FLOSS Weekly
Hosts: Randal Schwartz, Aaron Newcomb, Dan Lynch and Simon Phipps Topic: Free Libre Open Source Software Debut: April 7th, 2006 Released: Friday, Saturday or Sunday Duration: 60 minutes Set: The Round Table |
FLOSS Weekly is a show on the TWiT network that premiered on April 7th, 2006. For some time, it was recorded on a periodic schedule, but has now returned to a weekly schedule after Randal Schwartz took over co-hosting duties. The show contains interviews with prominent evangelists and developers in the Free, Libre, and Open Source Software movement and is headed by current host Randal Schwartz and co-hosted by Jono Bacon and Leo Laporte. Chris DiBona was the first host of the show.
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Hosts
- Leo Laporte
- Chris DiBona
- Randal Schwartz
- Jono Bacon
- Aaron Newcomb
- Dan Lynch
- Simon Phipps
Format
Most episodes feature the primary developer or developers of a particular open source software or hardware project. The show is an open discussion, with Laporte and Schwartz asking questions about the nature of the project. Typically, the interviewers will ask the guests about the history of the project, and its development model (such as which language it is written in, which version control system is used, and what development environment the author uses). Some shows, such as the interviews with Jon "Maddog" Hall and Simon Phipps, are not specific to an open source project, and feature more general topics, such as the philosophy of free and open source software. Shows begin and end with a brief discussion between Laporte and Schwartz, before and after calling the guest. Often the guests are interviewed via Skype, with Laporte's staff at TWiT being responsible for the audio recording and production. FLOSS Weekly has been supported by advertising and donations
Upcoming shows
Recent shows
- FLOSS Weekly 191 – Salt – We talk about Salt, the remote execution engine that allows you to run the same command on multiple machines.
- FLOSS Weekly 190 – IUP – We talk about a portable U.I. that allows your program to work on various operating systems without changing the code.
- FLOSS Weekly 189 – PerlCritic – We talk about to Jeffrey Thalhammer about his project, PerlCritic, which looks at Perl Code and gives suggestions about how to make it better.
- FLOSS Weekly 188 – web2py – We talk about web2py, a Python based web framework that has some really interesting and unique features.
- FLOSS Weekly 187 – Vaadin – We talk about the Vaadin, a Java based, web application framework that allows you to make rich desktop applications.
Show notes
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