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Best Linux & open-source ecosystems videos, as recommended on Hacker News

70 videos about linux & open-source ecosystems that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2007 and 2026. Mostly talk, interview, demo. Channels that come up most: linux.conf.au, The Linux Foundation, iX, Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is The Tragedy of systemd: The most-recommended balanced take on systemd, from a BSD perspective, handed to anyone caught up in the systemd debate.

• talkThe Tragedy of systemdlinux.conf.au · 16 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• talkThe Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013)Mladen Mijatov · 13 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• talkLISA11 - Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumosUSENIX · 9 HN recommenders · 2012–2026
• talkTech Talk: Linus Torvalds on gitGoogle · 9 HN recommenders · 2007–2023
• interviewDebConf 14: QA with Linus TorvaldsAdnan Hodzic · 7 HN recommenders · 2014–2021
• talkGtk to Qt - a strange journey [linux.conf.au 2014]Konstantin Bläsi · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2024
• talkUser-level threads....... with threads. - Paul Turner - GoogleLinux Plumbers Conference · 6 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• demoUsing a 1930 Teletype as a Linux TerminalCuriousMarc · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• explainerHow I Designed a Free Music Font for 5 Million Musicians (MuseScore 3.6)Tantacrul · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talkNSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status ReportHUP · 9 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
• talkThe real story behind Wayland and XLinux.conf.au 2013 -- Canberra, Australia · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• talkLinus Torvalds on why desktop Linux sucksgentooman · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• talkReplace Your Exploit-Ridden Firmware with Linux - Ronald Minnich, GoogleThe Linux Foundation · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• tutoriali3wm: Jump Start (1/3)Alex Booker · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2020
• demointroducing copyparty, the FOSS file servertripflag · 7 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
• talkToybox vs BusyBox - Rob Landley, hobbyistThe Linux Foundation · 5 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talk"A Political History of X" - Keith Packard (LCA 2020)linux.conf.au · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkBenno Rice: The Tragedy of systemd -- BSDCan 2018BSDCan · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• talk"What UNIX Cost Us" - Benno Rice (LCA 2020)linux.conf.au · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• talkIntroduction to Git with Scott Chacon of GitHubInfoQ · 3 HN recommenders · 2012–2016
• interviewUbuntu Slaughters Kittens | BSD Now 103Jupiter Broadcasting · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkWriting a Wayland Compositor in Zig - Isaac FreundZig SHOWTIME · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2021
• talkCgroups, namespaces, and beyond: what are containers made from?Docker · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• commentaryGetting GPLv2 Compliance From A Chinese Company- In Person!Naomi Wu · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talkA Narrative History of BSD, Dr. Kirk McKusickbsdconferences · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2017
• documentaryRevolution OSVon Hash · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2016
• talkLinux Kernel Development, Greg Kroah-Hartman - Git Merge 2016GitHub · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
• talkFree software, free society: Richard Stallman at TEDxGeneva 2014TEDx Talks · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• interviewAalto Talk with Linus Torvalds [Full-length]aaltouniversityace · 3 HN recommenders · 2012–2025
• talkConsole Hacking 2016 (33c3)media.ccc.de · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• tutorialA walk through of installing Synapse+Riot+Jitsi from scratch on DebianMatrixdotorg · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talkRichard Hipp - Git: Just Say Nosoutheastlinuxfest · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2021
• talkLibreSSL: The first 30 days, and what the Future HoldsAndrea Ross · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2022
• talkHackfest 2015: Theo de Raadt presented "Pledge: A new security technology in openbsd"Hackfest Communication · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
• talkRick Reed - WhatsApp: Half a billion unsuspecting FreeBSD usersiX · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2019
• talkillumos day 2014: The Dream is Alive! Running Linux containers on an illumos kernelillumos · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
• talkThe Origins of Linux—Linus TorvaldsComputer History Museum · 2 HN recommenders · 2008–2014
• talkXFS: Recent and Future Adventures in Filesystem Scalability - Dave ChinnerLinux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2023
• talkBloat: How and Why UNIX Grew Up (and Out) - Rusty Russell,Matt EvansLinux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2015
• interviewLinus Torvalds says GPL v3 violates everything that GPLv2 stood forTFiR · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• talkEFI and Linux: the future is here, and it's awful - Matthew GarrettLinux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2017
• talk27c3 - Desktop on the Linux... (and BSD, of course) - Wolfgang Draxinger (+ Lennart Poettering)SirPumpkin · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2023
• talk[Linux.conf.au 2013] - The real story behind Wayland and XHackersOnBoard · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
• talkMatrix 2.0 — How we're making Matrix go voom!Matrixdotorg · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• talkQubes OS: The Operating System That Can Protect You Even If You Get HackedMicah Lee · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• talkThe new Windows subsystem for Linux architecture: a deep dive - BRK3068Microsoft Developer · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• talk2021: Year of the Linux Gaming Desktop - Andrew KelleyZig SHOWTIME · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talkJune 2021 FreeBSD Developer Summit: Raid-Z ExpansionFreeBSD · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• talk"Write a single library to handle all input devices, it'll be easy" they said...linux.conf.au · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• talkLeaping the chasm from proprietary to open: A survivor's guideBryan Cantrill · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• interviewBuilding the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus TorvaldsLinus Tech Tips · 1 HN recommender · 2025–2026
• talkJoanna Rutkowska: Towards (reasonably) trustworthy x86 laptopsmedia.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• talkTalk - Eben Moglen - Free and Open Software: Paradigm for a New Intellectual Commonstalkingsticktv · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2023
• talkEben Moglen: How I discovered Free Software and met RMSroblimo · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2021
• talkAre we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10Canonical Ubuntu · 3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
• talkKirk McKusick - A Narrative History of BSDiX · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2025
• interviewLinus Torvalds on his insults: respect should be earned.TFiR · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2018
• demoSafespaces: An open source 3D / Virtual Reality Desktoparcanfrontend · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2025
• talkGame Development with SDL 2.0 (Steam Dev Days 2014)Steamworks Development · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2020
• talkJordan Hubbard - FreeBSD: The Next 10 YearsiX · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2016
• interviewTheo de Raadt (ruBSD 2013)fuckyoustupidzombie · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2020
• podcastThe Cantrill Strikes Back | BSD Now 117Jupiter Broadcasting · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2018
• talkThe State of Kernel Self Protection Project by Kees Cook, GoogleThe Linux Foundation · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2019
• documentaryThe Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One KnewVeritasium · 1 HN recommender · 2026–2026
• talkXDC 2020 - Day 1 - September 16, 2020X.Org Foundation · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2022
• demoHellaphone -- Inferno on Android phonesslawmasta · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2022
• talkLinux for Chromebooks: Secure Development (Google I/O ’19)Chrome for Developers · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2024
• talkWhy We Run FreeBSD current at Netflix – Drew GallatinOpenFest Bulgaria · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2026
• interviewTwo decades of Git: A conversation with creator Linus TorvaldsGitHub · 1 HN recommender · 2025–2026
• tutorialNixOS VM on Mac SetupMitchell Hashimoto · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2024