Best Nixos Podcasts (2025)

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Democratizing Chip Design - Naja 32:28

6h ago32:28

32:28

“Open source EDA (Electronic Design Automation) can be a game changer when it comes to building a more resilient and accessible chip ecosystem”, says Christophe Alexandre. Together with Noam Cohen he created Naja, an open source EDA tool. The semiconductor industry is highly complex and globally interconnected, which makes it fragile. Open source c…

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Horizon Haskell with Daniel Firth 46:46

7d ago46:46

46:46

Daniel Firth Horizon Haskell IOHK Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bytestring https://hackage.haskell.org/package/template-haskell The Haskell Tool Stack Stackage Nixpkgs Haskell The Python Package Index (PyPI) ghc-devs mailing list thread about reinstallable base The Dhall …

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Equitable Internet Access for the Under-served - LibreQoS 46:40

20d ago46:40

46:40

LibreQoS greatly improves the quality of experience of internet connections. It was born out of necessity during the COVID pandemic when massively increased internet usage resulted in intermittent package loss. Robert Chacón, CEO of LibreQoS and operator of a small ISP that provides internet to under-served communities, noticed how it affected his …

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Nix 2.26.2, 2.26.3, 2.27.0, 2.28.0, 2.28.1 with Nix Team members 36:14

21d ago36:14

36:14

https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.28/release-notes/rl-2.27 https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.28/release-notes/rl-2.28 https://snix.dev/ https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0132-meson-builds-nix.md https://fzakaria.com/2025/03/10/an-early-look-at-nix-dynamic-derivations https://fzakaria.com/2025/03/11/nix-dynamic-derivations-a-practical-application…

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Uncovering the hidden patterns of the consumer electronics industry - DeviceCode 47:02

1M ago47:02

47:02

“The consumer electronics industry works differently than people actually think”, says Armijn Hemel creator of DeviceCode. Behind the different brands and casings is often the same hardware, created by a single Original Design Manufacturer. But the disclosure of security vulnerabilities is mostly focused on single devices. So when a CVE is publishe…

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Stable linking with Farid Zakaria 1:18:07

1M ago1:18:07

1:18:07

Summary (generated) In this conversation, Shahar "Dawn" Or interviews Farid Zakaria, a software engineer and PhD candidate, about his experiences with Nix, a powerful tool for reproducible software development. Farid shares his journey of learning Nix, its infectious nature, and its application in enterprise environments. He discusses the concept o…

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Remote builders and stores, nixbuild.net with Rickard Nilsson 1:21:43

2M ago1:21:43

1:21:43

https://cache.nixos.org https://nixbuild.net/ https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/store/types/ https://www.cachix.org/ https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/development/experimental-features.html#xp-feature-dynamic-derivations https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/development/experimental-features.html#xp-feature-ca-derivations https://lix.systems/ https://tvix.de…

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The internet should be a public good - NixOS/Clevis 51:25

2M ago51:25

51:25

“This project was fueled by the idea that we should be less dependent on proprietary software. We don’t have control over software managed by companies that can access, analyze and sell our private data. It was a journey to own our software again”, says Julien Malka. He and Camille Mondon have implemented Clevis in NixOS to make it possible to remo…

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Nix on macOS, nixpkgs for darwin, nix-darwin with Randy Eckenrode 1:31:35

3M ago1:31:35

1:31:35

https://opensource.apple.com/releases/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTSTEP https://brew.sh/ https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_list https://repology.org/repository/nix_unstable https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#chap-stdenv https://libcxx.llvm.org/ReleaseNotes/19.html#deprecations-and-rem…

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Self-hosting for everyone - SelfPrivacy 37:17

3M ago37:17

37:17

“There would be no room for conflict if everyone in the world could exchange ideas without being watched”, says Kirill Zholnay founder of SelfPrivacy. SelfPrivacy aims to make self-hosting accessible to non-technical users. Born out of a dream to enable every person on the internet to live free of Big Tech surveillance, it provides a simple solutio…

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S01E05 Tauri - Daniel Thompson-Yvetot 58:53

3M ago58:53

58:53

“The only thing that’s going to solve the mental health crisis in software engineering is more compassion, more collaboration, more attention to the people that you spend time with”, says Daniel Thompson-Yvetot, co-founder of Tauri Apps and CEO of CrabNebula. He also speaks about how the Cyber Resilience Act can be a watershed moment for open sourc…

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Nix 2.24.11, 2.25.4, 2.24.12, 2.25.5, 2.26.0, 2.26.1 with Nix Team members 47:18

3M ago47:18

47:18

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.24.11 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.25.4 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.24.12 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.26.0 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.26.1 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/6316 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/12045 https://github.com/Nix…

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Contributing to Nixpkgs, NixVim with Gaétan Lepage 1:49:49

4M ago1:49:49

1:49:49

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commits?author=GaetanLepage https://github.com/nix-community/nixvim https://ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr/en https://github.com/nix-community/nixvim/commits?author=traxys https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#python https://nix.dev/guides/recipes/python-environment.html https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Python https://gith…

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Formatting Nixpkgs with Silvan Mosberger 1:11:51

4M ago1:11:51

1:11:51

https://www.youtube.com/@molybdenumsoftware https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/101 https://github.com/NixOS/nixfmt nixfmt created by https://serokell.io/ https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/166 https://github.com/kamadorueda/alejandra https://piegames.de/ https://github.com/0x4A6F https://github.com/tombe…

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The VoIP revolution - Blink 59:00

5M ago59:00

59:00

Adrian Georgescu was part of the Voice over IP revolution and in this episode you’ll learn much about that history and the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). With his company AG Projects, Adrian created Blink, a SIP client developed in parallel with the creation of SIP by the IETF. After Blink and SIP hit their limits, he created Sylk Suite which c…

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Nix 2.25.3 with Jacek Galowicz 17:21

5M ago17:21

17:21

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.25.3By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Trust in Nix with Martin Schwaighofer 1:33:13

5M ago1:33:13

1:33:13

https://fulltimenix.com/episodes/martin-schwaighofer-steering-committee-candidate https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs https://oxide.computer/ https://github.com/nix-community/lanzaboote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI#Secure_Boot NixCon2024 rebuilding builders i…

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"Technology is not neutral" - Libervia 48:48

5M ago48:48

48:48

It is important to be able to communicate freely, says Jérôme Poisson a.k.a. Goffi. He is the main developer of Libervia, a communication ecosystem based on XMPP. XMPP is mostly associated with chat but Libervia offers many more features such as blogs, fora, calendars and file & photo sharing. It has gateways to other open protocols like ActivityPu…

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Nix 2.25.0, 2.25.1, 2.25.2 with Jacek Galowicz 29:18

6M ago29:18

29:18

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.25.0 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.25.1 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.25.2By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Tristan Ross 1:25:53

6M ago1:25:53

1:25:53

By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Let's get rid of all the binary blobs - GNU Mes 43:47

7M ago43:47

43:47

“Can you really speak of a program being free software if you cannot bootstrap it?”, says our guest Janneke. He is the founder of GNU Mes, a project addressing the security concerns that arise from bootstrapping an operating system using large, unauditable binary blobs. GNU Mes helped to reduce the number and size of binary seeds that were used in …

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roberth; Steering Committee candidate 10:59

7M ago10:59

10:59

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/roberth.mdBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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nyabinary; Steering Committee candidate 12:21

7M ago12:21

12:21

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/nyabinary.md If you have any further questions for Niko, please reach out to them on Matrix at: @niko:nyanbinary.rsBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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numinit; Steering Committee candidate 13:11

7M ago13:11

13:11

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/numinit.mdBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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djacu; Steering Committee candidate 11:23

7M ago11:23

11:23

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/djacu.mdBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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phaer; Steering Committee candidate 9:01

7M ago9:01

9:01

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/phaer.mdBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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asymmetric; Steering Committee candidate 16:39

7M ago16:39

16:39

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/asymmetric.mdBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Martin Schwaighofer; Steering Committee candidate 14:44

7M ago14:44

14:44

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/mschwaig.mdBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Gabriella439; Steering Committee candidate 15:02

7M ago15:02

15:02

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/Gabriella439.mdBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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getchoo; Steering Committee candidate 17:53

7M ago17:53

17:53

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/getchoo.mdBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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tomberek; Steering Committee candidate 19:10

7M ago19:10

19:10

https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/tomberek.mdBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Joep Meindertsma - Atomic Data 32:22

7M ago32:22

32:22

One of the issues with today’s internet is that a lot of data is siloed. Consequently, users are locked into Big Tech ecosystems and its hard to reuse data. Joep Meindertsma, CEO of Ontola.io, talks about how his project Atomic Data addresses this problem with LinkedData. The free and open source project is a modular specification for sharing, modi…

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Nix 2.24.9 with Jacek Galowicz 8:12

7M ago8:12

8:12

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.24.9By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.24.8 with Jacek Galowicz 1:27

7M ago1:27

1:27

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.24.8By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.18.8 with Jacek Galowicz 8:19

7M ago8:19

8:19

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.18.8By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Jonathan Ringer 1:54:19

7M ago1:54:19

1:54:19

By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.24.7 with Jacek Galowicz 14:50

8M ago14:50

14:50

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.24.7By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.18.7 with Jacek Galowicz 2:39

8M ago2:39

2:39

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.18.7By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.18.6 with Jacek Galowicz 5:35

8M ago5:35

5:35

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.18.6By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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magic_rb 1:22:56

8M ago1:22:56

1:22:56

By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.24.6 with Jacek Galowicz 35:26

8M ago35:26

35:26

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.24.6By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.24.5 with Jacek Galowicz 13:09

8M ago13:09

13:09

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.24.5By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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SomeoneSerge 1:09:35

8M ago1:09:35

1:09:35

https://github.com/SomeoneSergeBy Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.24.4 with Jacek Galowicz 15:24

8M ago15:24

15:24

By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.24.3 with Jacek Galowicz 11:43

8M ago11:43

11:43

By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.24.2 with Jacek Galowicz 8:24

9M ago8:24

8:24

By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Nix 2.24.1 with Jacek Galowicz 1:08:15

9M ago1:08:15

1:08:15

https://hydra.nixos.org/build/268609644/download/1/manual/release-notes/rl-2.24.html https://galowicz.de/By Shahar "Dawn" Or

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Valentin Gagarin 1:17:18

9M ago1:17:18

1:17:18

https://github.com/fricklerhandwerk https://github.com/ngi-nix/summer-of-nix https://discourse.nixos.org/t/help-wanted-planning-for-summer-of-nix-2025/47556?u=mightyiamBy Shahar "Dawn" Or