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Linux & open-source ecosystems Videos Recommended on Hacker News (94)
Linux & open-source ecosystems is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 94 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2007 and 2026 — 228 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Linux and open-source systems: Linux kernel development, Linus Torvalds, distributions, desktop Linux, packaging, FreeBSD, GNU, Qubes, free software philosophy, Git origins.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on The Tragedy of systemd: “is an interesting talk on this topic from the view of someone (Benno Rice) in BSD land. Highly recommended.” — an HN commenter, 2024.
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14 mo on HNThe Tragedy of systemd
linux.conf.au
16 HN recommender · 2019–2025
10 mo on HNThe Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013)
Mladen Mijatov
13 HN recommender · 2013–2026
9 mo on HNLISA11 - Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumos
USENIX
9 HN recommender · 2012–2026
8 mo on HNTech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git
Google
9 HN recommender · 2007–2023
7 mo on HNDebConf 14: QA with Linus Torvalds
Adnan Hodzic
7 HN recommender · 2014–2021
6 mo on HNUser-level threads....... with threads. - Paul Turner - Google
Linux Plumbers Conference
6 HN recommender · 2013–2024
5 mo on HNUsing a 1930 Teletype as a Linux Terminal
CuriousMarc
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
5 mo on HNHow I Designed a Free Music Font for 5 Million Musicians (MuseScore 3.6)
Tantacrul
5 HN recommender · 2021–2024
5 mo on HNNSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status Report
HUP
9 HN recommender · 2014–2019
4 mo on HNThe real story behind Wayland and X
Linux.conf.au 2013 -- Canberra, Australia
4 HN recommender · 2018–2024
5 mo on HNLinus Torvalds on why desktop Linux sucks
gentooman
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNi3wm: Jump Start (1/3)
Alex Booker
4 HN recommender · 2015–2020
4 mo on HNToybox vs BusyBox - Rob Landley, hobbyist
The Linux Foundation
5 HN recommender · 2020–2025
4 mo on HN"A Political History of X" - Keith Packard (LCA 2020)
linux.conf.au
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
4 mo on HNBenno Rice: The Tragedy of systemd -- BSDCan 2018
BSDCan
4 HN recommender · 2018–2024
3 mo on HN"What UNIX Cost Us" - Benno Rice (LCA 2020)
linux.conf.au
3 HN recommender · 2022–2025
3 mo on HNIntroduction to Git with Scott Chacon of GitHub
InfoQ
3 HN recommender · 2012–2016
4 mo on HNUbuntu Slaughters Kittens | BSD Now 103
Jupiter Broadcasting
4 HN recommender · 2015–2024
3 mo on HNCgroups, namespaces, and beyond: what are containers made from?
Docker
4 HN recommender · 2017–2023
3 mo on HNGetting GPLv2 Compliance From A Chinese Company- In Person!
Naomi Wu
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNA Narrative History of BSD, Dr. Kirk McKusick
bsdconferences
3 HN recommender · 2013–2017
3 mo on HNRevolution OS
Von Hash
3 HN recommender · 2014–2016
3 mo on HNLinux Kernel Development, Greg Kroah-Hartman - Git Merge 2016
GitHub
3 HN recommender · 2016–2023
3 mo on HNFree software, free society: Richard Stallman at TEDxGeneva 2014
TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2014–2025
3 mo on HNAalto Talk with Linus Torvalds [Full-length]
aaltouniversityace
3 HN recommender · 2012–2025
3 mo on HNConsole Hacking 2016 (33c3)
media.ccc.de
4 HN recommender · 2017–2024
3 mo on HNRichard Hipp - Git: Just Say No
southeastlinuxfest
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
3 mo on HNLibreSSL: The first 30 days, and what the Future Holds
Andrea Ross
3 HN recommender · 2014–2022
2 mo on HNThe Origins of Linux—Linus Torvalds
Computer History Museum
2 HN recommender · 2008–2014
2 mo on HNBloat: How and Why UNIX Grew Up (and Out) - Rusty Russell,Matt Evans
Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia
2 HN recommender · 2014–2015
2 mo on HNLinus Torvalds says GPL v3 violates everything that GPLv2 stood for
TFiR
2 HN recommender · 2015–2025
2 mo on HN[Linux.conf.au 2013] - The real story behind Wayland and X
HackersOnBoard
2 HN recommender · 2016–2023
2 mo on HN2021: Year of the Linux Gaming Desktop - Andrew Kelley
Zig SHOWTIME
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
1 mo on HN"Write a single library to handle all input devices, it'll be easy" they said...
linux.conf.au
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNLeaping the chasm from proprietary to open: A survivor's guide
Bryan Cantrill
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNTalk - Eben Moglen - Free and Open Software: Paradigm for a New Intellectual Commons
talkingsticktv
1 HN recommend · 2013–2023