iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Apparently my old "Waver" roots are popping out today. FTR, I've done the whole New Wave, Punk, Skater and Metal Head thing in my youth. But today, this is my old music self for concentrating on work.

Screenshot of Spotify desktop showing a public playlist titled “80s New Wave Mix” with a green gradient header. The playlist contains 50 songs (about 3 hours 29 minutes). The track list includes “Hungry Like the Wolf” by Duran Duran, “We Built This City” by Starship, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds, “Call Me” by Blondie, “Blue Monday” by New Order, “Take On Me” by a-ha, and others. Playback controls appear at the bottom. On the right sidebar, the currently highlighted song is “It’s a Sin (2018 Remaster)” by Pet Shop Boys, with related videos and an artist info panel below.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Raise your hand if you ever re-watched The Transformers: The Movie just to listen to Orson Wells voicing Unicron, Leonard Nemoy as Galvatron, Robert Stack as Ultra Magnus, Judd Nelson as Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime, Casey Kasem as Cliffjumper while rocking out to Stan Bush. Mic drop.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

And this is why I am not worried about AI taking my job anytime soon. Wow...😂

This is a digital image depicting a character called "Captain Linux," an amalgamation of Captain America and the Linux mascot, Tux the penguin.

Key Elements:

Character: The character wears a costume similar to Captain America's, but with a high-tech, circuit-board aesthetic. The suit is primarily blue and red, with glowing cyan lines tracing circuitry across the armor.

Shield: The character holds a vibranium-style circular shield. Instead of the typical white star on a blue background, the center of the shield features a stylized Tux the penguin (the Linux mascot) centered within the familiar red, white, and blue concentric rings.

Helmet/Head: The character's head is replaced entirely by a floating, small Tux the penguin silhouette, positioned above the neck of the suit.

Background: The scene is set in a modern, futuristic city at night, resembling a major metropolis (possibly New York City or a similar fictional city). Neon lights, tall skyscrapers, and faint green/cyan beams of light streak down from above, adding to the sci-fi atmosphere.

The overall impression is a blend of superhero iconography and open-source computing culture, specifically celebrating Linux.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Heads up Xubuntu users, heads up. www.reddit.com/r/xubuntu/s/...

Picture of a zipped folder with malware exe pretending to be an Xubuntu installer.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Coming soon. Iron Pipe. Like PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol), but with the ability to customize how you interact with your sound devices using presets. Like a stereo. Volume, device, etc. USB, 3.5mm, Bluetooth, speakers.mic.

Iron Pipe app, output tab. Default device is in green.

ron Pipe app, input tab. Default device is in green.

Iron Pipe app, meeting preset set. Brave browser is playing audio.

Iron Pipe app, selecting presets I made.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

So I did a thing. If you are Gen X or older, you immediately recognize this. Trust me. Yes, while I am ironing out visuals, this is fully functional. 😎

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Nice! Mine was included as well, did not know it until I found it today. 😅

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

So my dog can work for Uber, then? The video is about a special school in New Zealand, for dogs to...LEARN TO DRIVE. It's real, Google it.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Unplugging for the weekend. Offline, old school games here I come.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I haven't been buying much NECA lately. Then this happened. Yoink. It's here, Tuesday.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Yes, "King of the Hill" returns. To Hulu. It's real, coming in August. I have questions. Old and new intro video.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Blowing off some steam. Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of the superheroes

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I just built a cli task manager called "TOsk." If you are a DS9 fan, you understand why this is pretty on point. I'll share more later. Still very much a WIP. But for Star Trek geeks like me, this amused me. Yeah, it will import any plain text file. Which is how I usually takes notes.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This week has been a hell of a month at work. But we are more focused and unified than ever. We got this.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

@jonobacon.bsky.social so many questions and do you work with GI Joe or Cobra? Inquiring minds need to know. 😂

Screen capture of a Jono Bacon action figure

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Yes, today, and everything about this. This hits waaaaay too close to home.

You ever have a nap so good that thought you missed the school bus...but it's Sunday and you're 52

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

May I present, the Internet. Blinks just like on the show. (IT Crowd search Moss The Internet box if you are not familiar)

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

An Ad Council video from 2002. I'll just leave this right here. Food for thought.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Relaxing my brain for the evening. Re-watching the IT Crowd.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Super envious! Gotta work on your Lars face while drumming!

Lars Ulrich making faces while drumming.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Running out of room. Going to be getting a proper case with back lighting soon as "team 1980s" grows. Fugitive Predator is the latest to join the group. I still need to fix my Prince Vultan's helmet (broke).

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Because folks need that sweet, sweet storage! "Our first module for the Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay Shell is now live. This lets you add two additional M.2 modules, for up to 4 total in the system. That means you can pack in 26TB of NVMe storage!"

Dual M.2 Adapter for Framework Laptop 16

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I'm very picky about the hats I wear. Settled on this one.

Hat that reads: That's what I do. I fix stuff. And I know things.

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Matt Hartley (The Linux Matt, person) @matthartleylinux.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Doing a little bit of work in Arch land. Still die-hard UBlue and Fedora user, but I needed to test some things.

Arch Linux desktop on a Framework Laptop 16 w/dGPU

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