Compilando Podcast

What Compilando Podcast is

Compilando Podcast is a Spanish-language audio program centred on GNU/Linux and free software. It alternates interviews with industry figures and themed episodes on the technical history and culture of open source.

Subjects and episodes

The catalog ranges from the origins of distributions to current industry questions:

• Free-software history, including Ian Murdock, the Debian Manifesto and influential distributions
• Security and cybersecurity, including the Louvre case and the distinction between hackers and cybercriminals
• Infrastructure and data, with an episode on open source in data centers featuring Eduardo Collado
• Current topics such as the state of open source in 2025, quantum computing and open-source artificial intelligence
• Interviews with figures including Gaël Duval, associated with Mandrake and /e/OS, and Jon “maddog” Hall
• Original miniseries such as Palabras de GNU/Linux, explaining terms including root and sudo

History

The podcast has published since its introductory edition in 2017. Its numbered catalog has passed 50 episodes, and the most recent entries listed are from January 2026.

Where to listen

Episodes are distributed through the program’s website and YouTube channel.

Compilando treats open source as both engineering and memory: interviews bring in working professionals, while historical episodes explain the people, distributions and vocabulary that shaped GNU/Linux.