The FOSS Pod

By Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith

The FOSS Pod Manifesto

S1 E3

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Published March 03, 2022 10:00am

Three episodes in, we figured it was about time that we talk over our own origins with open source software, and then ponder the present and (attempt to) predict the future of FOSS for everyday people. Listen on for some reminiscing about Sparcstations, Will's time in a penguin suit, and our earliest tries at using Linux on the desktop, an examination of some previously corporate tech that's now being democratized in open-source form, and more.

Here's Will's old Maximum PC chronicle of using 2005-era Linux (in a penguin suit): 

https://books.google.com/books?id=r...

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