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Open Source Voices

by JT Pennington

After years of producing Linux, BSD and Other Open Source Podcasts, I came to the realization that we almost always focus on the technology. It makes sense, we all love tech, that's why we are who we are. But the community we are apart of is full of varied and fascinating people that make that tech. This is my attempt to highlight the people who are helping dream up and build the future around us.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 31: Ben Cotton - Fedora Program Manager at Red Hat

    Ben Cotton Ben Cotton is the Fedora Program Manager at Red Hat. We talk about about Fedora, his history getting into Linux, and what it's like herding cats for a job. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bcotton/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnelFiasco/ Website: https://www.funnelfiasco.com...

  2. Episode 30: Brett Davis - Executive Vice President at iXsystems

    Brett Davis Brett Davis is the Executive Vice President at iXsystems. We talk about his first jobs in the tech field, his introduction to open source, as well as the interesting history of iXsystems. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettiandavis/ Notes: Credits: Music by ikson:...

  3. Episode 29: Deb Goodkin - Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation

    Deb Goodkin Deb Goodkin is the Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deb-goodkin-b282924a/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dgoodkin Notes: https://freebsdfoundation.org/ Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Deb Goodkin.

  4. Episode 28: Corey Hulen - CTO and Co-Founder of Mattermost

    Corey Hulen Corey Hulen is the CTO and Co-Founder of Mattermost LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreyhulen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/corey_hulen Notes: Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Corey Hulen.

  5. Episode 27: Philippe Humeau - Founder of CrowdSec

    Philippe Humeau Philippe Humeau is the Founder of CrowdSec, a free, modern & collaborative behavior detection engine, coupled with a global IP reputation network. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippehumeau/ Notes: https://crowdsec.net/ https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec Credits:...

  6. Episode 26: Dr. Brian Callahan - Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an OpenBSD Developer

    Dr. Brian Callahan Brian is a Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an OpenBSD Developer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-robert-callahan-ph-d-707738137/ Notes: https://briancallahan.net/ https://mastodon.com/bcallah@bsdnetwork Brian's interview on BSD Now :...

  7. Episode 25: Kim McMahon - Director of Visibility & Community Engagement at RISC-V International

    Kim McMahon Kim is the Director of Visibility & Community Engagement at RISC-V International and a Co-Chair of the Open Hardware Diversity Alliance. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimmcmahonco/ Notes: RISC-V: https://www.linkedin.com/company/risc-v-international/ OHDA:...

  8. Episode 24: Timothy Pearson - Chief Technology Officer at Raptor Computing Systems

    Timothy Pearson Timothy Pearson is the Chief Technology Officer of Raptor Computing Systems https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/ https://twitter.com/RaptorEng Notes: Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Timothy Pearson.

  9. Episode 23: Richard Brown - Linux Distribution Engineer at SUSE and former chairman of OpenSuSE

    Richard Brown Richard Brown is a long time SUSE and OpenSUSE community member and a current Linux Distribution Engineer at SUSE. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sysrich/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sysrich Notes: Other websites to connect with Richard on:...

  10. Episode 22: Thomas Cameron - Open Source Advocate and Cloud Dude

    Thomas Cameron Thomas has been a long time Linux user and Advocate and has worked at the likes of Red Hat, Amazon, and others. https://twitter.com/thomasdcameron https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomascameron/ Notes: Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

  11. Episode 21: Gregory Kurtzer - Founder of CentOS, Rocky Linux, and CEO at Ctrl IQ

    Gregory Kurtzer Gregory is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Ctrl IQ, Inc and the Founder of CentOS and Rocky Linux. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmkurtzer/ https://github.com/gmkurtzer https://gmkurtzer.github.io https://ctrliq.com/ Notes: MPI Hello world -...

  12. Episode 20: Mark Himelstein - CTO RISC-V International

    Mark Himelstein Mark is the Chief Technology Officer at RISC-V International, a non-profit consortium chartered to standardize, protect, and promote the free and open RISC-V instruction set architecture LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heavenstone/ Notes: https://riscv.org...

  13. Episode 19: Kris Moore - Senior Vice President Of Engineering at iXsystems

    Kris Moore LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-moore-24b9612/ Notes: Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Kris Moore.

  14. Episode 18: E.G. Nadhan - Chief Architect and Strategist for Red Hat North America

    E.G. Nadhan Nadhan is the Chief Architect and Strategist for Red Hat North America. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/egnadhan/ Notes: https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-open-source-report/2021 https://research.redhat.com https://next.redhat.com Credits: Music by ikson:...

  15. Episode 17: Tom Jones - FreeBSD Developer

    Tom Jones Tom Jones is an Internet Researcher and FreeBSD developer that works on improving the core protocols that drive the Internet. He is a contributor to open standards in the IETF and is enthusiastic about using FreeBSD as a platform to experiment with new networking ideas as they progress...

  16. Episode 16: Aoife Moloney - Community Platform Engineering Team at Red Hat

    Aoife Moloney Twitter: https://twitter.com/aoifemoloney4 Notes: CentOS Blog Articles by Aoife: https://blog.centos.org/author/amoloney/ Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Aoife Moloney.

  17. Episode 15: Mark Harding - CTO of Minds.com

    Mark Harding Mark Harding is the CTO of Minds.com, an open source Social Network that pays you for your content. We talk about how he got into Open Source Development, what let him to building a social network, and how AI fits into an open mindset. LinkedIn:...

  18. Episode 14: Neal Gompa - Contributor to Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, and CentOS

    Neal Gompa Hero Section LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngompa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Det_Conan_Kudo Notes: Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Neal Gompa.

  19. Episode 13: Chris Waid - CEO and Founder of Think Penguin

    Christopher Waid Chris is the Founder & CEO of ThinkPenguin. Notes: ThinkPenguin https://www.thinkpenguin.com Freedom Decrypted Podcast: https://www.freedomdecrypted.com Eoma68: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop+ Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest:...

  20. Episode 12: Colin Percival - Developer of Tarsnap and FreeBSD Developer

    Name Colin Percival is the Developer of Tarsnap and a FreeBSD Developer. Twitter: https://twitter.com/cperciva LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-percival-8269672/?originalSubdomain=ca Notes: Colin's Scrypt paper http://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt/scrypt.pdf Colin's personal website...

  21. Episode 11: Jon "maddog" Hall - Board Chair for the Linux Professional Institute

    Jon "maddog" Hall Board Chair for the Linux Professional Institute maddog and I talk about he got started working in technology, the early days of #Linux, and the various #opensource projects he's involved with. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/maddoghall...

  22. Episode 10: Luke Leighton - Lead Dev and Project Coordinator for Libre-SOC

    Luke Leighton Luke Leighton is the Lead Dev and Project Coordinator for Libre-SOC LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lkclnet/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lkcl LibreSOC: https://libre-soc.org Notes: https://www.crnhq.org/12-skill-summary/ https://aldacenter.org Credits: Music by ikson:...

  23. Episode 9: Dan Langille - Sysadmin at Talos/Cisco

    Dan Langille Dan is a sysadmin at Cisco's Talos Intelligence Group, He's the organizer of BSDCan, the man behind the FreeBSD Diary, Fresh Ports, and Fresh Source. Twitter: https://twitter.com/DLangille LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danlangille/ Notes: Sites Dan Runs:...

  24. Episode 8: Keith Perry - Founder of DAO Technologies

    Keith Perry Keith is the Founder of DAO Technologies and works as a systems, network, security and application development professional. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-c-perry-ms-e-e-7023b622 Website: http://daotechnologies.com/ Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com...

  25. Episode 7: Melanie Shimano - John Hopkins Lecturer

    Melanie Shimano Melanie Shimano. Melanie is facaulty at John Hopkins, the founder of the Food Computer Program in Baltimore, and currently attending Harvard working towards her Masters in Education. https://twitter.com/melanieshimano https://www.forbes.com/profile/melanie-shimano/...

  26. Episode 6: Scott McCarty - Principal Product Manager for the Container Subsystem Team at Red Hat

    Scott McCarty Scott McCarty is a principle product manager for the container subsystem team at Red Hat... if you're unsure what that means... lets just say he's one of the super awesome guys and gals who make sure that the OpenShift on Red Hat works. LinkedIn…

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  27. Episode 5: Frank Karlitschek - Managing Director and Founder of NextCloud

    Frank Karlitschek Frank Karlitschek is the Managing Director and Founder of NextCloud. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankkarlitschek/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fkarlitschek?lang=en Notes: User Data Manafest: https://userdatamanifesto.org Frank's FOSDEM 2018 talk "Why I forked my own...

  28. Episode 4: Charlie Reisinger - Technology Director for Penn Manor School District

    Charlie Reisinger Charlie Reisinger is the Technology Director for Penn Manor School District in Lancaster County Pennsylvania,where hs is a member of the senior leadership team, he directs instructional technology programs and technical infrastructure and operations. Charlie is also the other…

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  29. Episode 3: Ruth Suehle - Senior Community Outreach Manager at Red Hat

    Ruth Suehle Ruth is the Senior Community Outreach Manager at Red Hat. She was heavily involved in OpenSource.com, she is the author of Raspberry Pi Hacks along with co-author Tom Callaway, and she is part of the Red Hat CoLab Project. https://twitter.com/suehle...

  30. Episode 2: Hugh Blemings - Director of the Open Power Foundation

    Hugh Blemings Hugh Blemings, the former Director of the Open Power Foundation, comes on the program to talk about his life and journey with technology. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-blemings/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hughhalf OpenPower Foundation Board:...

  31. Episode 1: Matthew Miller - Fedora Project Lead

    Matthew Miller Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Lead, comes on the program to talk about his life and journey with technology. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewmiller/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattdm Fedora Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mattdm Notes: JT's…

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About this show

After years of producing Linux, BSD and Other Open Source Podcasts, I came to the realization that we almost always focus on the technology. It makes sense, we all love tech, that's why we are who we are. But the community we are apart of is full of varied and fascinating people that make that tech. This is my attempt to highlight the people who are helping dream up and build the future around us.

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JT Pennington

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Open Source Voices have?

Open Source Voices has 31 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on November 8, 2022.

What is Open Source Voices about?

After years of producing Linux, BSD and Other Open Source Podcasts, I came to the realization that we almost always focus on the technology. It makes sense, we all love tech, that's why we are who we are. But the community we are apart of is full of varied and fascinating people that make that...

How often does Open Source Voices release new episodes?

Open Source Voices publishes monthly, based on its 31 episodes since September 2020.

Who hosts Open Source Voices?

Open Source Voices is created and hosted by JT Pennington.
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