About the show
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
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Episode 5:02: Mint Condition
September 30th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 21 mins
cinnamon, clem, linux, mastodon, mint, mozilla, mozilla.social
In this episode we cover some of the recent Mozilla news and the history of the Cinnamon Desktop Environment.
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Episode 5:01: Death and Ptyxis
September 16th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 11 mins
feedback, help, linux, ptyxis, security, support, yubikey
New season, new episode. In this episode we cover the potential death of your Yubikey, the Ptyxis terminal emulator, how to ask for help and your feedback.
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Episode 4:20: The Ultimate Linux Experience!
June 10th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 25 mins
firefox, gentoo, history, linux, mozilla
In this episode we give an overdue Mozilla Watch and cover the history of Gentoo.
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Episode 4:19: The Ease of These Passkeys
May 27th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 33 mins
ai, beelink, ed, fido, homelab, linux, nextcloud, passkeys, proxmox, qownnotes
In this episode we think about how to expand our homelab, we dive deeper into Passkeys and we cover the feedback.
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Episode 4:18: Open Source Isn't Safe!
May 13th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 21 mins
audiobookshelf, immich, linux, lzma, self hosting, xz, xzutils
We talk about some things we are self hosting, we go over the history of XZ, and we contemplate if opensource is safe and how to fix the Internet.
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Episode 4:17: We Ought to Know This By Now
April 29th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 19 mins
ai, atomic, composable, fedora, immutable, linux, secureblue, unix
In this episode we cover, Fedora and AI, correct ourselves on SecureBlue, and UNIX Wars part deux.
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Episode 4:16: Super PCMan
April 15th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 32 mins
kde, kdenlive, linux, lxde, lxqt, pcman
In this episode we discuss the history of LXDE and some of LXQt too. We also talk a little about a recent issue Leo had with Kdenlive that might be fixed already.
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Episode 4:15: Fox, Socks, Inbox, Knox
March 18th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 33 mins
feedback, fragmentation, linux, note apps, telemetry
We give you all the feedback that can fit in a show this time.
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Episode 4:14: Spill the Tea
March 4th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 9 mins
ai, computer shopper, history, linux, mate
In this episode we discuss the AI revolution and where the Linux desktop fits. We also cover the extensive history of the Mate desktop environment.
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Episode 4:13: Passion with Compassion
February 5th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 22 mins
compassion, feedback, gentoo, history, kde, linux
In this episode we add to the KDE story, we talk about treating others like humans, we discuss some feedback, and we give a little focus on Gentoo.
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Episode 4:12: Keep it Kool
January 22nd, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 28 mins
apostrophe, ghostwriter, hedgedoc, kde, linux, nextcloud, notes, plasma, vivaldi
The history of Linux distros and apps. Maybe some current events, if you're lucky. In this episode we discuss some note taking options and go to the book for the syntax. We also explore the storied history of KDE.
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Episode 4:11: Why Don't You Use Linux?
January 8th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 27 mins
linux
The history of Linux distros and apps. Maybe some current events, if you're lucky. In this episode we discuss, why and why not Linux for the desktop. We give a brief Browser Watch, go over some feedback, focus on the community, and finally check in on our Gentoo journey.
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Episode 4:10: GNOME in the Home
December 11th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 27 mins
fedora, firefox, gnome, linux, mozilla, ubuntu
The history of Linux distros and apps. Maybe some current events, if you're lucky. In this episode we go over some Mozilla news, the history of the Gnome desktop environment and our thoughts about how our exploration went.
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Episode 4:09: Giddy Up
November 27th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 27 mins
ed, flatpak, linux, lus.sh, steamdeck, vivaldi, xfce
The history of Linux distros and apps. Maybe some current events, if you're lucky. In this episode we cover our short URL, we discuss the Vivaldi Flatpak, Vivaldi on iOS, go over some feedback, and focus on a great Steamdeck resource.
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Episode 4:08: Cholesterol Free
November 13th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 10 mins
linux, olivier fourdan, xfce, xforms
The history of Linux distros and apps. Maybe some current events, if you're lucky. In this episode we dive into the deep history of the xfce desktop environment.
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Episode 4:07: Monster In The Middle
October 30th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 27 mins
linux
The history of Linux distros and apps. Maybe some current events, if you're lucky. In this episode we try out Ubuntu 23.10 and some flavors. We discuss the Google plan to keep our IPs safe. We talk about encrypting hello. We also go over some feedback, community focus and Gentoo focus.