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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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Episode 859 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/12/17

Jonathan: Hey folks. This week I talked with Jonathan Thomas about Open Shop. It's the video editor that aims to, will be simple to use, and yet still powerful enough to get everything done. It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, completely open source. It's a lot of fun. You don't wanna miss it. So stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 859, recorded Tuesday, December the 16th. Open shot, simple and fast. Hey folks, it's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre and open source

01:09:25

Episode 859 - OpenShot: Simple and Fast

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/12/17

This week Jonathan chats with Jonathan Thomas about OpenShot, the cross-platform video editor that aims to be simple to use, without sacrificing functionality. We did the video edit with OpenShot for this episode, and can confirm it gets the job done. What led to the creation of this project, and what's the direction it's going? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and

Episode 858 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/12/10

FLOSS-858 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week I talk with KS baskar about YADA db. It's the high performance database. That's not sql. Well, at least not yet. It's sort of coming. It's been around for a really long time, and it's tied closely to something called the mumps language. It is a deep dive into the technology behind YADA DB and its history. You don't wanna miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 858, recorded Tuesday, December the ninth. Yada db. Sometimes the solution is bigger

01:04:46

Episode 858 - YottaDB: Sometimes the Solution is...

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/12/10

This week Jonathan chats with K. S. Bhaskar about YottaDB. This very high performance database has some unique tricks! How does YottaDB run across multiple processes without a daemon? Why is it licensed AGPL, and how does that work with commercial deployments? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon

Episode 857 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/12/03

FLOSS-857 Jonathan: Hey folks, this week I talk with Constantinos Margaritas about, well send the instructions and open source, uh, architectures what's going on with X 86 64 and Arm and long soon, we talked about a lot of different stuff. He's been a Debbie and developer for about 25 years, got quite the career and we cover a lot of it. This is Floss Weekly, episode 857, recorded Tuesday, December the second. OC Ification. Hey folks, it's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre and

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Episode 857: SOCification

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/12/03

This week Jonathan chats with Konstantinos Margaritis about SIMD programming. Why do these wide data instructions matter? What's the state of Hyperscan, the project from Intel to power regex with SIMD? And what is Konstantinos' connection to ARM's SIMD approach? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon

Episode 856 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/11/27

FLOSS-856 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Maurice Kalinowski joins me and we talk about cute or qt. If you've been mispronouncing it for forever, like the rest of us have, it's the framework that runs just about anywhere and lets you build just about anything from phone applications to a full blown desktop environment. We're looking at you, KDE. This is Floss weekly, episode 856, recorded Tuesday, November the 25th. Cute. Fix it, please. My mom is calling. Hey folks, it is time for Floss Weekly

Episode 855 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/11/27

FLOSS-855 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week I talked with the guys from Cataclysm, DDA. It's an open source game that you can play over SSH. It's also got a tile set if you want to play it that way. It's all about the apocalypse and trying and failing to survive. It's a lot of fun. You don't wanna miss it. So stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly episode. 855 recorded Tuesday, November the 18th. Get in the mind cart loser. Hey folks, it's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre and open

01:04:18

FLOSS 856: QT: Fix It Please, My Mom is Calling

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/11/26

This week Jonathan chats with Maurice Kalinowski about QT! That's the framework that runs just about anywhere, making it easy to write cross-platform applications. What's the connection with KDE? And how has this turned into a successful company? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music:

01:07:29

FLOSS 855: Get in the Minecart, Loser!

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/11/19

This week Jonathan chats with Kevin, Colin, and Curtis about Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead! It's a rogue-like post-apocalyptic survival game that you can play in the terminal, over SSH if you really want to! Part of the story is a Kickstarter that resulted in a graphics tile-set. And then there's the mods! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the

Episode 854 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/11/12

FLOSS-854 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Ben Meadows joins me and we talk with Jason Shepherd about Adam and Ochre. That is, its containerization on embedded hardware using web assembly. That's a statement I never thought I would say, and I tell you by the end of the show, I'm convinced it's great. You don't wanna miss it. So stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly episode 854, recorded Tuesday, November the 11th, the big Daddy core. Hey folks, it is time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre

01:00:40

FLOSS 854: The Big Daddy Core

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/11/12

This week Jonathan and Ben chat with Jason Shepherd about Ocre and Atym.io! That's the lightweight WebAssembly VM that lets you run the same containers on Linux and a host of embedded platforms, on top of the Zephyr embedded OS. What was the spark that led to this project's creation, what does Atym.io bring to the equation, and what are people actually doing with it? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube,

Episode 853 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/29

FLOSS-853 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Rob joins me and we talk with Cody Zla about the Zen Project. That's the hypervisor that probably runs on some something that you use from day to day. It's not the Linux kernel, it's not KVM, it is its own thing, and it does power a large portion of the cloud. You don't wanna miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly episode 853, recorded Tuesday, October the 28th. Hardware addiction. Don't send help. Hey folks, it is time for Floss Weekly. That's the show

01:07:42

FLOSS 853: Hardware Addiction; Don't Send Help

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/29

This week Jonathan and Rob chat with Cody Zuschlag about the Xen project! It's the hypervisor that runs almost everywhere. Why is it showing up in IoT devices and automotive? And what's coming next for the project? Watch to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, 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

Episode 852 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/22

FLOSS-852 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week I chat with Robert Wolf from Dev Eco. We talk about, well, discord and what it's like to build open source communities there and other places. We talk about the job market, what's going on with ai and how it has an impact on open source developers. We talk about their portal network. Lots of other stuff. You don't wanna miss it. So stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 852. Recorded Tuesday, October 21st, sir, this is a Wendy's, it's Time for Floss

01:12:52

FLOSS 852: Sir, This is a Wendy's

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/22

This week Jonathan talks to Robert Wolff about DevEco! How did this developer group come to be, and what is its purpose? What are the lessons learned about building communities and working with others? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, 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)

Episode 851 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/16

FLOSS-851 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week I chat with James Cole about Firefly three. It is a personal finance solution that lets you track your money, see where things are going, and coming from lots more. You don't wanna miss it. So stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 851, recorded Tuesday, October the 14th. Buckets of money. It's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre and open source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and today we're going to talk about money and

01:02:30

FLOSS 851: Buckets of Money

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/15

This week Jonathan talks to James Cole about Firefly III, the personal finance manager! This one itches James' own itch, but brings a great visualization and management tools for your personal finances! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, 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 under

Episode 850 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/08

FLOSS-850 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Aaron Newcomb joins me and we talk with Pi Finn Lazen about one Rom. It is a ROM replacement open source project for basically anything based on the 65 0 2. So we're talking Commodore 64, even the Commodore Pet, other systems from that era. We ask a lot of well, I ask a lot of dumb questions and Aaron asks a lot of really good questions, and we get to learn all about the project. You don't wanna miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 850,

01:15:46

FLOSS 850: One Rom To Rule Them All

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/08

This week Jonathan and Aaron chat with Piers Finlayson about One ROM! Why does the retro-computing world need a solution for replacement ROMs? How difficult was it to squeeze a MCU and layout into the original ROM footprint? And what's next for the project? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account

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