We're not talking dentistry here; FLOSS is all about Free Libre Open Source Software. Join host Doc Searls and his rotating panel of co-hosts as they talk with the most interesting and important people in the Open Source and Free Software community. Although the show is no longer in production at TWiT, you can enjoy episodes from our archives.
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January 11, 20240 min
FLOSS Weekly: FLOSS Weekly Continues at Hackaday - Hackaday is the new home of FLOSS Weekly
FLOSS Weekly continues with Jonathan Bennett at its new home at Hackaday.
Host: Jonathan Bennett
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December 13, 20231 hr 16 min
FLOSS Weekly 761: We Won! - The Victories of Free Software and Open Source
Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Dan Lynch, Simon Phipps, and Leo Laporte gather to celebrate the final victory of free software and open source—and the final FLOSS Weekly as well.
Hosts: Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Dan Lynch, and Simon Phipps
Guest: Leo Laporte
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December 6, 20231 hr 12 min
FLOSS Weekly 760: Making Money In Open Source - Adam Jacob, Chef & System Initiative
Adam Jacob talks with Doc Searls and Shawn Powers about making money in open source, based on his long experience with Chef, System Initiative, and other development communities that are also businesses.
Hosts: Doc Searls and Shawn Powers
Guest: Adam Jacob
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Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
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Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett go deep into what's happening in the fediverse with Evan Prodromou, the co-creator of ActivityPub, the open protocol behind Mastodon and other truly social networks on the Internet.
Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett
Guest: Evan Prodromou
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Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.
Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
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November 22, 20231 hr 8 min
FLOSS Weekly 758: Raiders of the Lost Source - Rocky and Oracle Unbreakable Linux, OpenAI Shakeup
Doc Searls and Dan Lynch explore long-standing ethical and technical imperatives of the free software and open source movements, and the wild new challenges they face in an age of AI that is still just beginning.
Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.
Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
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November 8, 20231 hr 7 min
FLOSS Weekly 757: Noodling Around with OpenZiti - Philip Griffiths, OpenZiti and Secure Networking
Philip Griffiths of OpenZiti explains to Doc Searls, Shawn Powers, and Jonathan Bennett how OpenZiti is on its way to becoming the Linux of secure networking.
An overview of OpenZiti and how it implements zero trust principles by putting private networks inside applications.
How OpenZiti functions similarly to a VPN.
OpenZiti's security and how it authorizes connections.
Hosts: Doc Searls, Shawn Powers, and Jonathan Bennett
Guest: Philip Griffiths
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.
Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
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November 1, 20231 hr 9 min
FLOSS Weekly 756: We Won, Now What? - Luis Villa, Tidelift
Doc Searls and Simon Phipps talk with Luis Villa of Tidelift about how it helps code maintainers get paid, plus what's happening in AI, ML, regulation and more.
Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps
Guest: Luis Villa
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Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
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October 25, 20231 hr 9 min
FLOSS Weekly 755: Nextcloud - Frank Karlitschek, Nextcloud Growth and Updates
Frank Karlitschek joins Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett to talk about Nextcloud. Nextcloud is a fast-growing open source collaboration platform that gives customers a huge array of capabilities, all independent of giant gatekeepers.
Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett
Guest: Frank Karlitschek
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.
Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
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October 18, 202355 min
FLOSS Weekly 754: Is He Still On? - Jon "maddog" Hall, Caninos Loucos, Open Source vs Free Software
Our guest this week was Jon "maddog" Hall, the Linux Legend, until his connection from Brazil dropped. At any rate, Dan Lynch and Doc Searls went deep into the differences between GPL licenses v2 and v3 on this episode of FLOSS Weekly.
Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch
Guest: Jon "maddog" Hall
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.
Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
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October 11, 20231 hr 5 min
FLOSS Weekly 753: Small Is Beautiful - Aral Balkan, Small Technology Foundation
Aral Balkan of the Small Technology Foundation talks with Doc Searls and Dan Lynch about the small web, the tame little server called Kitten, and much more about the wide open world we've been losing and how to get it back.
Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch
Guest: Aral Balkan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.
Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
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