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Episode 81 · Linux Matters

Cooking up a framework desktop

12 May 2026 · 32 min

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

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Linux Matters

Linux Matters · Tech & Science · English

Experienced Open Source professionals exploring the tech we actually use. If it runs on Linux, we're into it. Whether you're tweaking your desktop, gaming, self-hosting, developing software, improving terminal productivity, or running production infrastructure - we cover the tools and workflows that

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