Hello 👋 I'm Martin (also known as Wimpy), a long-time Linux user, developer & community builder 🐧 Maker 🪛Linux Matters host 🎙️ Occasional game jam participant andaspiring game developer using pico-8, LÖVE, and Defold 🕹️

I leadUbuntu MATE 🧉 and I'm the creator of abunch of other projects andQuickemu 🧑‍💻

We have a modestDiscord server for Wimpy's World 💬 which serves as a community hub. We're a friendly bunch, and all are welcome 🏳️‍🌈 Join us!

Isteam live-coding on Twitch 📡 and those streams arearchived on YouTube 📺️

These awesome people sponsor me:CreeperLKFmmartialda-mooncastrojo Thank you! ❤️If you appreciate my work, thenplease consider sponsoring me too 🤑Curious what I've been working on recently?

• wimpysworld/nix-config (today)
  • Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
• wimpysworld/nothing-but-nix (6 days 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 (1 week 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 (3 weeks ago)
  • Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines

• chore: update flake.lock onwimpysworld/nix-config (today)
• feat(noughty): add structured host and user metadata onwimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)
• chore: update flake.lock onwimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)
• chore: update flake.lock onwimpysworld/nix-config (2 days ago)
• feat(install-system): improve install-system pre-copy, activation and reliability onwimpysworld/nix-config (2 days ago)

• wimpysworld/nix-config (v25.11.20260218, today)
  • Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
• DeterminateSystems/determinate-nix-action (v3.16.0, 3 days ago)
  • The Github Action for Determinate Nix
• wimpysworld/nothing-but-nix (v10, 6 days 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, 1 week ago)
  • Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines
• linuxmatters/jivetalking (0.2.2, 1 week ago)
  • Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺

• LuaJIT/LuaJIT (5445)
  • Mirror of the LuaJIT git repository
• folke/snacks.nvim (7096)
  • 🍿 A collection of QoL plugins for Neovim
• linuxmatters/jivetalking (52)
  • Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺
• wailsapp/wails (32790)
  • Create beautiful applications using Go
• sinelaw/fresh (5918)
  • Terminal based IDE & text editor: easy, powerful and fast

I co-presentLinux Matters podcast with my friends@popey and@marxjohnson.Here are some recent episodes:

• Mark's Meshing About (3 days ago)
• Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers (2 weeks ago)
• Points of You (1 month ago)
• Lets get Trippy (1 month ago)
• Give me the Aux (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 (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)

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