Episode 4:09: Giddy Up

About this Episode

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
42:54 * iOS May Go WebKit Free
47:53 Reverb Focus
48:05 * Ian
53:13 * Dan!
58:26 * TeamLinux01
1:03:16 Community Focus: SteamDeckHQ
1:10:54 Gentoo Focus #5
1:23:46 Next Time: Gnome History
1:26:54 Stinger

lus.sh

• .sh is a common Shell Script file extension
• .sh is the first two letters in "show" like its bigger domain name brother
• .sh is also the first two letters in "short"

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Why Do We Still Use Ubuntu?

• TLDR we(Leo and Dan) don't mind some of the choices Ubuntu has made but we can appreciate that there are good alternatives for those that want to go a different way.

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Browser Watch!

Vivaldi on Flatpak is Officially Unofficial

• Vivaldi Flatpak on Flathub
• OMGUbuntu coverage

Vivaldi is also on iOS

• Vivaldi is on iOS
• It has great features
• The Chromium devs are developing a Blink version for iOS
• Firefox devs are developing a Gecko version for iOS

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Reverb Focus

Ian comments on YouTube about Ed

• You can see the comments on this video

Dan commented about Xfce history, Manjaro and KDE Plasma

• You can watch our Xfce history on YouTube Or TILvids

TeamLinux01 wants to hear about Valve's Linux journey

• Thanks for the feedback. I think this might just be the push we needed to look into the history of Steam and Linux. We're both big fans so it makes sense.

Community Focus - Steamdeck HQ

• Main Website - Steamdeck HQ
• Steamdeck HQ YouTube channel
• Steamdeck HQ on Mastodon

Gentoo Focus

• Last time on LUS Streaming Live
  • FYI we do these live on Twitch the day after an episode is released.

Next Time

We plan to explore and provide the history of Gnome Desktop Environment.

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