Linux Inlaws

In this episode host Martin and Chris take a closer look at KDE, one of the leading Linux desktop environments. For this endeavour they are joined by no other than Joseph De Veaugh-Geiss, a long-standing KDE veteran, doubling as a community and project manager for a subproject of KDE Eco, concerned with the reduction of the power consumption of your favourite desktop...

In this episode our two hosts discuss the recent license change in a NoSQL data base known a the Remote Dictionary Server, aka Redis...

In this episode Perl is the centre of discussion. Martin and Chris host Todd Rinaldo and Stuart Mackintosh of the Perl foundation who will explain the ins and outs of this programming language that still drive a significant portion of the Internet and other strange things. So if you want to know what's been hot for the 36 years in the area of scripting languages driving workloads large and small, you don't want to miss this episode!

Links

• Perl: https://www.perl...

In this episode Martin and Chris take a closer look at OpenWrt, a Linux distro aimed at routers and other embedded devices. If you ever wondered about how to free your router from proprietary crap (aka vendor-issued router firmware), you don't want to miss this episode.

Links

• OpenWrt: https://openwrt.org
• OpenWrt's LuCi: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/luci/luci.essentials
• LEDE / OpenWrt: https://lwn...

This episode is host to the XMPP Foundation. Eddie Maurer and Matthew Wild spill the beans on what the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (formerly known as Jabber) really is (and what it's not), its history, future and current state...

Now in its fourth year, this podcast has seen it all: The rise and demise of whole empires, the beloved competition fade into distant memory and a glorious appearance at last year's FOSDEM (Europe's biggest gathering of FLOSS enthusiasts), where actually more than five people showed up (thanks again to the ones attended on that Saturday afternoon in Ixelles - our hearts go out to you!)...

This episode introduces the Software Freedom Conservancy featuring Karen Sandler and Bradley Kuhn. Many people probably know the SFC from its FLOSS license verification (especially copyleft licenses) work but there's much more to this non-profit. Without stealing too much thunder - listen to the episode for the details!

Links

• The Software Freedom Conservancy: https://sfconservancy.org
• Copyleft licenses: https://en.wikipedia...

In this episode our two heroes shed light on real-time Linux and its applications. Due to the nature of the topic, the episode might sound a little bit more technical than our usual content but as we do cater for all audiences this also includes the geeks and nerd interested in the nitty-gritty details. So enjoy this episode at your own risk or cannot get to sleep otherwise...

Links

• Unix / Linux scheduling: https://www.gnu...

An important part of the Redhat ecosystem are the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL). In this episode Martin and Chris talk to Carl and Julia, two Redhat people looking after EPEL among other things. So if you are interested in Redhat Linux, CentOS.* or even Fedora, you don't want to miss this episode. Plus as bonus content: a short intro into Fedora, Redhat and CentOS.*. Never mind all the gory details of the history of these projects. The VERY gory details of the projects...

In this episode Martin and Chris host Florian Effensberger and Mike Saunders from The Documentation Foundation, home of the well-known office software known as LibreOffice.

Links

• The Document Foundation: https://www.documentfoundation.org
• LibreOffice: https://www.libreoffice.org
• MikeOS: https://mikeos.sourceforge.net
• Linux Voice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Voice
• Linux Format: https://www.linuxformat...