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FLOSS Weekly

Hackaday 217 Episodes Sep 16, 2026

FLOSS Weekly is the original podcast about Free, Libre, and Open Source Software. Hosted by Jonathan Bennett and a rotating group of co-hosts, each episode features interviews with prominent figures in the free software community, highlights interesting open source projects, and covers news about software that listeners use daily. The podcast aims to educate and entertain both developers and enthusiasts.

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Episode 882 transcript
Episode 882 transcript Sep 16, 2026 2026-09-15 Jonathan: [00:00:00] time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about free Libre and open-source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and today we're talking about, well, open-source, of course. We're talking open-source automation and some experts in that field. I've got Jan Altenberg with me, and he is, I discovered during the pre-show, a German engineer working on, well, a lot of d
Episode 882 - Better Together
Episode 882 - Better Together Sep 16, 2026 01:09:52 This week Jonathan chats with Jan Altenberg of the Open Source Automation Development Lab, a cooperative of nerds that care about Linux and Open Source! Jan and OSADL helped push Real Time Linux across the finish line, are looking at safety critical hardening, and general cooperating to make Open Source and Industry work better together. You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch
Episode 881 transcript
Episode 881 transcript Sep 9, 2026 FLOSS-881 Jonathan: [00:00:00] It's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about free Libre and open-source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and today we're updating. In fact, this is a topic that was not on my radar, but one of our listeners, thank you to everyone out there, said, "Hey, you guys really need to talk about Update CLI." And I said, "I don't know what that is, but we'll sen
Episode 881 - Eating Its Own Tail
Episode 881 - Eating Its Own Tail Sep 9, 2026 01:05:23 This week Jonathan chats with Olivier Vernin of Updatecli, the tool that helps you update everything! Need to roll out dependency updates intelligently? Or even automatically deploy to a server on changes? Updatecli can help! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hacka
Episode 880 transcript
Episode 880 transcript Sep 2, 2026 FLOSS-880 Jonathan: [00:00:00] Hey, folks. This week I talk with Benjamin Samuels of Trail of Bits and we're talking about Patch the Planet. That's the Trail of Bits initiative to help open source projects deal with the absolute tidal wave we're all seeing of pull requests, bug reports, and vulnerability disclosures. This is Floss Weekly, episode 880, recorded Tuesday, September the 1st. The two w
Episode 880 - The Two Wolves
Episode 880 - The Two Wolves Sep 2, 2026 01:06:41 This week Jonathan chats with Benjamin Samuels of Trail of Bits! The conversation focuses on Patch the Planet, a new initiative to help Open Source projects deal with the fallout from AI coding and vulnerability research. What's the unexpected dichotomy driving the polarized response to LLMs? And what does the future look like for Open Source in the age of AI? Listen to find out! You can join the
Episode 879 transcript
Episode 879 transcript Aug 26, 2026 FLOSS-879 Jonathan: [00:00:00] This week we're talking with Nathan Freitas of The Guardian Project, talking about their work with Tor and the Butter Box some things for Signal, and a whole lot more. You don't wanna miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 879, recorded Tuesday, August the 25th. Easy like butter It's time for FOSS Weekly. That's the show about free, libre, and open sou
Episode 879 - Easy Like Butter
Episode 879 - Easy Like Butter Aug 26, 2026 01:06:03 This week Jonathan chats with Nathan Freitas of the Guardian Project! What is going on at the forefront of Open Source and privacy advocacy? Where are we on a true Tor browser on iOS? And what's the ideal solution to the Android Lockdown issue? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting t
Episode 878 transcript
Episode 878 transcript Aug 5, 2026 FLOSS-878 Jonathan Bennett: This week I'm talking with Jonathan Pallant about Rust and primarily in the embedded world, the Raspberry Pi Pico, the Nordic, Espressif, all of your favorite little MCUs. You can run Rust there and partially due to efforts by people like Jonathan. This is Floss Weekly, episode 878, recorded Tuesday, August the 4th. A tool with opinions Hey, folks. It's time for FOSS We
Episode 878 - A Tool With Opinions
Episode 878 - A Tool With Opinions Aug 5, 2026 01:00:54 This week Jonathan chats with Jonathan Pallant about embedded Rust! Learn about the growing Rust driver library, the different ways to build a Rust stack on an embedded device, and how the opinionated tooling can make you a better programmer!  You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and sho
Episode 877 transcript
Episode 877 transcript Jul 29, 2026 FLOSS-877 Jonathan: Hey folks, this week we're talking with Francois Proulx about smoked meat, and poutine, and Bagel, a trio of open source security tools that you don't wanna pass up on. This is Floss Weekly, episode 877, recorded Tuesday, July the 28th: RCE as a Service. It's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about free, libre, and open source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and
Episode 877 - RCE As a Service
Episode 877 - RCE As a Service Jul 29, 2026 01:07:01 This week Jonathan chats with Francois Proulx about SmokedMeat! That's the third in a trio of Open Source security tools from Boost Security, and this one is the red team tool to demonstrate vulnerabilities. Why are Continuous Integration vulnerabilities such a persistent problem, and what's on the horizon that may help? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, wa

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