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 📺️
These awesome people sponsor me: mmartial castrojo Thank you! ❤️ If you appreciate my work, then please consider sponsoring me too 🤑 Curious what I've been working on recently?
- wimpysworld/glyph-party (today)
- Finally, a Unicode search tool that sparks joy instead of despair. 10,000+ characters, zero tears 😂
- wimpysworld/deb-get (today)
- apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦
- wimpysworld/nix-config (today)
- Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
- wimpysworld/tailor (1 day ago)
- Ready-to-wear project templates for GitHub repositories 👔
- linuxmatters/jivetalking (2 days ago)
- Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺
- refactor(app): split build, UI, and deploy flows on wimpysworld/glyph-party (today)
- feat(chat): add soju and senpai IRC support on wimpysworld/nix-config (today)
- chore(concord): update to v2.2.6 on wimpysworld/nix-config (today)
- feat(agentic): reorganise agent commands on wimpysworld/nix-config (2 days ago)
- feat(development): add GitHub and terminal tooling on wimpysworld/nix-config (2 days ago)
- kenn-io/agentsview (v0.34.5, today)
- Local-first session search, analytics, insights, and token use statistics for coding agents, supporting Claude Code, Codex, and more than 20 other agents.
- wimpysworld/deb-get (0.4.7, 1 day ago)
- apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦
- linuxmatters/jivetalking (0.6.0, 2 days ago)
- Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺
- wimpysworld/sidra (0.3.5, 3 days ago)
- An elegant Apple Music desktop client for Linux, macOS and Windows. No frippery, just quality. A better class of Cider 🍎
- linuxmatters/jivedrop (0.4.1, 3 days ago)
- Drop your podcast .wav into a shiny MP3, AAC or Opus with metadata, cover art, and all 🪩
- kmscon/libtsm (26)
- Terminal-emulator State Machine
- kmscon/kmscon (816)
- Linux KMS/DRM based virtual Console Emulator
- ryanoasis/nerd-fonts (63460)
- Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more
- lrstanley/bubbletint (139)
- Terminal tints for everyone
- ChrisLauinger77/mpris-miniplayer (1)
- Small GTK/libadwaita mini player for MPRIS-compatible Linux media players
I co-present Linux Matters podcast with my friends @popey and @marxjohnson. Here are some recent episodes:
- DOSing about with games (1 week ago)
- snap install flatpak (2 weeks ago)
- Ditching Grammarly for Open Sauce (4 weeks ago)
- Cooking up a framework desktop (1 month ago)
- Passing the Gourd (1 month 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 (1 year ago)
- Nothing but Nix (1 year ago)
- Fuzzel Colour Picker (1 year ago)
- Install ZeroTier on Steam Deck (2 years ago)
- Steam Box vs Steam Deck (3 years ago)

