LI_S02E56_Six_Years

LI_S02E56_Six_Years

From Linux Inlaws by Linux Inlaws

February 5, 2026

About this episode

The episode celebrates six years of the podcast, discussing Usenet, Linux's importance, operating system design, and humor.

We have made it! Six years in the making and still going strong. With a steadily increasing audience of - wait for it - at least ten listeners. When they can't get to sleep or have nothing else to do. Or - gosh - want to learn something. Like what's Usenet. And why Linux has been so important (yes, it all will be revealed in this episode!). Including a crash course on operating system design (including the operating system war) and CPU design history. Never mind how humorous works. So wars or not, you have an hour to spare, can't get to sleep or want to learn something, never mind want to know why our beloved operating system conquered the world and how humor works and much, much more, you certainly don't want to miss this episode! (Ok, marketing made us do it - before Martin fired them once again). Links Minix: https://www.minix3.org The OS war: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI?pli=1 The Usenet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet GNU Hurd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Hurd IBM's RISC history: https://web.archive.org/web/20060503190348/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/rs6000.pdf Car Talk: https://www.cartalk.com Martin's ancient…

People in this episode

Host: Linux Inlaws

Topics covered

  • Linux
  • Usenet
  • operating system design
  • CPU design history
  • humor
  • audience engagement

Keywords

  • Linux
  • Usenet
  • operating systems
  • CPU design
  • humor
  • Minix
  • GNU Hurd
  • Chromebooks

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Chromebooks

Books & works: Usenet, Minix, GNU Hurd, Car Talk, Christmas pudding recipe

Places: IBM

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