The Luminosity of Free Software, episode 4

It's that time of the week again already! Yes, the Luminosity of Free Software episode 4 will be broadcast live tomorrow at 20:00 UTC via Google+ Hangouts, and you're all invited.

As I get more familiar with the way Hangouts are structured, things are becoming smoother. This week, rather than inviting everyone directly to the Hangout, everyone will follow along on the live video stream that gets automatically placed in my G+ updates stream. You can ask questions and post comments there just as in the chat, and I will be monitoring those in the videocast. This should be simpler and a more equal an experience for everyone.

Tomorrow night I will be covering the following topics:

• Does open development matter? Wherein we explore the thought experiment: "What if the entire world used and ran Free software, but all the development was done behind closed doors?" It's an interesting question with no simple answers. As Free software continues to expand its influence, and with more companies trying out the mix of open source and closed development, it will become a more and more pressing question over time.
• LXDE's new file manager. What could I find interesting about that? Join us and find out tomorrow!
• Linux desktop infrastructure fragmentation: lightdm, maliit, systemd, dconf .. when did we stop collaborating on these kinds of things, and how can we get it back on track? My answer is perhaps not what you'd expect ... 
• Question Period: you ask, I ponder; you provide feedback, I share it with the audience.

If you would like to submit a question, do so in the comments below or join us for the live videocast tomorrow and ask away live on Google+.

Update: The episode is now up on Youtube, see below. Thanks to everyone who participated .. the feedback and questions were great! See you all next week...