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Ubuntu Podcast

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Upbeat and family-friendly show including news, discussion, interviews and reviews from the Ubuntu, Linux and Open Source world.

Episodes

20 of 94 episodes

Flatpak Stats vs. Snap Stats

Mark spies on the postman, Alan spins up yet more websites, and Martin tailors his, and, possibly your git repo.

00:41:57Oct 27, 2026

Shonky WonKey Donkey

Martin makes some shonky software, Mark gets lightning fast 5G broadband, and Alan helps you find your next Linux machine.

00:35:34Oct 13, 2026

Old man hands

Alan does a job switcheroo, Martin does a notes switcheroo, and Mark does a backdrop switcheroo.

00:34:47Sep 29, 2026

Ooh, you are nøughty

Mark’s been colouring in his walls, Alan’s been reviving NøughtyLinux and Martin’s been chatting in herdr.

00:37:37Sep 15, 2026

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.

00:37:31Sep 1, 2026

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...

00:40:35Aug 18, 2026

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.

00:29:57Aug 4, 2026

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).

00:25:31Jul 21, 2026

Clearing the Decks

Alan reports back from the Ubuntu Summit, Martin updates Jivetalking, and Mark is a fun guy.

00:34:53Jul 7, 2026

DOSing about with games

Mark plays DOS games, Martin discoveres a new editor (again), and Alan makes an events app

00:42:05Jun 16, 2026

snap install flatpak

Martin fixes Neovim, Mark has been playing Solasta: Crown of the Magister, and Alan does something unspeakable with snaps and flatpak.

00:42:54Jun 9, 2026

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.

00:33:37May 26, 2026

Cooking up a framework desktop

Mark organises recipes, Alan tidies up an app, Martin builds a new desktop.

00:32:42May 12, 2026

Passing the Gourd

Martin pours out his last MATE, Mark boldly goes where he’s been before, and Alan gets himself an assistant.

00:38:20Apr 28, 2026

Pouring out the Sidra

In this episode: Alan optimistically crafts an alternative to the official Snapcraft store website - snapupdates.popey.com . Martin swaps Ci...

00:33:22Apr 14, 2026

VNC? No way!

In this episode: Mark works out how to run commands at the right point in the boot process, with NetworkManager-dispatcher Alan has been con...

00:34:50Mar 31, 2026

Tailor Snaps for Big Iron

In this episode: Martin has created tailor : Ready-to-wear project templates for GitHub repositories 👔 Mark's ageing Microserver N36L has f...

00:33:10Mar 17, 2026

The Smell of Git

In this episode: Mark explains synesthesia and the experience of how it manifests in a Linux user, Alan spring cleans his GitHub , Martin ge...

00:42:12Mar 3, 2026

Mark's Meshing About

In this episode: Alan builds a new website whose link and name is mysteriously unknown at this time. Martin removes VS Code in favour of Zed...

00:35:04Feb 17, 2026

Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers

In this episode: Martin creates a automated audio engineer. Jivetalking - Professional podcast audio preprocessing - broadcast-quality resul...

00:37:48Feb 3, 2026