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In-Depth Series: Linux Inlaws

  • Number of episodes: 65
  • Open/closed: open
  • Date of earliest show: 2020-02-13
  • Date of latest show: 2022-09-22
  • Series RSS feeds: ogg, spx, mp3
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.

hpr3689 :: Linux Inlaws S01E65: TerminusDB hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-09-22. 01:07:51. Explicit.
TerminusDB, graph databases, Seshat, Rust, Carbon by Google, Substack.

TerminusDB NoSQL database

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hpr3679 :: Linux Inlaws S01E64: Non-profits in the US: A closer look at 501(c)s hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-09-08. 00:36:17. Explicit.
501(c)3, 501(c)6, non-profits, not-for-profits, Church of Emacs, RMS, Serviettenknödel.

The Ins and Outs of 501(c)s

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hpr3668 :: Linux Inlaws S01E63: John Hawley on kernel dot org and other shenanigans hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2022-08-24. 01:31:54. Explicit.
git, kernel.org, GSoC, Command Line Heroes, Zero Dark Thirty, trace cruncher.

An interview with John Hawley of kernel.org fame

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hpr3658 :: Linux Inlaws S01E62: HPR's inner workings hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2022-08-10. 00:32:55. Explicit.
Lies, damned lies, stats, projections, CDNs, Ford, Ferrari, Monsters, Books.

An overview of HPRs inner workings and stats based on a ludicrous claim by the Inlaws

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hpr3649 :: Linux Inlaws S01E61: 20 years in review hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-07-28. 01:11:59. Explicit.
Time-travel, DeLorean, D-Wave, Hello! Magazine, Calico Labs.

The last 20 years in review

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hpr3639 :: Linux Inlaws S01E60: The Job Interview hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-07-14. 00:54:22. Explicit.
Kafka, Confluent, distributed event platforms, databases, Redis, Love, Death, Robots, Zookeeper.

An interview with Kris Jenkins from Confluent

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hpr3629 :: Linux Inlaws S01E59: The Show with Red Pandas Mosaic Killers and Metal Corrosion hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-06-30. 01:12:45. Explicit.
Firefox, rendering engines, Mozilla (Foundation and Corporation), Peter Watt, Rust.

An interview with Eric Rescorla (Firefox CTO) on Browsers, the Internet and hard-core sci-fi

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hpr3619 :: Linux Inlaws S01E58: Kubernetes and Friends and Sarah hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-06-16. 01:08:10. Explicit.
Kubernetes, Mesos, cri-o, YAML, OpenShift, hpr3577.

The fun continues with a discussion of container orchestration frameworks, death (of containers) and

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hpr3609 :: Linux Inlaws S01E57: Operating System Level Virtualisation and Martin's Faith hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-06-02. 00:53:58. Explicit.
Celts, Celtic languages, Containers, Jails, Zones, Docker, CRI-O, From Dusk till Dawn, religion.

An in-depth discussion about Jails, Containers, religion and others sorts of confinement

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hpr3599 :: Linux Inlaws S01E56: Slackware - A User's Perspective hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-05-19. 00:44:36. Explicit.
Linux, Slackware, Linux from Scratch, sed, LILO, Peter Jackson.

A discussion with a long-time Slackware user about this oldest Linux distro still alive

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hpr3588 :: Linux Inlaws S01E55: Get yer boots on for a fresh look at init systems hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2022-05-04. 00:46:19. Explicit.
init, SysVInit, Upstart, systemd, GRUB, Unix philosophy, Hello Magazine.

Martin and Chris discuss what happens when you turn on a computer (preferably running Linux)

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hpr3578 :: Linux Inlaws S01E54: Electronic Freedom Never Mind the Civil Rest hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2022-04-20. 01:27:14. Explicit.
EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Georgia, US Constitution, Civil Rights, Positive Lobbying.

A discussion with members of the Electronic Frontier Georgia about electronic freedom, civil rights

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hpr3569 :: Linux Inlaws S01E53: Rust Marketing hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-04-07. 00:44:21. Explicit.
Rust, The Rust Foundation, Firefox, D-Wave, Cargo.

A shameless plug for this hippster programming language and why you should use it

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hpr3559 :: Linux Inlaws S01E52: The Zig Project hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-03-24. 01:09:11. Explicit.
Zig, Zig Software Foundation, Rust, Money, Miami Vice, US Non-Profits.

An interview with Loris Cro of Zig Fame

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hpr3549 :: Linux Inlaws S01E51: git and static site generators hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-03-10. 00:53:26. Explicit.
git, content management systems, MoinMoin, HUGO, static site generators, HPR, PEPs, gitea, Reacher.

git and static site generators

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hpr3539 :: Linux Inlaws S01E50: The OpenSUSE Project hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-02-24. 01:07:59. Explicit.
OpenSUSE, Kubic, MicroOS, Clouds, Lattes, Desktops.

An interview with Doug DeMaio and Axel Braun from the OpenSUSE project

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hpr3529 :: Linux Inlaws S01E48: Year Two of the Five Year Plan hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-02-10. 00:52:07. Explicit.
2021, review, communism, five year plan, Grumpy Old Coders, MiniDebConf.

The two ageing heroes discuss the past year in review

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hpr3518 :: Linux Inlaws S01E47: BigBlueButton and NAT hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2022-01-26. 00:54:32. Explicit.
BigBlueButton, Network Address Translation, TURN, STUN, WebRTC, Parallels, Vulcan's Hammer, The Ice.

Our two OAPs discuss running conferencing systems like BigBlueButton behind NAT

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hpr3509 :: Linux Inlaws S01E46: The Matrix Project (Without Neo) hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2022-01-13. 01:11:55. Explicit.
Matrix, Element, federated social network, peer-to-peer communication.

The Matrix Project Without Neo

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hpr3498 :: Linux Inlaws S01E45: The Big Xmas New Year bash with the Grumpies hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2021-12-29. 02:14:36. Explicit.
Mainframes, IBM, Hyperscaler secrets, Rust, old men, programming languages.

the same as the title so I'm not going to repeat it

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hpr3492 :: Linux Inlaws S01E44: Pipewire Just another audio server Think again hosted by monochromec

Tuesday, 2021-12-21. 00:52:50. Explicit.
Linux audio, Pipewire, PulseAudio, Jack, gstreamer, Rubik's Cube, Kefir.

Pipewire - Just another audio server? - Think again!

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hpr3479 :: Linux Inlaws S01E49: Version Control Systems and why bother hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-12-02. 00:56:54. Explicit.
Version control systems, git, subversion, mercurial, bazaar, how to buy guns as a minor in NL.

Version Control Systems and why bother

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hpr3469 :: Linux Inlaws S01E43: The Great Battle or not hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-11-18. 01:08:58. Explicit.
SQL, NoSQL, Grumpy Old Coders, Hipster databases, mainframes, Execution planners.

The Great Battle nor Not

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hpr3459 :: Linux Inlaws S01E42: The Open Source Initiative hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-11-04. 01:13:16. Explicit.
OSI, RMS, Open Core, the Cat Internet, Luca, Loki, open source licensing.

The Open Source Initiative

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hpr3449 :: Linux Inlaws S01E41: The Halloween Documents hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-10-21. 01:05:56. Explicit.
Microsoft, Google, The Dark Side, Halloween, Transylvania, Carmesine-colored Soy Milk, vegan vampire.

The Halloween Documents

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hpr3439 :: Linux Inlaws S01E40: The One with the BSDs hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-10-07. 01:37:14. Explicit.
Berkeley Software Distribution, library operating systems, Android, Copyleft, BSD License, Usenet.

The other One Operating System to Rule them all

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hpr3429 :: Linux Inlaws S01E39: Ubuntu and the Community hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-09-23. 01:26:47. Explicit.
Debian, Ubuntu, IBM, mainframes, snaps, Canonical.

All about your favourite Debian spin and IBM mainframes

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hpr3419 :: Linux Inlaws S01E38: Tiny kernels hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-09-09. 01:02:28. Explicit.
Operating systems, kernels, Usenet wars, Linus Torvalds, Andrew Tanenbaum, Minix, trainspotting.

All you ever wanted to hear and more about micro kernels and other operating system war stories

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hpr3409 :: Linux Inlaws S01E37: All about Hacker Public Radio hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-08-26. 01:35:38. Explicit.
HPR, cleaning, janitoring, having a good time, Richard M. Stallman, stats.

An interview with Ken Fallon, Janitor at Hacker Public Radio

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hpr3399 :: Linux Inlaws S01E36: Open Source Licenses hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-08-12. 00:56:01. Explicit.
Licensing, GNU, BSD, MIT, Taking Lives, MI6, Clarkson's Farm, Open Source Initiative.

The ultimate show on open source licenses or how to fall asleep without chemicals

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hpr3388 :: Linux Inlaws S01E35: The Free Software Foundation Europe hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2021-07-28. 01:18:15. Explicit.
FSFE, FSF, Stallman, Hackathon, Communism, Towel Day.

An interview with Matthias Kirschner, Free Software Foundation Europe

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hpr3379 :: Linux Inlaws S01E34: The one with the intelligence hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-07-15. 00:45:16. Explicit.
GPT-3, OpenAI, Elon Musk, Microsoft, Bitcoin, meta-programming.

Part four of the three-part miniseries on deep learning and artificial intelligence

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hpr3369 :: Linux Inlaws S01E33: The Return of the Rust hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-07-01. 01:04:29. Explicit.
Rust, actix, unsafe code, bulleted lists, pubs, OpenSearch.

A show with Steve Klabnik on corroded metal, hipster programming languages and the analogue world

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hpr3359 :: Linux Inlaws S01E32: Politicians and artificial intelligence part 3 hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-06-17. 00:47:10. Explicit.
Keras, scitkit-learn, neural networks, Mars, Twix, Limitless, Life.

Part 3 of the miniseries on Deep Learning, politicians and other approaches to intelligence (or not)

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hpr3349 :: Linux Inlaws S01E31: Interview with Paul Ramsey FOSS aficionado and entrepreneur hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-06-03. 01:05:23. Explicit.
PostgreSQL, PostGIS.

An interview with Paul Ramsey, FLOSS entrepreneur and OpenGeo fame

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hpr3339 :: Linux Inlaws S01E30: Politicians and artificial intelligence part 2 hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-05-20. 00:57:33. Explicit.
Policitians, artificial intelligence, deep learning.

Part 2 of the miniseries on Deep Learning, politicians and other approaches to intelligence (or not)

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hpr3329 :: Linux Inlaws S01E29: The (one and only) Linux Kernel Contributor Panel hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-05-06. 01:24:29. Explicit.
Linux Kernel.

An eclectic panel of Linux contributors discuss technology, anger management and other things

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hpr3319 :: Linux Inlaws S01E28: Politicians and artificial intelligence part 1 hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-04-22. 01:07:03. Explicit.
Policitians, artificial intelligence, deep learning, convolutions.

Part 1 of a miniseries on AI, ML, DL and other fun

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hpr3309 :: Linux Inlaws S01E27: The Big Uncertainties in Life and beyond hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-04-08. 00:56:57. Explicit.
Probabilistic data structures, PDS.

The two chaps discuss uncertainties and beyond in this episode on probabilistic data structure

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hpr3299 :: Linux Inlaws S01E26: Make your Linux harder hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-03-25. 00:49:45. Explicit.
Linux Security Modules, DAC, MAC, AppArmor, SELinux, Plan 9.

Ever wanted to know about AppArmor and SELinux? Then this is your show!

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hpr3288 :: Linux Inlaws S01E25: The Grumpy Old Coders hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2021-03-10. 01:00:28. Explicit.
OAPs, old coders, senior citizens, Bitterfeld, communism.

Our heroes host an episode with an eclectic duo (not Waldorf or Statler)

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hpr3279 :: Linux Inlaws S01E24: Legacy programming languages hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-02-25. 00:54:12. Explicit.
Programming languages, Legacy, old stuff, new stuff, hipster languages, coffee.

The two chaps discuss why history keeps repeating itself in programming languages and beyond

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hpr3269 :: Linux Inlaws S01E23: The first year of the five year plan hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-02-11. 00:47:35. Explicit.
communism, five year plan, world domination, FOSS, Femke.

The Inlaws review the first year: the highlights, lowlights and all the bloody rest

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hpr3258 :: Linux Inlaws S01E22: The Linux Professional Institute hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2021-01-27. 01:08:49. Explicit.
Java screw-up, Linux Professional Institute, Zombies, Grumpies.

The chaps host Evan Leibovitch from the LPI

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hpr3249 :: Linux Inlaws S01E21: The Big Linux Inlaws Peep Show hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2021-01-14. 00:52:45. Explicit.
Nudity, tracing, debugging, extended berkeley packet filter, weapons of math destruction.

The two chaps go the full monty and reveal it all

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hpr3238 :: Linux Inlaws S01E20: The Xmas and New Year Special hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2020-12-30. 01:39:38. Explicit.
past, present, future, artificial intelligence, b-sides, ibm, microsoft, you fill in the rest.

An episode on the past, present and future not just on FOSS - all will be explained

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hpr3229 :: Linux Inlaws S01E19: Redis hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-12-17. 01:13:38. Explicit.
Redis, mermaids, communism, Israel.

Our two chaps interview Itamar Haber of Redis fame

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hpr3219 :: Linux Inlaws S01E18: Voice Recognition and Text to Speech hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-12-03. 01:16:43. Explicit.
voice recognition, text to speech, wavenet, tacotron 2, DeepSpeech, Lyrebird.

How to place fake prank calls into podcasts and what does TTS have to do with this

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hpr3209 :: Linux Inlaws S01E17: Nextcloud hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-11-19. 01:09:49. Explicit.
Nextcloud, PHP, Golang, forking a company, technical debt.

Chat with Frank Karlitschek about Nextcloud and forking your company

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hpr3194 :: Linux Inlaws S01E16: The count and the questions hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-10-29. 01:07:41. Explicit.
Count, questions, vlad, legends, Halloween.

Linux Inlaws S01E16: This is Linux Inlaws, a series on free and open source software, black humour a

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hpr3184 :: Linux Inlaws S01E15: IT Security and stick insects hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-10-15. 00:56:08. Clean.
IT Security, stick insects, Rainbow Escorts, Grumpy Old Coders.

How to secure photos of your stick insect collection and more

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hpr3174 :: Linux Inlaws S01E14: The big programming language panel hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-10-01. 00:52:54. Explicit.
C++, Python, Rust, Rainbow Escorts, Halloween.

Our heroes host an eclectic panel of experts discussion C(++), Python and Rust.

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hpr3163 :: Linux Inlaws S01E13: The road to communism and freedom hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2020-09-16. 01:04:15. Explicit.
open source, communism, escort services, freedom, Mach, VMS, accounts.

Our old heroes discuss their legacy and how they arrived at open source software and communism

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hpr3138 :: Linux Inlaws S01E12: Reminiscing in FLOSS Weekly hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2020-08-12. 01:34:24. Explicit.
Linux inlaws, communism, free and open source software, FLOSS Weekly, Perl, ship cruises.

An interview with Randal Schwartz of FLOSS Weekly fame

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hpr3128 :: Linux Inlaws S01E11 The Python Bumper Part 2 hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2020-07-29. 01:07:45. Explicit.
Python 3.9, Mortgages in New York, Williamsburg, Wirecard, middle-aged blondes.

The chaps continue to shed more light on our beloved programming language

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hpr3118 :: Linux Inlaws S01E10 The Python Bumper Part 1 hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2020-07-15. 01:30:36. Explicit.
Python, PEP, Linux, Alia Shawkat, Brad Pitt, Stackless Python.

A discussion of Python questions and their answers (part 1). Plus news on Brad and Alia

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hpr3106 :: Linux Inlaws S01E09 Postgres hosted by monochromec

Monday, 2020-06-29. 01:04:11. Explicit.
Postgres, SQL, NoSQL, MINT.

The lads talk to Bruce Momjian Postgres evangelist

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hpr3099 :: Linux Inlaws S01E08 The review of the review hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-06-18. 00:45:41. Explicit.
Linus, Transmeta, EdgeOS, Arch, Californication, device tree.

In this short episode our two heroes rant about Linus, Transmeta, EdgeOS

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hpr3097 :: Linux Inlaws S01E07 The Big Blue Button hosted by monochromec

Tuesday, 2020-06-16. 01:04:55. Explicit.
BigBlueButton, GDM, Focal Fossa, Ubuntu.

The lads talk to Fred Dixon, product manager for BigBlueButton.

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hpr3079 :: Linux Inlaws S01E06 Porn and Trump hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-05-21. 01:19:39. Explicit.
Audacity, KDEnlive, Blender, PwC mishap, The Current War, Better Things, Pamela Adlon.

The lads discuss Audacity, KDEnlive, Blender, PwC, The Current War, Better Things, and Pamela Adlon

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hpr3069 :: Linux Inlaws S01E05 Porn and Skynet hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-05-07. 01:07:09. Explicit.
linux inlaws, communism, free and open source software, adult entertainment, skynet.

This is Linux Inlaws, a series on free and open source software, black humour, the revolution

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hpr3050 :: Linux Inlaws S01E04 What's in a name hosted by monochromec

Friday, 2020-04-10. 01:13:16. Explicit.
linux inlaws, communism, free and open source software.

Season 1, Episode 4. The episode where the legacy is revealed

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hpr3033 :: Linux Inlaws S01E03 32 Bit Time Travel hosted by monochromec

Wednesday, 2020-03-18. 00:59:03. Explicit.
Linux Inlaws, free open source software, revolution, FLOSS.

Linux Inlaws - a podcast on topics around free and open source software

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hpr3019 :: Linux Inlaws S01E02 FOSDEM shenanigans hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-02-27. 01:05:29. Explicit.
free open source software, revolution, FLOSS.

Linux Inlaws - a podcast about on topics around free and open source software

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hpr3009 :: Linux Inlaws S01E01 hosted by monochromec

Thursday, 2020-02-13. 00:59:30. Explicit.
free open source software revolution.

Linux Inlaws - a podcast about on topics around free and open source software

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