimes be better for everyone. 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. …

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Intel's CEO Needs to GO.... - WAN Show August 8, 2025 3:58:06

22d ago3:58:06

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 36 24:30

20d ago24:30

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Shane gives us an update on his janky Kubernetes homelab. The storage is under control with ZFS, he’s got a decent switch, and everything is in Git – so maybe it isn’t that janky anymore. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.By The Late Night Linux Family

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2.5 Admins 259: New Web? 25:15

21d ago25:15

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The Web is a mess of tracking and AI scraping so do we need a new one, would it even be possible, or is this the wrong question? Plus setting up servers in a garage where dusty woodworking is happening. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Free consulting We were asked about setting up servers in a ga…

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Coding in My Pants 32:27

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In this episode: Martin has a fancy GitHub profile. Shields.io - Concise, consistent, and legible badges github-readme-stats - Dynamically generated GitHub stats. readme-scribe - Automatically generates & updates markdown content, like your README.md Latest blog posts, podcasts, live streams, YouTube videos from RSS Latest release, starred repos. T…

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Linux Matters 61: Coding in my pants 32:28

23d ago32:28

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In this episode: Martin has a fancy GitHub profile. Shields.io – Concise, consistent, and legible badges github-readme-stats – Dynamically generated GitHub stats. readme-scribe – Automatically generates & updates markdown content, like your README.md Latest blog posts, podcasts, live streams, YouTube videos from RSS Latest release, starred repos. T…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 345 32:22

24d ago32:22

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Whether we need a properly open source ChromeOS alternative (or maybe we already have loads of them), what to do about bogus AI vulnerability reports, PuTTY’s confusing website confusion, a cool new game, a quick KDE Korner, and more. News/discussion Please, FOSS world, we need something like ChromeOS Save 20% on Look Mum No Computer on Steam How w…

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YOUTUBE UNCENSORED - WAN Show August 1, 2025 3:17:04

29d ago3:17:04

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Linux After Dark – Episode 101 27:05

27d ago27:05

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Gary has been using a Framework 12 laptop for a few weeks and gives us his impressions of it. Are the upgradability and repairability worth the premium price he paid for it? 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 258: Artificial Dirtbag 24:02

28d ago24:02

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Jim is concerned that although over-anthropomorphising LLMs is a mistake, we should be cautious about some of their human-like behaviour. Plus how to maintain old ZFS pools, and accessibility in the BSDs. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Discussion It’s a mistake to over anthropomorphize LLMs, but…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 344 21:41

1M ago21:41

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Intel kills its Linux distro without any notice, the UK government might ban state organisations from paying ransomware ransoms, we laugh at a vibe coding disaster, KDE’s new immutable arch-based distro, and more. News All good things come to an end: Shutting down Clear Linux OS Clear Linux OS terminated as Intel trims the fat Final Benchmarks Of C…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 129 30:01

1M ago30:01

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With the recent news of Bcachefs (probably) being removed from the Linux kernel, we are joined by Allan Jude from 2.5 Admins and Klara to discuss some of what we think went wrong, how to manage and maintain multiple releases of a project at once, and why release engineering is an important concept. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed …

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Slow Internet Is Good For Consumers Actually - WAN Show July 25, 2025 3:37:09

1M ago3:37:09

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 35 28:40

1M ago28:40

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What to think about when picking a public cloud provider, and why it depends on the needs of your business. Free credits, billing complexity, available tools, small clouds vs the big three, hiring people with experience of particular cloud platforms, support, compliance, ease of repatriation, and more. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS f…

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2.5 Admins 257: Outage365 29:00

1M ago29:00

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Two recent outages were handled very differently but show the dangers of centralisation, Let’s Encrypt is introducing certificates for IP addresses, and the differences between backup and production systems. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion Microsoft’s 19-hour Outlook outage expose…

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Frankenstein's Ubuntu Server Framework 33:42

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In this episode: Martin uses xdg-override to answer the question, How do you change browser in Slack anyway? Mark upgrades the SSD in his Framework laptop in the most elaborate way, e-v-e-r! Alan masters gh to build reports and automate GitHub operations. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang…

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Linux Matters 60: Frankenstein’s Ubuntu Server Framework 33:43

1M ago33:43

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In this episode: Martin uses xdg-override to answer the question, How do you change browser in Slack anyway? Mark upgrades the SSD in his Framework laptop in the most elaborate way, e-v-e-r! Alan masters gh to build reports and automate GitHub operations. You can send your feedback via [email protected] or the Contact Form. If you’d like to hang…

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Late Night Linux – Episode 343 30:05

1M ago30:05

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The sad reality of the AI crawler bot arms race, the baddies seem to be obsessed with Xorg, but Wayland will soon be a reality for older smaller desktops (hopefully). Plus controlling a silly Red Dwarf thing, software releases with feature flags, a massive list of cheat sheets, another way to avoid the likes of Reddit, old skool CPU monitoring, and…

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You Can Go to Jail for Pirating Games Now??? - WAN Show July 18, 2025 3:18:13

1M ago3:18:13

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Linux After Dark – Episode 100 23:32

1M ago23:32

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It’s our 100th episode spectacular! We look back at some of the memes and themes of our first hundred episodes including our obsession with old hardware, our silly challenges, our move away from custom phone ROMs, our disappointment with Arm desktop Linux, composable/immutable distros, how we’ve changed as people, and more. Support us on Patreon an…

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2.5 Admins 256: Why ZFS 32:16

1M ago32:16

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To celebrate the 256 milestone we devote the whole episode to explaining why we use ZFS. We explain about data safety, data retention, data portability, and ease of administration. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara ZFS Basecamp – Central Resource for Everything ZFS Practical ZFS See our cont…

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Navigating SBOMs at Scale: Inside DependencyTrack with Niklas Düster 41:02

1M ago41:02

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In this episode, Viktor Petersson sits down with Niklas Düster, co-lead of OWASP DependencyTrack and contributor to CycloneDX, to explore the realities of managing software bill of materials (SBOMs) at scale. Drawing on real-world experience, Niklas explains how DependencyTrack helps engineering teams analyze, monitor, and act on risks buried deep …

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Late Night Linux – Episode 342 24:56

2M ago24:56

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Mixed gaming news, Google’s AI is seemingly inescapable, SUSE offers Europe-only support, Ubuntu is dropping support for loads of RISC-V boards in favour of future ones, a quick KDE Korner, and more. News Stop Killing Games consumer movement hits some major milestones DOGWALK Official Release Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access…

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 128 22:32

2M ago22:32

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What it takes to sustain a medium-to-large-sized open source project. 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 feedBy The Late Night Linux Family

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Google Is Selling Fake Products - WAN Show July 11, 2025 2:30:10

2M ago2:30:10

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 34 22:55

2M ago22:55

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How we access home environments from outside the home network while trying to stay secure using VPNs, Wireguard, overlay VPNs (like Tailscale and Nebula) and reverse proxies. Sean introduces us to Pangolin as an open source alternative middle-ground. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RS…

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2.5 Admins 255: Copyright Your Face 30:04

2M ago30:04

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Microsoft offers Windows 10 updates in return for your settings data, Denmark wants to protect against deepfakes using copyright, someone is wrong on the Internet about RAID, and getting a sysadmin job in your late 40s. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes News/discussion Microsoft’s free updates for …