Linux User Space

Linux User Space

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.

Episodes

April 21, 2025 71 mins
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-l...
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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 Thund...
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March 24, 2025 80 mins
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 St...
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March 10, 2025 66 mins
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...
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February 24, 2025 68 mins
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:/...
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February 10, 2025 69 mins
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://...
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November 11, 2024 68 mins
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/w...
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October 28, 2024 81 mins
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...
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October 14, 2024 69 mins
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/in...
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September 30, 2024 81 mins
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 Mo...
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September 16, 2024 71 mins
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)!...
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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.b...
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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://y...
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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://ww...
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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.patre...
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April 15, 2024 92 mins
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 cov...
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March 18, 2024 93 mins
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...
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March 4, 2024 69 mins
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?_f...
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February 5, 2024 82 mins
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) * 4...
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January 22, 2024 88 mins
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 🔥W...
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