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Wimpy's World

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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!

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I steam live-coding on Twitch 📡 and those streams are archived on YouTube 📺️

These awesome people sponsor me: mmartial da-moon castrojo Thank you! ❤️ If you appreciate my work, then please consider sponsoring me too 🤑 Curious what I've been working on recently?

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  • linuxmatters/jivedrop (2)
    • Drop the mix, ship the show—metadata, cover art, and all 🪩
  • csnewman/ffmpeg-go (71)
    • Go bindings for the FFmpeg libraries
  • mediaelement/mediaelement (8289)
    • HTML5 <audio> or <video> player with support for MP4, WebM, and MP3 as well as HLS, Dash, YouTube, Facebook, SoundCloud and others with a common HTML5 MediaElement API, enabling a consistent UI in all browsers.
  • linuxmatters/.github (1)
    • Linux Matters Podcast 🐧🎤
  • iLib-js/UCD (10)
    • The Unicode Character Database encoded as json files

🎙️ Podcast

Linux Matters Podcast

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

📺️ YouTube

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✍️ Blog

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  1. nix-config nix-config Public

    Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️

    Nix 600 28

  2. nothing-but-nix nothing-but-nix Public

    Create a 130GB Nix ️store in GitHub runners ❄️ Multi-partition BTRFS RAID-0 for /nix 💪 Brutally purges unnecessary software 🪓 Dynamically grows the Nix store 📈

    171 6

  3. deb-get deb-get Public

    apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦

    Shell 1.5k 147

  4. ia-get ia-get Public

    File downloader for archive.org ⬇️

    Rust 101 17

  5. little-spy little-spy Public

    Airdrop into an enemy stronghold, recover stolen intelligence and technology. Fight your way out! 🎮

    GDScript 45 7

  6. antsy-alien-attack-pico antsy-alien-attack-pico Public

    The year is 2139. Planet Earth is under attack by aliens, and they're (still) antsy! 👾🛸💥

    HTML 11

Repositories

Showing 10 of 29 repositories
  • nix-config Public

    Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️

    wimpysworld/nix-config’s past year of commit activity
    Nix 600 MIT 28 0 2 Updated Nov 26, 2025
  • nixos-needsreboot Public

    Determine if you need to reboot ️♻️ your NixOS machine ️❄️

    wimpysworld/nixos-needsreboot’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 6 GPL-2.0 1 1 2 Updated Nov 26, 2025
  • obs-studio-portable Public

    Portable OBS Studio for Ubuntu bundled with 50 plugins

    wimpysworld/obs-studio-portable’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 104 MIT 16 11 3 Updated Nov 24, 2025
  • ia-get Public

    File downloader for archive.org ⬇️

    wimpysworld/ia-get’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 101 MIT 17 2 7 Updated Nov 24, 2025
  • deb-get Public

    apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦

    wimpysworld/deb-get’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 1,532 MIT 147 134 (3 issues need help) 76 Updated Nov 24, 2025
  • stream-sprout Public

    Restream a video source to multiple destinations such as Twitch, YouTube, Owncast and Peertube 📡

    wimpysworld/stream-sprout’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 80 Apache-2.0 7 2 6 Updated Nov 24, 2025
  • .github Public

    A ✨special ✨ repository

    wimpysworld/.github’s past year of commit activity
    1 MIT 0 0 0 Updated Nov 21, 2025
  • glyph-party Public

    Finally, a Unicode search tool that sparks joy instead of despair. 10,000+ characters, zero tears 😂

    wimpysworld/glyph-party’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 15 MIT 2 2 0 Updated Nov 13, 2025
  • nothing-but-nix Public

    Create a 130GB Nix ️store in GitHub runners ❄️ Multi-partition BTRFS RAID-0 for /nix 💪 Brutally purges unnecessary software 🪓 Dynamically grows the Nix store 📈

    wimpysworld/nothing-but-nix’s past year of commit activity
    171 MIT 6 7 0 Updated Jul 24, 2025
  • faff Public

    Drop the faff, dodge the judgment. Another bloody AI commit generator, but this one stays local 🦙

    wimpysworld/faff’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 43 MIT 9 2 3 Updated Jul 23, 2025