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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 4:04: Happy Rebasing to Everyone!

Coming up in this episode * The prying eyes wanna know 👀 * The History of Silverblue * What's immutable anyway? * and how we layered a few packages 0:00 Cold Open 1:44 Telemetry Trouble 27:45 Silverblue 2012 30:49 Silverblue 2013-2014 33:55 Silverblue 2015-2017 34:50 Silverblue 2018 38:25 Silverblue 2019-2021 39:56 Silverblue 2022-2023 41:47 An Immutability Primer? 1:01:39 How'd Silverblue Go? 1:28:42 Next Time: Topics & CDE 1:33:04 Stinger The video version! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Sep 18, 20231 hr 34 min

Episode 4:03: This is the WEI

Coming up in this episode * Immutability is confusing * Going the wrong WEI (or W-E-I) * Reverb Focus * Hardware Focus * And Gentoo Focus 0:00 Cold Open 1:34 Immutability Is Confusing 21:25 Going the Wrong WEI 40:55 Reverb Focus 45:56 Community Focus 51:09 Gentoo Focus 1:29:25 Next Time 1:31:02 Stinger The video version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_89_OFjgdk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q89OFjgdk Banter Fedora Silverblue Technical information (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedor...

Aug 21, 20231 hr 32 min

Episode 4:02: Bits From Debian

Coming up in this episode * An NVMe for me * The Shure Next To You * Of course, the History of Debian * Our Thoughts of it over the monthSSSS 0:00 Cold Open 1:04 A Few Good Deals 16:14 The History of Debian | The Beginning 18:00 The History of Debian | 1993 - 1994 22:23 The History of Debian | 1995 - 1998 26:15 The History of Debian | 1999 & Y2k 31:11 The History of Debian | 2001 - 2009 36:40 The History of Debian | 2010 - 2020 42:39 The History of Debian | 2021 - 2027 45:33 A Month of Debia...

Aug 07, 20231 hr 19 min

Episode 4:01: RHEL Tough Choices

Coming up in this episode * The Catchup Episode (We've missed so much!) * The Red Hat Recap * Browser Watch...ing! * Some feedback, and a focus The Video Podcast (https://youtu.be/ZKm9vgJzAO8) https://youtu.be/ZKm9vgJzAO8 401 Audio Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 2:16 The Gentoo Checkin 11:33 We Have a Lemmy! 19:24 Red Hat Recap 46:09 Browser Watch 1:05:21 Feedback 1:23:05 Community Focus: Linux Matters 1:27:03 App Focus: Jerboa & Memmy 1:34:48 Next Time: Debian 1:37:09 Stinger Banter Gentoo check...

Jul 24, 20231 hr 38 min

Episode 3:20: A Timepiece of Pi

Coming up in this episode 1. The History of ~~Raspbian~~ Raspberry Pi OS 2. What we've been doing with Pi's 3. And we run something over the break Watch the video for this episode on Youtube (https://youtu.be/nLPuojqJbK4) https://youtu.be/nLPuojqJbK4 0:00 Cold Open 1:36 SBC, One, Two, Three 17:24 Raspberry Pi History: The Early Days 19:55 2006 - 2012 22:22 2012 - 2014 26:26 2014 - 2017 33:28 2017 - 2020 37:05 2020 - 2023 43:12 Hot Pis and Hot Takes 1:07:41 Next Season: A Twofer 1:16:36 Stinger B...

May 01, 20231 hr 18 min

Episode 3:19: You Got Moxie, Kid

Coming up in this episode 1. Leo shows his moxy 2. Ubuntu falls flat 3. Watch the browsers 4. A Look back on our season 5. and Leo moves his files See this episode on Youtube (https://youtu.be/Vbofi3pndm4) https://youtu.be/Vbofi3pndm4 319 Audio Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 2:03 Proxy Moxie 16:42 Ansible In Your Pantsible 22:56 Ubuntu Falls Flat 41:57 Browser Watch! 1:03:55 Feedback 1:13:49 Season 3 Recap 1:26:17 Community Focus: Geerling Guy 1:28:13 App Focus: TermSCP & Filezilla 1:37:25 Next T...

Apr 17, 20231 hr 40 min

Episode 3:18: The Neverending Story

Coming up in this episode 1. The Never Ending History 2. A Cassidy James Experience 3. And we go berry picking Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:30 Vivaldi 5.7... Again 3:20 Itty Bitty Server Things 18:44 EndlessOS History, 2010-2012 21:51 2013-2015 25:36 2016-2018 29:25 2019-2021 32:57 2022-2023 36:08 (A Short) How'd It Go? 42:33 A Cassidy James Experience 1:15:31 Next Time: Topics and Feedback 1:19:53 Stinger See this episode on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5AvLAusUIs) https://www.youtu...

Mar 13, 20231 hr 21 min

Episode 3:17: Pass-Ackward

Coming up in this episode 1. Plasma's Kind of Hot Right Now 2. Brush your passwords 3. Browser Watch! 4. A little feedback 5. And a little FOCUS 0:00 Cold Open 1:33 Akademy Awards 3:22 Plasma 5.27 24:33 Your Last Pass... Word 47:05 Browser Watch! 55:36 The Mailbag 1:05:35 Community Focus: Vashinator 1:08:08 App Focus: ClamAV 1:20:24 Next Time: EndlessOS History 1:22:25 Stinger Watch this episode on Youtube (https://youtu.be/L3haDDxBJU0) https://youtu.be/L3haDDxBJU0 Banter Akademy videos are onli...

Feb 27, 20231 hr 24 min

Episode 3:16: The Cent of a Distro

Coming up in this episode 1. CentOS 2. ... 3. ... 4. Just CentOS 316 Audio Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:48 With a Little Help From Our Friends 9:42 CentOS History, 90's - 1996 11:46 96 - 2000 14:01 2000 - 2003 20:29 The Clone Wars 24:47 2004 - 2014 30:25 2014 - 2022 36:41 Our CentOS Experience 1:11:00 Next Time: Topics! 1:14:31 Stinger Watch this episode on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52MnZVvVumc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52MnZVvVumc Banter Leo's font issue (https://mastodon.s...

Feb 13, 20231 hr 16 min

Episode 3:15: A Hot Plate of Hype

Coming up in this episode 1. A little podman 2. Manifest v3 3. Browsers 4. More Browsers? 5. And what do you know? More browsers 0:00 Cold Open 1:30 Giving Podman a Whirl 10:14 What's Wrong with a Few Boxes? 18:08 Browser Watch: Firefox 109 22:47 Browser Watch: Manifest v3 History 31:44 Browser Watch: A Little More Manifest v3 40:03 Browser Watch: The Chromium Scrolls 48:24 Browser Watch: A Fix to the Web 56:06 Feedback: Johnny and LinuxGameCast 58:51 Kid3 Turns 20 1:00:39 QR Codes for All! 1:05...

Jan 30, 20231 hr 21 min

Episode 3:14: GeckoLinux and the Side Quest

Coming up in this episode 1. Helping one helps the other 2. A little off the beaten path 3. The history of GeckoLinux 4. And our experience 5. What will we think of next? The Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX5OUEGvlYc 0:00 Cold Open 1:35 Framasoft is Everywhere 5:41 Side Quest, Endeavour 10:03 Side Quest, Vanilla 19:04 GeckoLinux History 2001-2005 21:04 2015 24:39 2016-2022 29:00 2022 - January 2023 34:49 Couple of Sam Things 45:14 How It Went 53:14 Side Quest, Catppuccin 55:00 Side Quest...

Jan 16, 20231 hr 8 min

Episode 3:13: The Gift of Feedback

Coming up in this episode 1. Today I Learned 2. Let's get generous 3. Browser Watch! 4. So much feedback 5. Automated whack-a-mole Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:47 We're on TILvids 14:20 Johnny's Fundraising Drive! 22:19 Johnny's Distro Apocalypse 36:13 Mozilla Watch feat. Vivaldi 53:21 Feedback: furicle 53:52 Feedback: py 57:03 Feedback: georgh 1:02:18 Feedback: Anon 1:06:57 Feedback: Daniel 1:09:19 Community Focus: Techno Tim 1:13:16 App Focus: CrowdSec 1:22:24 Next Time: Gecko Linux 1:23:57 Sti...

Dec 19, 20221 hr 25 min

Episode 3:12: When People Share Knowledge

Coming up in this episode 1. Opening up an Arcade! 2. A Community of Linux Distros 3. The grand tour! 4. Flatpak or Snap? How bout no. 5. We blend in with our desktop environment Banter Leo's Legends Ultimate Arcade Cabinet (https://www.atgames.net/arcades/legends-ultimate/) Announcements Give us a sub on YouTube (https://linuxuserspace.show/youtube) You can watch us live on Twitch (https://linuxuserspace.show/twitch) the day after an episode drops. If you like what we're doing here, make sure t...

Dec 05, 20221 hr 9 min

Episode 3:11: The Linux User Space Graveyard

Coming up in this episode 1. Internet woes, part deux. 2. Knocking them over, one at a time... 3. Angry Birdsite? 4. Knock knock. What's the password? 5. We get the explanation. The Video https://youtu.be/4MStcMU9py4 0:00 Cold Open 1:30 ISP Woes 7:37 The Linux User Space Curse 17:32 The Fediverse is Booming 34:32 Managing Your Passwords 52:07 A Little More Feedback 1:02:37 Veronica Explains 1:07:03 Pass 1:18:54 Stinger Banter Leo has Internet woes. Dan's Curse! The Ransomware Files closes up sho...

Nov 21, 20221 hr 20 min

Episode 3:10: 1337 H4xx0r

Coming up in this episode 1. Releasing it when it's ready 2. Exploitation Remotely 3. Exploitation Locally 4. Name Changes and Mergers 5. And Kali as we see it today The Video Version https://youtu.be/_ITBw2c3XaQ 0:00 Cold Open 1:04 Releasing When It's Ready 12:16 WHoppix vs. Auditor 14:40 WHAX, a Merger and Backtrack 17:50 Backtrack 4, 5 and Kali 23:09 Kali 2 Rolls Right Along 28:30 2020 to the Present 34:51 Kali as a Daily Driver? 1:03:25 Next Time: A Few Things Banter Fedora 37 is still in th...

Nov 07, 20221 hr 10 min

Episode 3:09: The Pico-Sized History of Nano

Coming up in this episode 1. Dropping out of the fediverse 2. The tiny text 3. Mozilla Watch 4. The community holds us ransom 5. Our app is faster than light 0:00 Cold Open 2:26 Press 'F' to Pay Respects 9:47 The Elm Mail System 10:56 Enter, PINE 11:44 PICO, the PIne COmposer 13:17 TIP Is not PICO 14:23 NANO's ANOther editor 14:57 "Lightning and the rest of 2000 17:37 2001, and the release of 1.0 18:49 2002-2015, Allegretta's gone and back again 21:37 The Drama in 2016 24:17 2016 to 2022, and my...

Oct 24, 202258 min

Episode 3:08: Scaling the Alpine

Coming up in this episode 1. We're diskless 2. We take a LEAF out of the history book 3. We climb the Alpine mountain 4. Pick a very small editor 5. And we don our hoodies Youtube Link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W4NiS70bDU) Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/linuxuserspace) 0:00 Cold Open 1:30 No Disks for You! 10:35 1997, LRP 11:43 2000, No More Money 13:09 2001, LRP Struggles 13:59 2003, LRP Put to Rest + LEAF and GNAP 14:58 2004, GNAP v0.5 15:04 2005, A Linux Powered Integ...

Oct 10, 20221 hr 15 min

307: Episode 3:07: Emacs Pinky

Coming up in this episode 1. Network failures 2. Gaming wins 3. We get Emacs Pinky 4. A little browser watch 5. And we get a little manipulative 0:00 Cold Open 1:40 The Little Outage 7:45 Splitgate 10:25 The History of Emacs 23:51 Emacs, Emacs, Emacs 38:39 Browser Watch! 45:32 Kdenlive Fundraiser 47:58 Feedback 56:30 Community Focus: System Crafters 59:40 App Focus: GIMP 1:05:29 Next Time: Alpine Linux 1:09:17 Stinger Youtube Link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWSs5oWV1M0) Support us on Patre...

Sep 26, 20221 hr 11 min

Episode 3:06: How to Clear

Coming up in this episode 1. We try to contain ourselves. 2. Clearly, all the history you need 3. Our clear hindsight 4. We plan to install the most popular distro of all time 0:00 Cold Open 1:19 VM's, Containers and Bundles, oh my! 16:09 The Origin Story 18:21 The History: 2015 20:00 2016 22:08 2017 22:59 2018 24:09 2019 25:34 2020 27:05 2021 27:41 2022 29:00 Thoughts on Clear Linux 1:09:26 Next Time: Emacs, Topics (and Alpine) 1:15:45 Stinger Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/lin...

Sep 12, 20221 hr 17 min

Episode 3:05: How to Exit Vim

Coming up in this episode 1. Vim stories 2. The quick history of vi and vim 3. A snappy Mozilla watch 4. Gnome can toggle too 5. We take a sip of Cider 0:00 Cold Open 1:48 vim Stories 12:05 vi & vim History 22:13 A Few More Thoughts on vim 39:28 A Snappy Mozilla Watch 42:22 New Features to Gnome 52:19 Feedback 58:23 Community Focus: DistroTube 1:00:32 App Focus: Cider 1:05:33 Next Time: Clear Linux 1:07:35 Stinger Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/linuxuserspace) Banter Vim Sto...

Aug 29, 20221 hr 9 min

Episode 3:04: The Endeavour Endeavor

Coming up in this episode 1. Is Endeavour Arch? 2. The history of Endeavour 3. We belly up to the saloon 4. And rm rf is so forever 0:00 Cold Open 1:44 Is EndeavourOS Arch? 11:06 The Intro to the History of EndeavourOS 13:00 2019 27:36 2020 34:09 2021 42:21 2022 50:31 Our Thoughts on EndeavourOS 1:10:52 Community Focus: Linux Saloon 1:14:35 App Focus: trash-cli 1:20:54 Next Time 1:24:16 Stinger Video Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AIWIfraNt8 Banter Is EndeavourOS Arch BTW? Give us some...

Aug 15, 20221 hr 25 min

Episode 3:03: Text Ed

0:00 Cold Open 1:17 A Minty Fresh Release 7:48 Lubuntu's Backports 9:36 Points for Ubuntu 12:18 Text Ed: ed 32:02 The Missing Thoughts on Ubuntu 41:37 Minizilla Watch 45:45 A Return to the Missing Thoughts 55:49 Larry's Feedback 1:01:56 Community Focus: Stevesveryown 1:05:20 App Focus: Thunderbird 1:14:09 Next Time: EndeavourOS 1:15:57 Stinger Video Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=demNtdKQ-sQ Coming up in this episode 1. Ubuntu Desktop, but better? It's fresh anyway. 2. A short history o...

Aug 01, 20221 hr 17 min

Episode 3:02: The Utopic Tale of Ubuntu

Coming up in this episode 1. The origins of the shirts 2. Ubuntu's history 3. And some thoughts on 22.04 Video version https://youtu.be/PCM-h_0Rqbc Support us on Patreon (https://patreon.com/linuxuserspace)! Audio Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:30 The Origin of the Shirts 6:43 Lubuntu's in the Backporting Biz 9:45 Ubuntu's History 11:30 2004 17:01 2005 20:11 2006 24:01 2007 29:55 2008 36:39 2009 40:16 2010 47:52 2011 55:05 2012 1:02:35 2013 1:10:03 2014 1:15:00 2015 1:20:19 2016 1:25:26 2017 1:28:4...

Jul 18, 20221 hr 52 min

Episode 3:01: Total Community Protection

0:00 Cold Open 2:00 We're Open Source Denizens 12:23 Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes 15:58 Mozilla Watch (feat. Brave) 33:02 OMG OOMD 48:51 Community Focus: The Postmarket OS Podcast 52:25 App Focus: Amberol 1:02:30 Next Time: Ubuntu 1:04:16 Thank you 1:05:10 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. We'll chat on the deck 2. Watch some Mozilla 3. Drop some cookies for season 3 4. and listen to some blurry tunes Banter Steamdeck (https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck) Announcements Changes to the show. Introd...

Jul 04, 20221 hr 6 min

Episode 2:20: AFK, TTYL

0:00 Cold Open 1:44 Banter: The Finale! 5:26 Best Distros of the Season? 23:54 Fedora 36, Coming Soon! 26:41 Ubuntu 22.04, Coming Soon! 31:46 Ubuntu's Accent Colors 34:25 Ubuntu's Triple Buffering 39:30 Ubuntu's New Logo 48:24 Browser in the Browser 59:43 Feedback: Levsky 1:08:09 Feedback: Peter 1:13:11 Feedback: Lioh 1:17:55 Feedback: CubicleNate 1:20:16 Feedback: Larry 1:32:13 Feedback: Aris 1:37:50 Housekeeping 1:41:34 App Focus: Metadata Cleaner 1:46:24 Our Top 3 Favorite Apps 1:53:51 Next T...

Mar 28, 20222 hr 4 min

Episode 2:19: Cut Us Some Slack

0:00 Cold Open 1:44 Framing It Up 8:52 Slackware Preamble 12:59 History of Slackware's History 17:21 Slackware's History 1:13:25 Thoughts on Slackware 1:39:37 App Focus: lsd 1:45:46 Next Time 1:49:58 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Leo picked up a frame 2. Slackware. All the Slackware 3. How we blew up our Slackware 4. And we spruce up the terminal Banter The Framwork Laptop (https://frame.work) Slackware Linux (http://slackware.com/) Leadership: Patrick J. Volkerding (https://en.wikipedia....

Mar 14, 20221 hr 51 min

Episode 2:18: All It Takes Is 15 Minutes

Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:58 A Disk Upgrade (SK Hynix S31) 10:30 Feedback: Hakerdefo 34:19 Leo's DNS Soapbox 44:14 Feedback: Steve M 54:34 Plasma's 15-Minute Bugs 59:54 Linux Has Its Flaws, but... 1:10:43 Housekeeping 1:17:21 App Focus: Nextcloud 1:36:13 Next Time: Slackware 1:39:23 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Leo stores it away 2. Feedback safely 3. Tips for your Slackware 4. All it takes is 15 minutes... 5. We have something Awesome for you 6. Our app is built on clouds. Banter - Le...

Feb 28, 20221 hr 41 min

Episode 2:17: XXL MX

0:00 Cold Open 1:46 It's Piney in Here 9:13 MX Linux History 59:41 Thoughts on MX Linux 1:21:31 Housekeeping 1:27:57 App Focus: FreshRSS 1:36:11 Next Time 1:40:56 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. It smells like Pine trees in here... 2. We have swagbags 3. The extra large history of MX Linux 4. Our thoughts on a month of MX 5. All the news that's picked to print! Banter PinePhone (https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/) Lots of distro hopping for Leo (https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Softwar...

Feb 14, 20221 hr 42 min

Episode 2:16: Linux <friendly> Space

Timestamps 0:00 Cold Open 1:39 Dan's Social Soapbox 11:17 A Little More on NixOS 23:14 Nate on Audacity 25:02 Viruses, Trojans and Malware, Oh my! 42:22 Peering Through the Steam 55:45 Leo's Crazy About Chromium 1:09:28 Housekeeping 1:15:23 App Focus: Apostrophe 1:27:32 Next Time: MX Linux 1:30:55 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. Dan hops up on the Soapbox. 2. We expand on nothing. 3. Is Linux vulnerable? 4. We peer through the Steam. 5. Microsoft is buying a snow storm. 7. Leo is crazy abou...

Jan 31, 20221 hr 32 min

Episode 2:15: Nix, Null, Nada, Nothing

0:00 Cold Open 1:47 Wireguard on Pi's? 16:06 The History of NixOS 1:03:39 Our Thoughts on NixOS 1:32:00 Housekeeping 1:36:55 App Focus: tldr 1:40:35 Next Time: Topics 1:42:55 Stinger Coming up in this episode 1. We Pi-ify the Wireguard 2. The history of NixOS 3. Will we nix the Nix? 4. and TL;DR, tldr Join: Discord (https://linuxuserspace.show/discord). Reddit (https://reddit.com/r/LinuxUserSpace/). Telegram (https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram). Matrix (https://linuxuserspace.show/matrix). Twi...

Jan 17, 20221 hr 44 min
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