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! Links MNT 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. Links Máirín'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 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 depression In 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...

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

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...

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 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

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...

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...

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

Chris and Serge take a walk down memory lane of old computers, programming environments and the command line. During this trip, they deconstruct the appeal of the command line, unix culture and ways that the aesthetics of the terminal have held us back. Links: Commodore VIC-20 (wikipedia)Commodore 64 (wikipedia)MS DOS (wikipedia)Freedos (a Free Software DOS replacement)QBasic (wikipedia)FreeBASIC (a Free Software BASIC)GEOS (wikipedia)Unix Philosophy (wikipedia)REPL (wikipedia)In the...

In this episode of Libre Lounge, Chris and Serge continue exploring ActivityPub. They use this episode to discuss webfinger, http signatures and some of the parts of the ActivityPub protocol that are less well understood. Listen to Part 1 Here Listen to Part 2 Here Links: ActivityPub Webfinger HTTP Signatures 5 Day Wait time in SMTP ActivityPub Federation, Deniel of Service

In this episode of Libre Lounge, Serge and Chris talk about the Free Culture movement and contrast it with other forms of Free Culture online, including the Remix movement and "Youtube culture". Links: Definition of Free Cultural Works (freedomdefined.org)Karl Fogel's Talk on the History of Copyright (youtube.com)QuestionCopyright.org's Minute Memes (questioncopyright.org)Youtube Copyright Issues (wikipedia)Free Culture Book by Lawrence Lessig (free-culture.cc)Remix: Making Art and...

In this first of the year episode, Chris and Serge take a break from heady topics and talk about a few of their favorite Free Software video games. Show links: NethackNew ATI Card Pushes Limits of ASCII GamingExtreme Tux RacerDungeon Crawl Stone SoupGlobulation 2Pixel DungeonKobo DeluxeFrozen BubbleEndless SkyBarbie Seahorse AdventuresEmpty Epsilon