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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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2 mo on HNThe Origins of Linux—Linus Torvalds
Computer History Museum
2 HN recommender · 2008–2014
2 mo on HNXFS: Recent and Future Adventures in Filesystem Scalability - Dave Chinner
Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia
2 HN recommender · 2012–2023
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 HNEFI and Linux: the future is here, and it's awful - Matthew Garrett
Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia
2 HN recommender · 2012–2017
2 mo on HN27c3 - Desktop on the Linux... (and BSD, of course) - Wolfgang Draxinger (+ Lennart Poettering)
SirPumpkin
2 HN recommender · 2011–2023
2 mo on HN[Linux.conf.au 2013] - The real story behind Wayland and X
HackersOnBoard
2 HN recommender · 2016–2023
2 mo on HNMatrix 2.0 — How we're making Matrix go voom!
Matrixdotorg
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNQubes OS: The Operating System That Can Protect You Even If You Get Hacked
Micah Lee
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HNThe new Windows subsystem for Linux architecture: a deep dive - BRK3068
Microsoft Developer
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HN2021: Year of the Linux Gaming Desktop - Andrew Kelley
Zig SHOWTIME
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
2 mo on HNJune 2021 FreeBSD Developer Summit: Raid-Z Expansion
FreeBSD
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNWhy I deleted GrapheneOS
Louis Rossmann
1 HN recommend · 2023–2026
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 HNBuilding the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds
Linus Tech Tips
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNJoanna Rutkowska: Towards (reasonably) trustworthy x86 laptops
media.ccc.de
2 HN recommender · 2016–2019
1 mo on HNTalk - Eben Moglen - Free and Open Software: Paradigm for a New Intellectual Commons
talkingsticktv
1 HN recommend · 2013–2023
1 mo on HNEben Moglen: How I discovered Free Software and met RMS
roblimo
1 HN recommend · 2017–2021
1 mo on HNAre we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10
Canonical Ubuntu
3 HN recommender · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNKirk McKusick - A Narrative History of BSD
iX
1 HN recommend · 2020–2025
1 mo on HNLinus Torvalds on his insults: respect should be earned.
TFiR
1 HN recommend · 2015–2018
1 mo on HNSafespaces: An open source 3D / Virtual Reality Desktop
arcanfrontend
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNGame Development with SDL 2.0 (Steam Dev Days 2014)
Steamworks Development
1 HN recommend · 2015–2020
1 mo on HNJordan Hubbard - FreeBSD: The Next 10 Years
iX
1 HN recommend · 2014–2016
1 mo on HNTheo de Raadt (ruBSD 2013)
fuckyoustupidzombie
1 HN recommend · 2014–2020
1 mo on HNThe Cantrill Strikes Back | BSD Now 117
Jupiter Broadcasting
1 HN recommend · 2015–2018
1 mo on HNThe State of Kernel Self Protection Project by Kees Cook, Google
The Linux Foundation
1 HN recommend · 2016–2019
1 mo on HNThe Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One Knew
Veritasium
1 HN recommend · 2026–2026
1 mo on HNXDC 2020 - Day 1 - September 16, 2020
X.Org Foundation
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNHellaphone -- Inferno on Android phones
slawmasta
1 HN recommend · 2011–2022
1 mo on HNNixOS Drama Explained, a Personal Account
Jon Ringer
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNLinux for Chromebooks: Secure Development (Google I/O ’19)
Chrome for Developers
1 HN recommend · 2019–2024
1 mo on HNI installed Linux (so should you)
PewDiePie
1 HN recommend · 2025–2025
1 mo on HNWhy We Run FreeBSD current at Netflix – Drew Gallatin
OpenFest Bulgaria
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
1 mo on HNTwo decades of Git: A conversation with creator Linus Torvalds
GitHub
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026