Linux & Open-source Ecosystems Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

talk#3594

"Write a single library to handle all input devices, it'll be easy" they said...

linux.conf.au

“One of the folks behind both Wayland and X gave a fantastic talk on the issues and the hell.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

talk#3648

Leaping the chasm from proprietary to open: A survivor's guide

Bryan Cantrill

“As usual Bryan Cantrill is just brilliant at explaining stuff.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

interview#3683

Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds

Linus Tech Tips

“Great episode”

1 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

talk#3696

Joanna Rutkowska: Towards (reasonably) trustworthy x86 laptops

media.ccc.de

“Essential reading!!”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019

talk#3702

Talk - Eben Moglen - Free and Open Software: Paradigm for a New Intellectual Commons

talkingsticktv

“I promise every second is worth watching.”

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2023

talk#3709

Eben Moglen: How I discovered Free Software and met RMS

roblimo

“only 10 minutes long but jam packed with wisdom”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

talk#3771

Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10

Canonical Ubuntu

“It's time for open source projects to embrace experimentation and take the mantle of cutting edge UX”

3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

talk#3967

Kirk McKusick - A Narrative History of BSD

iX

“Maybe you have some fun with BSD-Lore (Kirk McKusick)”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

interview#4057

Linus Torvalds on his insults: respect should be earned.

TFiR

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2018

demo#4064

Safespaces: An open source 3D / Virtual Reality Desktop

arcanfrontend

“Also, this was a pretty cool idea, even if a novelty”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

talk#4111

Game Development with SDL 2.0 (Steam Dev Days 2014)

Steamworks Development

“Here's a talk he did about porting games to Linux with SDL 2.0 during a Steam Dev Days event”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2020

talk#4117

Jordan Hubbard - FreeBSD: The Next 10 Years

iX

“Check out JKH's talk about FreeBSD and potential future directions”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2016

interview#4143

Theo de Raadt (ruBSD 2013)

fuckyoustupidzombie

“I found this ~14 minute interview with Theo de Raadt from ruBSD very interesting”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2020

podcast#4301

The Cantrill Strikes Back | BSD Now 117

Jupiter Broadcasting

“I also found the somewhat more casual BSDnow podcasts that featured Mr. Cantrill quite insightful”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2018

talk#4341

The State of Kernel Self Protection Project by Kees Cook, Google

The Linux Foundation

“I really enjoyed this talk about KSPP's agenda”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2019

documentary#4352

The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One Knew

Veritasium

“which was just fascinating to watch/listen”

1 HN recommenders · 2026

talk#4362

XDC 2020 - Day 1 - September 16, 2020

X.Org Foundation

“If you're interested in the lowlevel WDDM driver <-> VM driver mapping, seek to 1:18:01”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

demo#4410

Hellaphone -- Inferno on Android phones

slawmasta

“Here's a short video I threw together demonstrating the phone.”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2022

talk#4627

Linux for Chromebooks: Secure Development (Google I/O ’19)

Chrome for Developers

“Check out the talk "Linux for Chromebooks: Secure Development"”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

talk#4636

Why We Run FreeBSD current at Netflix – Drew Gallatin

OpenFest Bulgaria

“they recommended both upstreaming and keeping as close to -CURRENT as possible”

1 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

interview#4667

Two decades of Git: A conversation with creator Linus Torvalds

GitHub

“What a great piece of work by a great software developer.”

1 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

tutorial#4710

NixOS VM on Mac Setup

Mitchell Hashimoto

“My general setup mirrors this[1] pretty closely”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2024