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FLOSS Weekly

It"s the OG podcast about Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, FLOSS Weekly! Join us each Wednesday as Jonathan Bennett and the posse of Co-hosts interview big names of Free Software, cover utterly fascinating Open Source Projects you may have never heard of, and cover the news about software you use every day without even realizing it.

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01:03:37

Episode 778: OctoPrint -- People Are Amazing at...

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/04/10

This week Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman sit down with Gina Häußge, and talk about OctoPrint! That's the 3d-printer babysitter that's turned into much more! How has Gina turned it into a career? How does she avoid burnout after more than 10 years at it? And What's the easiest way to get started? All this and more! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the

Episode 777 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/04/03

FLOSS-777 Jonathan: This is Floss Weekly, episode 777, recorded Wednesday, April 3rd. Asterisk, wait, faxes? This week, we sit down with Joshua Culp, the Asterisk Project lead. We talk about the Asterisk Project, its new corporate home at Sangoma, and then fax machines, and why we all still get spam calls. You don't want to miss it, so stay tuned. Hey, it is time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about free Libre and open source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and I've got David Ruggles

01:12:22

Episode 777: Asterisk -- Wait, Faxes?

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2024/04/03

This week Jonathan Bennett and David Ruggles sit down with Joshua Colp to talk about Asterisk! That's the Open Source phone system software that you probably use way more often than you realize. What's new in Asterisk? What'd the deal with faxes? And will we ever have a real solution for spam calls? You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon

Episode 776 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/03/27

FLOSS-776 Jonathan: This is Floss Weekly, episode 756, recorded Wednesday, March 27th. DNSmask, making the internet work since 1999. This week, Simon Phipps joins me and we talk with Simon Kelly, the creator and sole maintainer of DNSmask. It's a program you may not have heard of, but it probably runs in your router. It probably runs in your cell phone and it definitely makes the internet work. You don't want to miss learning about it. So stay tuned. Hey, welcome. It is time for Floss Weekly. It's a

01:04:16

Episode 776: Dnsmasq, Making the Internet Work since...

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/03/27

This week Jonathan Bennett and Simon Phipps sit down with Simon Kelley to talk about Dnsmasq! That's a piece of software that was built to get a laptop online over lapLink, and now runs on most of the world's routers and phones. How did we get here, and what does the future of Dnsmasq look like? Listen for the answers! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the

Episode 775 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/03/20

FLOSS-775 Jonathan: This is Floss Weekly, episode 775, recorded Wednesday, March 20th. Meshtastic Central. Hey, this week we're talking with Ben Meadows and AJ McWilkin about Meshtastic. There's been a lot that's changed since the last time we've had them on. There's been a Rust developer that's added to the team. There's been some new privacy features. There's a web flasher that's really easy to use. Oh, and they convinced me to join as one of their developers. You don't want to miss it. So stay

01:03:05

Episode 775: Meshtastic Central

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/03/20

This week Jonathan Bennett and Rob Campbell sit down with Ben Meadors and Adam McQuilkin to talk about what's new with Meshtastic! There's plenty of new stuff, like native Linux support, a new rust-based client, and plenty more! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed

Episode 774 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/03/13

FLOSS-774 Jonathan: This is Floss Weekly, episode 774, recorded Wednesday, March 13th. Let's get Rusty. Hey, this week we sit down with Herbert Wolverson and talk about Rust. He's sort of like one of the Randall Schwartzes of that language. He's written, he teaches, and he sat down with us for an hour and let us pick his brain about Rust. You don't want to miss it, so stay tuned. Well, hey folks, it's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about free, libre, and open source software. I'm your host,

01:11:35

Episode 774: Let's Get Rusty

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/03/13

This week Jonathan Bennett sits down with Herbert Wolverson to talk about Rust! Is it really worth the hype? Should you have written that in Rust? What's up with "if let some" anyways? And what's the best way to get started with this exciting language? All this and more! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music: "Newer Wave"

Episode 773 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/03/06

FLOSS-773 Jonathan: This is Floss Weekly, episode 773, recorded Wednesday, March 6th. NodeBB, don't do the math. Hey, this week we talk with Julian Lamb about NodeBB. It's open source forum software that brings the idea of the forum into the modern age. There's some neat tricks it knows, like forking forum threads, talking on the Fediverse, and more. Hey, it's a great interview, you don't want to miss it, so stay tuned. Hey, hello, it is time for Floss Weekly. Weekly, that's a show about free Libre

01:06:32

Episode 773: NodeBB -- Don't Do the Math

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/03/06

This week Jonathan Bennett and Jeff Massie chat with Julian Lam about NodeBB, the modern take on forum software. And forums have some new tricks, like topic forking, responsive design for mobile, and coming soon Activity Pub integration! What about AI? And Why JavaScript? Listen and find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme

Episode 772 Transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/02/28

FLOSS-772 Jonathan: This is Floss Weekly, episode 772, recorded Wednesday, February 28th. Raspberry Pi from the man himself. This week, Elliot Williams joins me and we talk with Evan Upton about the Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a potential IPO, and we get some feature requests in for some future products. You don't want to miss it, so stay tuned. Welcome to Floss Weekly, the show about free Libre and open source software and hardware. Well, for today, it's about hardware too. It's

01:06:55

Episode 772: Raspberry Pi From the Man Himself

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/02/28

This week Jonathan Bennett and Elliot Williams chat with Eben Upton about The Raspberry Pi! The conversation covers the new Pi 5, the upcoming CM5, the possible Pi500, and the Initial Public Offering that may happen before too long. There's also the PCIe port, the RP1, and the unexpected effects of using Broadcom chips. You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the

Episode 771 Transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/02/21

FLOSS-771 Jonathan: This is Floss Weekly, episode 771, recorded Wednesday, February 21st. Kalpa. Because nobody knows what hysteresis is. This week, Dan Lynch joins me, and we talk with Shawn Dunn about Kalpa. That's an immutable, or maybe we should say atomic, desktop. It's part of OpenSUSE, it's downstream from Tumbleweed, and it's carrying the KDE Torch. Why would you want to run an atomic or immutable desktop? Well, stay tuned to find out. Hey, welcome to Floss Weekly. That's the show about

01:16:14

Episode 771: Kalpa -- Because Nobody Knows what...

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/02/21

This week Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch chat with Shawn W Dunn about openSUSE Kalpa, the atomic version of openSUSE Tumbleweed, with a KDE twist. What exactly do we mean by an Atomic desktop? Is ALP going to replace openSUSE Tumbleweed? Are snaps coming to Kalpa? Listen in to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music:

Episode 770 Transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/02/14

FLOSS-770 Jonathan Bennett: This is Floss Weekly, episode 770. Recorded Wednesday, February 14th. 10 percent more internet. Hey, this week, Doc Searles joins me, and we talk with David Tot about the state of the internet, IPv4 exhaustion, 10 percent more IP addresses that are just sitting there waiting to be used, and more, you don't want to miss it. So stay tuned. Hey, welcome. It is Wednesday. It is time for Floss Weekly. That's free, libre, and open source software. It's not just me. I've got Doc

01:13:35

Episode 770: 10% More Internet

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/02/14

This week Jonathan Bennett and Doc Searls chat with David Taht about the Internet. Primarily the IPv4 exhaustion issue, IPv6, and why there's 10%-20% of our current IPv4 addresses sitting unused. It turns out there's a plan to push about half of that address space back into general use, but Amazon might have something to say about it. You don't want to miss this story! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story

Episode 769 Transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/02/07

Jonathan: This is Floss Weekly, episode 769, recorded Wednesday, February the 7th. OpenCost. We spend how much? Hey, this week Catherine joins me. We talk with Matt Ray, the Community Manager at OpenCost. That project is all about tracking where your dollars and cents go for your cloud compute costs. And it turns out it may just keep you out of trouble if part of your infrastructure gets compromised, too. You don't want to miss it. So stay tuned. Hey, welcome. It is time for Floss Weekly. That's the

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Episode 769: OpenCost -- We Spent How Much?

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/02/07

This week Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman talk with Matt Ray about OpenCost and all things cloud! What exactly is Cloud Native? Why do we need a project just for tracking expenses? Doesn't the cloud make everything cheaper? Is there a use case for the hobbyist? All this and more! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, where the show records live each week, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Theme music: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod

Episode 768 Transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2024/01/31

FLOSS-768 Jonathan Bennett: This is Floss Weekly, episode 768, recorded January 31st. Open Source Radio. Hey, this week we're talking with Tony Zioli, the founder of NetMix, and the guy behind the Radio Station WordPress plugin. We talk with him about open source radio, the history of internet radio, and more. You do not want to miss it. So stay tuned. Well, good morning. It is time for Floss Weekly. It's the show about free Libre and open source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and we've

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