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/sidra (today)
  • An elegant Apple Music desktop client. No frippery, just quality. A better class of Cider 🍎
• wimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)
  • Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
• linuxmatters/jivefire (2 days ago)
  • Spin your podcast .wav into a groovy MP4 visualiser with Cava-inspired real-time audio frequencies 🔥
• linuxmatters/jivedrop (5 days ago)
  • Drop your podcast .wav into a shiny MP3 with metadata, cover art, and all 🪩
• linuxmatters/jivetalking (6 days ago)
  • Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺

• ci(release): simplify workflow and use dynamic version from git tags on wimpysworld/sidra (today)
• build: reorganise assets and fix runtime asset paths on wimpysworld/sidra (today)
• refactor: simplify codebase and optimise splash loading on wimpysworld/sidra (today)
• ci(release): automate version management in GitHub Actions on wimpysworld/sidra (1 day ago)
• docs: updated for clarity on wimpysworld/sidra (1 day ago)

• wimpysworld/sidra (0.1.1, 1 day ago)
  • An elegant Apple Music desktop client. No frippery, just quality. A better class of Cider 🍎
• DeterminateSystems/determinate-nix-action (v3.17.1, 2 days ago)
  • The Github Action for Determinate Nix
• wimpysworld/nix-config (v25.11.20260318, 3 days ago)
  • Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
• linuxmatters/jivetalking (0.3.0, 1 week ago)
  • Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺
• linuxmatters/ffmpeg-statigo (v8.0.1.4, 1 week ago)
  • Real FFmpeg bindings for Go. Not a wrapper. Not a CLI tool. The actual libraries 📚

• wimpysworld/sidra (2)
  • An elegant Apple Music desktop client. No frippery, just quality. A better class of Cider 🍎
• castlabs/electron-releases (267)
  • Castlabs Electron for Content Security
• mksglu/context-mode (5570)
  • Privacy-first. MCP is the protocol for tool access. We're the virtualization layer for context.
• wimpysworld/nix-packages (1)
  • Nix packages published by Wimpy's World ️❄️
• wimpysworld/tailor (16)
  • Ready-to-wear project templates for GitHub repositories 👔

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

• Tailor Snaps for Big Iron (5 days ago)
• The Smell of Git (2 weeks ago)
• Mark's Meshing About (1 month ago)
• Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers (1 month ago)
• Points of You (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 (9 months ago)
• Nothing but Nix (10 months ago)
• Fuzzel Colour Picker (11 months ago)
• Install ZeroTier on Steam Deck (2 years ago)
• Steam Box vs Steam Deck (2 years ago)