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Linux User Space

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How did your favorite Linux distribution get its start? Join us and find out! Linux User Space is hosted by Leo and Dan, and every two weeks we deep dive into the history of Linux distributions and the things that matter to us. Episodes drop every other Monday.
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Episodes

Episode 5:14: Bloat Don’t Float

Coming up in this episode * Death, DEATH, everywhere * Not so bloated, now, is it? * and Someone Agrees with US! 0:00 Cold Open 1:35 Mozilla's Making Changes... Again 24:31 Disks Hate This One Weird Trick! 54:32 The Last of the Season 5 Feedback -54:42 VesuLabs -1:03:02 stephenreaves3205 1:12:16 Next Time & Farewell (For Now) 1:17:38 Stinger The Video Version! https://youtu.be/3nbdwkgpTRA Mozilla Watch 👀 Pocket and Fakespot are out. (https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/)...

Jun 02, 20251 hr 19 min

Episode 5:13: Sloppy AI or Good Fuzzing?

Coming up in this episode * AI's Won't Take Over Yet * Is Rust Open Source? * and All Kinds of Feedback The Video Version https://youtu.be/LxMpNIfhFiA 0:00 Cold Open 3:56 Curl's "AI Slop" Problem 25:12 A Little Viral Licensing 42:12 So Much Feedback ❤️ 42:30 ukwan / Youtube 51:16 jliljj / Youtube 56:35 fredstech1 / Youtube 1:00:15 conan kudo / Youtube 1:02:06 amanita / Patreon 1:05:13 redvamp128 / Youtube 1:09:35 The Rules, Commands & Next Time 1:19:12 Stinger The Curl project pushes back on...

May 19, 20251 hr 21 min

Episode 5:12: 10,000 Tabs and an Extended Warranty

Coming up in this episode * Extended service warranty for your Linux * 10,000 Tabs Made Easy! * A Chrome Firesale The Video Version (https://youtu.be/pTGaEsSA12I) https://youtu.be/pTGaEsSA12I 0:00 Cold Open 1:40 Extended Warranty for Ubuntu 17:36 Tab Groups and Unwanted Cookies 41:39 A Google Chrome Firesale! 58:33 The Science of Next Time 1:11:14 Stinger Upgrade or ESM? Why not both? This blog post (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-20-04-eol-for-devicesional) reminded Leo he needed to make a deci...

May 05, 20251 hr 13 min

Episode 5:11: Qt Vibes and a New Standard

Coming up in this episode * Vibe Coding Coming to a Plasma Near You * We Need Another Standard * The Newest of the New 0:00 Cold Open 2:01 Weird Vibes in Qt-Land 21:51 Rust Is Inevitable 41:04 Fedora, Ubuntu and a Journey 1:08:25 Next Time 1:10:24 Stinger The Video Version (https://youtu.be/4Y_u6TPPMvI) https://youtu.be/4Y_u6TPPMvI What a Qt little AI? Qt Blog post (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-ai-assistant-v0.9-released-deploy-llms-locally-and-enjoy-the-upgraded-user-experience) Phoronoix article ...

Apr 21, 20251 hr 11 min

Episode 5:10: Handle With Care

Coming up in this episode * The Thunder rolls * We flatten out the History * And Package Up Our Experience 0:00 Cold Open 1:34 Thundermail for Everyone! 23:21 The History of Flatpak - 24:32 From Glick to Bundles - 29:55 From Bundles to xdg-app - 30:54 From Flatpak to the Future! 37:44 Are Flatpaks the Best Solution? 1:02:46 Next Time 1:05:14 Stinger The Video Version (https://youtu.be/_fXr6fCPJ8U) https://youtu.be/_fXr6fCPJ8U Thundermail The Thundermail announcement (https://blog.thunderbird.net...

Apr 07, 20251 hr 7 min

Episode 5:09: So, Just Better Words?

Coming up in this episode * Oh GNOME! * Mozilla, Don't Watch * And a few high notes The Video Version! (https://youtu.be/FdHulOnBwEo) https://youtu.be/FdHulOnBwEo 0:00 Cold Open 1:07 Dash To Panel Needs Your Help! 27:21 Firefox's New Terms Of Use 51:33 Mark / Contact Button 1:00:34 Scott / Contact Button 1:03:22 Dan / Matrix 1:06:09 chraist / Matrix 1:08:07 bgt lover / Matrix 1:10:00 MarshMan / Discord 1:13:58 Next Time! 1:18:45 Stinger Dash to Panel Maintainer Quits Dash to panel maintainer qui...

Mar 24, 20251 hr 20 min

Episode 5:08: Make It Snappy

Coming up in this episode * Syncing the Notes * The History of Snaps * And How Much We Absolutely Adore Them 0:00 Cold Open 1:34 Seeking Syncthing 16:42 The History of Snaps 33:52 How'd 9 Years of Snaps Go? 1:01:54 Next Time 1:04:49 Stinger The Video Version https://youtu.be/izDzKkuEyRw It is all about the notes Leo goes back to basics and uses SyncThing (https://syncthing.net/) to move his markdown files around that he edits using a standard text editor (https://code.visualstudio.com/). 📣Annou...

Mar 10, 20251 hr 7 min

Episode 5:07: Kernel Overload

Coming up in this episode * We load up your tech toolbox * We settle the Kernel debate * and Thou shall not package OBS... that way. 0:00 Cold Open 1:39 We load up your tech toolbox 21:48 We settle the kernel debate 49:43 Thou shall not package OBS... that way. 1:03:32 Next Time 1:07:26 Stinger The Video Version (https://youtu.be/15zr84iGDHo) https://youtu.be/15zr84iGDHo IT-Tools (https://it-tools.tech/) Can be self hosted (https://github.com/CorentinTh/it-tools) Do you use IT-Tools? If so, whic...

Feb 24, 20251 hr 9 min

Episode 5:06: Homerun in Orbit

Coming up in this episode * HD scores a Homerun * Mozilla Launches Into Orbit * Stand by while Lemmy Stands by 0:00 Cold Open 3:00 HD Homerun out of the park 21:56 Mozilla Launches Into Orbit 50:10 Stuck on Lemmy 1:04:15 Next Time 1:08:13 Stinger The Video Version (https://youtu.be/PewzDsCkxk4) https://youtu.be/PewzDsCkxk4 HD Homerun out of the park Silicondust's HDHomerun (https://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/) Jellyfin (https://jellyfin.org/) Plex (https://plex.tv) Tailscale (https://tailscal...

Feb 10, 20251 hr 10 min

Episode 5:05: Version Not Supported

Coming up in this episode * 2 be or y292B? * Set your watch to Mozilla * And we FINALLY get back to ya 0:00 Cold Open 2:35 libfuse2 & Y292B 15:09 Mozilla Alt Text & Layoffs 37:35 Pjolt on Thunderbird & iOS 45:20 Chris Recommends an Android 49:34 Chaos-r3v says it's FreeBSD 58:51 Stan Wonders: Mint or Ubuntu? 1:04:35 Next Time! 1:06:45 Stinger The Video Version! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV67oDTbqU0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV67oDTbqU0 Preshow If your podcatcher made yo...

Nov 11, 20241 hr 8 min

Episode 5:04: Protocol '99

Coming up in this episode * Style it Like it's 1999 * It Violates Freedom 0! * We Turn it off and on again * and You Can Send it to LUS! 0:00 Cold Open 2:10 Going Back to 1999 23:32 Bitwarden Says "BOO!" 39:11 Turn It Off and On Again 56:02 The Windows Cliff 1:16:41 Next Time! 1:20:05 Stinger And the video version! (https://youtu.be/wXODmWq9ZZU) https://youtu.be/wXODmWq9ZZU Warm Up How to make a web page? CSS (https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS/#css) and HTML? (https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/) A ...

Oct 28, 20241 hr 21 min

Episode 5:03: Just Wing It More

Coming up in this episode * The Archive Gets Downed * Thunderbird Goes Mobile * and the Oriole Takes Flight 0:00 Cold Open 1:44 Panic at the Archive! 20:00 Thunderbird's On Android 43:11 Ubuntu's Out, We're In 1:05:15 Next Time 1:08:18 Stinger The Video Version! (https://youtu.be/08a-W_qHwHI) https://youtu.be/08a-W_qHwHI Warm Up The Internet Archive suffers a DDoS attack and breach (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-archive-hacked-data-breach-impacts-31-million-users/) 📣An...

Oct 14, 20241 hr 9 min

Episode 5:02: Mint Condition

Coming up in this episode * Another browser watch * The History of Linux Mint and Cinnamon * And how spiced was it? 0:00 Cold Open 1:26 The Mozilla Happenings 22:13 Linux Mint & Cinnamon History 26:54 The Early Mints 32:46 Cinnamon Arrives! 38:49 The Mint and Cinnamon Journey 49:53 Our Spicy Cinnamon Journeys 1:16:44 Next Time! 1:20:09 Stinger The Video Version! (https://youtu.be/ZK9mn5miMPM) https://youtu.be/ZK9mn5miMPM Warm Up Mozilla got a new logo (https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/2425...

Sep 30, 20241 hr 21 min

Episode 5:01: Death and Ptyxis

Coming up in this episode * Death & Taxes * Stop Filing Bug Reports! -- like that * and Your Emails! 0:00 Cold Open 1:25 Yubikeys are DEAD! 10:41 Deep In the Heart of Ptyxis 28:01 The Do's and Don'ts of Bug Reports 42:47 Email: Scott J 49:47 Email: Ben 52:49 Email: Bruce H 57:48 Email: Rob Simmons 1:03:22 Email: DailyDriver 1:04:24 Email: J 1:08:34 Pnext Time 1:10:17 Pstinger See the Video on Youtube (https://youtu.be/jWSVnDYeEe4)! https://youtu.be/jWSVnDYeEe4 Your Yubikey is DEAD! The Yubic...

Sep 16, 20241 hr 12 min

Episode 4:20: The Ultimate Linux Experience!

Coming up in this episode * Do you think Larry uses Firefox? * The Compiled History of Gentoo * and How we emerged from the year long journey 0:00 Cold Open 2:44 Mozilla Watch! 24:59 Gentoo - The Early Years 30:30 Gentoo - 1.0 And Beyond 35:20 Gentoo - 2007 to 2014 39:56 Gentoo - 2015 to the Present 45:37 The ENTIRE Gentoo Journey 1:20:49 Next Season? 1:24:52 Stinger The Video Version! (https://youtu.be/bsPV79bgU4c) https://youtu.be/bsPV79bgU4c Mozilla Watch Mozilla recently announced some plann...

Jun 10, 20241 hr 26 min

Episode 4:19: The Ease of These Passkeys

Coming up in this episode * We want to be the hosts with the most (compute) * Use Passkeys, (PASS!!!!) * ed, notes, the Linux Wars and AI in the feedback 0:00 Cold Open 1:43 Which Mini PC Do We Buy? 23:21 Time to Use Passkeys! 55:03 greenthumbs Feedback 58:00 Scott Feedback 1:01:32 Dave Feedback 1:08:29 n.m Feedback 1:14:05 kynize Feedback 1:25:53 Next Time 1:32:02 Stinger The video version! (https://youtu.be/C76WdhM2_kM) https://youtu.be/C76WdhM2_kM 🤏Micro Mini Compute Machines💻 Can we expand...

May 27, 20241 hr 33 min

Episode 4:18: Open Source Isn't Safe!

Coming up in this episode * Does it do Passkeys tho? * So What Happened to Xz anyway? * How do we fix the internet? The Video Version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3bN3PRmHJY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3bN3PRmHJY Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:36 Amazingly Self-Hosted 34:13 The History of Xz and the Hack*! 49:58 How to Fix Open Source 1:15:56 Next Time 1:20:42 Stinger 💻Self Hosting and Passkeys🔑 Audiobookshelf (https://www.audiobookshelf.org/) Immich (https://immich.app/) Tailscale (ht...

May 13, 20241 hr 22 min

Episode 4:17: We Ought to Know This By Now

Coming up in this episode * We put a hat on AI * The SecureBlue/ublue thing * The UNIX Wars part deux 0:00 Cold Open 1:49 Artificial Fedora 28:35 The ImmutaBlues 54:01 Feedback 55:20 Tane on Notes and Unix 59:28 Ian on Unix 1:02:33 Chris on Notes and Sync 1:10:22 A Quick Release Update 1:14:41 Next Time 1:18:03 Stinger The Video Version! (https://youtu.be/JdfWd_-BhgU) https://youtu.be/JdfWd_-BhgU Support us here! (https://www.patreon.com/linuxuserspace) https://www.patreon.com/linuxuserspace AI ...

Apr 29, 20241 hr 19 min

Episode 4:16: Super PCMan

Coming up in this episode * Themes Are More Global Than You Think * Kdenlive Does Some Layering * The History of LXDE * To Qt, or not to Qt? * Then, we call an audible 0:00 Cold Open 2:17 Theme of the Crop 16:22 The Lost Edit 28:11 The History of LXDE 55:51 How'd LXQt and LXDE Go? 1:24:28 Next Time 1:31:13 Stinger The Video Version https://youtu.be/Y8_rMTmnIXc 🔥Warm Up🔥 - AI on the Linux Desktop KDE's Attack Surface? Hackaday coverage (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/25/user-beware-the-fine-line-...

Apr 15, 20241 hr 33 min

Episode 4:15: Fox, Socks, Inbox, Knox

Coming up in this episode * Telemetry helps us all * Immutability blues * A correction or two * And more feedback 📽️The video version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y04YTkEC5Y 0:00 Cold Open 1:34 The GOOD Telemetry 23:33 Gnome Classic & Friends 31:16 The Incredible Immutables 44:00 A Slight Correction 50:25 A Little Backstory 59:24 mintCast, CKP, FCWN & DHD 1:02:31 So Lightweight! 1:10:23 Another Dive into Notes 1:21:48 Fix GRUB, Add Color 1:29:49 Next Time 1:31:58 Stinger 🔥Warm up🔥...

Mar 18, 20241 hr 33 min

Episode 4:14: Spill the Tea

Coming up in this episode * The AI Revolution is Coming * The History of MATE * We Read the Tea Leaves * Then Look to Lighten the Load The Video https://youtu.be/rKEIwDb1R9Q 0:00 Cold Open 4:09 Embrace the AI Overlords 21:45 The History of MATE 42:22 How Is MATE? 1:05:16 Next Time 1:07:51 Stinger Preshow - The Computer Shopper Dan is sitting on a gold mine with his collection of Computer Shoppers (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=computer+shopper+magazine&_sacat=0) 🔥Warm U...

Mar 04, 20241 hr 10 min

Episode 4:13: Passion with Compassion

Coming up in this episode * We add to the KDE saga * We search for the humans on the other end of the Internet * We pour over the Feedback * We focus on the Gentoo feedback The Video Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tALGS4Vtei0 Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:30 The KDE AMA 7:47 The Truth About KDE 4.0 19:46 AppImage Is Broken in Ubuntu 24:47 There Be Humans Out There 40:07 Reverb Focus! * 41:33 Douglas (Old Mac, New Tricks) * 49:29 Bruce (Well, Why Don't Ya?!) * 55:12 Jayden (GNOME Syndrome)...

Feb 05, 20241 hr 22 min

Episode 4:12: Keep it Kool

Coming up in this episode * Notating the Notes * The History of KDE * And Plasma, Straight from the Tap Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:44 A Note on Notes 22:52 The History of KDE 28:29 History: KDE 1 30:42 History: KDE 2 33:03 History: KDE 3 36:21 History: KDE 4 45:36 History: Plasma 5 51:34 History: Plasma 6 53:17 Plasma 6 Raw (hide) 1:20:49 Next Time: Topics, then MATE 1:27:37 Stinger Watch the video https://youtu.be/CsdW0bDOjIM 🔥Warm Up🔥 Leo hits the books and learns about reference style link...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 29 min

Episode 4:11: Why Don't You Use Linux?

Coming up in this episode * The Linux Desktop is the best! * There are humans on the other end of the Internet. * We do some Browser spectating. * Gentoo loses its mind. 0:00 Cold Open 1:43 Why Not Linux? 25:39 Browser Watch! 55:47 Reverb Focus 1:10:18 Community Focus: DB Tech 1:15:03 Gentoo Focus 1:24:26 Next Time: KDE History 1:26:31 Stinger Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/P6irQ0xyv-U So, why don't you use Linux? The Mastodon post (https://theres.life/@arraybolt3/111681525443443676) ...

Jan 08, 20241 hr 28 min

Episode 4:10: GNOME in the Home

Coming up in this episode * The Browser Watch Leftovers * The History of GNOME * And Why Gnome is the best desktop * And a little holiday break Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:29 Riding the Lightning 16:45 GNOME History: Pre-GNOME 23:01 GNOME History: GNOME 1.x 25:58 GNOME History: GNOME 2.x 33:22 GNOME History: GNOME 3.x 41:31 GNOME History: GNOME 40 and Beyond 48:01 How'd GNOME Go? 1:15:39 Next Time: Topics & KDE 1:26:18 Stinger Watch the Video! https://youtu.be/PxDELH497Ro Mini Browser Watch ...

Dec 11, 20231 hr 28 min

Episode 4:09: Giddy Up

Coming up in this episode * Leo makes me a LUSsh 🍻 * Official standings for a browser * We strum some reverberations * Focus on the HQ * Focus on the sounds * Forecast the future Watch the video! https://youtu.be/-b1gHt0v4q8 Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 2:05 Go to lus.sh 8:38 Fed Up with Ubuntu? 14:20 * Forced Snaps 21:24 * Ads in the Terminal 27:00 * Telemetry?! 29:42 * Ubuntu is Anti-Freedom? 32:21 * Maybe use Linux Mint 34:43 Browser Watch 34:57 * The Vivaldi Flatpak 39:49 * Vivaldi on iOS 42:5...

Nov 27, 20231 hr 28 min

Episode 4:08: Cholesterol Free

Coming up in this episode * A little Musing on CDE * A few answers from the man himself * The history of XFce * How it went * And a new journey 0:00 Cold Open 1:29 Ask Olivier 20:04 Xfce History: In the Beginning (1996) 22:08 Enter XFce (1997) 24:47 The XForms Problem (1998) 25:56 The Third (1999) 29:32 The Fourth (2001-2015) 32:59 The Third, Again (2016-2023) 36:22 More Questions! 45:50 How'd Xfce Go? 1:02:25 Next Time 1:09:45 Stinger You can also watch on Youtube https://youtu.be/-tuDFBMJsxE A...

Nov 13, 20231 hr 11 min

Episode 4:07: Monster In The Middle

Coming up in this episode * Buntober? * We Keep the IPs safe * Cryptic greetings * Some feedback * and we get double focused We do video, too! https://youtu.be/-tycNQ-Ey9Q 407 Audio Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:48 Ubuntu Attacks! 17:20 Google Protection? 31:36 Encrypted Client Hello 46:33 Reverb 1:17:15 Gentoo Focus 1:26:42 Stinger We're both on Ubuntu 23.10.... WHAT?! Ubuntu Desktop (https://ubuntu.com/desktop) Ubuntu Flavors (https://ubuntu.com/desktop/flavours) 23.10 Release Announcement (http...

Oct 30, 20231 hr 28 min

Episode 4:06: Anything But Common

Coming up in this episode * We do a little upgrade * Firefox fixes a tooltip * The History of W, V, X and CDE * How it went * And a new old desktop to explore 0:00 Cold Open 1:42 Lemmy's Upgraded! 10:56 A 22 Year Old Bug 15:50 Install Firefox Correctly 22:22 CDE History: Intro 24:04 CDE History: X 27:33 CDE History: OPEN LOOK 29:25 CDE History: COSE 31:28 CDE History: CDE & Others 34:24 CDE History: The Opening 36:14 CDE History: The Releases 43:02 How'd CDE Go? 1:16:00 Next Time 1:21:29 Sti...

Oct 16, 20231 hr 23 min

Episode 4:05: The Time to Switch Is Now!

Coming up in this episode * You are so far aWAY from me * We are watching out for the browsers * A little reverb focus * Community and GenTOO Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:40 The Wayland Soapbox 20:33 Browser Watch 46:27 Reverb Focus 1:12:02 Community Focus 1:14:46 Gentoo Focus 1:29:30 Next Time: CDE History! 1:31:50 Stinger Watch the Video! (https://youtu.be/ZIL1ssfGx9k) https://youtu.be/ZIL1ssfGx9k Social Soapbox - Wayland Nate Graham's blog post - So let's talk about this Wayland thing (https:/...

Oct 02, 20231 hr 33 min
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