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Martin Wimpress

@wimpys.world
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Long-time #Linux user, developer, and community builder 🐧 Flake wrangler ️❄️ Maker 🪛 Aspiring game developer ️🕹️ Linux Matters podcast presenter ️🎙️

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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 29/09/2026
Episode 91 of Linux Matters: Old man hands 🐧️🎙️ Alan does a job switcheroo, Martin does a notes switcheroo, and Mark does a backdrop switcheroo.
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Old man hands
Alan does a job switcheroo, Martin does a notes switcheroo, and Mark does a backdrop switcheroo.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 15/09/2026
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.
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Ooh, you are nøughty
Mark’s been colouring in his walls, Alan’s been reviving NøughtyLinux and Martin’s been chatting in herdr.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 01/09/2026
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.
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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.
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Linux Matters @linuxmatters.sh · 20/08/2026
Hey, check this out. We now have a peertube: video.linuxmatters.net
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Linux Matters
Experienced Open Source professionals exploring the tech we actually use.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 18/08/2026
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.
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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.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 04/08/2026
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.
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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.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 21/07/2026
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).
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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).
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 07/07/2026
Episode 85 of Linux Matters: Clearing the Decks 🐧️🎙️ Alan reports back from the Ubuntu Summit, Martin updates Jivetalking, and Mark is a fun guy.
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Clearing the Decks
Alan reports back from the Ubuntu Summit, Martin updates Jivetalking, and Mark is a fun guy.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 16/06/2026
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
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DOSing about with games
Mark plays DOS games, Martin discoveres a new editor (again), and Alan makes an events app
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 09/06/2026
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.
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snap install flatpak
Martin fixes Neovim, Mark has been playing Solasta: Crown of the Magister, and Alan does something unspeakable with snaps and flatpak.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 26/05/2026
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.
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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.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 12/05/2026
Episode 81 of Linux Matters: Cooking up a framework desktop 🐧️🎙️ Mark organises recipes, Alan tidies up an app, Martin builds a new desktop.
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Cooking up a framework desktop
Mark organises recipes, Alan tidies up an app, Martin builds a new desktop.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 28/04/2026
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.
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Passing the Gourd
Martin pours out his last MATE, Mark boldly goes where he’s been before, and Alan gets himself an assistant.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 14/04/2026
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.
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Pouring out the Sidra
Alan crafts another Snap website, Martin brews up some Sidre, and Mark saves a very small fortune on block storage.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 31/03/2026
Episode 78 of Linux Matters: VNC? No way! 🐧️🎙️ Mark runs commands on boot, Alan flexes his LXD muscles, and Martin uses remote desktops
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VNC? No way!
Mark runs commands on boot, Alan flexes his LXD muscles, and Martin uses remote desktops
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 17/03/2026
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
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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
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 03/03/2026
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.
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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.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 17/02/2026
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.
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Mark's Meshing About
Alan builds a website (link soon), Martin reviews Zed Editor, and Mark joins the mesh life.
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Linux Matters @linuxmatters.sh · 06/02/2026
Alan discovers crypto malware in the Snap Store #linux #security linuxmatters.sh/74/
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 03/02/2026
Episode 74 of Linux Matters: Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers 🐧️🎙️ Martin makes a software audio engineer, Mark creates a Roku remote and Alan accidentally becomes a security blogger.
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Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers
Martin makes a software audio engineer, Mark creates a Roku remote and Alan accidentally becomes a security blogger.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 20/01/2026
Episode 73 of Linux Matters: Points of You 🐧️🎙️ We round up listener feedback and discuss HyperMegaTech! Super Pocket, Kazeta, FossFLOW, Toniebox Reverse Engineering, Tonuino and Yarg-lang.
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Points of You
We round up listener feedback and discuss HyperMegaTech! Super Pocket, Kazeta, FossFLOW, Toniebox Reverse Engineering, Tonuino and Yarg-lang.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 06/01/2026
Episode 72 of Linux Matters: Lets get Trippy 🐧️🎙️ Mark revisits the classic Timesplitters game. Alan has entered a coding contest he can’t win. Martin gets trippy with network diagnostics.
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Lets get Trippy
Mark revisits the classic Timesplitters game. Alan has entered a coding contest he can’t win. Martin gets trippy with network diagnostics.
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Linux Matters @linuxmatters.sh · 01/01/2026
Happy new year (if you celebrate it). Trying out this shorts thing... www.youtube.com/shorts/f6x9b... #ffmpeg
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ffmpeg-statigo: All the hardware acceleration!
YouTube video by Linux Matters
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 23/12/2025
Episode 71 of Linux Matters: Give me the Aux 🐧️🎙️ Alan discovers new music on Spotify with a shonky Python script. Martin makes a Go module for ffmpeg. Mark slices up his monitor with Tiling Assistant.
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Give me the Aux
Alan discovers new music on Spotify with a shonky Python script. Martin makes a Go module for ffmpeg. Mark slices up his monitor with Tiling Assistant.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 09/12/2025
Episode 70 of Linux Matters: Grummaging Gophers & Gods 🐧️🎙️ Martin writes an MP3 encoder using Go. Mark has been playing the fast-paced rogue-like Hades II, and Alan has another Grummage.
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Grummaging Gophers & Gods
Martin writes an MP3 encoder using Go. Mark has been playing the fast-paced rogue-like Hades II, and Alan has another Grummage.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 25/11/2025
Episode 69 of Linux Matters: He's a very nøughty boy 🐧️🎙️ Mark’s been buying audiobooks, Martin discusses Nøughty Linux, and Alan’s been streaming again!
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He's a very nøughty boy
Mark’s been buying audiobooks, Martin discusses Nøughty Linux, and Alan’s been streaming again!
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 11/11/2025
Episode 68 of Linux Matters: Frameworks, Filesystems and Fixes 🐧️🎙️ Alan dusts off his newsletter, Martin encrypts his new Framework laptop, and Mark noodles with Moodle tools.
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Frameworks, Filesystems and Fixes
Alan dusts off his newsletter, Martin encrypts his new Framework laptop, and Mark noodles with Moodle tools.
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Linux Matters @linuxmatters.sh · 06/11/2025
What's worth another look? Which past Linux Matters topics need a 2025 update, in a future episode?
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Linux Matters @linuxmatters.sh · 03/11/2025
After three brilliant years as part of the Late Night Linux family, Linux Matters is becoming an independent podcast. We're incredibly grateful to Joe for his support in launching and producing the show - it wouldn't exist without him. 🧵 1/3
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Linux Matters @linuxmatters.sh · 29/10/2025
A wild subreddit has appeared. reddit.com/r/LinuxMatte...
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LinuxMatters
The companion subreddit to Linux Matters podcast.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 28/10/2025
Episode 67 of Linux Matters: Panache, for Men 🐧️🎙️ Alan has been using Nix, Martin has been adding panache to his terminal, and Mark’s been playing Rimworld Odyssey.
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Panache, for Men
Alan has been using Nix, Martin has been adding panache to his terminal, and Mark’s been playing Rimworld Odyssey.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 14/10/2025
Episode 66 of Linux Matters: Terminal Full of Sparkles 🐧️🎙️ Martin found a fancy alternative to apt, Mark debugged his car charger, and Alan moved from Plex to Jellyfin.
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Terminal Full of Sparkles
Martin found a fancy alternative to apt, Mark debugged his car charger, and Alan moved from Plex to Jellyfin.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 30/09/2025
Episode 65 of Linux Matters: MacOS Made Me Snap! 🐧️🎙️ Alan has been manifesting Snaps, Martin snapped, and migrated from MacOS to Linux, and Mark found family snaps in Immich.
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MacOS Made Me Snap!
Alan has been manifesting Snaps, Martin snapped, and migrated from MacOS to Linux, and Mark found family snaps in Immich.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 16/09/2025
Episode 64 of Linux Matters: Ethical Retro Gaming 🐧️🎙️ Mark’s been retro gaming, Martin’s been syncing, and Alan’s been Gryping.
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Ethical Retro Gaming
Mark’s been retro gaming, Martin’s been syncing, and Alan’s been Gryping.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 02/09/2025
Episode 63 of Linux Matters: Running Linux on an IPad 🐧️🎙️ Martin runs Linux on an iPad, Alan has been to an AI hackathon, and Mark has a new phone running GrapheneOS
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Running Linux on an IPad
Martin runs Linux on an iPad, Alan has been to an AI hackathon, and Mark has a new phone running GrapheneOS
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 19/08/2025
Episode 62 of Linux Matters: Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles 🐧️🎙️ Alan prepares for the inevitable by mirroring GitHub to Forgejo], Martin sidesteps complexity with Just, and Mark gives his first thoughts on the VW ID.3.
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Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles
Alan prepares for the inevitable by mirroring GitHub to Forgejo], Martin sidesteps complexity with Just, and Mark gives his first thoughts on the VW ID.3.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 05/08/2025
Episode 61 of Linux Matters: Coding in My Pants 🐧️🎙️ Martin has a fancy GitHub profile, Alan is busy with maintenance, and Mark retired a project.
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Coding in My Pants
Martin has a fancy GitHub profile, Alan is busy with maintenance, and Mark retired a project.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 22/07/2025
Episode 60 of Linux Matters: Frankenstein's Ubuntu Server Framework 🐧️🎙️ Martin overrides default browser behaviour, Alan automates GitHub using gh, and Mark creates a monster using Ubuntu Server and his Framework laptop!
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Frankenstein's Ubuntu Server Framework
Martin overrides default browser behaviour, Alan automates GitHub using gh, and Mark creates a monster using Ubuntu Server and his Framework laptop!
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 08/07/2025
Episode 59 of Linux Matters: Old Man Yells at GMail 🐧️🎙️ Alan continues his Nerdy cloud-native journey, Mark fulfills his years-long dream of buying a new laptop, and Martin moves GMail to the junk folder.
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Old Man Yells at GMail
Alan continues his Nerdy cloud-native journey, Mark fulfills his years-long dream of buying a new laptop, and Martin moves GMail to the junk folder.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 24/06/2025
Episode 58 of Linux Matters: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 🐧️🎙️ Martin gets his Linux all rusty, Alan continues day trippin’, and Mark makes a timelapse.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Martin gets his Linux all rusty, Alan continues day trippin’, and Mark makes a timelapse.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 10/06/2025
Episode 57 of Linux Matters: Nerdy Day Trips 🐧️🎙️ Martin heists disk space from GitHub. Alan reboots a very nerdy website. Mark has been punishing his Steam Deck.
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Nerdy Day Trips
Martin heists disk space from GitHub. Alan reboots a very nerdy website. Mark has been punishing his Steam Deck.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 06/06/2025
Stop staring at diffs like they owe you money 💸 faff - another bloody AI commit generator (yes, we definitely needed one more!) after GitKraken's AI ate my credits but refused to write conventional commits 😡 wimpysworld.com/posts/faff-o... Drop the faff, dodge the judgment, get back to coding 🦙
Drop the faff, dodge the judgment. Another bloody AI commit generator, but this one stays local 🦙

https://github.com/wimpysworld/faff
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Alan Pope @popey.me · 29/05/2025
Do you like to go on nerdy day trips? Great! This free website is for you! If your favourite venue is missing, share it! nerdydaytrips.org
As screenshot of the Nerdy Day Trips website, showing a map and some pinsA screenshot of the form used to add venues
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 27/05/2025
Episode 56 of Linux Matters: Python A-Go-Go 🐧️🎙️ Alan uses all the models, Mark switches Bookshelf Buddy from Go to Python, and Martin completes his GotoSocial migration.
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Python A-Go-Go
Alan uses all the models, Mark switches Bookshelf Buddy from Go to Python, and Martin completes his GotoSocial migration.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 16/05/2025
Nobody 2 is coming. Ultra violence. The only genre that matter 🎬
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 16/05/2025
Tired of "no space left on device" errors when building #NixOS configs in GitHub Actions? ️❄️ I've created Nothing but Nix, a GitHub Action that ruthlessly reclaims disk space 🪓 Get up to 130GB for your #Nix store instead of the measly 20GB default! Learn more 👇 wimpysworld.com/posts/nothin...
The Great GitHub Nix Space Heist 🪓❄️

I've just released **Nothing but Nix**, a GitHub Action that transforms cramped 20GB GitHub runners into 130GB Nix powerhouses!

If you've ever hit the dreaded `no space left on device` error when building NixOS configs in CI, this one's for you.

This action:
- Creates a large BTRFS volume from free space on `/mnt`
- Ruthlessly eliminates unnecessary packages in the background
- Dynamically expands your Nix store as space becomes available

The results? All my configurations now build successfully in CI:
- My home servers (media, LLMs, etc.)
- Workstations with dual GPUs
- Laptops and testing VMs

Best of all, when I update systems, everything comes from `cache.flakehub.com` with zero local compilation time. Updates that used to require coffee breaks now happen in seconds!

Check out the full technical details on my blog: https://wimpysworld.com/posts/nothing-but-nix-github-actions/

GitHub: https://github.com/wimpysworld/nothing-but-nix

Being both cheap and stubborn pays off sometimes 😉

#Nix #NixOS #DevOps #GitHubActions #BTRFS #Linux #FlakeHub
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Determinate Systems @determinate.systems · 15/05/2025
Lazy trees have landed in Determinate #Nix 3.5! This is possibly the most consequential thing we've shipped yet. Evaluation times down by 3x and reductions in disk usage of 20x—or more. The result: a snappier Nix across the board (especially in large repos). determinate.systems/posts/change...
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Changelog: introducing lazy trees
This long-awaited feature makes Nix and flakes dramatically more efficient in a wide range of scenarios
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 14/05/2025
Get a 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝐆𝐁 /𝑛𝑖𝑥 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 #𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐇𝐮𝐛 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 ️❄️ with the 𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑁𝑖𝑥 GitHub action 🐙 - Purges unnecessary software from GitHub Actions runners 😈 - Creates an optimised /𝚗𝚒𝚡 volume from multiple partitions 🗄️ Learn more 👇 #nix #nixos - github.com/marketplace/...
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Nothing but Nix - GitHub Marketplace
Removes all the cruft 🪓 from a GitHub Actions runner to make the most space possible for Nix ️❄️
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 13/05/2025
Episode 55 of Linux Matters: Thoccing Heavy 🐧️🎙️ Mark builds his first Bookshelf Buddy, Alan makes bots that pretend not to be bots, and Martin builds a very heavy keyboard.
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Thoccing Heavy
Mark builds his first Bookshelf Buddy, Alan makes bots that pretend not to be bots, and Martin builds a very heavy keyboard.
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Martin Wimpress @wimpys.world · 12/05/2025
Is there a sysadmin on the plane? 🧑‍💻✈️ This email is legit 😁 Good morning, We have had a request for anyone in the building within the IT field who would be able to offer some very quick onsite guidance with a laptop login/reset issue. Please contact reception if you can help with this.
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