Prot Asks: Amin about EmacsConf, Debian, GNU, Internet Archive, and Canada
Raw link: YouTube OR Internet Archive
In this video, I talk with Amin Bandali about free software, free knowledge, the importance of community and the commons, and life in Canada. Our discussion starts with the topic of EmacsConf, the annual conference about GNU Emacs. Amin has helped organise a few of those and I ask what kind of work is involved. As Amin contributes to other free software communities, I get to learn how the GNU and Debian projects work, especially with regard to getting involved with the work they do—and they can always benefit from more volunteers. After we cover free software, we switch to free knowledge. In this part, Amin tells me about The Internet Archive, what it is, how and why it is useful in our life. In the final part of the video, I ask about life in Canada, where Amin lives. It is an informative chat which also has a lot of funny moments.
Links by Amin Bandali
- https://kelar.org/~bandali
- https://blog.archive.org/trillion/
- https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html
- https://www.fsf.org/volunteer
- https://kelar.org/~bandali/2025/07/25/protesilaos-videos-archive.html
- https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-29-videos-internet-archive/
- https://www.debian.org
- https://trisquel.info
About “Prot Asks”
In this new video series, I talk to anybody who is interested to have a video call with me (so do contact me if you want!). The topics cover anything related to Emacs, technology, and life in general. More here: https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/.