Linux

The wild rise of OpenClaw...

Fireship

Operating system recommended for installation.

Balaji Srinivasan — How to Start a New Country

Tim Ferriss

Operating system contrasted with AT&T Unix, highlighting its hackability and customizability as an 'unlock'.

Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #240

Lex Fridman

An open-source operating system environment where Emacs is used for editing config files and scripts, even when graphical interfaces are unavailable.

Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Insights from Jeff Bezos, Must-Read Books, & More

Tim Ferriss

The most widely used operating system in the world, over 20 years old, highly secure due to open development and constant testing.

A Conversation with Werner Vogels

Y Combinator

Mentioned as the operating system for servers that engineers would request, e.g., '10 more Linux servers'.

The Path to $100B by Paul Buchheit

Y Combinator

An operating system Paul Buchheit was obsessed with early on, seeking startups that used it.

Building an Engineering Team by Ammon Bartram and Harj Taggar

Y Combinator

Mentioned as an example of a deep technical knowledge area (internals, scheduling, real-time operating systems) that might be relevant for certain engineering roles.

.NET in 100 Seconds

Fireship

The Four Wars of the AI Stack - Dec 2023 Recap

Latent Space

Mentioned in the context of the recurring 'year of AI in production' prediction.

Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101

Lex Fridman

An operating system mentioned in the context of ExpressVPN compatibility; Ubuntu MATE 20.04 is cited as a favorite flavor.

Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #219

Lex Fridman

Knuth uses Ubuntu Linux on a standalone laptop without internet, trusting it with his 'family jewels' due to its stability and security.

ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God | Lex Fridman Podcast #461

Lex Fridman

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang GTC 2026 Full Keynote

Yahoo Finance

An open-source operating system, compared to Open-Claw for its foundational impact on computing.

Paul Buchheit - Startup Investor School Day 2

Y Combinator

An operating system that Paul Buchheit was enthusiastic about, which was a key factor in him joining Google.

FlashAttention-2: Making Transformers 800% faster AND exact

Latent Space

Used as an analogy for community-driven development and improvement of open-source models.

Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros - OpenAI's Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman

Y Combinator

An open-source operating system that Dota 2 runs on, making it a suitable platform for AI development.

E71: Russia/Ukraine deep dive: escalation, risk factors, financial fallout, exit ramps and more

All-In Podcast

Open-source operating system, used as an example of how markets embrace free alternatives when critical resources are needed.

Mr. Robot's Co-Producer and Writer - Kor Adana

Y Combinator

An operating system on which Kor Adana took a security class involving Red Team/Blue Team simulations, which was foundational for his cybersecurity career.

Sergey Nazarov: Chainlink, Smart Contracts, and Oracle Networks | Lex Fridman Podcast #181

Lex Fridman

An operating system used as an example of a successful system that functions as a public good, embodying the long-term impact Sergey aims for with Chainlink.

Ruchi Sanghvi Speaks at Female Founders Conference 2015

Y Combinator

The operating system mentioned as part of the technological stack used at Facebook for building the Newsfeed system.

Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness | Lex Fridman Podcast #123

Lex Fridman

Open-source operating system, used by Lex Fridman for ExpressVPN.

Browserbase: Browser Infrastructure For Your AI Agents

Latent Space

The operating system that Morph Labs forked to create their 'infinite branch' system.

Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #109

Lex Fridman

An operating system used by people like Lex Fridman, where Awk is a common tool. Linux is described as a 'UNIX-like' system that became widely adopted.

Sergey Levine: Robotics and Machine Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #108

Lex Fridman

An operating system, highlighted as the best by Lex Fridman, on which ExpressVPN works.