Hello 👋 I'm Martin (also known as Wimpy), a long-time Linux user, developer & community builder 🐧 Maker 🪛 Linux Matters host 🎙️ Occasional game jam participant and aspiring game developer using pico-8, LÖVE, and Defold 🕹️
I lead Ubuntu MATE 🧉 and I'm the creator of a bunch of other projects and Quickemu 🧑💻
We have a modest Discord server for Wimpy's World 💬 which serves as a community hub. We're a friendly bunch, and all are welcome 🏳️🌈 Join us!
I steam live-coding on Twitch 📡 and those streams are archived on YouTube 📺️
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- wimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)
- Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
- wimpysworld/nothing-but-nix (1 week ago)
- Create a 130GB Nix ️store in GitHub runners ❄️ Multi-partition BTRFS RAID-0 for /nix 💪 Brutally purges unnecessary software 🪓 Dynamically grows the Nix store 📈
- linuxmatters/jivetalking (2 weeks ago)
- Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺
- wimpysworld/glyph-party (3 weeks ago)
- Finally, a Unicode search tool that sparks joy instead of despair. 10,000+ characters, zero tears 😂
- quickemu-project/quickemu (4 weeks ago)
- Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines
- perf(falcon-sensor): tune systemd resource and OOM settings on wimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)
- feat(flake): add FlakeHub token management and inline catppuccin palette on wimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)
- chore: update flake.lock on wimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)
- feat: add needs-reboot check and show NVD diff after apply on wimpysworld/nix-config (2 days ago)
- feat(agents): add writing skills and enforce concise writing rules on wimpysworld/nix-config (2 days ago)
- wimpysworld/nix-config (v25.11.20260221, 1 day ago)
- Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
- DeterminateSystems/determinate-nix-action (v3.16.3, 1 day ago)
- The Github Action for Determinate Nix
- wimpysworld/nothing-but-nix (v10, 1 week ago)
- Create a 130GB Nix ️store in GitHub runners ❄️ Multi-partition BTRFS RAID-0 for /nix 💪 Brutally purges unnecessary software 🪓 Dynamically grows the Nix store 📈
- quickemu-project/quickemu (4.9.9, 2 weeks ago)
- Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines
- linuxmatters/jivetalking (0.2.2, 2 weeks ago)
- Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺
- LuaJIT/LuaJIT (5450)
- Mirror of the LuaJIT git repository
- folke/snacks.nvim (7121)
- 🍿 A collection of QoL plugins for Neovim
- linuxmatters/jivetalking (55)
- Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺
- wailsapp/wails (32852)
- Create beautiful applications using Go
- sinelaw/fresh (5986)
- Terminal based IDE & text editor: easy, powerful and fast
I co-present Linux Matters podcast with my friends @popey and @marxjohnson. Here are some recent episodes:
- Mark's Meshing About (1 week ago)
- Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers (3 weeks ago)
- Points of You (1 month ago)
- Lets get Trippy (1 month ago)
- Give me the Aux (2 months ago)
- NixOS | More Nix ❄️ packaging & fixes 🩹 for OBS Studio 📡 (2 years ago)
- NixOS | Updating Nix ❄️ packages of OBS Studio 📡 and it's plugins🔌 (2 years ago)
- NixOS & Linux | Tinkering with my Nix config ❄️ and poking at some Linux projects 🐧 (2 years ago)
- NixOS & Linux 🐧 Automate OBS with Kruiz Control and Scene Switcher (2 years ago)
- [Linux & NixOS] Catching up on a few projects ❄️ - Part 2 (2 years ago)
- faffing about with diffs (8 months ago)
- Nothing but Nix (9 months ago)
- Fuzzel Colour Picker (10 months ago)
- Install ZeroTier on Steam Deck (2 years ago)
- Steam Box vs Steam Deck (2 years ago)
