Linux Inlaws

Linux Inlaws

A podcast about free and open source software, communism and the revolution

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    LI_S02E56_Six_Years

    We have made it! Six years in the making and still going strong. With a steadily increasing audience of - wait for it - at least ten listeners. When they can't get to sleep or have nothing else to do. Or - gosh - want to learn something. Like what's Usenet. And why Linux has been so important (yes, it all will be revealed in this episode!). Including a crash course on operating system design (including the operating system war) and CPU design history. Never mind how humorous works. So wars or not, you have an hour to spare, can't get to sleep or want to learn something, never mind want to know why our beloved operating system conquered the world and how humor works and much, much more, you certainly don't want to miss this episode! (Ok, marketing made us do it - before Martin fired them once again). Links Minix: https://www.minix3.org The OS war: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI?pli=1 The Usenet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet GNU Hurd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Hurd IBM's RISC history: https://web.archive.org/web/20060503190348/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/rs6000.pdf Car Talk: https://www.cartalk.com Martin's ancient server: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProLiant Krentenbollen: https://www.toineskitchen.com/recipes/krentenbollen Christmas pudding recipe (not for faint-hearted): https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/classic-christmas-pudding Chromebooks: https://www.google.com/chromebook Arch on Chromebooks (Chris' talk): https://web.archive.org/web/20211025175723/https://frab.openrheinruhr.de/system/event_attachments/attachments/000/000/020/original/Arch_Chromebook.pdf?1541482424

  2. 22 JAN

    LI_S02E55_Thunderbird_Reloaded

    This episode features Thunderbird, one of the (if not the most) popular mail clients in the FLOSS ecosystem. Heather Ellsworth, a buddying physicist turned DevRel (better late than never) from the project spills the beans on the history of the project not only in a Mozilla context, explains that TB's hiatus is just another urban myth and what's ahead for the project. In terms of future roadmap, monetisation and world domination. If that sounds familiar, it should! As the Inlaws have been pondering these last few topics for more than six years now. Although in contrast to Thunderbird with limited success (until now, if you want to know more on these topics and more, don't miss the next episode!). Links Higgs Boson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson Altas @ CERN: https://atlas.cern Thunderbird: https://github.com/mozilla/releases-comm-central Waldorf: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-pope-uk Statler (or the other way around): https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinwimpress Thunderbird's history (starting at the very beginning): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Application_Suite Seamonkey: https://www.seamonkey-project.org Rust in Production Thunderbird episode: https://corrode.dev/podcast/s02e03-thunderbird/ Thunderbird on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thunderbird.android OpenPGP episode: https://archive.org/details/LI_S02E22_OpenPGP__7525 Thunderbird PRO: https://tb.pro Thunderbird's Call For Action: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/participate Mozilla's Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/home umu launcher: https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher Open Printing: https://openprinting.github.io Bugonia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12300742/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_1_cdt_t_2

  3. 8 JAN

    LI_S02E54_The_Gettogether

    This episode - recorded in an ultra-secret location near a border (any border will do - almost :-) - is witness to our two ageing heroes being in the same location for a change and gives away some giveaways. For the first time in the Inlaws' history, this episode features a glimpse into the future of the show: an overview of what's to come in 2026! Plus the usual banter about Trump, some FLOSS topics and why red wine for breakfast is almost always the better option. And some beans are spilled - for example, Martin's first programming language (hint: in contrast to popular belief, this wasn't IBM mainframe assembler which was all the rage in the sixties). Plus more from Martin's distant past - if he can remember it. Links VIC-20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIC-20 Commodore Basic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_BASIC ALGOL 68: https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/ALGOL/report/Algol68_revised_report-AB.pdf PDP 11 assembler: https://programmer209.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-pdp-11-assembly-language Smalltalk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk XBox system software: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_system_software Xkcd & Nebraska: https://xkcd.com/2347 Excel-managed company: https://xkcd.com/1906 OpenCL: https://www.khronos.org/opencl Jever: https://www.jever-beer.com Lucifer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4052886

  4. 25/12/2025

    LI_S02E53_Xmas_and_New_Year

    As 'tis the season, we have a combined Xmas and New Year's episode for you. And what a blast this is! The usual suspects will make an appearance - all those characters which you have known for years and probably already taken a shine to. Yes, this does include the Grumpies (the Grumpy Old Coders) for the uninitiated, our beloved countess Vladessa and of course our two hosts Martin and Chris. This time (as it has been a tradition for the last two year by now) impersonated by two lovely large language models (LLMs). Which goes to show that - in contrast to popular belief - LLMs DO have humour and CAN make jokes. If so forced into this... For a laughter or two and a bit of fun, don't miss this episode. Plus bonus content: The real truth behind the Redis / Valkey split, how to pack a swimming pool, sauna and much more all into one motorcycle and what this has to do with FLOSS. Or not. Links This year's Halloween episode: https://archive.org/details/LI_S02E49_Halloween_2025__A6B0 Grumpy Old Coders: https://grumpy-old-coders.org Honda Goldwing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Gold_Wing The Bottlerocket episode: https://archive.org/details/LI_S01E80_Bottlerocket__605D Redis' license change: https://redis.io/blog/agplv3 Salvatore's post on the Redis license change: https://antirez.com/news/151 Atlas comet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4A8va8NRU Avi Loeb's take on this: https://avi-loeb.medium.com/the-inspiration-delivered-by-3i-atlas-to-our-doorstep-c7bc08115d0f Armageddon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/?ref_=fn_t_1 Push: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465580/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_push Playdate: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31425731/?ref_=fn_t_1 The Substance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%2520substance Pluribus: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202452/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_in_0_q_plurib The Witcher: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5180504/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_6_nm_1_in_0_q_the%2520wit Altered Carbon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261227/?ref_=fn_t_1

  5. 11/12/2025

    LI_S02E52_Knoppix

    In this episode Martin and Chris talk to Klaus Knopper of Knoppix fame. For the few listeners who do not know what Knoppix is: Just listen to the episode (hint: it's one of the oldest life distros on the planet). Plus more on Linux for handicapped users. And the challenges of maintaining a distro and how to overcome them (watch out for the magic contained in this segment!). And an abbreviated history of Linux (esp. in Germany). Never mind Microsoft's dirty secrets involving Unix, Linux and some other things swept under the rug of history. Links Linux Tag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinuxTag Knoppix: http://www.knoppix.org Damn small Linux: https://www.damnsmalllinux.org Knoppix for Windows: https://runtime.org/data-recovery-live-cd.htm Yocto: https://www.yoctoproject.org linbo: https://github.com/linuxmuster/linuxmuster-linbo Screenreader for Blind Linux Users (SLB): https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE%3AFactory/sbl espeak-ng: https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng Adriane: https://www.knopper.net/knoppix-adriane/index-en.html Guy Fawkes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes Led Zeppelin untitled album (aka IV): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_IV

  6. 27/11/2025

    LI_S02E51_Podcasts

    This episode introduces a somewhat brand-new concept: an off-topic subject. As in: How to excel in the beautiful and ancient art of Origami (the Japanese fine art of paper folding, going back a few centuries if not more). Still reading? Excellent! Jokes aside, in this episode Martin and Chris will shed more light on one of their dark sides of their lives. To be more precise: podcasts the Inlaws (as in: we) listen to. Apart from the most famous one called Linux Inlaws (and if you believe this, you'll believe anything :-)). But stay tuned: If you are longing for more details of the very private life of our two ageing heroes, this is the episode you do not want to miss! Especially if you're into our time-travelling episodes... Links The Sun: https://www.thesun.co.uk Linux Outlaws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Outlaws Fab's podcast: https://fab.industries/podcast Dan's podcast(s): https://www.danlynch.org/podcasts FLOSS Weekly: https://hackaday.com/tag/floss-weekly Software Freedom Podcast: https://fsfe.org/news/podcast.en.html Linux Matters: https://linuxmatters.sh Grumpy Old Coders: https://grumpy-old-coders.org Command Line Heroes: https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes Open Source Startup: https://oss-startup-podcast.launchnotes.io Open Source Underdogs: https://opensourceunderdogs.com Python Bytes: https://pythonbytes.fm Talk Python to Me: https://talkpython.fm Python People: https://pythontest.com/pythonpeople Rust in production: https://corrode.dev/podcast The Rustacean Station: https://rustacean-station.org Rust Ship: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohFzyfZyjxHnChrXUadQ63FbsL7sCi0h Malicious Life: https://malicious.life Postgres FM: https://postgres.fm Valkey @ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@valkeyproject Code Red: https://www.dash0.com/podcast Instant (and not Ipanema): https://www.ibm.com/products/instana Changelog (interviews): https://changelog.com/interviews SUDO Show: https://sudo.show Talking Kotlin: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZyWVfBi0WiPlmomrDQ6PM CMU Database Group: https://www.youtube.com/c/CMUDatabaseGroup Computerphile: https://www.youtube.com/Computerphile Techlore: https://www.youtube.com/@techlore Techno Tim: https://www.youtube.com/@TechnoTim Neuralnine: https://www.youtube.com/@NeuralNine Darknet Diaries with Jack Rhysider: https://darknetdiaries.com Armchair Investigators: https://armchairinvestigators.de Malicious Life (now defunct): https://malicious.life David Bombal: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP7WmQ_U4GB3K51Od9QvM0w Unhedged: https://www.ft.com/unhedged-podcast Slate Money: https://slate.com/podcasts/slate-money Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-money Venture Unlocked: https://ventureunlocked.substack.com/podcast The Missing Crypto Queen: https://www.bbc.com/audio/brand/p07nkd84 13 Minutes to the Moon: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p07grkvh The Royal Institution: https://www.rigb.org/ri-science-podcast Repair Geek: https://www.youtube.com/c/RepairGeek FREAKONOMICS RADIO: https://freakonomics.com/podcasts Search Engine: https://www.searchengine.show Plus Minus (in German): https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/plusminus-mehr-als-nur-wirtschaft/urn:ard:show:050fba63cd84ab26 Liebt euch (in German): https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/liebt-euch-der-dating-podcast/urn:ard:show:178a60183a5a9d80 The Foreigner: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615160 Open Source Summit: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/?_sft_lfevent-category=open-source-summit-events

  7. 13/11/2025

    LI_S02E50_LoRaWan_and_friends

    The focus of this episode is Long Range WAN (also affectionately known as LoRaWAN. For those few people in the audience that don't have a clue: Just listen to episode - all will be revealed! Clue: it does have to do with that dreaded thing called the Internet of Things (and much much more). So stay tuned for the details! Plus bonus content: Martin finally sees the light and praises Rust (maybe). And much speculation about Valkey, Redis and other oddities. And - wait for it - Martin again ventures into the strange and wonderful world of agriculture. As in: Getting down and dirty with cows, sheep, pigs and other livestock. Plus bonus content: Martin's views on British politics in general and Keir Starmer in particular. So you DON'T want to miss this episode! Links LoRaWAN: https://lora-alliance.org 802.11: http://www.ieee802.org/11 Meshtastic: https://meshtastic.org The Things Network: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org Lora Server (Chirpstack): https://github.com/chirpstack The Rust Foundation: https://rustfoundation.org National Lampoon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Vacation_(film_series) The Black List: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2741602 Software Freedom Podcast: https://fsfe.org/news/podcast.en.html

  8. 30/10/2025

    LI_S02E49_Halloween_2025

    In this scary Halloween episode, Martin and Chris touch on a horrible subject indeed: a 100+ years o life experience. Be prepared for the dreadful details of more than a century of combined wisdom (really?). And, yes, FLOSS maybe involved. Plus: More from another dark side: our beloved Tech Support makes an appearance once again and helps a certain Transylvanian countess with their movie problem. And more bonus content awaits: a primer on floppy disks. Confused? You should be! The answer: Listen to the episode! Links Linux From Scratch: https://www.linuxfromscratch.org Floppy disks: https://www.hermannseib.com/documents/floppy.pdf Wednesday: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13443470 Crystal: https://crystal-lang.org

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A podcast about free and open source software, communism and the revolution

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  • Creator
    Linux Inlaws
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    155
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