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Best Operating systems & kernels videos, as recommended on Hacker News

90 videos about operating systems & kernels that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2007 and 2026. Mostly talk, demo, documentary. Channels that come up most: Computer History Museum, linux.conf.au, AT&T Tech Channel, The Linux Foundation. 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 Thirty Million Line ProblemMolly Rocket · 11 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• interviewVCF East: Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian KernighanVintage Computer Federation · 11 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• talkLISA11 - Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumosUSENIX · 9 HN recommenders · 2012–2026
• talkUSENIX ATC '21/OSDI '21 Joint Keynote Address-It's Time for Operating Systems to Rediscover HardwareUSENIX · 12 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• documentaryAT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating SystemAT&T Tech Channel · 10 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• documentaryTempleOS | Down the Rabbit HoleFredrik Knudsen · 7 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• explainerUnix and GoogleFOAM · 4 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
• talkBryan Cantrill on Jails and Solaris ZonesPapersWeLove · 6 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• talkContainers From Scratch • Liz Rice • GOTO 2018GOTO Conferences · 6 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• talkUser-level threads....... with threads. - Paul Turner - GoogleLinux Plumbers Conference · 6 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• talkBryan Cantrill from Joyent on Manta: internet-facing object storage facility that features computeAI Council · 4 HN recommenders · 2014–2026
• talkLarry Hastings - Removing Python's GIL: The Gilectomy - PyCon 2016PyCon 2016 · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
• talkDtrace ReviewGoogleTalksArchive · 4 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• documentaryUNIX: Making Computers Easier To Use -- AT&T Archives film from 1982, Bell LaboratoriesAT&T Tech Channel · 6 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• interviewAvie Tevanian: CMU math whiz goes from Mach to NeXT to Apple Software Chief | Oral History Part 1Computer History Museum · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• talkThe real story behind Wayland and XLinux.conf.au 2013 -- Canberra, Australia · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• talkGolang UK Conf. 2016 - Liz Rice - What is a container, really? Let's write one in Go from scratchGopherCon UK · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• talkReplace Your Exploit-Ridden Firmware with Linux - Ronald Minnich, GoogleThe Linux Foundation · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talkToybox vs BusyBox - Rob Landley, hobbyistThe Linux Foundation · 5 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkMINIX 3: a Modular, Self-Healing POSIX-compatible Operating SystemFOSDEM · 4 HN recommenders · 2013–2023
• 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
• interviewUbuntu Slaughters Kittens | BSD Now 103Jupiter Broadcasting · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkCgroups, namespaces, and beyond: what are containers made from?Docker · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• documentaryThe REAL Story On Why Space Cadet Pinball Was Removed (ft. Windows on Itanium)NCommander · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talkCheerpX: a WebAssembly-based x86 virtual machine in the browser, Yuri IozzelliWebAssembly NA · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkRun containers on bare metal already!Bryan Cantrill · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• talkA Narrative History of BSD, Dr. Kirk McKusickbsdconferences · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2017
• talkBlueHat Seattle 2019 || Guarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One StoryMicrosoft Security Response Center (MSRC) · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• interviewThe Mind Behind Windows: Dave CutlerDave's Garage · 4 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• talk"Liberating the Smalltalk lurking in C and Unix" by Stephen KellStrange Loop Conference · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
• talkShared memory parallelism in Julia | Kiran Pamnany | Cambridge Julia Meetup (May 2018)The Julia Programming Language · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2019
• demoLet's port Diablo to SerenityOS!Andreas Kling · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• demoNeXTSTEP Release 3 Demoblatherskyte · 3 HN recommenders · 2007–2016
• talk"NTFS really isn't that bad" - Robert Collins (LCA 2020)linux.conf.au · 5 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkThe Unix Chainsaw - Gary Bernhardttimmonta · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• talkHackfest 2015: Theo de Raadt presented "Pledge: A new security technology in openbsd"Hackfest Communication · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
• documentaryPart 1 - Training Video for Bell Labs' Holmdel Computing Center - AT&T ArchivesAT&T Tech Channel · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• talkBringing the Unix Philosophy to Big Data by Bryan Cantrill: FutureStack13New Relic · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2022
• 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
• demoSymbOS MP3MSX Demostrationkarloch · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2018
• interviewOral History of Dave Cutler Part 1Computer History Museum · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
• talkFreeBSD optimizations used by Netflix serving at 800Gb/s - Drew Gallatin - EuroBSDcon 2022EuroBSDCon · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• lectureNeWS: A Networked and Extensible Window System, lecture by James GoslingComputer History Museum · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
• podcastOxide and Friends 7/3/2023 -- Shipping the first Oxide rack: Your questions answered!Oxide Computer Company · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• talkDtrace ReviewGoogle TechTalks · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2021
• talkFlorian Grunow, Niklaus Schiess: Lifting the Fog on Red Star OSmedia.ccc.de · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• talkBlueHat IL 2023 - David Weston - Default SecurityMicrosoft Israel R&D Center · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• demoBeOS DEMO VIDEOkoyhoge · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2022
• talkRustConf 2017 - Closing Keynote: Safe Systems Software and the Future of Computing by Joe DuffyConfreaks · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• 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
• 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
• talkContainer Hacks and Fun ImagesJessie Frazelle · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• talkQubes OS: The Operating System That Can Protect You Even If You Get HackedMicah Lee · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• talkGeo Carncross: How to program computers (kos)Justin Cormack · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2020
• talkThe new Windows subsystem for Linux architecture: a deep dive - BRK3068Microsoft Developer · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• documentaryQuick Start, Episode 7: Crimes... And Felonies.Cathode Ray Dude - CRD · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• demoChain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)TheRasteri · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2021
• demoThe future of Linux Containersdotcloudtv · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
• talkJune 2021 FreeBSD Developer Summit: Raid-Z ExpansionFreeBSD · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• talkLeaping the chasm from proprietary to open: A survivor's guideBryan Cantrill · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• talkA Brief History of the BSD Fast Filesystem by Marshall Kirk McKusickEuroBSDCon · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2023
• talkSpeakeasy JS - Redbean: Actually Portable Executable Web Server (Justine Tunney)Feross · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2023
• talkOffensiveCon19 - Alex Ionescu - Keynote - Reversing Without ReversingOffensiveCon · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2021
• talk36C3 - A systematic evaluation of OpenBSD's mitigationsmedia.ccc.de · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• talkPlan 9: Not dead, Just Resting, by Ori BernsteinBSDTV · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2024
• talkKirk McKusick - A Narrative History of BSDiX · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2025
• talkIs It Time to Rewrite the Operating System in Rust?InfoQ · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• talkMacworld San Francisco 2000-The Mac OS X Introduction (Pt.1)JoshuaG · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2026
• talkJordan Hubbard - FreeBSD: The Next 10 YearsiX · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2016
• commentaryMicrosoft is Forcing me to Buy MacBooks - Windows Modern StandbyLinus Tech Tips · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2026
• tutorialHot Code Reloading in CTsoding Daily · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2025
• podcastThe Cantrill Strikes Back | BSD Now 117Jupiter Broadcasting · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2018
• talkThe History of Unix, Rob PikeStephanie Borgman · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2021
• talkThe State of Kernel Self Protection Project by Kees Cook, GoogleThe Linux Foundation · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2019
• demoWindows 7 GUI slownessVooD · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2025
• talkXDC 2020 - Day 1 - September 16, 2020X.Org Foundation · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2022
• demoBeOS Demo Videomikeboss · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2024
• demoHellaphone -- Inferno on Android phonesslawmasta · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2022
• talkAWS re:Invent 2018: Powering Next-Gen EC2 Instances: Deep Dive into the Nitro System (CMP303-R1)Amazon Web Services · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2025
• talkseL4 Is Free – What Does This Mean For You?Linux.conf.au 2015 -- Auckland, New Zealand · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2019
• talkLinux for Chromebooks: Secure Development (Google I/O ’19)Chrome for Developers · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2024
• talkGoogle I/O 2008 - Dalvik Virtual Machine InternalsGoogle for Developers · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2018
• tutorialNixOS VM on Mac SetupMitchell Hashimoto · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2024
• talkScaling ZFS for NVMe - Allan Jude - EuroBSDcon 2022EuroBSDCon · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2025