NGI0: Next Generation Internet
NGI0: Next Generation Internet

NGI0: Next Generation Internet

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Conversations with the people building the Next Generation Internet (NGI). They’re working on free and open source technologies to make the internet more resilient, secure, trustworthy, accessible and human-centered.

NGI Zero is a coalition of non-profit organizations led by NLnet foundation providing financial and practical support to people working on the free and open internet. NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet initiative.

The podcast is hosted by Ronny Lam and Tessel Renzenbrink, the jingle created by Yarmo Mackenbach, all from NLnet.

Recent Episodes

The internet should be a public good - NixOS/Clevis
FEB 26, 2025
The internet should be a public good - NixOS/Clevis
<p>“This project was fueled by the idea that we should be less dependent on proprietary software. We don’t have control over software managed by companies that can access, analyze and sell our private data. It was a journey to own our software again”, says Julien Malka. He and Camille Mondon have implemented Clevis in NixOS to make it possible to remotely reboot servers with full disk encryption. The project was extended to port the Proxmox Hypervisor on NixOS. In this podcast episode they explain their project and talk about self-hosting as an antidote to the centralization of the internet.</p> <p>Links:<br /> <a href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/257525">NixOS/Clevis repo</a><br /> <a href="https://nixos.org/">NixOS</a><br /> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/NixOS-Clevis/">NixOS/Clevis NGI Zero project page</a></p> <footer><p><a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">NGI Zero</a> is a coalition of non-profit organizations lead by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a>. It provides <a href="https://nlnet.nl/funding.html">financial</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/services/">practical support</a> to people working on the free and open internet. You can find us on <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero">@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz</a>. NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/">European Commission</a>’s <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative.</p> <p>The podcast is hosted by Ronny Lam and Tessel Renzenbrink, the jingle created by Yarmo Mackenbach, all from NLnet.</p> <p>The NGI Zero podcast is shared under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a> license.</p> </footer>
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51 MIN
Self-hosting for everyone - SelfPrivacy
FEB 12, 2025
Self-hosting for everyone - SelfPrivacy
<p>“There would be no room for conflict if everyone in the world could exchange ideas without being watched”, says Kirill Zholnay founder of SelfPrivacy. SelfPrivacy aims to make self-hosting accessible to non-technical users. Born out of a dream to enable every person on the internet to live free of Big Tech surveillance, it provides a simple solution to set up and manage your own server. We spoke to Kirill Zholnay and lead full-stack engineer Inex Code about the need for user autonomy, their crush on Deltachat, NixOS, the joy of receiving positive feedback and how SelfPrivacy is financed.</p> <p>Links:<br /> <a href="https://selfprivacy.org/">SelfPrivacy</a><br /> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/SelfPrivacy/">SelfPrivacy NGI0 project page</a><br /> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/services/">NGI Zero support services</a></p> <footer><p><a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">NGI Zero</a> is a coalition of non-profit organizations lead by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a>. It provides <a href="https://nlnet.nl/funding.html">financial</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/services/">practical support</a> to people working on the free and open internet. You can find us on <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero">@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz</a>. NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/">European Commission</a>’s <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative.</p> <p>The podcast is hosted by Ronny Lam and Tessel Renzenbrink, the jingle created by Yarmo Mackenbach, all from NLnet.</p> <p>The NGI Zero podcast is shared under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a> license.</p> </footer>
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37 MIN
S01E05 Tauri - Daniel Thompson-Yvetot
JAN 31, 2025
S01E05 Tauri - Daniel Thompson-Yvetot
<p>“The only thing that’s going to solve the mental health crisis in software engineering is more compassion, more collaboration, more attention to the people that you spend time with”, says Daniel Thompson-Yvetot, co-founder of Tauri Apps and CEO of CrabNebula. He also speaks about how the Cyber Resilience Act can be a watershed moment for open source. And how today’s internet is designed for autocrats and corporations and that the projects he works on like Tauri, Verso and Servo, all aim to help us regain our digital autonomy.</p> <p>Links:<br /> <a href="https://tauri.app/">Tauri Apps</a><br /> <a href="https://crabnebula.dev/">CrabNebula</a><br /> <a href="https://servo.org/">Servo</a><br /> <a href="https://versotile.org/verso/">Verso</a><br /> Projects funded by NGI Zero:<br /> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Tauri/">Tauri Apps</a><br /> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Verso-WebView/">Servo improvements for Tauri</a><br /> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Verso/">Webview library with Verso for Tauri</a><br /> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Tauri-Servo/">Servo Webview for Tauri</a><br /> Other organizations mentioned: <a href="https://commonsconservancy.org/">Commons Conservancy</a></p> <footer><p><a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">NGI Zero</a> is a coalition of non-profit organizations lead by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a>. It provides <a href="https://nlnet.nl/funding.html">financial</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/services/">practical support</a> to people working on the free and open internet. You can find us on <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero">@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz</a>. NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/">European Commission</a>’s <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative.</p> <p>The podcast is hosted by Ronny Lam and Tessel Renzenbrink, the jingle created by Yarmo Mackenbach, all from NLnet.</p> <p>The NGI Zero podcast is shared under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a> license.</p> </footer>
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58 MIN
The VoIP revolution - Blink
DEC 18, 2024
The VoIP revolution - Blink
<p>Adrian Georgescu was part of the Voice over IP revolution and in this episode you’ll learn much about that history and the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). With his company <a href="https://ag-projects.com">AG Projects</a>, Adrian created <a href="https://ag-projects.com/blink/">Blink</a>, a SIP client developed in parallel with the creation of SIP by the IETF. After Blink and SIP hit their limits, he created <a href="https://sylkserver.com/">Sylk Suite</a> which combines SIP with WebRTC to enable multi-party video conferencing.<br /> He also talks about what it’s like to run a FOSS company and having to compete with Big Tech offering services for free and much more.</p> <footer><p><a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">NGI Zero</a> is a coalition of non-profit organizations lead by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a>. It provides <a href="https://nlnet.nl/funding.html">financial</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/services/">practical support</a> to people working on the free and open internet. You can find us on <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero">@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz</a>. NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/">European Commission</a>’s <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative.</p> <p>The podcast is hosted by Ronny Lam and Tessel Renzenbrink, the jingle created by Yarmo Mackenbach, all from NLnet.</p> <p>The NGI Zero podcast is shared under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a> license.</p> </footer>
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59 MIN
"Technology is not neutral" - Libervia
DEC 5, 2024
"Technology is not neutral" - Libervia
<p>It is important to be able to communicate freely, says Jérôme Poisson a.k.a. Goffi. He is the main developer of Libervia, a communication ecosystem based on XMPP. XMPP is mostly associated with chat but Libervia offers many more features such as blogs, fora, calendars and file &amp; photo sharing. It has gateways to other open protocols like ActivityPub and email.</p> <p>Jérôme identifies multiple problems in digital communications such as Big Tech monopolies and public debates taking place on proprietary platforms. Libervia can’t address all of these problems, because many of them are societal. But it does address some of them with a platform that is decentralized, based on Free Software and open standards. The project has strong ethics in its DNA, written down in a social contract.</p> <p>Erratum: The security audit for Libervia was done by NGI Zero partner <a href="https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/">Radically Open Security</a> not by NLnet.</p> <p>Links:<br /> <a href="https://libervia.org/">Libervia website</a><br /> <a href="https://repos.goffi.org/libervia-backend">repos</a><br /> <a href="https://videos.libervia.org/">Libervia explainer video’s</a><br /> <a href="https://chat.jabberfr.org">Libervia chat channel</a><br /> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Libervia/">Libervia project at the NLnet website</a><br /> <a href="https://xmpp.org/">XMPP software foundation</a><br /> <a href="https://www.projets-libres.org/en/nlnet-foundation-funding-free-software-in-europe-lwenn-bussiere/">Podcast mentioned by Jérôme</a> with Lwenn from NLnet</p> <p>ActiviyPub:<br /> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Goffi">@Goffi@mastodon.social</a><br /> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@xmpp">@xmpp@fosstodon.org</a><br /> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero">@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz</a><br /> <a href="https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet">@nlnet@nlnet.nl</a></p> <footer><p><a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">NGI Zero</a> is a coalition of non-profit organizations lead by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a>. It provides <a href="https://nlnet.nl/funding.html">financial</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/services/">practical support</a> to people working on the free and open internet. You can find us on <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero">@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz</a>. NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/">European Commission</a>’s <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative.</p> <p>The podcast is hosted by Ronny Lam and Tessel Renzenbrink, the jingle created by Yarmo Mackenbach, all from NLnet.</p> <p>The NGI Zero podcast is shared under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a> license.</p> </footer>
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48 MIN