Episode 4:11: Why Don't You Use Linux?

About this Episode

Coming up in this episode

• The Linux Desktop is the best!
• There are humans on the other end of the Internet.
• We do some Browser spectating.
• Gentoo loses its mind.

0:00 Cold Open
1:43 Why Not Linux?
25:39 Browser Watch!
55:47 Reverb Focus
1:10:18 Community Focus: DB Tech
1:15:03 Gentoo Focus
1:24:26 Next Time: KDE History
1:26:31 Stinger

Watch the video version:
https://youtu.be/P6irQ0xyv-U

So, why don't you use Linux?

• The Mastodon post that sparked our conversation.
• It also got posted to Reddit and this was one reply 🚨Warning NSFW language🚨

Announcements

This program was made possible by:

• 📺️Youtube
• 📽️TILvids
• And by contributions to your L-U-S station by Patrons like you 😍

Browser Watch

• Firefox 120 came with some great new features.
• Firefox 121 got Wayland by default with a fallback to XWayland
• Vivaldi 6.5 introduces the Sessions Panel, improved syncing, and improved notes.

More Announcements

• Want to have a topic covered or have some feedback? - send us an email, contact@linuxuserspace.show OR jump on over to the open forum on Lemmy

Reverb Focus

Ian

• Don't forget about Enlightenment which had a recent release.

Vidar

• Big thanks for binging all the back episodes, we hope you stay tuned for more. We might make it to a BSD episode someday.

Zgembo121

• Too many Gnome extensions is too much. Vanilla is the way.

Spacelem

• Started with Gnome 2.4 then jumped to Cinnamon. Gnome is really different from other desktop environments.

Housekeeping

Catch these and other great topics as they unfold on our Subreddit or our News channel on Discord.

• 🗞️ Linux User Space Lemmy
• 📰 Linux User Space subreddit
• ⌨️ Linux User Space Discord Server
• 📲 Linux User Space Telegram
• ✉️ Linux User Space Matrix
• 📽️ Linux User Space Twitch
• 🐘 Linux User Space Mastodon
• 📜 Linux User Space Twitter
• 📺️ Linux User Space TILVids

Community Focus - DB Tech

• DB Tech Links
• DB Tech Web Site
• DB Tech YouTube

Gentoo Focus

• Last time on LUS Streaming Live
  • FYI we do these live on Twitch the day after an episode is released.
• Gentoo Going Binary Thanks Bikhu for the reminder

Next Time

We plan to explore and provide the history of KDE Plasma Desktop.

Come back in two weeks for more Linux User Space

Stay tuned 📡 and interact with us on Lemmy, Twitter, Mastodon, Telegram, Matrix, Discord whatever. Give us your suggestions on our subreddit r/LinuxUserSpace Join the conversation. Talk to us, and give us more ideas. All the links in the show notes and on linuxuserspace.show.

---

We would like to acknowledge 🤩 our top patrons. Thank you 🙏 for your support!

Producer

• Bruno
• Dave
• John
• Johnny

Co-Producer

• Tim
• GrouchyM

Super User

• A.J.
• Advait
• CubicleNate
• Eduardo S.
• Hausken
• Jill and Steve
• Larry
• LiNuXsys666
• Livet
• Musical Coder
• Nicholas
• Nick
• sleepyeyesvince
• The Saigoneer
• Tobias

Support Linux User Space