Linux Inlaws

As it's almost a ritual with the Inlaws around Halloween, our two hosts are catching up with our famous countess. On movies and other fun stuff. If you haven't got a clue what that means, a little refresher: About a year ago, a damsel in distress (for want of a better description :-) rang the Dark Side Tech Support for help with an agent threatening her with a movie deal to ride the wave of success (read: milk the cash cow just a tad bit more) of the movie Nosferatu released a few years back. With the help of our trusted tech support, Vladessa was able to swing this her way: A flick about the stony path from a peasant girl to the ruler of something which is now probably one of the largest blood wholesalers on the planet. Done in true Brontë-style similar to Wuthering Heights, you get it. For the finer details, simply listen to S02E49 (shame on you if you missed this so far! :-). Plus details about the record (Record? What record? No further teasers here, just listen to the episode).

The original documentary (by Bram Stoker): https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/bram-stoker/dracula

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Vampire Waffles: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB11BMGN?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

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Fedora: https://fedoraproject.org

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This episode is all about music. And what FLOSS has to do with this. So if you're interested in music (but then who isn't) and how FLOSS can help you there, this is the episode you don't want to shy away from. Plus more shocking revelations about the point in time when Martin first became a father. All those decades ago (and maybe even more :-). So if you are interest in this type of unveiling this is certainly an episode you don't want to miss. At all!

This episode hosts Michael Neuendorf from Gonicus, a company providing FLOSS solutions. So what? you may rightly ask. But wait - this is not just one of these blatant marketing stunts the Inlaws try to avoid (unless there's significant money involved :-). But rather another showcase of innovative FLOSS solutions at play for more than twenty years, a voice-over-IP (VoIP) with out-of-the-box Jitsi and Matrix integration being one of these solutions. Sounds interesting? Then don't miss this episode!

The subject of this episode is something that everybody does but only few talk about: elections. Well, not quite. :-) The subject is actually adult entertainment, also commonly known as "porn" (short for pornography). Such a delicate subject is, of course, treated with the required utmost sobriety and earnestness which the Inlaws are known for (yeah, right!). So if you have ever wondered but were too afraid to ask about the finer aspects of the FLOSS in the adult entertainment business, this is the show you don't want to miss. Plus: bonus content on the use of FLOSS in the general movie business (the focus groups insisted that this has to be part of the episode due to "political correctness" and other concepts hard to comprehend:-). And of course this episode would not be complete without the acknowledgment and celebration of Martin's favourite subject: Amish Porn Websites. So don't miss this episode!

In this episode a high-speed queuing system is the center of the discussion. No, we didn't manage to unearth the corpse of Kafka or some other long-forgotten queuing system but focus on something very fast called LavinMQ written in - wait for it - Crystal. Crystal you may ask? Aren's decent queueing systems written in Java (a joke, I know :-), Erlang or C? And does the world and dog have not enough queueing systems already? All mysteries will be revealed, so don't miss this show!

This episode is all about SFSCon, one of those hidden FLOSS conference jewels located in northern Italy, in a German-speaking enclave known as South Tyrol. Simon Phipps of OSI-fame and Patrick Ohnewein will give you (and us) the lowdown on this long-standing and popular FLOSS format.

This episode as part of our strange but wonderful series is host to one of the most elusive musicians not only in the podcast biz. Yes, we are speaking about none other than the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder, also affectionately known as BmC. Who you may ask? If you have strayed and listened to other podcasts (shame on you BTW :-) like Darknet Diaries or the Changelog, you've already experienced some of his work. Sparing no expenses, Martin and Chris managed to get him on the show. Suffice it say, this is one of the most complex but still comprehensible shows (spoiler: BmC turns the tables has questions for our two hosts - what a ride it was). So without further ado, fasten your seatbelts, stop smoking (it's bad for you anyway) and enjoy the show!

This episode - aptly named "Missing link" and part of our foundations series of our highly valued educational sub-Inlaws (a marketing term blatantly borrowed from Reddit when it was still relevant but conveniently always forgotten to give back) - dives deep into the innards of computer systems, networks and distributed applications. Discussing the communication mechanism these components use to be precisely to wrack havoc on innocent users, clients, servers and other shenanigans naively using these. So you've missed that all-important third-year operating and/or distributed systems class back in university, now's the chance to catch up on things. So that the next cocktail conversation doesn't have to be about the shortcomings of certain US presidents, open marriages, the weather and other strange phenomena including vampires turned priests in order to gain the upper hand on vegan blood wholesale empires (blatant teaser for an upcoming DSTS episode perhaps? :-).

This show is host to two clouds, Nextcloud and OpenCloud. A little bit of history: Both clouds go back to some common origin called ownCloud, a FLOSS project devised around sixteen years ago with the aim to allow each and every user of the software to have their own file hosting and synchronisation platform. ownCloud was forked to become NextCloud around 2016 and OpenCloud came into existence in 2025 when ownCloud was forked once again. Curious? Then don't wait but rather hit play to listen to the episode. As we hear this straight from the horse's mouth. As we the founders of both companies on the show speaking about the origins, present state and future. Even if you're not into file synchronisation you don't want to miss this episode as there's both projects have evolved over the years time to become much much more than pure file-hosting platforms (yea, we are talking office functionality similar to the proprietary functionality available from your big hyperscalers, etc.). Interested? Then don't miss this episode.

In this episode Martin and Chris tackle the important subject of digital sovereignty. Something becoming more and more important if you don't want to wake up one morning just to see all of your mails and mailboxes vanished just because some foreign provider decided to cut off your mail server access (same goes for file cloud storage, office software, etc. Many other use cases do apply). But how to tackle this conundrum? Fear not, dear listeners, as usual the inlaws got you covered. So don't miss this episode!