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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.

FLOSS Weekly (Audio)

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman and Jonathan Bennett kick off the new year with a round table discussion regarding the world of open source. The hosts are joined by a special guest for this discussion, Leo Laporte. It's a great discussion regarding open source security, centralized versus decentralized products on the web, and much more. 
 

Hosts: Doc Searls, Jonathan Bennett, Katherine Druckman, and Leo Laporte
 

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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FLOSS Weekly 713: "Let's Put Thoughts on the Blockchain" - LastPass Databreach, Linux Desktop 2023, Blockchain

Devin Ulibarri and Walter Bender of Sugar Labs join Doc Searls and Dan Lynch on FLOSS Weekly. Searls and Lynch learn how kids can compose music and produce code with open source Music Blocks. You can learn too, in just an hour of fun listening. Or, even better, by watching this week's video.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch
 

Guests: Devin Ulibarri and Walter Bender
 

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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FLOSS Weekly 714: Sugar Labs and Music Blocks - Music Composition in Open Source, Devin Ulibarri and Walter Bender

Alex Belokrylov of Bellsoft tells Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett how Java has evolved into an ideal language for cloud infrastructure, especially through the Liberica JDK and Bellsoft's new Alpaquita Linux distro: the only Linux optimized for Java. Reduced costs, faster deployment, better security, and a brightening future are just a few of the topics discussed on FLOSS Weekly.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett
 

Guest: Alexander Belokrylov
 

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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FLOSS Weekly 715: Lower Cloud Costs for Java - Bellsoft, Alpaquita Linux, Liberica JDK

Christine Hall gives Doc Searls and Simon Phipps a tour of the glorious past, troubling present, and uncertain future of free software and open source, which makes both as well as a discussion on the GPL.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps
 

Guest: Christine 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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FLOSS Weekly 716: Desperately Seeking Software Freedom - Christine Hall, FOSS Force, Software Freedom

Ilan Rabinovitch explains to Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman how SCaLE has grown to become the premier Linux and open-source conference—and to stay extremely affordable as well. Also how Linux, open source, conferences, communities, companies, and much else have changed over the years.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman
 

Guest: Ilan Rabinovitch
 

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

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FLOSS Weekly 717: SCaLE Is Still Huge - Ilan Rabinovitch, SCaLE and Open Source Conferences

Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett talk with Luboš Kocman and Douglas DeMaio about openSUSE Leap, where it's going, and lots of related Linux and open source issues coming up now and in the near future.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett
 

Guests: Lubos Kocman and Douglas DeMaio
 

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

Sponsors:

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FLOSS Weekly 718: Future of openSUSE Leap - Luboš Kocman, Douglas DeMaio, openSUSE Leap

Pete Kaminski joins Doc Searls and Dan Lynch for a deep wikis (especially his Massive one), how AI helps us collaborate spatially in the natural versus the connected worlds. Great conversations covering many topics beyond wikis.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch
 

Guest: Peter Kaminski
 

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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FLOSS Weekly 719: Let the Wiki Win! - Peter Kaminski, Decentralized vs Centralized, Massive Wiki

Arun Gupta, VP and General Manager of Open Ecosystems at Intel Corporation, joins Doc Searls and Simon Phipps on this episode of FLOSS Weekly. Gupta has been an open source strategist, advocate and practitioner for nearly two decades, and is currently an elected chair of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Governing Board, where he works with CNCF leadership and member companies to grow the cloud native ecosystem. A great discussion around open source, AI and another personal passion Gupta shares as part of his daily routine.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps
 

Guest: Arun Gupta
 

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

Sponsors:

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FLOSS Weekly 720: Fostering an Open Source Culture - Arun Gupta on Generative AI, OpenJDK, CNCF

Kyle Rankin of Purism joins Doc Searls and Shawn Powers to talk about how his company's Linux laptop and Librem 5 phone converge with the company's new Lapdock, plus the past and future of hacker culture, how supply chains really work, and convergence in general.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Shawn Powers
 

Guest: Kyle Rankin
 

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

Sponsors:

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FLOSS Weekly 721: Hacking, Convergence and HyperPurism - Kyle Rankin, Purism, Mobile Phone & Linux Computing Convergence

DIY broadcasting with open source is a topic too big and fast-moving for just one show, so this is our second time around with Tim Pozar and Brian David telling Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb about a large assortment of open-source tools and approaches that are ready to go for creators and broadcasters.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb
 

Guests: Tim Požar and Brian David
 

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

Sponsors:

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FLOSS Weekly 722: DIY Broadcasting With Open Source - Open Source Broadcasting, Tim Pozar and Brian David

Doc Searls and Shawn Powers take a deep dive into the open source and open data slices of ham radio with Levi C. Maaia, an accomplished pilot, filmmaker, and much more.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Shawn Powers
 

Guest: Levi C. Maaia
 

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

Sponsors:

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FLOSS Weekly 724: The Wide World of Open Radio - Levi C. Maaia, Ham Radio

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