Libre Lounge

The MNT Reform is a Free Hardware laptop that entirely changes the way laptops are desgined and used. Come with us as we talk with the inventor, Lukas Hartmann about his journey into Free Software, the MNT's development and what the future holds on this episode of Libre Lounge!LinksMNT Reform Crowdsupply (get your own!)MNT ReformGenode Operating System

The MNT Reform is a Free Hardware laptop that entirely changes the way laptops are desgined and used. Come with us as we talk with the inventor, Lukas Hartmann about his journey into Free Software, the MNT's development and what the future holds on this episode of Libre Lounge!LinksMNT Reform Crowdsupply (get your own!)MNT ReformGenode Operating System

In this episode, Chris and Serge talk with User Interface expert Máirín Duffy about her history with Free Software, user interface in modern GNU/Linux systems and what developers can do to make better programs.LinksMáirín's Blog

In this episode, Chris and Serge talk with User Interface expert Máirín Duffy about her history with Free Software, user interface in modern GNU/Linux systems and what developers can do to make better programs.LinksMáirín's Blog

In this episode, Chris and Serge talk with User Interface expert Máirín Duffy about her history with Free Software, user interface in modern GNU/Linux systems and what developers can do to make better programs.LinksMáirín's Blog

Serge and Chris have an conversation about a variety of topics including gender, real vs virtual life, language and pronouns.

Serge and Chris have an conversation about a variety of topics including gender, real vs virtual life, language and pronouns.

Serge and Chris have an conversation about a variety of topics including gender, real vs virtual life, language and pronouns.

Serge and Chris sit down with award winning artist and Free Culture activist David Revoy on his webcomic series Pepper and Carrot, the Sintel film, and how he started his Free Software/Free Culture journey.Links: David Revoy's Website Supporting David Financially Pepper & Carrot Sintel Film 3DVF Framasoft Blender Foundation Blender Institute Krita MyPaint GNUess (the cartoon David made live at LibrePlanet 2020)

Serge and Chris sit down with award winning artist and Free Culture activist David Revoy on his webcomic series Pepper and Carrot, the Sintel film, and how he started his Free Software/Free Culture journey.Links: David Revoy's Website Supporting David Financially Pepper & Carrot Sintel Film 3DVF Framasoft Blender Foundation Blender Institute Krita MyPaint GNUess (the cartoon David made live at LibrePlanet 2020)

Serge and Chris sit down with award winning artist and Free Culture activist David Revoy on his webcomic series Pepper and Carrot, the Sintel film, and how he started his Free Software/Free Culture journey.Links: David Revoy's Website Supporting David Financially Pepper & Carrot Sintel Film 3DVF Framasoft Blender Foundation Blender Institute Krita MyPaint GNUess (the cartoon David made live at LibrePlanet 2020)

CW: This episode has dark themes and may be challenging for those suffering from depressionIn this episode of Libre Lounge, Serge and Chris invite Sean O'Brien back to the show to talk about the threats to our privacy that have arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic, including and especially the EARN-IT act, as well as how tragedies have effected societies in the past.Links:The Previous Episode with SeanThe EARN-IT ActSESTA/FOSTAThe Australian Decryption Law Panel from Libre Planet 2019The Privacy IssueMakeHavenPrivacy SafeFlatten the CurveGNU Health

CW: This episode has dark themes and may be challenging for those suffering from depressionIn this episode of Libre Lounge, Serge and Chris invite Sean O'Brien back to the show to talk about the threats to our privacy that have arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic, including and especially the EARN-IT act, as well as how tragedies have effected societies in the past.Links:The Previous Episode with SeanThe EARN-IT ActSESTA/FOSTAThe Australian Decryption Law Panel from Libre Planet 2019The Privacy IssueMakeHavenPrivacy SafeFlatten the CurveGNU Health

CW: This episode has dark themes and may be challenging for those suffering from depressionIn this episode of Libre Lounge, Serge and Chris invite Sean O'Brien back to the show to talk about the threats to our privacy that have arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic, including and especially the EARN-IT act, as well as how tragedies have effected societies in the past.Links:The Previous Episode with SeanThe EARN-IT ActSESTA/FOSTAThe Australian Decryption Law Panel from Libre Planet 2019The Privacy IssueMakeHavenPrivacy SafeFlatten the CurveGNU Health

Serge and Chris briefly discuss space games before a deep dive concern about the Affero General Public License.Links:The Affero General Public LicenseIs the AGPL Broken?Empty Epsilon

Serge and Chris briefly discuss space games before a deep dive concern about the Affero General Public License.Links:The Affero General Public LicenseIs the AGPL Broken?Empty Epsilon

Serge and Chris briefly discuss space games before a deep dive concern about the Affero General Public License.Links:The Affero General Public LicenseIs the AGPL Broken?Empty Epsilon

Chris returns to Libre Lounge for a casual conversation about their work, gender identity and social gaming during the era of COVID-19.Links:Spritely ProjectSoftware Freedom Conservancy Greeting CardTerminal PhaseLibre Lounge Episode about Cool Terminal ToolsWhat is Non-BinarySpivak PronounsEmpty Epsilon

Chris returns to Libre Lounge for a casual conversation about their work, gender identity and social gaming during the era of COVID-19.Links:Spritely ProjectSoftware Freedom Conservancy Greeting CardTerminal PhaseLibre Lounge Episode about Cool Terminal ToolsWhat is Non-BinarySpivak PronounsEmpty Epsilon

Chris returns to Libre Lounge for a casual conversation about their work, gender identity and social gaming during the era of COVID-19.Links:Spritely ProjectSoftware Freedom Conservancy Greeting CardTerminal PhaseLibre Lounge Episode about Cool Terminal ToolsWhat is Non-BinarySpivak PronounsEmpty Epsilon

Serge has some personal words about Coronovirus, and how Libre Lounge is responding.

Serge has some personal words about Coronovirus, and how Libre Lounge is responding.

Serge has some personal words about Coronovirus, and how Libre Lounge is responding.

In this episode, Serge sits down with Frank Karlitschek, the founder and president of Nextcloud about why Frank forked his own company, the influence of money in software companies and the necessity of federation in the future of computing.Links:Frank Karlitschek's WebsiteNextcloudWhy I forked my own project and my own companyWhy the GPL is great for businessRed Hat announced that they've joined forces with CentOSThe Creator-Endosed MarkThe Esperanto LanguageBlisssymbolicsKhan Academy (the website that Serge couldn't remember the name of)

In this episode, Serge sits down with Frank Karlitschek, the founder and president of Nextcloud about why Frank forked his own company, the influence of money in software companies and the necessity of federation in the future of computing.Links:Frank Karlitschek's WebsiteNextcloudWhy I forked my own project and my own companyWhy the GPL is great for businessRed Hat announced that they've joined forces with CentOSThe Creator-Endosed MarkThe Esperanto LanguageBlisssymbolicsKhan Academy (the website that Serge couldn't remember the name of)

In this episode, Serge sits down with Frank Karlitschek, the founder and president of Nextcloud about why Frank forked his own company, the influence of money in software companies and the necessity of federation in the future of computing.Links:Frank Karlitschek's WebsiteNextcloudWhy I forked my own project and my own companyWhy the GPL is great for businessRed Hat announced that they've joined forces with CentOSThe Creator-Endosed MarkThe Esperanto LanguageBlisssymbolicsKhan Academy (the website that Serge couldn't remember the name of)

In this episode, Serge sits down with Molly de Blanc, long time Free Software activist and leader, now president of the Open Source Initiative about the intersection of Free Software and society, and where we as a community are moving.Links:Molly de Blanc's BlogArticle about Detroit's Tree ProjectLibre Lounge episode about CypurrLibre Lounge episode about Free Culture movements

In this episode, Serge sits down with Molly de Blanc, long time Free Software activist and leader, now president of the Open Source Initiative about the intersection of Free Software and society, and where we as a community are moving.Links:Molly de Blanc's BlogArticle about Detroit's Tree ProjectLibre Lounge episode about CypurrLibre Lounge episode about Free Culture movements

In this episode, Serge sits down with Molly de Blanc, long time Free Software activist and leader, now president of the Open Source Initiative about the intersection of Free Software and society, and where we as a community are moving.Links:Molly de Blanc's BlogArticle about Detroit's Tree ProjectLibre Lounge episode about CypurrLibre Lounge episode about Free Culture movements

Phil Hagelberg (technomancy) joins Serge for a conversation about Clojure, a new lisp called Fennel, making video games, and making free hardware design keyboards.Links:Fennel Language WebsiteAtreus KeyboardPhil Hagelberg's WebsitePhil Talking about the creation of the Atreus KeyboardLeiningenEnergize! GameEXO_encounter 667 GameThe Lua LanguageOpen Source is Not About You, Rich Hickey's essay about community

Phil Hagelberg (technomancy) joins Serge for a conversation about Clojure, a new lisp called Fennel, making video games, and making free hardware design keyboards.Links:Fennel Language WebsiteAtreus KeyboardPhil Hagelberg's WebsitePhil Talking about the creation of the Atreus KeyboardLeiningenEnergize! GameEXO_encounter 667 GameThe Lua LanguageOpen Source is Not About You, Rich Hickey's essay about community

Phil Hagelberg (technomancy) joins Serge for a conversation about Clojure, a new lisp called Fennel, making video games, and making free hardware design keyboards.Links:Fennel Language WebsiteAtreus KeyboardPhil Hagelberg's WebsitePhil Talking about the creation of the Atreus KeyboardLeiningenEnergize! GameEXO_encounter 667 GameThe Lua LanguageOpen Source is Not About You, Rich Hickey's essay about community

On this mini-episode of Libre Lounge, Serge talks about his friend Greg Schnitzer, how the values of Star Trek made an impact on his life, and what we in the User Freedom community can learn from them.Links:Star Trek New VoyagesNew Voyages EpisodesVideo of Greg Talking about PropsAn online tribute to GregTrekkies DocumentaryFor the Love of Spock

On this mini-episode of Libre Lounge, Serge talks about his friend Greg Schnitzer, how the values of Star Trek made an impact on his life, and what we in the User Freedom community can learn from them.Links:Star Trek New VoyagesNew Voyages EpisodesVideo of Greg Talking about PropsAn online tribute to GregTrekkies DocumentaryFor the Love of Spock

On this mini-episode of Libre Lounge, Serge talks about his friend Greg Schnitzer, how the values of Star Trek made an impact on his life, and what we in the User Freedom community can learn from them.Links:Star Trek New VoyagesNew Voyages EpisodesVideo of Greg Talking about PropsAn online tribute to GregTrekkies DocumentaryFor the Love of Spock

On this episode of Libre Lounge, Chris and Serge are joined by RoryM of the CyPurr Collective, a Brooklyn based digital security group focused on bringing improved computer privacy and security to the masses through workshops that focus on asking questions and listening.Hear about CyPurr's approach, its history and its vision, as well as what we in the User Freedom community can learn about how to better connect with everyday people.Links:CyPurr CollectiveCyPurr's Github PageRoryM on the FediverseRoryM on TwitterHolistic Security ManualBlue Stockings BookstoreThe EFF's Security Education Companion

On this episode of Libre Lounge, Chris and Serge are joined by RoryM of the CyPurr Collective, a Brooklyn based digital security group focused on bringing improved computer privacy and security to the masses through workshops that focus on asking questions and listening.Hear about CyPurr's approach, its history and its vision, as well as what we in the User Freedom community can learn about how to better connect with everyday people.Links:CyPurr CollectiveCyPurr's Github PageRoryM on the FediverseRoryM on TwitterHolistic Security ManualBlue Stockings BookstoreThe EFF's Security Education Companion

On this episode of Libre Lounge, Chris and Serge are joined by RoryM of the CyPurr Collective, a Brooklyn based digital security group focused on bringing improved computer privacy and security to the masses through workshops that focus on asking questions and listening.Hear about CyPurr's approach, its history and its vision, as well as what we in the User Freedom community can learn about how to better connect with everyday people.Links:CyPurr CollectiveCyPurr's Github PageRoryM on the FediverseRoryM on TwitterHolistic Security ManualBlue Stockings BookstoreThe EFF's Security Education Companion

It's been a long summer and it's time for a fun break. Serge and Chris talk about some of their favorite fun tools in this short episode of Libre Lounge!Links:htopfigletbyobuLedgermoshautosshunisonbaobabPandocbbwatchCool Retro Term

It's been a long summer and it's time for a fun break. Serge and Chris talk about some of their favorite fun tools in this short episode of Libre Lounge!Links:htopfigletbyobuLedgermoshautosshunisonbaobabPandocbbwatchCool Retro Term

It's been a long summer and it's time for a fun break. Serge and Chris talk about some of their favorite fun tools in this short episode of Libre Lounge!Links:htopfigletbyobuLedgermoshautosshunisonbaobabPandocbbwatchCool Retro Term

Chris and Serge have an exciting announcement in the form of a new project called Datashards!Datashards is a collaborative secure communication system that can be used online or offline and solves problems such as the Slashdot effects, offline data retrival, secure communication and more. Chris and Serge walk through the basic features of DataShards and why they're both working on it!Links:The DataShards WebsiteTahoe-LAFSFreenetJason Scott Talking about the Death of Geocities and Internet CultureDefinition of the Slashdot EffectIPFSThe original Freenet Paper

Chris and Serge have an exciting announcement in the form of a new project called Datashards!Datashards is a collaborative secure communication system that can be used online or offline and solves problems such as the Slashdot effects, offline data retrival, secure communication and more. Chris and Serge walk through the basic features of DataShards and why they're both working on it!Links:The DataShards WebsiteTahoe-LAFSFreenetJason Scott Talking about the Death of Geocities and Internet CultureDefinition of the Slashdot EffectIPFSThe original Freenet Paper

Chris and Serge have an exciting announcement in the form of a new project called Datashards!Datashards is a collaborative secure communication system that can be used online or offline and solves problems such as the Slashdot effects, offline data retrival, secure communication and more. Chris and Serge walk through the basic features of DataShards and why they're both working on it!Links:The DataShards WebsiteTahoe-LAFSFreenetJason Scott Talking about the Death of Geocities and Internet CultureDefinition of the Slashdot EffectIPFSThe original Freenet Paper

Serge and Chris have been busy working on a plan to keep the Fediverse safe from spam, scammers and hate speech. On this episode of Libre Lounge, they share that plan with the world.We also announce the ActivityPub Conference for September 7th and 8th!Links:Serge's Paper Keeping Unwanted Messages off the FediverseChris's Paper OcapPub: Towards networks of consentOur show on Object CapabilitiesOur relevant show on ActivityPubActivityPub Conf

Serge and Chris have been busy working on a plan to keep the Fediverse safe from spam, scammers and hate speech. On this episode of Libre Lounge, they share that plan with the world.We also announce the ActivityPub Conference for September 7th and 8th!Links:Serge's Paper Keeping Unwanted Messages off the FediverseChris's Paper OcapPub: Towards networks of consentOur show on Object CapabilitiesOur relevant show on ActivityPubActivityPub Conf

Serge and Chris have been busy working on a plan to keep the Fediverse safe from spam, scammers and hate speech. On this episode of Libre Lounge, they share that plan with the world.We also announce the ActivityPub Conference for September 7th and 8th!Links:Serge's Paper Keeping Unwanted Messages off the FediverseChris's Paper OcapPub: Towards networks of consentOur show on Object CapabilitiesOur relevant show on ActivityPubActivityPub Conf

What are Hackers? What are Hackerspaces? What makes us feel a sense of purpose and belonging? What are the origins of the term Open Source and Maker, and what do they have to do with one another? Mitch Altman brings clarity on all these topics and more when he joins Chris and Serge for this episode of Libre Lounge!Links:Cornfield Electronics (Mitch's website)TV-B-GoneHackerspaces.org2600 MagazineOff the Hook Radio ShowChaos Communication ClubNovena ComputerSoldering is Easy

What are Hackers? What are Hackerspaces? What makes us feel a sense of purpose and belonging? What are the origins of the term Open Source and Maker, and what do they have to do with one another? Mitch Altman brings clarity on all these topics and more when he joins Chris and Serge for this episode of Libre Lounge!Links:Cornfield Electronics (Mitch's website)TV-B-GoneHackerspaces.org2600 MagazineOff the Hook Radio ShowChaos Communication ClubNovena ComputerSoldering is Easy

What are Hackers? What are Hackerspaces? What makes us feel a sense of purpose and belonging? What are the origins of the term Open Source and Maker, and what do they have to do with one another? Mitch Altman brings clarity on all these topics and more when he joins Chris and Serge for this episode of Libre Lounge!Links:Cornfield Electronics (Mitch's website)TV-B-GoneHackerspaces.org2600 MagazineOff the Hook Radio ShowChaos Communication ClubNovena ComputerSoldering is Easy

On this episode of Libre Lounge we get on Ludovic Courtès to talk about the Guix package manager and distribution, functional package management, reproducibility, and bootstrapping!Links:GNU GuixGNU MesReflections on Trusting Trust (the "Thompson Attack")Guix 1.0 released (May 2, 2019)