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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 2:14: Carry on my Wayland Son

0:00 Cold Open 2:28 Banter: Void Linux Bits 4:46 Feedback: Kyle S 17:26 DuckDuckGo Desktop Browser 21:35 DuckDuckGo Search Up 46% 24:45 Brave Browser Protects Network-State 29:44 Hold On, Ghostery Dawn? 36:49 No Manifest v3 For Me! 51:57 Audacity 50x Faster 57:31 Krita Gets New Features 1:03:12 Wayland Uses Less Energy Than X 1:08:37 Wayland Games Better Than X, Too! 1:13:20 Housekeeping 1:19:13 App Focus: Kid3, EasyTag 1:25:48 Next Time: NixOS 1:28:03 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Browse...

Jan 03, 20221 hr 30 min

Episode 2:13: Some Assembly Required

0:00 Cold Open 1:32 Banter: Flatpak, Otra Vez 11:32 Banter: Updates Once a Year 21:18 History: Void Linux 1:18:43 Distro Talk: Void Linux 1:31:03 Housekeeping 1:36:30 App Focus: Syncthing 1:40:23 Next Time 1:43:58 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Flatpaks back on track 2. I update once a year, do you? 3. We enter the Void 4. We age in the Void 5. Tech with a Bloke 6. and Monitor the situation Join: Discord (https://linuxuserspace.show/discord). Reddit (https://reddit.com/r/LinuxUserSpace/). ...

Dec 20, 20211 hr 45 min

Episode 2:12: Chunkypaks

0:00 Cold Open 2:19 Banter: Retro Gaming 18:42 Browser Watch: Firefox Relay 28:17 Browser Watch: DDG Email Protection 38:31 Browser Watch: Edge's Zip 47:44 Topic: Flatpak. Future or Folly 1:19:29 Housekeeping 1:24:14 Email Feedback: Ed 1:29:29 App Focus: Stylepak 1:35:31 Next Time: Void Linux 1:37:28 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Game time with Leo 2. Browser Watch is Super Duper 4. with Cinnamon Spice 5. I see some slacking in the future 6. Let's hope it isn't flat 7. I know Leo will giv...

Dec 06, 20211 hr 39 min

Episode 2:11: Tatertop and the Legend of Zorin

0:00 Cold Open 2:09 Banter: Tater Top 11:35 History: Zorin OS 50:24 Distro Talk: Zorin OS 1:18:23 Housekeeping 1:25:01 App Focus: Syncthing 1:33:02 Next Time 1:37:10 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. We fry the tater top 2. The Legend of Zorin 3. And how we fit in 4. We sync some stuff 5. And finally, pick an empty distro Banter - Tatertop First gen chromebooks (https://google.fandom.com/wiki/Cr-48) End of support :-( (https://chromeunboxed.com/iconic-google-cr-48-chromebooks-end-of-life-may-...

Nov 22, 20211 hr 39 min

Episode 2:10: Watch_OUT!

0:00 Cold Open 1:34 Banter: IP Bloggin 12:04 Topic: Ubuntu's Flutter Installer 17:59 Topic: Fedora 35 21:15 Topic: Linux Kernel 5.15 24:51 Topic: Edge Watch! 29:48 Topic: TOK 32:43 Topic: Mozilla Watch! 54:47 Topic: Brave Watch! 1:02:35 Topic: Trojan Source 1:08:54 Housekeeping 1:14:04 App Focus: Fragments 1:19:29 Next Time 1:22:57 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Some ip peeking 2. Installing with Flutter 3. Edge Watch 4. Mozilla Watch 5. Brave Watch 6. And fragmented downloads Banter - Leo...

Nov 08, 20211 hr 24 min

Episode 2:09: Garudians of the Galaxy

0:00 Cold Open 1:15 Coming Up 1:50 Banter - Gitea in Docker 11:48 History: Garuda 52:27 Thoughts: Garuda 1:15:42 Housekeeping 1:21:36 App Focus 1:33:46 Next Time 1:35:28 Thank You 1:36:24 Stinger Patreon. (https://patreon.com/linuxuserspace) Youtube. (https://linuxuserspace.show/youtube) Twitter. (https://linuxuserspace.show/twitter) Odysee. (https://linuxuserspace.show/odysee) Discord. (https://linuxuserspace.show/discord) Telegram. (https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram) Matrix. (https://linuxu...

Oct 25, 20211 hr 38 min

Episode 2:08: I'mma Snap on You

0:00 Cold Open 1:51 Preview 2:26 Beta Banter 16:00 Packaging Discussion 41:33 Snapzilla Watch 58:23 Firefox Suggest 1:01:28 Bing Me Up, Scotty 1:07:29 Housekeeping 1:11:24 Extension Focus 1:18:59 Next Time (Garuda!) 1:20:02 Thank you! 1:20:58 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Beta Banter 2. Hybrid Packaging Feedback 3. Snapzilla watch From the thumb California Games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Games) Banter - Beta to the Max Ubuntu 21.10 Beta (Now RC) (https://discourse.ubuntu.c...

Oct 11, 20211 hr 23 min

Episode 2:07: It is an Ecosystem Dear Watson

0:00 Cold Open 0:48 Coming Up 1:22 Banter: Keychron 8:31 History: elementary OS 45:40 Thoughts: elementary OS 1:04:16 Laptop Suspend Bug 1:15:14 Housekeeping 1:24:44 AppFocus: OpenSnitch 1:31:16 Next Time 1:31:49 Distro of the Month Reveal 1:34:28 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Leo types on clouds 2. We take a trip down memory lane with elementary 3. We look at the current state of Odin 4. Finally, we snitch on apps Banter - The Keyboard Leo's new keyboard (https://www.keychron.com/pages/k...

Sep 27, 20211 hr 36 min

Episode 2:06: NVMe Catastrophe

0:00 - Show Start 1:06 - Coming Up 1:41 - Banter 7:06 - Feedback, Mattias 16:34 - The Disk Bait and Switch 30:48 - apps.gnome.org 36:35 - Mozilla Watch 45:02 - The Kernel 59:14 - Housekeeping 1:02:55 - App Focus: Keysmith and Gnome Authenticator 1:15:08 - Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. We'll redirect your feedback. 2. We talk about a driving force. 3. Apps that are not focused. 4. Watch out for the Mozilla. 5. Kernels keep on poppin'. 6. We give a little TLC to the PC. 7. We bring on all t...

Sep 13, 20211 hr 16 min

Episode 2:05: LeoNix

0:00:00 The beginning 0:00:36 This Episode 0:01:11 Banter: Packaging 0:07:35 Banter: Keyboards 0:13:29 History of Arch 0:51:20 Opinions on Arch 1:14:13 Housekeeping 1:18:07 App Focus: Krita 1:24:12 Next Time 1:24:56 Distro Reveal 1:26:32 Thanks 1:27:14 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Dan delivers 2. The strongest form of architecture 3. We answer: Which way to my wiki?! 4. And logos get vectored Banter Ubuntu Feature Freeze (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureFreeze) Arch Linux Arch Linux (http...

Aug 30, 20211 hr 29 min

Episode 2:04: It is getting Steamy in here

Coming up in this episode 1. It gets Steamy 2. Cover the kids' eyes 3. We discuss the king of gods 4. Something is jingling around 5. Our podcast and app suggestions help to openly secure things up Banter Btrfs (https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page) Arch Wiki page for Btrfs (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Btrfs) Feedback SWAG Reverse proxy (https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/swag) Thanks Mattias Snap Store (https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Thanks Lanternfly Steam Deck Steam Deck ...

Aug 16, 20211 hr 21 min

Episode 2:03: KaOS Theory

Coming up in this episode 1. We guard the wires 2. Make a little KaOS 3. Ring your LaraBEL 4. Cover up some oopsies 5. And the next distro will be... Preshow Wireguard (https://www.wireguard.com) KaOS KaOS (https://kaosx.us) About KaOS (https://kaosx.us/about/) Contact info for KaOS (https://kaosx.us/about/contact/) KaOS Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaOS) KaOS earliest blog post - 2013 (https://kaosx.us/news/2013/may/) Community friction? (https://kaosx.us/news/2016/may/) Calama...

Aug 02, 20211 hr 39 min

Episode 2:02: No FTP for you!

Coming up in this episode 1. We interrupt you for a public service 2. Mozilla Watch 3. The Tenacity of Audacity 4. We make waves with our app Preshow Traefik (https://traefik.io/) Ubuntu 20.10 PSA Ubuntu (and flavors) 20.10 is EOL July 22nd 2021 (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-June/000269.html) Update ASAP to 21.04 Mozilla Watch Firefox 90 released (https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-90-is-now-available-for-download-removes-built-in-ftp-support) DNS over HTTPS Now the ...

Jul 19, 20211 hr 20 min

Episode 2:01: Network Faffery

Coming up in this episode 1. Mozilla Watch 2. Simon Peter refines our take on AppImages 3. That there Freenode kerfuffle 4. And No teary just Geary Preshow Leo's new build - Ryzen 7 5800x MSI MPG B500 Gaming Plus Radeon RX 5700x G.Skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CM ML 120 V2 RGB -> Hyper 212 Evo RGB WD Black NVMe AData SX7000 Mozilla Watch How 'bout that redesign? (https://9to5linux.com/firefox-89-is-now-available-for-download-with-fresh-new-look-improved-privacy) Common Voice (https://commonvoic...

Jul 05, 20211 hr 24 min

Episode 20: Linux Federation Space

Coming up in this episode 1. We get federated 2. Mozilla watch 3. We've been working 9 to 5 4. We toot on the go with our app. Preshow Gitea (https://gitea.io/) Yet Another Dotfiles Manager (https://yadm.io#) Mastodon Mastodon (https://joinmastodon.org) What is Mastodon? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSbNdBmWKE) Mastodon roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)) Eugen Rochko (https://zeonfederated.com) ActivityPub (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub) Pleroma (https://p...

Apr 05, 20211 hr 17 min

Episode 19: @ Me Bro

Coming up in this episode 1. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday Linux Nitrux Extravaganza 2. We gonna show you how to get your FLOSS on 3. and we get all Sheepish with our packages Nitrux Nitrux OS (https://nxos.org/english/nx/) InfinitelyGalactic's Interview with Uri Herrera (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIED8nYogPg) Rocco's Linux Spotlight with Uri (https://bigdaddylinux.com/video/linux-spotlight-ep36-uri-herrera-of-nitruxos/) Breeze Icons (https://github.com/KDE/breeze-icons) Mauikit (https://mauikit....

Mar 22, 20211 hr 44 min

Episode 18: We've entered the [matrix]

Coming up in this episode 1. We make a choice, the red one or the blue one? 2. We recommend a great weekly podcast. 3. We get to the basics for our app. [matrix] matrix.org (https://matrix.org/) matrix from wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)) Some of the more popular servers. synapse (https://matrix.org/docs/guides/installing-synapse) dendrite - rewrite in GO (https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite) conduit - rewrite in Rust (https://conduit.rs/) Some of the more popular ...

Mar 08, 20211 hr 32 min

Episode 17: Boosted Toot

Coming up in this episode 1. We mix up Debs and RPMs 2. We sip on a La Croix 3. Trim the hedges 4. And we reveal the next distro – WHICH IS… PCLinuxOS PCLinuxOS (https://www.pclinuxos.com/) PCLinuxOS Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCLinuxOS) TDE, the Trinity Desktop Environment was coming to PCLinuxOS (https://trinity.mypclinuxos.com/About.php) Gnome3? (https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201111/page02.html) "distro hopper stopper" (https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/pclinuxos-2009.html) TDE...

Feb 22, 20211 hr 37 min

Episode 16: Full on Nerd

Coming up in this episode 1. We feed on some backs 2. Check in with our Mozilla correspondent 3. Godzilla meets a fire engine Email Feedback Leo's fix for Netflix, etc. in Fedora (https://leochavez.org/index.php/2020/10/12/fedora-firefox-and-h264/) Joshua Strobl's tweet about Flatpak, Snap and Third Party software (https://twitter.com/JoshStrobl/status/1353819806550663168?s=20) Mozilla Watch... Super Cookies blocked! (https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-protections/) Develop...

Feb 08, 20211 hr 12 min

Episode 15: Swiss Army Tool Knife

Coming up in this episode 1. The wind hits our Solus 2. Our podcast recommendation is dark 3. Our app is focused on 3 letters. 4. And we reveal February’s distro – WHICH IS… Banter Asahi Linux (https://asahilinux.org) Solus Solus (https://getsol.us) Solus Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solus_(operating_system)) SolusOS (https://archiveos.org/solusos/) EvolveOS (https://archiveos.org/evolveos/) Naming dispute (https://getsol.us/2015/04/12/whats-in-a-name/) Ikey Interview (https://linuxrig.c...

Jan 25, 20211 hr 33 min

Episode 14: The WOW Factor

Coming up in this episode 1. XFace gets a new face 2. CentOS rocks your world 3. Mozilla Watch 4. We wish upon a star 5. And we think inside the box Preshow Wowstick 1F on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Wowstick-Electric-Screwdriver-Cordless-Lithium-ion/dp/B07H27G9NF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=wowstick&qid=1609986722&sr=8-4) XFCE 4.14 --> 4.16 Official Announcement (https://www.xfce.org/about/news/?post=1608595200) Official Tour, highlighting the new color palette (https://www.x...

Jan 11, 20211 hr 31 min

Episode 13: #Blame2020

Coming up in this episode we 1. Roll into Arco 2. Get our Plex on 3. And pick January's distro -- WHICH IS... Welcome to the Linux User Space Arco Linux Arco Linux (https://arcolinux.info/) Arco Linux Roots (https://itsfoss.com/archlabs-vs-archmerge/) Bunsenlabs (https://www.bunsenlabs.org) Different phases: Phase 1 - https://Arcolinux.com Phase 2-5 - https://Arcolinuxd.com Phase 6 - https://Arcolinuxiso.com Basic Distro Details Multiple Phased approach - Arcolinux, ArcolinuxD, ArcolinuxB Name -...

Dec 28, 20201 hr 38 min

Episode 12: Shut Your Boot-Hole

Coming up in this episode 1. We ask is Linux safe? 2. We talk about IPTV and how we consume our media. 3. and we focus on KODI rpi-update - only run on raspberry pi os (https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-update) From raspberrypi stack exchange (https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/4355/do-i-still-need-rpi-update-if-i-am-using-the-latest-version-of-raspbian/4363#4363) Welcome to the Linux User Space Security Stay updated: apt (https://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get) dnf (https://www.systutoria...

Dec 14, 20201 hr 18 min

Episode 11: Neon Moon

Coming up in this episode we 1. Take a ride with KDE Plasma's truest form 2. Shamelessly plug a podcast 3. Get live with Kden 4. And pick December's distro -- WHICH IS... -- Stick around Welcome to the Linux User Space Joe's Lineage Pi image (https://konstakang.com/devices/rpi4/LineageOS17.1/) Leo's motionEyeOS Pi image (https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/wiki) Dan's RetroPie (https://retropie.org.uk) KDE Neon KDE Neon (https://neon.kde.org/) KDE Neon Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE...

Nov 30, 20201 hr 27 min

Episode 10: Don't Put That On Me

Coming up in this episode 1. We get into some Office politics 2. We'll discuss the new products we can't have 3. and we have an app focus that will shed some light on your storage Welcome to the Linux User Space Open Letter from Libreoffice to Openoffice Comparison (https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/) History (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#History) The Letter (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/) Nvidia an...

Nov 16, 20201 hr 10 min

Episode 09: Rolling in the Deepin

Coming up in this episode we cover 1. Deepin 2. App Focus - Lutris Welcome to the Linux User Space Deepin Deepin - DDE (https://www.deepin.org/en/) Deepin Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepin) Deepin press release adressing spyware claim (https://web.archive.org/web/20180416010148/https://bbs.deepin.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=155331) Huawei ships laptops with Deepin (https://fossbytes.com/huawei-linux-laptops-running-deepin-distro/) Basic Distro Details Name - deepin 20 Base Sys...

Nov 02, 20201 hr 17 min

Episode 08: Dual Boot, Scoot and Boogie

Coming up in this episode we cover 1. We try on 2 boots 2. We'll discuss distributions from afar 3. and we have an app focus that will help you find your way. Welcome to the Linux User Space Dual (multi) Booting Why? Who? How? Should you? Maybe WSL2? How about a VM? Risk vs. Reward Joe raves about rEFInd (see app focus) Windows first - Linux next Not a beginner thing What works for you? It is not the same for everyone. Housekeeping Email us (mailto:contact@linuxuserspace.show) Ubuntu Podcast (ht...

Oct 19, 20201 hr 2 min

Episode 07: Yaaast Queen

Coming up in this episode we cover 1. openSUSE Tumbleweed 2. App Focus - Audacity Welcome to the Linux User Space openSUSE Tumbleweed openSUSE (https://www.opensuse.org) openSUSE Tumbleweed (https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed) SuSE's Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE) SLS - Soft Landing Linux (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System) Slackware (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware) jurix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurix) Super secret 4.2 .42 question.... (htt...

Oct 05, 20201 hr 15 min

Episode 06 Do we speak the same ‘Langridge’?

Coming up in this episode we cover 1. We discuss some lingering Bad Voltage with our guest Stuart Langridge 2. App focus - Open Broadcaster Software Welcome to the Linux User Space Invited guest - Stuart Langridge Stuart's website (https://www.kryogenix.org) Stuart on Twitter (https://twitter.com/sil) Bad Voltage (https://www.badvoltage.org/) Housekeeping Email us (mailto:contact@linuxuserspace.show) Bad Voltage (https://www.badvoltage.org/) Support us at patreon.com/linuxuserspace Join us on Te...

Sep 21, 20201 hr 39 min

Episode 05: The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Coming up in this episode we cover 1. Manjaro 2. the good the bad and the ugly 3. and Leo brings us an app that you will just love, if you lived in the 90's Welcome to the Linux User Space Manjaro Manjaro web page (https://manjaro.org/) Manjaro wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjaro) Manjaro Arm (https://manjaro.org/download/#ARM) Roland Singer, Philip Muller & Guillaume Benoit co-founders (https://manjaro.org/team/) Phillip Muller Announcment for first alpha (https://distrowa...

Sep 07, 20201 hr 29 min
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