Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I got speak with GNOME's release manager Jordan Petridis, his journey into open source development, the work GNOME has done with Flatpak and accessibility, and how open source developers deal with harassment from Linux losers.

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Chapters:
00:00 Who is Jordan?
05:00 GNOME, TPM, and Linux
17:45 Role of the GNOME Foundation
27:03 The Evolution of Linux Packages
33:09 What Jordan Does For GNOME
39:55 Consultancy, Donations, & Telemetry
59:43 Linux Users? Linux Losers
1:12:18 "GNOME Doesn't Care About Accessibility!" 🤡
1:15:49 Devs Talk Outside of Issue Pages
1:17:57 NVIDIA & Wayland
1:23:03 How Linux Creators Spread Misinformation
1:33:07 Life Stories
1:45:38 Outro