A podcast about free and open source software, radical ideas and the revolution
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In this episode, Martin and Chris shed more light on the riveting subject of non-profit and not-for-profit organisations especially in the US with a special focus on the all- important topic of tax implications. Warning: Due to the fast-paced and gripping never mind explicit natur of this topic, people with sleeping disabilities or who are easily startled / offended by graphic content should consult a member of the medical profession to ensure that they are capable of handling this episode. You have been warned.
In this episode Martin and Chris host John Hawley of kernel.org fame. The discussion centers around Python, the royal British family and other FLOSS topics such as some break-away colonies like the US, version control systems, wireless wikis and containers. Never mind Python. Did I mention Python? :-) And perhaps VMware. Ever wondered why early versions of git just gobbled up your main memory? You may or may not find the answer in this episode. Or its outtakes...
In this episode our two ageing heroes explore the inner workings of a podcast (or podcast hosting platform depending on your perspective) called Hacker Public Radio. Yes, the platform that the Inlaws have been using since the very inception of this rapidly growing FLOSS podcast content. Wondering what the heck this episode is all about, why exactly Martin and Chris are talking about this now and the importance of statistics, lies and damned lies? Then just listen to this episode. You may also find out the difference between mere caching and content syndication. Never mind HPR's inner workings.
In this episode, Martin and Chris take a closer look at twenty years of Linux Inlaws history. Why, you may ask, given the fact that this podcast has only been in existence for roughly over two years, are we reviewing this history? The answer - of course - is straight forward: by sheer coincidence our two heroes got hold of a future episode which traveled back in time from the future. If you ever wondered about time-travel, the paradoxes associated with this and what the next twenty years have in store not just from a Linux Inlaws perspective, this episode is for you.
In this episode, Martin and Chris interview Eric Rescorla, the CTO of Firefox at Mozilla. After discussing the weather situation in the Kingdom formerly known as the UK, our two aging heros go right into browsers, programming languages, the Mozilla ecosystem and internet history and future alike. This episode again is not for the faint-hearted as none of the gory details are spared: We learn about Chris' t-shirt situation (and how you can kidnap apparel), why Google is so sucessful, data privacy and Internet monetization. Never mind rendering engines. Plus: more Rust marketing (Rebecca Rumbul: Take note :-).
In this episode our two ageing heroes take a closer at operating system (OS) level virtualisation. The main different legacy virtualisation technologies like virtual machines (VMs) and this new-fangled approach is that the OS kernel remains the same across virtualisation domains, thus giving the hippsters and other followers of fashion a cheaper and potentially much faster solution than virtualising the kernel and surrounding hawrdware and all the rest of it. Plus more details on Martin's real faith. Don't miss out on this episode if you're interested in any of these...
In this episode Martin and Chris managed to ensnare a member of the Linux User Group Frankfurt (FraLUG) to talk about his history with Slackware, currently the oldest Linux distribution still maintained. If you ever fancied to know more about this grandfather of a distribution and its ins and outs, this is your show. Plus we get to know more about one of Chris' well-kept secrets...
In this episode, Martin and Chris discuss init systems and Chris outs himself as a systemd fan boy (Devuan followers take note :-). Even Linux and other FLOSS OS geeks not interested in what happens when you flick the power switch on a computer may find this episode (vaguely) interesting as some light is also shed on the philosophy of the different system architectures and their history (Ever wanted to know what an /360 IPL really is? Then stay tuned...). Disclosure: The following text may resort to regular expressions to keep things concise and simple. Some of the PCRE-challenged readers may take offence - you have been warned.
In this episode our two hosts talk to an eclectic panel consisting of members of the Georgian affiliation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called Electronic Frontiers Georgia. Among other topics, civil rights (especially in the digital age), sharing of ideas never mind other intellectual capital and why this still matters in socialist America are the focus of discussion. Plus Chris manages to recount most of the founding fathers of the US (gaps may be present... :-)
In this episode our two heroes explore the depths a new (?) hipster programming language called Rust. Being an obvious piece of blatant technology marketing, the Linux Inlaws are still waiting for the funds to arrive from the Rust Foundation :-) (@Foundation: If you want to get in touch please send a mail to sponsor at linuxinlaws eu). Jokes aside, the episode give a short overview of this new programming language without going into deeper technical details as this podcast is only the usual four hours long.
In this episode Martin and Chris have a very special guest: Loris Cro of Zig fame. Zig fame? Stay tuned. Not only is Loris an ex-colleague of our two aging heroes, he is also the community vice president at the Zig Software Foundation. So this episode will be all about this new programming language, why you should use it (and perhaps why you shouldn't) and life, the universe and the rest. And Rust. Of course. :-) Full disclosure: In contrast to other episodes, this one is really tech-heavy and may offend the less technical listeners. Listen at your own discretion if you want to into the weeds of Clang, LLVM, typing and cross-compilation - you have been warned. If this is up alley, you may want consider seeking professional help just in case :-).
Another fortnight, another episode of our beloved podcast called Linux Inlaws :-). What starts as an episode on the history of Central Europe and the role of the Netherlands and Germany in the greater scheme of things rapidly moves sideways into a discussion of git-powered static HTML website generators in contrast to context management systems (CMSs) and their advantages, disadvantages and why the hell even think about this. Chris uses an innocent (?) Linux User Group (LUG) as an example for a successful site migration from a Python-powered CMS to a version of the website based on a static site generator written in Go and called Hugo. Even if you may find this boring to tears stay tuned as there may be an unexpected ending of this ditty in the shape of two interesting poxes...
In this episode of the Inlaws our two ageing heroes host Doug DeMaio and Axel Braun, both intimately associated with and actively supporting the OpenSUSE project, the foundation of one of the popular Linux distros apart from RedHat and Debian for companies of all sizes (yes, and Ubuntu before I get any hate mails from Mark Shuttleworth or Cannonical in general :-). Apologies for not mentioning Alma, CentOS or Rocky Linux. Topics of discussion include the advantages of hipster concepts like rolling releases, the year of the Linux desktop, other people's computers (aka Clouds) and philosophical things like IT security, all things cloud-native (well, almost) and Apple laptop users drinking fancy coffee derivatives. Never mind containers, edge-computing operating systems and live kernel patching.
Right into the third year of the first five-year plan our two ageing heroes discuss the past year in review (blatantly stealing this concept from other popular podcasts), focussing on the hotter episodes of second year and progress with increasing the number of active listeners from two to five and beyond. Also, major fuck-ups and lessons learned from them are revealed including some ranting about badly designed and implemented software never mind documentation.
In this episode of your favourite FLOSS podcast our two OAPs discuss the challenges of running conferencing systems like BigBlueButton behind a network address translation (NAT) configuration, something that the Inlaws have been struggeling (?) with for quite some time but now have arrived a solution which might just work :-). If you face similar challenges or just want to refresh your knowledge about intricate network architectures never mind their pitfalls, stay tuned. All will be revealed (hopefully :-). But beware: This show is highly technical and geek-only. Which may come in handy if you're not technical but suffer from insomnia or similar sleep disorders - this is your show!
In this episode, the Inlaws are hosting Neil Johnson, VP of Engineering at Element. But this is not just about this popular Matrix graphical user interface but rather about this federated communication network dubbed as the next big thing after Mastodon and Discord, soon to take over the world (pretty much like the Inlaws themselves - it's gonna get crowded... :-).
In this end of year episode / Xmas bumper our two aging heroes host the Grumpy Old Coders once again. Apart from having lots of fun, our four eclectic panelists discuss the year in review and some obscure predictions the Inlaws made at the end of last year in S01E20 to see if these became true or not. Plus a seriously long commercial break on mainframes done by our own Chris (Arvind / Jim / IBM: If you're listening: the sponsor mail address is [email protected]). Plus some juicy competitive knowledge about some hyperscalers. Beans spilled right from the inside... In addition to cloud nightmares. So if you're into horror after never mind beyond Halloween this is your episode... There might be the odd open source angle to this episode but we are not sure and this of course is purely by accident - just find out for yourself! :-)
In this episode - sadly missing Martin as he buggered off to do something else - the remaining Inlaw hosts Wim Taymans, inventor and brain behind Pipewire, a new approach to Linux audio. Don't miss out on this episode if you're fed up with Pulseaudio (hello Martin :-) or find Jack just too complicated for every-day usage - you may see audio on Linux from a different perspective after this episode... Never mind those of you who are looking for a crash-course on audio on Linux - this episode is for you!
In this episode our two heroes contemplate the ins and outs of version control systems (VCS) and how to maintain sanity using them. Particular focus is on the newer generation of such as git which enabled large-scale community projects such as the Linux kernel, programming languages like Rust and Python and other shenanigans. Including a crash course on version control systems - you may credits at your local third-level education facility for listening to this episode. Just tell them the Inlaws sent you :-). Plus Martin reveals his favourite Pay TV channel and his gun-buying habits being a minor. Don't miss this episode if you're a minor and want to buy a gun in certain countries (details as part of the episode! :-).
In this episode Martin and one of the Grumpies (as in Grumpy Old Coders) battle it out: SQL or NoSQL - which technology is better? If you ever wondered why the Structured Query Language was invented in the first place and why the hipster abandoned ship for the latest (?) rage of the likes of the NoSQL variety, this is for you. Plus: A whole family of never-heard-of sound effects make their debut on this bumper of an episode.
In this episode our two OAPs host Deb Nicholson, the general manager of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Apart from riveting insights into open source licensing we discuss the greater FLOSS ecosystem and Deb's views on why wearing shoes is important in certain contexts, open source standards, law suits and the differences between US and Europe among other things.
Editor's Note, 2021-12-09: TerminusDB link changed as requested
In this infomercial on Microsoft, our hosts discuss the infamous Halloween documents ('tis the season after all), a set of ancient scrolls dating back more than twenty years and giving an overview of the behemoth's then strategy on open source and how to possibly combat it. But fear not, ye of little faith :-), all is well now as the episode shows also the long way Microsoft has come since then and its adoption (and giving back!) as an enterprise technology.
Plus: How to increase your market cap by using FLOSS. And last but not least: The Dark Side is back by popular demand! With a special episode on the usual Halloween stuff including vampires, Transylvania, politicians, QAnon, Zoom, Teams and other horror topics (Ever wondered what happened to Angela Merkel after she stepped down as Germany's chancelorette in 2021? Then don't miss out on this episode!).
In this episode, Martin and Chris host an eclectic panel of contributors to the *other* major FLOSS operating system family - you guessed it: the flavours of the Berkeley Software Distribution (aka BSD among friends). Disclaimer: you may be tempted to diverge from the Path of the Righteousness also known as Linux and give this alternative a spin. So this episode is *not* for the faint-hearted - listen at your own discretion! Also: the true defective nature of our beloved (?) hosts' past will be revealed - an episode not be missed despite the caveat! Plus a refresher on spaced-out operating system concepts including library operating systems and a rant on Android and friends. In addition to some cool BSD trolling...
In this episode, our two hosts host Rhys Davies, a developer advocate from Canonical. So all beans will be spilled on one of the most popular Linux distros out there. Like its past, present and future. Never mind how Canonical makes its moolah and where this goes... Plus an interesting infomercial on old big iron (IBM, if you're listening: the mail address is [email protected]).
This episode is dedicated to tiny kernels driving operating systems also known as micro-kernels. While discussing the last 100 years of operating system design and implementation, our two aging heroes also shed some light on operating systems in general and their recent history (like fifty years). Unless you're a true OS nerd, you find the episode mildly refreshing and educational on the layers of software underneath your beloved applications controlling the hardware and other shenanigans. If you're an OS nerd, this episode may have the potential of closing your few remaining knowledge gaps (or something like this). A fun show for children of all ages and beyond.
In this episode of our beloved open source podcast rapidly approaching its zenith of popularity (with hopefully not an equally rapid decline afterwards) our two elderly heroes pay tribute to Hacker Public Radio in general and Ken Fallon in particular. Plus: a never-heard-of-before peek into Martin's very own private life (we lift the veil and reveal it all - don't miss this!)
In this episode Chris is trying hard to get Martin to sleep by elaborating on the subject of free and open source software licenses but fails miserably. Listen to a more than riveting episode on the ins and outs of licensing FLOSS code bases in addition to banter about Brexit, plans for a reshaping of Europe after the invasion of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland leave the UK.
In this episode our aging heroes host the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Its president, Matthias Kirschner talk about the past, the present and the future of free and open source software not only from an FSFE perspective. Never mind how he got into computers in the first place. Also, different opinions about communism in general and its implementations (and the flaws of the first rounds of implementations) are touched upon. So historians, FLOSS users and enthusiasts, communists and free spirits: This is your episode! Plus: Ever wondered what the Towel Day is all about? Check out the second half of the episode! At our guest's request: Please note that this episode was recorded on June 1st 2021.
In this fourth part of our three-part miniseries on Deep and Machine Learning our two heroes shed some light on a DL architecture called Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT), a pretty sophistic piece of software that fools most humans when it comes to authoring text (ideal for budding writers with a block in place). Other topics of discussion includes OpenAI (the company behind this framework), Elon Musk, Bitcoin, Microsoft and if the GPT can actually pass the Turing test. All will be revealed - don't miss this episode!
In this episode - aptly named "The return of the Rust" our two heroes host a very special guest: no other than Steve Klabnik of Rust fame himself. Needless to say, this hipster programming language which is on everbody's mind at the moment (apart maybe from a few lost souls still crying over spilled coffee) plays a very important role in this show in addition to the newly founded Rust Foundation hosting such eclectic members such as Microsoft, Mozilla, Google and Facebook just to name a few looking after the language.
In part three of the 27.64 episodes long mini-series on artificial intelligences, machine and deep learning and other hipster topics around machines trying to imitate humans (marketing made us do these :-), our two heroes discuss domain-specific frameworks on top of (more generic) infrastructure like TensorFlow or PyTorch. As usual, all will be revealed and no details be spared (apart from a very few) including how to tell animals apart from humans (a tricky feat as any journalist can tell you who's ever faced a stampeding horde of angry politicians!).
In this episode the inlaws host Paul Ramsey of OpenGeo fame. Apart from his PostgreSQL contributions, Paul is probably best known for GIS work and geo DB contributions in general (in addition to off-the-beaten track stuff like URL of his website among other things). Don't miss this for nuggets on geo databases and beyond!
After successfully navigating through the shallow (or not-so-shallow) depths of the first episode on deep learning fundamentals, our two heroes tackle a more concrete topic in this episode: How to use the damn stuff! No expenses will be spared to bring to the listeners the finer details of tensors, TensorFlow and other frameworks which serve as the basis for modern artificial intelligence / machine learning applications running on back-propagation networks (see the first episode on the foundations). Lifting the curtain even more, all will be revealed about a little corner shop called "Google" (well, almost all :-).
In this episode, our two ageing heroes host an eclectic panel of kernel contributors of a small, mostly unknown operating system called "Linux". The panelists hail from all over the planet (sadly, no money or love would buy Richard's or Linus' way onto that panel :-) but the discussion proves more than interesting regardless of these uber-nerds being absent. All will be revealed including the true age of Linux, one of Chris' secret obsessions (hint: it's not software bugs), Linus Torvald's thought process and evolution as such. Never mind Linux's second future high-level programming language... Plus: a philosophical discussion of the social impact of insulting from a pan-cultural perspective. Don't miss out on this!
In this episode, our two heroes explore the realm of artificial intelligence, paying special attention to deep learning (hoping that some of the stuff may rub on them :-). In this first part of a three-part mini-series the chaps discuss the foundation including networks, neurons and other topics of advanced black magic, carefully avoiding the temptations of introducing too much maths (we'll leave this to the Grumpy Old Coders :-).
In this episode, our two heroes explore the realm of the great uncertainties also known as probabilistic data structures. For this adventures they managed to retain one of the experts in this field from the open source realm. Check out the episode to get in on this secret and its details!
In this episode our two aging heroes discuss the proper temperature to drink beer at (spoiler: it's not 20 degrees as CAMRA would make you believe) and the ins and outs of basic and enhanced security on our beloved operating system. If you ever wanted to know more about Linux Security Modules, AppArmor and SELinux and how dames of negotiable affections relate to these concepts, this show is for you.
This time our two heroes host an eclectic couple known as the grumpy old coders. Thomas, David, Martin and Chris discuss stealing, um, borrowing (and never giving back) of mottos and mascotts, programming languages including Java, Python and Rust woes and how they all arrived at podcasting. Never mind Chris revealing his true and only heritage and other little-known secrets. Don't miss out on this episode for the full lowdown (never mind the even lower down .
In this episode our two heroes interview Itamar Haber, community liaison for Redis, a popular open-source in-memory NoSQL database. Technology prevails in this episode; communism, free love and drugs take a backseat (but only for the moment! :-). The trio discuss the legacy of redis, bemoan their old age and reveal why Itamar initially wanted to be a mermaid. Listen to the episode for more shocking epiphanies!
In this episode, Chris is harassed by quite a few artificial nuisance callers, among drug lords, Irish nurses and some random Linux Inlaws Chief Financial Officer. Based on these examples, our two heroes discuss the history and current state of text-to- speech (TTS) and voice recognition. We attempted to use voice recognition software in order to produce a transcript of the show.
In this episode Martin discovers that protecting pictures of stick insects (rated XXX or not) on USB sticks (pun intended) can be an ardous endeavour indeed. Never mind eventually turning this into a business including web servers, shared file spaces and password storage. Additional bonus: the lovely Emma from Rainbow Escorts makes another cameo apperance supported by some Irish, um, students.
Postgres
Listen to our two OAP interviewing Bruce
Momjian, Postgres evangelist and long-time supporter of this popular SQL
database. Expect lots of strong language around SQL and NoSQL topics and
some ranting about MINT's attitude towards snaps, a fun breach of a health
service provider in the UK and why broadcasters should stick to
monopolies.
More shenanigans from our two heroes. In this short episode our two heroes rant about Linus and other old people, Transmeta and other history, discuss Martin's EdgeOS woes and discover that MIPS is indeed a CPU architecture supported by standard Debian. The show concludes with a short review of Claudio's review and poxes about the Arch wiki and Californication. You have been warned!
In this episode our two chaps welcome Fred Dixon, product manager for BigBlueButton, on the show to talk about the project, its history and if it will finally run on Fedora and CentOS.
Surrounding musings include how to hack the GDM login screen, why Martin is not behind the recent Easyjet hack and poxes as well as anti-poxes.
This is Linux Inlaws, a series on free and open source software, black humour, the revolution and freedom in general (this includes ideas and software) and generally having fun.
Linux Inlaws - a podcast about on topics around free and open source software, any associated contraband, communism / the revolution in general and whatever else fancies your tickle.
Please note that this and other episodes may contain strong language, offensive humor and other certainly not politically correct language - you have been warned (our parents insisted on this disclaimer - happy mum?). Thus the content is not suitable for consumption in the workplace (especially when played back on a speaker in an open plan office or similar environments), any minors under the age of 35 or any pets including fluffy little killer bunnies, your trusty guide dog (unless on speed) and cute T-Rexes or other associated dinosaurs.
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Linux Inlaws - a podcast about on topics around free and open source software, any associated contraband, communism / the revolution in general and whatever else fancies your tickle.
Please note that this and other episodes may contain strong language, offensive humor and other certainly not politically correct language - you have been warned (our parents insisted on this disclaimer - happy mum?). Thus the content is not suitable for consumption in the workplace (especially when played back on a speaker in an open plan office or similar environments), any minors under the age of 35 or any pets including fluffy little killer bunnies, your trusty guide dog (unless on speed) and cute t-rexes or other associated dinosaurs.
This is Linux Inlaws, a series on free and open source software, black humour, the revolution and freedom in general (this includes ideas and software) and generally having fun.
Linux Inlaws - a podcast about on topics around free and open source software, any associated contraband, communism / the revolution in general and whatever else fancies your tickle.
Please note that this and other episodes may contain strong language, offensive humor and other certainly not politically correct language - you have been warned (our parents insisted on this disclaimer - happy mum?). Thus the content is not suitable for consumption in the workplace (especially when played back on a speaker in an open plan office or similar environments), any minors under the age of 35 or any pets including fluffy little killer bunnies, your trusty guide dog (unless on speed) and cute t-rexes or other associated dinosaurs.
In this show the lads Martin and Chris speak about the legacy, its name and also introduce Tech Support from the Dark Side, a new hotline helping politicians and other users in need of computer support to cope with reality.
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Linux Inlaws - a podcast about on topics around free and open source software, any associated contraband, communism / the revolution in general and whatever else fancies your tickle.
Please note that this and other episodes may contain strong language, offensive humor and other certainly not politically correct language - you have been warned (our parents insisted on this disclaimer - happy mum?). Thus the content is not suitable for consumption in the workplace (especially when played back on a speaker in an open plan office or similar environments), any minors under the age of 35 or any pets including fluffy little killer bunnies, your trusty guide dog (unless on speed) and cute t-rexes or other associated dinosaurs.
In this show the lads introduce themselves and discuss the technology they use and why they are putting on the show.
En liten tjänst av I'm With Friends. Finns även på engelska.