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Best Hacker culture & free software videos, as recommended on Hacker News

45 videos about hacker culture & free software that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2010 and 2026. Mostly talk, documentary, interview. Channels that come up most: Adrian Crenshaw, media.ccc.de, DEFCONConference, TEDx Talks. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Indistinguishable From Magic: Manufacturing Modern Computer Chips: HN repeatedly calls it the best in-depth introduction to IC manufacturing, a sense-of-awe talk by an independent engineer, while wishing for an updated version.

• talkIndistinguishable From Magic: Manufacturing Modern Computer ChipsAndor Gafotas · 19 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• documentaryProject Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla DocumentaryThe Documentary Network · 13 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• interview"Money doesn't interest me" - Ton Roosendaal 2017 InterviewBlender Guru · 7 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• talk28c3: The coming war on general computation28c3 · 6 HN recommenders · 2011–2026
• talk"The Hard Parts of Open Source" by Evan CzaplickiStrange Loop Conference · 8 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
• talk[HOPE X] Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthousethemarimbaincident · 4 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• musicCopying Is Not Theft - Official VersionQuestion Copyright · 6 HN recommenders · 2010–2026
• talkCivil War General-Purpose Computing | Cory Doctorow | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 4 HN recommenders · 2012–2026
• documentaryNetscape Mozilla Documentary 1998 - 2000 ProJect Code Rush - creative common licenceznoopy2k · 5 HN recommenders · 2011–2013
• talk2 1 1 Jason Scott Rescuing The Prince of Persia from the sands of timeAdrian Crenshaw · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2026
• talk"A Political History of X" - Keith Packard (LCA 2020)linux.conf.au · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talk36C3 - BahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier - english translationmedia.ccc.de · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talk36C3 - Open Source is Insufficient to Solve Trust Problems in Hardwaremedia.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talkDEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion DollarsChristiaan008 · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• talkEben Moglen - Freedom in The CloudPunkcast · 3 HN recommenders · 2011–2018
• talkIntroduction to LibrePCB A new, powerful and intuitive EDA tool for everyoneFOSDEM · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2021
• talkARCHIVE TEAM: A Distributed Preservation of Service Attacktextfilesdotcom · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2016
• documentaryThe Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | full movie (2014)moviemaniacsDE · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• documentaryRevolution OSVon Hash · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2016
• talkThe Surprising History of Copyright and What It Means For...Google TechTalks · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• talkDEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory DoctorowDEFCONConference · 4 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• talkFree software, free society: Richard Stallman at TEDxGeneva 2014TEDx Talks · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkBSidesLV 2013 3 2 7 Sixteen Colors Archiving the Evolution of ANSI and ASCII Art Doug Moore BrenAdrian Crenshaw · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
• commentaryShould Knowledge Be Free?Medlife Crisis · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2021
• talkHoward Payne & Deviant Ollam - This Key is Your Key, This Key is My KeyDeviantOllam · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• talkKeynote - Karen SandlerLinux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2016
• talkF2C2012: Aaron Swartz keynote - "How we stopped SOPA"F2C2012 · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2023
• talkDEF CON 18 - Jason Scott - You're Stealing It Wrong! 30 Years of Inter-Pirate BattlesDEFCONConference · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkre:publica 2012 - Eben Moglen - Freedom of Thought Requires Free Mediare:publica · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2022
• talkNSA operation ORCHESTRA Annual Status Report - FOSDEM 2014cnxlinux · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2021
• interviewLinus Torvalds says GPL v3 violates everything that GPLv2 stood forTFiR · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• talkdotJS 2012 - Fat - What Is Open Source & Why Do I Feel So Guilty?dotconferences · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2016
• talkCopyright is Brain Damage | Nina Paley | TEDxMaastrichtTEDx Talks · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• documentaryBBS the Documentary [Full HD]L33T GUY · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
• interviewA Conversation with Stewart Brand (Devcon4)Ethereum Foundation · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2021
• documentaryKubernetes: The Documentary [PART 1]CultRepo · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2025
• talkTalk - Eben Moglen - Free and Open Software: Paradigm for a New Intellectual Commonstalkingsticktv · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2023
• talkEben Moglen: How I discovered Free Software and met RMSroblimo · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2021
• talkH2K2 (2002): "The Conscience of a Hacker"Channel2600 · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2025
• musicThe Light It Up Contest -- geohotgeohot · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2025
• talk[FOSSi Dial-Up] Tim Ansell - Skywater PDK: Fully open source manufacturable PDK for a 130nm processFOSSi Foundation · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• otherHACKERS | Just the Hacking Scenes | MGM StudiosAmazon MGM Studios · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2025
• explainerTrusted Computing? Yes or NoRobin Good · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2023
• talkPdF 2011 | Eben Moglen: The alternate net we need, and how we can build it ourselvesPdF YouTube · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2023
• interviewJellyvision Q&A with DHH & Jason FriedJellyvisionLab · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2016