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Episode 6:14: Kernels of Truth with Nate Graham

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 11 May 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

Ubuntu's Ups and Downs
An KDE Linux Chat with Nate Graham

0:00 Cold Open
1:37 Ubuntu's Ups and Downs
24:04 The Present and Future of KDE Linux (with Nate)
1:08:43 AI and Unenforceable Policies (with Nate)
1:47:18 Next Time: Season 7!
1:53:47 Stinger

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Today in User Space we start out by covering a couple of the newest Ubuntu issues. Namely, the outages, but that alone wasn't terrible, until you added update failures that prevent folks that needed to from patching themselves against Copy Fail! Some good things, too, though. PS5 Linux is bringing all the nostalgia back from the PS3 era of full Linux desktop enjoyment.

Then, we let a guest, Nate Graham of KDE, crash the back half of the show, and it goes quite long! In the first half we hear everything from why Snaps could, but ultimately don't work for KDE Linux, Printing, and the possible future cadence of the OS once there's a full release (and more, of course). We actually split the interview in two to be a little more digestible and postable later on.

In the second half of the interview, we discuss our thoughts on AI, what's good (and mostly bad) about it all, and how KDE and Nate look at submissions and humanity. What we don't need, it seems, is unenforceable policies. Then, a couple final questions like what's up with Full Disk Encryption?

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Episode 6:13: Worse Open Source with More Steps

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0400

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LP Cam RAM is here
Closing the open source
Get your stars aligned

0:00 Cold Open
1:32 LPCAMM2 Might Change the Game
26:48 Malus in Wonderland
41:22 Reaching for the Stars
1:19:39 Next Time
1:23:26 Stinger

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Today in User Space we get excited for the future of Low Profile memory with LPCAMM2 showing up lately in the Framework 13 Pro's Intel boards
giving speed and power savings we've never seen before. On paper, it's as good as the Mac unified memory, but will it actually live up to the hype on the new Intel chips?

Then, we find out Malus is out here copying open source software and adjusting it enough that it becomes... liberated? Described as 'satire,' this tool, at least on its surface, does seem to do exactly what it says on the tin. But why?

And finally, we spend a lot of time talking about Ubuntu 26.04's release, and it turns out, some of the highlights are really interesting. Password feedback lets us meander into a much longer security debate about shoulder surfing, why TPM's and encryption are good, actually, the Gnome Resources app, which is surprisingly good, but we forgot to remember about it, and then we try to figure out when the right time to update really is.

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LPCAMM2 memory
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More of this will help the RAM situation

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Open Source can be magicked into Closed Source without Violating Copyright (Left)

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Episode 6:12: It's All About the Pentiums

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0400

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The Ends of an Era
A Leaky Firefox
RAM is Affordable Now?!

0:00 Cold Open
1:36 Ends of an Era
32:30 A Leaky Firefox
48:47 A Slight RAM Reprieve?
1:04:51 Two Notes & Next Time
1:13:30 Stinger

Today in User Space we dive into the wonderful world of nostalgia again as we find out that the 486 architecture will soon be dropped from the Linux kernel. Luckily the very first Pentium (with MMX!) is still in-tree, but for how much longer? We also find out that Ubuntu is raising their minimum RAM requirement to 6GB from 4. Honestly, it's about time.

Then, some bittersweet news. Leo finally gets to play around with the Firefox built-in VPN, but Dan still hasn't seen it. What we found out, though, is that Firefox will happily leak your real IP address with WebRTC. Does this defeat the purpose?!

Lastly, we try to guess what's going to happen next with RAM prices. They seem to have hit their peak, but will they really come tumbling down? At least for Raspberry Pi, that's not the case as price rises across the entire line are happening. The Pi 5 16GB is a jaw dropping $300!

We also respond to a couple of comments.

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Firefox VPN leaks your IP when using WebRTC

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Raspberry Pi prices rise... again.

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Episode 6:11: Whole Vibe, No Cap

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

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Stick a Fork in it, it's systemDONE
Mozilla works on a browser
FCC Bans all the routers
And we check in on the Kagi things

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https://youtu.be/XnvLKcV5ywk

0:00 Cold Open
1:58 More Like SystemDone
26:03 Splitting a Browser in Two
46:40 The FCC Bans Everything
1:10:32 Snaps Beat Bangs & Next Time
1:22:44 Stinger

In this episode we start off with the newest AgeGate update. This time, it's in systemd. Lots of folks have been activated about this one since it hits much closer to home, even in distros that weren't considering it prior, and why we think it's not a big deal, nor is that slope very slippery from here

Then, we find out that Mozilla has a browser, and they're putting a couple of interesting things in there! Namely split view and a VPN, but only the cool kids have the latter for now.

Next up is, in the US, the FCC has banned foreign consumer grade routers, which is basically all of them. What do a couple of Linux nerds suggest to try instead? LINUX OF COURSE!

We also spend more time in Kagiland and learn a couple of things.

Finally! A good episode!

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A fork of Systemd has emerged

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Firefox 149 is released

Firefox 149 is out

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FCC Bans Routers... Like all of them.

Kagi Stuff

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Episode 6:10: The Age Old Problem

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

I am speed! Kachow
How old are you?
and the call is coming from inside the RAM

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https://youtu.be/SP-gPAkrqHk

0:00 Cold Open
2:00 It's Not Just Bandwidth
23:47 Age Verification in Linux
43:22 A Terrible Time for Faulty RAM
56:06 Hearkening Back
+56:34 vimlena
+1:00:21 squidiebah
+1:03:18 Chris
+1:04:16 Alphacluster
+1:09:59 WhamGeek
1:12:44 Next Time
1:15:10 Stinger

In this episode we dive into the wonderful world of bandwidth since there's an open source alternative to Speedtest.net and Fast.com these days, and it's LibreSpeed.org. Take a peek, preferably after they update their expired certificate (they seriously did this to us after we speak so highly!) and get a slightly more honest look at your speeds! For bonus points, try a different country. We also dig into some of the technical bits behind those tests.

Also, when speaking about jitter, I should have said 'delta' or 'difference' rather than 'average'!

Then, more age verification. This time, though, Linux distributions are caught in the crossfire and some are exploring the ways to actually handle potential implementations. Nothing's too dire yet as most of these 'laws' are still bills, and that means they don't matter quite yet.

Also, we look into a post by Gabriele Svelto, a Firefox developer, to find out that not only is Firefox a little more reliable than you might think, bad RAM or other hardware bits might actually be the reason things are crashing, and not just Firefox!

Finally, some feedback, and we learn that our Mac User / Listener Venn diagram isn't just two separate circles.

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Check Your Speed 🏁

librespeed

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Age Verification in Linux (and BSD)

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Memories Lost

Firefox crash reports detect bit flips

Feedback

@vimlena from YouTube

Waterfox works with Firefox sync

@squidiebah from YouTube

Been using firefox for years, this won't make me move and I've just disabled it(AI).

Chris from Fireside

I'm that guy. The macOS user that regularly listens to your show! So, the Venn diagram is not two separate circles. It's more like circles that touch at exactly one point without crossing. They form a tangent.

Alphacluster on Discord

Also a Mac and Kagi user.
Zen Browser
Arc Browser
Orion Browser

WhamGeek on Discord

Kagi has a pilot program to offer free search for public & academic libraries The application button does't work, but I reached out to them and they got back within the hour with the correct link.

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Episode 6:09: Re Search

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0500

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No YOU'RE Not Optimized
How do WE join the resistance?
Firefox gets a killswitch
And Discord kicks the can

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0:00 Cold Open
2:55 Searchin' with Kagi
27:13 Resistance Is Not Futile
49:09 The Firefox Kill Switch!
1:04:15 Discord Backtracks & Next Time
1:15:02 Stinger

We start off with a little on how our Kagi search project is going. And it'd be going a lot better if Leo could stop weighing the pros and cons of each search and their impact on the quota. Also, a little about Orion and why its tabbed layout is much better than the rest.

Then, F-Droid is back in the news with a new lament about the dwindling amount of time left before the September Sideload cutoff. Time to make a little more noise, it seems.

And finally, Firefox gets the long awaited Kill Switch, but was it actually backtracking? We make the case for why that might not have actually been the case, but welcome the toggle either way.

Oh, and in Next Time, we accidentally slip in a small segment about Discord and what backtracking actually looks like! More on that in a future episode as Discord is where we are a lot of the time.

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Follow up to the Google Developer Verification for Android

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Kill all AI

Discord Age Verification Delayed

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Episode 6:08: Bing Bang Boom

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500

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Neocities went Bing Bang Boom
Discord says open up and say ahhh
KDE Linux snaps at snap

0:00 Cold Open
3:03 MySpace, Not Your Space
34:22 Discord Wants Your Face
54:43 Is KDE Linux Ready?
1:10:14 Next Time
1:13:36 Stinger

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Neocities was blocked by Bing

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Episode 6:07: New WebKids on the Block

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500

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The New XFWindow Lanager
A New WebKid on the Block
And a little food for the trolls

0:00 Cold Open
2:23 The XF Window Lanager
17:09 A New WebKid on the Block
41:13 Feeding the Trolls 😉
41:53 @queenkjuul
45:59 @KnoochyPoochy
48:24 @dluckie747
51:06 @schemage2210
1:00:54 @sinisterdesign
1:08:01 Next Time
1:11:21 Stinger

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Feedback

@queenkjuul (on the WinBoat segment)

photoshop "runs" but recent versions (2022+) dont actually work

@KnoochyPoochy (On the Gentoo year checkin)

Spoiler: Gentoo sucks.

@dluckie747 (On the Gentoo year checkin)

can yall do an update to this?

@schemage2210 (On the new Mozilla CEO segment)

Is a little skeptical about Mozilla changing their ways and about their focus on the browser.

@sinisterdesign (On the new Mozilla CEO segment)

"Cautiously optimistic" is not the overwhelming majority attitude that you think it is.

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Episode 6:06: The Epic Epoch

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500

In this episode we spend a lot of time hyping things up, including some things you might not expect (from a Linux show, not so much Leo). We open up with Zorin making some money moves that helps WinBoat among a few other projects, then really dive into the show with Cosmic!

A bit about how we've fared now that the 1.0 Cosmic Epoch is here, how things have changed, and what other goodies System76 has up their sleeve (it's a lot!). Then, we spend some time dissecting Mozilla's newest AI move. It turns out, if you dig deep enough, there's still hope, contrary to the wildly hot-take style news about things so far. And our final topic, Snapscope, a way to scan your Snaps for vulnerabilities, but then end up chatting way more about Snaps in general.

There's also a bit of SteamThing errata we need to cover before ending it all on a high note for the holidays.

Hope you enjoy and we'll see you soon. Happy holidays!

Coming up in this episode

The stars have aligned for a release
The top fox is on fire
Set your scope on snap
and a wee bit of feedback

0:00 Cold Open
3:44 Cosmic's Epic Epoch
33:52 New CEO, New Mozilla?
1:06:38 360 SnapScope
1:28:31 Errata + Next Time!
1:37:40 Stinger

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SnapScope

Alan Pope's SnapScope
OMG Ubuntu article
Darren Horrocks' Snap Unsnapped post

Feedback

--verbose in Discord

Desktop mode runs in X11. This GitHub issue proposes to change it

Gamma in Discord

Gamer's Nexus revealed the Steam Machine will have SODIMMs

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** We hope everyone enjoys the holiday season and we will see you in the new year.**

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Episode 6:05: Plasma is the Way-Land

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

Wayland is inevitable...
RAM is now Unobtanium
and a Linux User Space OS?

Today in User Space, we RE-remind everyone that Wayland is certainly the only way forward for the big dogs. Gnome had adopted a Wayland-only stance quite a while ago, and now it looks like Plasma will be following suit. Then, we dive into the wonderful world of Everything terrible that AI is doing to us in the form of RAM price hikes (as much as 500%... so far). And finally, we hit up the feedback that's been piling up! There's a little more to get to eventually, but it'll all get there since we went a little long in this episode.

0:00 Cold Open
1:05 Wayland Is Inevitable...
26:53 RAM Is Now Unobtanium
49:54 The LUS Mailbag
50:19 Mailbag: Daniel
57:40 Mailbag: schemage2210
1:03:19 Mailbag: ewanmarshall
1:10:13 Mailbag: michaelchalmers
1:15:26 Next Time
1:23:08 Stinger

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Plasma is all in on Wayland

KDE blog post
We shouted back in 2023 on Season 4 Episode 5
The Steam Deck which runs on KDE Plasma has high sales numbers

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RAM prices are silly. It is all AI's fault.

Micron, the manufacturer of Crucal memory, will stop selling RAM to consumers
Leo spotted prices in the store and they were high.

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Daniel via Fireside

Daniel published an example using KDE environment

ewanmarshall at YouTube

WinBoat gives a big warning about access to the filesystem.

schemage2210 at YouTube

plocate is only great if you know the file name. 😉😂

michelchalmers at YouTube

Two passwords are better than one on encrypted systems that have multiple users. No disagreement. While it is an extra step it can be solved when you add the second user.

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Episode 6:04: Attack of the 50 Foot-Guns

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

We got WinBoat Drama
We got Kubuntu Drama
and We got Flatpak Drama

0:00 Cold Open
1:34 FreeRDP Caught in the Crossfire
25:38 Maybe Announce Beforehand?
41:11 Fedora's Manifest Copy and Paste
1:00:20 Next Time (Three weeks!)
1:02:48 Stinger (This one's important)

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Kubuntu Website got a makeover

Gaming on Linux noticed on Mastodon
It was also spotted on Reddit here and here
linuxiac article
The official notice from the Ubuntu Discourse

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Episode 6:03: Boot Slide N' Boogie

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0500

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All the distro news
All the browser news
And a Cosmic Recap

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Disro Watch!

Fedora 43 release

Fedora develops a policy for AI assisted contributions

Xubuntu Website Hacked! (Now Fixed)

Ubuntu Unity Needs Help!

Ubuntu Discourse Post

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Firefox 144 is Released
Firefox Lives Continues on Old Windows
Servo Browsing Engine
Chrome to Warn About HTTP sites
Browser Prompt Injection (Perplexity Comet, OpenAI Atlas, Fellou)

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Episode 6:02B: The Cosmic B-Side

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 06:00:00 -0400

This past week, as we were gearing up to record an episode, life had to just get in the way. We had a little wiggle room mid-week, so we decided to get something on tape anyway. Just something a little less structured. And so, this B-side was born.

The object of the game was to dive deep into Cosmic, the first "reference implementation" in our two desktop series (Cosmic and Plasma) and give you honest opinion, good and bad, as we experienced it on livestream... for two hours. Of course there are tangents, because, well, it's still us.

The desktop is quite amazing for something that's only (publicly) existed for a little over a year. We poke almost everything that comes with the default install of Pop_OS! 24.04. We'll poke the rest over the next few weeks.

We're interested to hear what you think, especially on the audio version. We tried to describe everything we saw as we went because obviously, you can't see, but surely there's room to improve. If you're curious, the video to go with all this is at:

https://youtu.be/RwGZiMTtaoI

The audio comes from a few odd sources, so things might not sound normal. Still turned out quite well, overall, but at 1:45:20, we lose Dan's voice. I know, I know, we should have had a backup. We usually have three! But the on-the-flyness of the recording kept us from remembering to even bring in the backup-backup. Either way, sorry about that! It's just Leo at that point, so bear with.

We know it's not a normal episode, but we still hope you enjoy!

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Episode 6:02: The Lizard and The Wyzyrd

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

Summaries will change the world
It's the Last version of YaST
F-Droid is Doomed

0:00 Cold Open
1:32 Summaries Will Change the World (Wide Web)
22:54 The Last Version of YaST!
41:54 F-Droid Is Doomed!
1:01:32 Feedback: Ant
1:05:09 Feedback: @Tacoghost
1:08:12 Feedback: @RafaelFarreiraPimenta
1:11:09 Feedback: @Fractal_32
1:16:54 Next Time on Linux User Space...
1:20:25 Stinger

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🔥Warm Up🔥

AI search summaries aren't always great.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

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Myrlyn will cast the spells now

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F-Droid is doomed

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Ant via Fireside

Ant is following along the Cosmic journey

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Gentoo isn't that hard if you follow the directions.

@Fractal_32

LFS when?

@RafaelFerreirapimenta

Why Systemd with Gentoo? Because we could 😉. Collectively we did use multiple options.

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Episode 6:01: Yet Another Clanker

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

We took a break over the break
Windows 10 pulls a fast one
Firefox brings in another clanker

0:00 Cold Open
2:27 A Distro, a Router and a Choice
25:26 Windows 10 Isn't Dead Yet...
43:45 Browser Watch (feat. Firefox)
1:09:58 Next Time!
1:14:57 Stinger

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🔥Warm Up🔥

Leo has been playing with some UniFi gear
Dan explored some OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
We plan to explore KDE Linux Alpha and System76's Cosmic this season.

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Windows 10 is going away... sort of

Windows 10 gets another year, if you meet the requirements.
End of 10 Campaign
Leo and Dan recommend Linux Mint and Ubuntu as great places to start. There are other suggestions though, what do you recommend?

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Mozilla Watch 👀

Firefox 141 brings [tab grouping and lower memory usage in Linux](www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/141.0/releasenotes/)
Firefox 142 brings pocket like article suggestions and long press previews
Firefox 143 adds Copilot to the AI selection
Firefox 144 will bring better encryption for the password manager
Browser options continue to grow. Zen Browser looks interesting. What are you using?

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Episode 5:14: Bloat Don’t Float

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

Death, DEATH, everywhere
Not so bloated, now, is it?
and Someone Agrees with US!

0:00 Cold Open
1:35 Mozilla's Making Changes... Again
24:31 Disks Hate This One Weird Trick!
54:32 The Last of the Season 5 Feedback
-54:42 VesuLabs
-1:03:02 stephenreaves3205
1:12:16 Next Time & Farewell (For Now)
1:17:38 Stinger

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Mozilla Watch 👀

Pocket and Fakespot are out.
Readeck is a Pocket alternative Currently it is self-hosted but they are looking to add a hosted option.
Karakeep is another alternative.
Profiles are coming soon.

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The Season Conclusion of our Flatpak/Snap adventure

The numbers

MacOS    App
-----------------
666MB    Brave
451MB    Discord
651MB    Element
436MB    Firefox
873MB    GIMP
628MB    Inkscape
553MB    Kdenlive
451MB    OBS
303MB    Telegram

Windows  App
-----------------
873MB    Brave
468MB    Discord
1.05GB   Element
262MB    Firefox
963MB    GIMP
562MB    Inkscape
1.02GB   Kdenlive
394MB    OBS
215MB    Telegram

Ubuntu  Snap
-----------------
4.0K    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/bare_5.snap
185M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/brave_509.snap
185M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/brave_511.snap
74M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core22_1908.snap
74M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core22_1963.snap
67M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core24_888.snap
67M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core24_988.snap
68M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/cups_1100.snap
12M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/desktop-security-center_59.snap
111M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/discord_239.snap
115M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/discord_240.snap
172M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/element-desktop_148.snap
62M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/ffmpeg-2404_59.snap
242M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/firefox_6159.snap
242M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/firefox_6198.snap
12M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/firmware-updater_167.snap
264M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gimp_517.snap
264M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gimp_519.snap
517M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gnome-42-2204_202.snap
405M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gnome-46-2404_90.snap
92M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gtk-common-themes_1535.snap
339M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/inkscape_10823.snap
64M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/kdenlive_119.snap
319M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/kdenlive_120.snap
1.4G    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/kf6-core24_27.snap
208M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/mesa-2404_495.snap
576M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/obs-studio_1302.snap
4.0K    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/partial
15M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/prompting-client_104.snap
45M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/snapd_23771.snap
51M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/snapd_24505.snap
568K    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/snapd-desktop-integration_253.snap
11M     /var/lib/snapd/snaps/snap-store_1270.snap
446M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/telegram-desktop_6597.snap
454M    /var/lib/snapd/snaps/telegram-desktop_6639.snap

Fedora   Flatpak
---------------
443 MB   Brave
278 MB   Discord
540 MB   OBS Studio
477 MB   Element
 17 MB   TAP-plugins
 19 MB   SWH
675 MB   Freedesktop Platform
538 MB   Mesa
538 MB   Mesa (Extra)
463 MB   Mesa
463 MB   Mesa (Extra)
 30 MB   FFmpeg extension with extra codecs
790 kB   openh264
789 kB   openh264
256 MB   GNU Image Manipulation Program
  8 MB   HEIC
  1 GB   GNOME Application Platform version 48
275 MB   Inkscape
 20 MB   Adwaita theme
926 MB   KDE Application Platform
  1 GB   KDE Application Platform
 25 MB   QGnomePlatform
  3 MB   QAdwaitaDecorations
241 MB   Kdenlive
282 MB   Firefox
256 MB   Telegram
124 MB   Telegram Desktop Webview Add-on

5.0GB MacOS
5.8GB Windows
6.6GB Flatpak
7.0GB Snap, ~6.0GB without old versions + compression

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VesuLabs via email

Thanks for the feedback on AI bug reporting and Rust in the kernel.

stephenreaves3205 via YouTube

if they spin off Chrome, would they also spin off ChromeOS? Or maybe just rebrand it?

The roadmap for ChromeOS is to become Android

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Episode 5:13: Sloppy AI or Good Fuzzing?

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 19 May 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

AI's Won't Take Over Yet
Is Rust Open Source?
and All Kinds of Feedback

The Video Version
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0:00 Cold Open
3:56 Curl's "AI Slop" Problem
25:12 A Little Viral Licensing
42:12 So Much Feedback ❤️
42:30 ukwan / Youtube
51:16 jliljj / Youtube
56:35 fredstech1 / Youtube
1:00:15 conan kudo / Youtube
1:02:06 amanita / Patreon
1:05:13 redvamp128 / Youtube
1:09:35 The Rules, Commands & Next Time
1:19:12 Stinger

The Curl project pushes back on AI slop

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Is Rust opensource?

Not all programming languages carry a license. Here is a Stackoverflow post about C language.
Rust has a dual MIT and Apache. license
Over the years many CVEs have been discovered for the Linux Kernel. Many of those involve memory corruption.

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Feedback

ukwan from YouTube

Just kept running 18.04 to 2024. Just switched to ESM and kept going.

jliljj from YouTube

I'd go for the upgrade, good way to stay current and learn.

FredsTech1 from YouTube

Asked about unattended upgrades.
Leo and Dan both use them. By default they just apply security updates but Dan turns them on for everything.
The Ubuntu Docs

siljrath from YouTube

I thought I signed up. Anyone know when thundermail happens?

Conan Kudo

In my experience: people who are less familiar with system installations don't have problems with Anaconda's hub-and-spoke model.

Amanita from Patreon

It is impossible to Backport everything. Using the latest software is best but using LTS or ESR solutions is also good.

redvamp128 from YouTube

You guys should probably do an episode on the history of puppy Linux
It has a good possibility for next season. Stay Tuned!

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Quick look at our Snap and Flatpak journey

Leo's list of software

obs-studio
discord
telegram
element
kdenlive
gimp
inkscape
firefox
brave

Some commands to help check on sizes

flatpak list --app --columns=size,name
flatpaklist --column=size,name
du -hs /var/lib/snapd/snaps/*

🔭Next Time🔭

We plan to cover more topics, feedback and a look in our Snap/Flatpak research.

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Episode 5:12: 10,000 Tabs and an Extended Warranty

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 05 May 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

Extended service warranty for your Linux
10,000 Tabs Made Easy!
A Chrome Firesale

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0:00 Cold Open
1:40 Extended Warranty for Ubuntu
17:36 Tab Groups and Unwanted Cookies
41:39 A Google Chrome Firesale!
58:33 The Science of Next Time
1:11:14 Stinger

Upgrade or ESM? Why not both?

This blog post reminded Leo he needed to make a decision.
Ubuntu Pro could let him kick the can a little.
Upgrades generally go well unless you have a bunch of 3rd party repos.
Always have a backup before any major changes.

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Firefox brings tab groups to the browser
How to get started with tab groups
Brave browser adds Cookiecrumbler
Brave adds native translation
Chrome's Privacy Sandbox is dead

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Chrome breakup speculation

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Quick look at our Snap and Flatpak journey

Inital systems have been setup.
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Episode 5:11: Qt Vibes and a New Standard

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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What a Qt little AI?

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Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 Releases

Ubuntu 25.04 and Official Flavors release

Ubuntu Release Announcement
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Fedora 42 and Spins release

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Episode 5:10: Handle With Care

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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Thundermail

The Thundermail announcement

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The history of flatpak packages

Autopackage
Listaller
AppStream
The roots
Klik
Rethinking the Linux distribution
Flatpak 4 years in
Goodbye xdg-app, hello Flatpak
Initial Flatpak press release
KDE's Discover found its support of Flatpak
Firefox begins Flatpak builds
OBS begins Flatpak builds too
Thunderbird gets official support

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Episode 5:09: So, Just Better Words?

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0400

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Oh GNOME!
Mozilla, Don't Watch
And a few high notes

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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 Stinger

Dash to Panel Maintainer Quits

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Mozilla Don't Watch

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Feedback

Mark from Saigon

Mark advocates for trying Snaps but understands they are not for everyone. He then dragged us into a merchandise tangent. Stay tuned for more on that.

Scott via Fireside

Scott uses Snaps on his Debian server. On the desktop he mostly sticks to Appimages and Flatpaks.

Dan from Matrix

Dan seldom uses Snaps and has them near the bottom of his ranking. The last one he remembers using is the Nextcloud snap on an Ubuntu server.

chraist also on Matrix

chraist uses Void and doesn't have Systemd therefore doesn't use Snaps. He asked if we thought there would ever be a Snap solution without Systemd.

bgt from Matrix

bgt says "meh, snaps aren't really that worth it to be honest. If there was no flatpak, sure, but like this, there's no need."

Marshman from Discord

Marshman thinks Snaps are a handy delivery method for proprietary applications.

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Episode 5:08: Make It Snappy

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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It is all about the notes

Leo goes back to basics and uses SyncThing to move his markdown files around that he edits using a standard text editor.

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The history of snap packages

Ubuntu's convergence promise.
Click apps
Snappy Ubuntu
Click apps and Snappy apps share update technology.
Snappy Ubuntu Core was available
Snapcraft was released as version 2.0.
Snaps were now available to everyone.
Mozilla chimed in with their support.
Snap expanded its compatibility to the likes of Arch and Fedora.
xdg-app rebrands as Flatpak as a Snap competitor.
Unity 8 and Snaps were expected for 18.04
The backporting of Snaps to 14.04 was a success.
Fedora saw that promised Snap support land.
Mark Shuttleworth made a game changing announcement.
An effort to slim down the size of Gnome apps succeeded.
The first Snap-installed-by-default shipped with Ubuntu MATE 17.10.
The drumbeat of Snaps-installed-by-default got louder.
Mozilla authors their own Snap package.
Snap devs finally started their efforts to slim down the startup times.
Canonical's announcement that Chromium would switch to a Snap.
Linux Mint forges their own path. Additionally, they blocked the snapd backend.
The dev team speeds startup times further.
Snaps killed their 32-bit support.
Mozilla Firefox would now also be snap-only.
The introduction of modularity.
More LZO compression
Mozilla Firefox improves
Ubuntu Flavors no longer seed the Flatpak backend
More rumblings about the all snap Ubuntu.
Those rumblings were squashed.
Snap compatibility get stronger
KDE Plasma desktop sees Snap support.
more drivers are Snapped.
Some exploits and maybe a few flaws.

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Episode 5:07: Kernel Overload

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0500

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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

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IT-Tools

Can be self hosted
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Maintaining the Linux Kernel

Rust for Linux project
The controversial patch for more Rust driver support.
Wedson Filho called it quits in August of 2024.
Hector Martin calls it quits for the Asahi Linux project on February 14, 2025.
Karol Herbst is another domino to fall February 15, 2025.
Greg K-H's reply on the LKML
ArsTecnica article
Phoronix article

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Thou shall not package OBS... that way.

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Episode 5:06: Homerun in Orbit

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0500

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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

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HD Homerun out of the park

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Mozilla Orbit

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Stuck on Lemmy and Lemmy is stuck on us

Dan broke it on upgrade, then restored it a few times and we are back on the old version. It is working though.
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Episode 5:05: Version Not Supported

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500

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

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Preshow

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🔥Warm Up🔥

Our Appimage video has outdated instructions. Ubuntu renamed the libfuse2 package to libfuse2t64.
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Mozilla Watch

Mozilla is using AI to help improve alt text generation
Mozilla announce a huge 30 percent layoff

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Feedback

Pjolt - Thunderbird for iOS?

Thunderbird is in the roadmap for iOS

Chris - Which Android device?

The Pixel has Chris's vote.

Chaos-r3v - Juniper Network switches

At least under the hood Junos OS is based on FreeBSD

Stan - Multiple Operating Systems on the same hardware

It is posssible to dualboot Ubuntu and Linux Mint or just about any Linux distribution.
As far as which distribution is best, that really depends on you and what works best in your mind.

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Episode 5:04: Protocol '99

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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Warm Up

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Bitwarden gives a scare

The issue
Whoopsie Doodle
Bitwarden License FAQ
Bitwarden SDK License
It violates freedom 0!
After we recorded there was further news.

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Turn it off and back on again

NSA has some advice for you
The Forbes take

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Your PC is no good, send it to LUS

The Windows 10 cliff
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Episode 5:03: Just Wing It More

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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Warm Up

The Internet Archive suffers a DDoS attack and breach

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Thunderbird for Android

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Ubuntu and flavors release 24.10

Ubuntu
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Ubuntu Budgie
Ubuntu Mate
Edubuntu
Ubuntu Studio
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Ubuntu Unity
Ubuntu Kylin
Xubuntu
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Episode 5:02: Mint Condition

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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The History of Cinnamon

A new distro release
Three months later
Version 2.0 of Linux Mint
Bea, version 2.1
Bianca, version 2.2
Mint's very own package manager 'apt' which is not-the-same-as-the-apt-you-know
Lisa, version 12
Maya, version 13
Cinnamon 1.1.2
Nemo was forked from Nautilus, Gnome's file manager
Cinnamon 2.2
Cinnamon 2.4
Nemo got a plugin manager.
Cinnamon 2.8, gained a power applet
Apps written by the Mint team for... everything
Cinnamon 3.0 was released
Better touchpad support, more animations and better window management.
Plugins that Cinnamon could use were called Spices
Cinnamon 3.4
Cinnamon 3.6
Cinnamon 4.0
Cinnamon 5.0
"Thingy"
Cinnamon 6.0 with experimental Wayland
Cinnamon 6.4 will end up with a much needed facelift.

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Episode 5:01: Death and Ptyxis

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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Your Yubikey is DEAD!

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Ptyxis?

Accessibility in Ptyxis
Fedora workstation (Gnome) will switch for F41.

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How to ask for help. (Social Soapbox)

Dan's blog post.
Article written by Simon Tatham.
Lubuntu wiki page about submitting bugs.

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Scott J., Email

Scott likes the Beelink with the Ryzen7 5800H.

Ben, Email

Ben recommends Readeck.

Bruce, Email

Bruce likes the Opera Browser.

Rob Simmons, Email

Rob found a great operating system for his old Chromebook, Lubuntu. Dan thinks that is good choice too.
Like Leo, Rob prefers email too. And yes, he is a Simmons ;).

Daily Driver, Email

DD wants to promote a couple of hidden gem distros.
- Crunchbangplusplus
- Bunsenlabs
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/31/crunchbang_versus_bunsen_labs/
https://www.infoworld.com/article/2243143/the-death-of-crunchbang-linux.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrunchBang_Linux

J, Email

J would like some notes, guides and configurations for Wireguard. Stay tuned to our blog. We will try to get something posted.

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Episode 4:20: The Ultimate Linux Experience!

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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The History of Gentoo

Stampede Linux
When a system emerged, it was called Enoch
Making a Distro part 2
Sustainability of the project had made its way to the forefront.
Gentoo website ~August 2001
March 3 2002 public facing movement was easily spotted.
March 31 2002, 1.0 was finally released!
The huge influx of new users it encouraged caused bandwidth issues for Gentoo.
August of 2003, 1.4 was released.
Full installation could be completed in under an hour!
2004, marked a change from the dot releases.
2004.0 released February 28, 2004.
Daniel Robbins, the creator and founder, resigns from Gentoo.
Despite that work continued. 2004.1 was released shortly after that news, dot 2 in July and dot 3 in November.
September 2005, the first Gentoo Council was elected.
Daniel Robbins makes his glorious return to the project!
This lasted about 8 days before he resigned again.
Other developers joined Robbins.
Stability questions around the stability of the Gentoo Project
October 2009, a LiveDVD release.
11.0, released in 2011.
In 2015 A new website was announced! After the air was cleared, an actual NEW website.
In 2016, Gentoo Choice Edition. Then in July, Choice Edition Part Dos.
word crimes
In 2017, 17.0 in November and an experimental 17.1 in December.
An issue on Github in 2018.
2019 saw the 17.1 profiles finally stabilize.
In 2021, the addition of 20.0 profiles were released.
Genchu
- Wallpaper1 Wallpaper2 Wallpaper3 Wallpaper4
Precompiled binaries for more packages were announced.
March of 2024, profile version 23.0.
Michał Górny notes in his blog a few days before recording here that Gentoo has a problem.

Some Gentoo Quicklinks

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Episode 4:19: The Ease of These Passkeys

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 27 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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🤏Micro Mini Compute Machines💻

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🔑Passkeys🔐

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📯Reverb Focus📢

Greenthumbs

Commented on our E.D. History video. :heart:

Scott via Email

If you read the directions 😉, they tell you the API doesn't handle the sync. You have to sync your folders with the Nextcloud client.

Dave from Discord

How could one share a Passkey with a team? Dan thinks Bitwarden might be the answer.

n.m on the Year of The Linux Desktop

Maybe? Most importantly, it should be the Year of Linux for you. The Livestream playback now has timestamps!

kynize wants to know if AI will make the desktop faster

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Episode 4:18: Open Source Isn't Safe!

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 13 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

Does it do Passkeys tho?
So What Happened to Xz anyway?
How do we fix the internet?

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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

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📖The History of XZ🦜

LZMA
Andrey Markov
LZ77 and LZ78
7zip history
Slackels
LZMA in the form of the GCC compiled LZMA SDK
Tukanni Linux Project was officially gone
LZMA Utils was left behind in favor of the similarly LZMA-backed Xz Utils.
version 5.0 is the transition from LZMA to XZ.
Some distributions would eventually migrate to using Z Standard compression, including Arch in 2019 and Fedora and Ubuntu would make the switch in 2020.
A new face, Jigar Kumar, shows up.
January 7th, 2023, Jia Tan was finally able to merge their own commits to Xz on Github.
Jia tries to convince the OSS-Fuzz team to accept a patch that disabled Indrect Function.
Adding the test files which weren't test files at all.
Andres Freund's Mastodon post
On April 2nd, 2024, Collin adds a page to his tukaani.org domain.

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Episode 4:17: We Ought to Know This By Now

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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Matthew Miller on AI in Fedora

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Course correction on Secureblue

We messed up but RoyalOughtness, the creator of Secureblue, set us straight.
Atomic Fedora is the start of the pipeline:
xkbcat

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Reverb Focus

Tane via Email

Tane uses Nextcloud Notes
Also Iotas
Unix Wars
[The terms of the Open Group](Open Group https://web.archive.org/web/20240205220954/https://unix.org/what_is_unix/single_unix_specification.html)
Current Open Group members

Ian via email

BSD, AIX, HP-UX and similar are all as UNIX as you can get these days. They started out as licensed UNIX Operating Systems with a direct IP license from AT&T and passed whatever requirements AT&T had at the time.

Chris via email

Obsidian is not FOSS.
Logseq is overwhelming at first but good now.

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Episode 4:16: Super PCMan

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

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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

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🔥Warm Up🔥 - AI on the Linux Desktop

KDE's Attack Surface?

Kdenlive gave Leo a hard time

24.02.0 was hot off the press and Leo couldn't resist.
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The History of LXDE (and some LXQt)

The LXDE mailing list goes back to 2008
Ubuntu Lite
later known as U-lite commited to using LXDE.
DesktopLinux.com coverage
Elemental Linux, MoonOS and WattOS followed with a commitment
A PCManFM review from 2008
The blog appears
December 2008 status update
Sidux adds an unofficial LXDE flavor
Mandriva adds LXDE
Fedora too
LXDE Translation project
PCMan asks the community for feedback
FOSDEM 2009
Lubuntu enters the chat
LXDE on android phones
LXDE on Solaris
LXDE in Centos
PCLXDE
First Lubuntu test ISO
Fedora success
OpenSUSE status update
Refactor time
Rewrite, and make it faster
Movable desktop icons
LXDE becomes an available Debian desktop
A Qt port begins
Diverse paths
PCMan develops a "Guide for Migrating from Gtk+ to Qt"
LXDE-QT preview
Razor-Qt
PCMan had this to say about Razor-Qt
A merger of LXDE-Qt and Razor-Qt
LXDE-Qt is not bloated
PCManFM-Qt was in a usable state
LXQt alpha is announced
shortly after it was announced.
Initial FreeBSD support for LXQt
Comparing Numbers
LXQt got “full” Qt5 support
LXQt 0.8 released
LXDE is still going
We say goodbye to Razor-qt
The 0.9 release was caught on snags but eventually released
LXQt 0.10 followed
LXQt 0.11 released
More stats
LXQt 0.12.0
LXQt 0.13.0
The end for GTK 2
Debian, at the time, set the death date
GTK 3 would end up being the target for LXDE
LXQt 0.17
LXQt 1.0.0 was released!
LXDE diehards are still keeping things alive for LXDE
LXQt 2.0 is planned to release in the usual April slot
Speaking of Wayland
Quick LXQt History

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Episode 4:15: Fox, Socks, Inbox, Knox

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400

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Telemetry helps us all
Immutability blues
A correction or two
And more feedback

📽️The video version
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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, Add Color
1:29:49 Next Time
1:31:58 Stinger

🔥Warm up🔥

Dan Johansen in Matrix

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Muesli from Matrix

Gnome Classic
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Secureblue
beginning of the year
BlueBuild

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A quick correction

jensmander1223 on Youtube

OpenIndiana is Unix-Like but it's own thing

The history of Dan and Leo

visamp from Matrix

Leo and Dan both did Linux Spotlight Episodes with our former co-host Rocco. Dan's episode and Leo's
We plan to drop some more tidbits in the not too distant future.

Peter Jones

Thanks for the support and for listening.
Mintcast
Crowbar Kernel Panic
Full Circle Weekly

Emiliano from Argentina

Thanks for the message, the Spanish test and the support.

QOwnNotes & Joplin

Scott

Scott recommends QOwnNotes and not Joplin.

Another Vote for Obsidian. Then Anki, RemNote and LogSeq

DesertDoug

Doug searched long and hard recently for a note taking app too. Doug bumped into Obsidian, Anki, RemNote and Logseq.

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Jensmander1223 sent some tips to help Dan with his bootloader issue. Dan will continue to keep working on that. Jensmander also sent along the tip to use colordiff which can highlight differences when changing config files. We plan to go over a few of these on an upcoming livestream.

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Episode 4:14: Spill the Tea

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0500

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

🔥Warm Up🔥 - AI on the Linux Desktop

Deepin OS is working on adding AI in Another link

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The History of Mate

The first MATE org blogpost
The initial Arch Linux forum post
Perberos described the fork as...
Phoronix August 2011
ingeek 2011
Perberos attempted to grow the community on the Ubuntu forums and Linux Mint forums
Perberos, Clement Lefebvre, Stefano Karapetsas, and Steve Zesch were the founders.
The initial migration script
Salix had been one of the very first distributions to headline MATE
The GNOME team created GNOME Flashback
MATE University
GhostBSD features the Mate desktop
By the end of the year and into 2014, MATE was officially available in Arch, Debian, Fedora, Linux Mint, openSUSE, Sabayon, Salix and Ubuntu.
Stefano Karapestas stepped up to lead the team.
Clem had his part-ownership of MATE removed. He had this to say
The big scoop MATE 1.28 and1.28.1 were recently released!

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Episode 4:13: Passion with Compassion

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500

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)
49:29 Bruce (Well, Why Don't Ya?!)
55:12 Jayden (GNOME Syndrome) 1:04:15 The Care & Feeding of Gentoo (feat. Ryan) 1:15:51 Next Time! 1:20:32 Stinger

🔥Warm up🔥

There was an KDE AMA on Lemmy and on Reddit
Troy Unrau, a KDE dev, on the KDE History

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This conversation was sparked from this Tweet
Linus gets passionate sometimes

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Reverb Focus

Douglas Paul

Douglas does his own 12 step distro hop program.
Gnome, Fedora, with Extensions and Albert is the landing spot... at least for now.

Bruce Hankins on Why Don't You Use Linux (4:11)

Two categories of users, average users and power users.
Average users don't really tinker.
Power users like to tinker (this is where Leo and Dan fall as well as many of you) but there is a small amount of us.
Installation of the system and applications is not intuitive.

Jayden on Why Don't You Use Linux (4:11) AAAAAAND a Note Suggestion

Gnome with gestures and multi-touch are great.
A couple of note taking apps for Leo to chase - Xournal++ and Rnote

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Kerneltux sent in his "care and feeding" notes for Gentoo. We plan to go over a few of these on an upcoming livestream.

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Episode 4:12: Keep it Kool

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500

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

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🔥Warm Up🔥

Leo hits the books and learns about reference style links in markdown. Thanks go to Dominic and Furicle.
Eric mentioned MarkText and now the squirrels have Dan chasing that.
Leo tries settling on Vivaldi Notes.

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The History of KDE

The email on October 14, 1996 to start it all.
KDE ONE
K Desktop Environment first real beta release.
Beta 1 Screenshots
KDE 1.0 was released on July 12, 1998.
1998 Interview of Matthias Ettrich
KFM turned into Konqueror.
Konqi
KDE 2.0
KDE 2.1
In April of 2002, KDE 3.0 was released.
2003 Interview of Matthias Ettrich
2004 Interview of Matthias Ettrich
KDE Community World Summit 2004 "aKademy".
2005 Interview of Matthias Ettrich
April 8, 2005 Kubuntu.
KDE 3.5
KDE Four Core Meeting
KDE 4
Oxygen
2008 Interview of Matthias Ettrich
KDE hit the 1,000,000 commit
Starting from 4.3.4, is a "software compilation".
November 2009, K Desktop Environment is just KDE, now.
Fork of KDE 3.5 becomes Trinity Desktop Environment.
KDE SC 4.5.
October 2010, an official split from KOffice
Plasma Active
KDE Manifesto
December 2012, a redesigned Konqi.
KDE release structure changed.
KDE SC 4.14 the last in the series.
Plasma 5 and Frameworks 5
2015 Wayland enters the room.
Plasma Mobile
Plasma Bigscreen
KDE Neon
Slimbook
KDE Plasma is chosen for the Steam Deck when in Desktop Mode!
The development and chat platforms move to Gitlab and Matrix.
The first release candidate for Plasma 6
Plasma 6's release date is planned for February 28th of 2024.

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

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500

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

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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🚨

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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.

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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.

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Community Focus - DB Tech

Gentoo Focus

Last time on LUS Streaming Live
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Gentoo Going Binary Thanks Bikhu for the reminder

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Episode 4:10: GNOME in the Home

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

The Browser Watch Leftovers
The History of GNOME
And Why Gnome is the best desktop
And a little holiday break

Timestamps
0:00 Cold Open
1:29 Riding the Lightning
16:45 GNOME History: Pre-GNOME
23:01 GNOME History: GNOME 1.x
25:58 GNOME History: GNOME 2.x
33:22 GNOME History: GNOME 3.x
41:31 GNOME History: GNOME 40 and Beyond
48:01 How'd GNOME Go?
1:15:39 Next Time: Topics & KDE
1:26:18 Stinger

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Mini Browser Watch

October 30, Mozilla announces the nightly Deb packages
November 30, Mozilla announces the developer and beta Deb packages

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The History of Gnome

The email in 1997 to start it all
Development snapshot 0.13 announcement
GNOME 1.0 release
GUADEC
GNOME OG website
GNOME revamped website
HP's HP/UX and Sun's Solaris announce they would be using GNOME as their default desktops.
GNOME Foundation
GNOME 2.0 release
Ubuntu 4.10 ships GNOME 2.8
GNOME no longer part of GNU
GNOME was no longer an acronym.
Gnome 3.0 arrives
Linus Torvalds noted
Linus Torvalds, originally critical, returned to using GNOME for his day to day work, but noted that
Groupon, the couponing company, decided that they would make a tablet and name it... GNOME.
Again, the target of litigation
Rothschild Patent Imaging was stripped of its patent rights
Gnome 40
The Gnome 40 announcement
The Gnome 45 announcement
Original GNOME introduction (~99)
The Evolution of the GNOME Project
Using GNOME gmc (GNOME Midnight Commander)
"A Brief History of GNOME" Presentation Notes
"A Brief History of GNOME" Video
GNOME 2.0 - 40 Release Notes

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Episode 4:09: Giddy Up

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0500

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!
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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

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.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 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
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Episode 4:08: Cholesterol Free

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

A little Musing on CDE
A few answers from the man himself
The history of XFce
How it went
And a new journey

0:00 Cold Open
1:29 Ask Olivier
20:04 Xfce History: In the Beginning (1996)
22:08 Enter XFce (1997)
24:47 The XForms Problem (1998)
25:56 The Third (1999)
29:32 The Fourth (2001-2015)
32:59 The Third, Again (2016-2023)
36:22 More Questions!
45:50 How'd Xfce Go?
1:02:25 Next Time
1:09:45 Stinger

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Olivier Fourdan posted a question to a few newsgroups that got things started.
XForms toolkit
An early release announcement - 2.3.0
Changelog for 2.4.0 which shows changes all the way back to the beginning.
XFce 2.4 User Guide
XFce 3.2 User Guide
2000 Interview - 10 Questions with Olivier Fourdan
2001 Interview
XFce 4.0 announcement September 25th 2003
xfce goes all lowercase
2007 Interview
2009 Linux Journal Interview
2009 Slashgear Interview
2017 Interview with Sean Davis
Xfce 4.4 - 4.18

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Episode 4:07: Monster In The Middle

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

Buntober?
We Keep the IPs safe
Cryptic greetings
Some feedback
and we get double focused

We do video, too!
https://youtu.be/-tycNQ-Ey9Q

407 Audio Timestamps
0:00 Cold Open
1:48 Ubuntu Attacks!
17:20 Google Protection?
31:36 Encrypted Client Hello
46:33 Reverb
1:17:15 Gentoo Focus
1:26:42 Stinger

We're both on Ubuntu 23.10.... WHAT?!

Ubuntu Desktop
Ubuntu Flavors
23.10 Release Announcement
Leo is all aboard on the Wayland hotness on the main Ubuntu desktop and Dan is trying out Xubuntu to pair with our Xfce journey.

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Google is protecting our IPs

Google Chrome's IP Protection

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Cryptic Greetings

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Reverb Focus

Stewie on the Gentoo Checkin in episode 405

A decent overview about Swap Space

Dominic on Telegram

Why does everything look like Windows? Windows, Icons, Menus and Panels aka WIMP is popular and familiar.

Nate on Telegram

Nate is running Plasma in a Wayland session on openSUSE Tumbleweed on his Framework Laptop with success.

John A. on Lemmy

John recommends keeping our Lemmy instance limited to Patrons.

Community Focus - Craft Computing

Gentoo Focus

Last time on LUS Streaming Live
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Episode 4:06: Anything But Common

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

We do a little upgrade
Firefox fixes a tooltip
The History of W, V, X and CDE
How it went
And a new old desktop to explore

0:00 Cold Open
1:42 Lemmy's Upgraded!
10:56 A 22 Year Old Bug
15:50 Install Firefox Correctly
22:22 CDE History: Intro
24:04 CDE History: X
27:33 CDE History: OPEN LOOK
29:25 CDE History: COSE
31:28 CDE History: CDE & Others
34:24 CDE History: The Opening
36:14 CDE History: The Releases
43:02 How'd CDE Go?
1:16:00 Next Time
1:21:29 Stinger

Watch the video!
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Banter

The LUS Lemmy instance got an update.
- The ansible repo switched to tagged releases. There were ⚠️breaking changes⚠️ that needed to be prepared for.
- One of the issues Dan had is likely fixed now.
The Bug that's old enough to drink and drive, but hopefully not at the same time!
Dan installed Firefox from the .tar.gz download.
- Spoiler - it updates just fine because my user is the owner in the /opt directory.

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The History of The Common Desktop Environment (CDE)

The Andrew Project
W was a windowing system that was originally written for the V operating system.
In 1984, Robert Scheifler wrote.
X is our “reaction” to W
Ultrix Window Manager, or uwm
Tom's Window Manager, which eventually became Tab Window Manager, or twm
Open Look Specification
The OSF narrows the search for a User Interface.
HP and Microsoft's CXI and DEC's XUI to create the HP OSF/Motif Window Manager.
Sun went on to build OpenWindows, which was X with OPEN LOOK on top to replace SunView.
COSE
In 1994, The OSF and Unix International, a body meant to standardize UNIX, merged, and in 96, merged again with X/Open into The Open Group.
Motif and CDE became one
KDE enters the scene.
May of 2000 when Motif was released as OpenMotif.
LessTif, because Less is Mo, published an initial statement
August 6th, 2012, CDE was relicensed under the LGPL and was available on SourceForge, where it still lives today.
After opening it up, 2.2.1 was released on March 1st, 2014.
The final release, at least as of this recording, 2.5.1, dropped in October of 2022.

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Episode 4:05: The Time to Switch Is Now!

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

You are so far aWAY from me
We are watching out for the browsers
A little reverb focus
Community and GenTOO

Timestamps
0:00 Cold Open
1:40 The Wayland Soapbox
20:33 Browser Watch
46:27 Reverb Focus
1:12:02 Community Focus
1:14:46 Gentoo Focus
1:29:30 Next Time: CDE History!
1:31:50 Stinger

Watch the Video!
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Social Soapbox - Wayland

Nate Graham's blog post - So let's talk about this Wayland thing
The Wayland Protocol
Wayland from the Arch Wiki
Wayland from the Gentoo Wiki

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Browser Watch

Vivaldi’s Open Letter — Microsoft DMA Compliance
Deciding for ourselves: 98% of people want a browser choice screen, Mozilla study finds
It's time to ditch Chrome and fall in love with Firefox again.

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Reverb Focus

Stewie - Why GRUB?

Dai - Telemetry

Ganome - Gentoo

Switching to the Gnome Profile doesn't install Gnome but it is an important step.
emerge --ask gnome-base/gnome is what installs the desktop.

Rene

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Community Focus - Jorge Castro

Gentoo Focus

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Episode 4:04: Happy Rebasing to Everyone!

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -0400

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

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The History of Fedora Silverblue

Multiple Bootable Roots
From GUADEC 2012 - OSTree
Gnome Continuous
Walters described OSTree as "a magic formula."
March 20, 2013 - Docker is born
CoreOS sees its first public release in October of 2013.
Red Hat official inclusion of Docker with RHEL 6.5
April 2014 - Project Atomic
The actual distro building was left to the actual distro projects.
Instructions to build on top of Fedora 20
CENTOS and RHEL partner which began the journey to Atomic Host.
A Fedora Atomic Host installable ISO becomes available based on Rawhide.
August 2014 - CentOS Atomic Host alpha builds were available.
December 2014 - Fedora 21 releases with Atomic Host images.
March 2015 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host released.
July 2015 - Package layering was introduced.
Atomic Hosts came and went, including bi-weekly releases
2016 - XDG-App was renamed Flatpak.
2018 - CoreOS Docker platform was acquired by Red Hat in January. It became, Red Hat CoreOS.
The Fedora flavor would live on as... Team Silverblue.
The domain name and handles around the web were available
It was almost called Silverleaf
October 30, 2018 - Fedora 29 was released with a Silverblue variant. Matthew Miller on Fedora Magazine noted.
The Fedora Council made the decision to tighten things up regarding naming.
2019 - Fedora 30 and the Silverblue variant were released
2021 - Silverblue 35 in November, Fedora Kinoite appears.
2023 - Silverblue 38 in April, Fedora Sericea appears.

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Episode 4:03: This is the WEI

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0400

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

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Web Environment Integrity

2015 - AMP
2019 - Google proposed Web Bundles
2021 - Google weakened the power of extensions
May 2022 - First party sets were introduced through the W3C by Google but in June 2022, the W3C decided to drop the idea.
April 24, 2023 - The original Google WEI proposal post
July 24, 2023 - Mozilla's rebuke
July 25, 2023 - Vivaldi's rebuke
August 1, 2023 - Brave's rebuke
August 8, 2023 - The EFF rebuke

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Reverb Focus, all about the feedback.

Lily

https://blanc.pages.dev/debian-codenames-toy-story-characters/

Hackerdefo

I have created a few useful (hopefully) gists related to Debian
sources.list files and Debian download links. Here are links to those gists,

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Community Focus - Hardware Haven

Gentoo Focus

use https://packages.gentoo.org
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Episode 4:02: Bits From Debian

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0400

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 Debian 12 Thoughts
1:13:24 - Next Time | Fedora Silverblue & Topics
1:18:03 Stinger

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Banter

Dan's new 💾 NVMe
Dan's new 🎤 Shure audio interface

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The History of Debian

Before Debian there was Softlanding Linux.
August 16, 1993, Ian Murdock's announcement that started it all.
January 1994, Ian releases the Debian Manifesto.
April 1, 1994, Ian was struggling to keep up with it all and needed a break.
March 1996, Ian steps down as Debian Project Leader. Leaving Bruce Perens to take up the job.
The FSF pulls sponsorship but later the FSF "resumed cordial relations".
June 17, 1996, Debian 1.1 is released with the first ever codename based on Toy Story characters. It was named Buzz, after Buzz Lightyear. A list of all the Debian releases.
February 1, 1997, A board of directors had been elected for Software in the Public Interest.
February 20, 1997, Debian shows its intent to ratify a constitution.
July 1, 1997, Debian is really launched into space this time to monitor plant growth in microgravity, sending video and other data back home.
December 2, 1998, Debian ratifies a Constitution.
At the beginning of 1999, Wichert Akkerman was elected Debian Project Leader and started with giving Debian a permanent identity.
Logo on debian.org as of April 14, 1997
January 24, 1999, the logo license for Captain Blue-Eye, expired again.
February 4, 1999, a Logo contest announcement!
May 3, 1999, the submissions were in. Captain Blue-Eye was thought to be too Linux-specific.
June 8, 1999, The iconic swirl that we see today won the vote.
July 6, 1999, dpkg version 2, which was hinted at by Ben Collins back in May, is now officially a thing and the specifications are out there boasting a more modular design.
Debian weathered the Y2k storm with no major problems.
In October 2001, LAN Comp Systems begin mastering Debian 3.0 on DVD ahead of the official release.
Debian 3.0 was delayed because of broken boot floppies.
2002, the first net installation images were available.
2007, through a disagreement with Mozilla on backporting security fixes, would be replaced by the free-software version, Iceweasel.
2013, the trailing 0 on the major release is dropped. Minor releases will continue adding the point, as in .1, .2, etc.
Also in 2013, multi-arch support is added.
2020, Jonathan Carter was elected Debian Project Leader and has been reaffirmed three more times, and is currently serving as Leader.
June 10, 2023, Debian 12 is released, codenamed Bookworm.

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Episode 4:01: RHEL Tough Choices

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0400

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

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

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Gentoo check in - Use the Handbook! The wiki is just great in general.
Lemmy
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feddit's community browser
Another Lemmy explorer

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RH takes their source and goes home

2019

July - IBM completed its acquisition of Red Hat. Jim Whitehurst said at the time.

2020

December - CentOS Stream announced as the successor to CentOS Linux.
an FAQ linked in the CentOS announcement about Stream

2021

January - Red Hat announces more free RHEL.
February - Brian Exelbierd noted on the Red Hat Developer site.
March - Alma Linux 8.3 was released
June - Rocky Linux followed with their 8.4 release

2022

Red Hat was posting 15% revenue increases every quarter of the year.
IBM, despite its projected 3900 person layoff was growing at similar rates.

2023

April - Red Hat announement
Ben Cotton and others were laid off.
June - Red Hat announce that CentOS sources will no longer be on github
Brian Exelbierd's post from February 2021 changed.
Mike McGrath writes a clarification post
Rocky Linux announces that they'll possibly be using the Universal Base Images
July - Alma Linux no longer aims for bug-for-bug compatibility.

SUSE and Oracle

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Browser Watch

Firefox 115 brings hardware video decoding for Intel GPUs and more.
Vivaldi 6.1 they found a way to use Bing Chat.
Edge blocks notification spam, now!
Opera is relaunching as Opera One.

Feedback

Sebastian

Rich

Greenbone Open Source Vulnerability Management
Leo recommends The Linux Commandline by Willian Shotts
Dan recommends Learn Linux TV
If there is something specific you want to know more about let us know.

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App Focus Jerboa and Memmy

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Episode 3:20: A Timepiece of Pi

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 01 May 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

The History of ~~Raspbian~~ Raspberry Pi OS
What we've been doing with Pi's
And we run something over the break

Watch the video for this episode on Youtube
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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

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Raspberry Pi OS the History

BBC Micro
ZX Spectrum
The very first Raspberry Pi prototypes
Early alpha boards
Paul Beech's logo
Early hacking resulted in a functional Debian Squeeze installation
The Raspberry Pi is official
Arch Linux ARM supporting the Raspberry Pi is out in the wild
Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix
The first Raspbian SD Image was made available for testing
Raspberry Pi's began hitting doorsteps
Quake III runs on Raspberry Pi
Debian Wheezy beta build hits the public net
Raspbian was officially announced
Turbo Mode is added
The model B got upgraded
The Model A is finally available
Minecraft: Pi Edition is released
The cameras and updates in Raspbian are released
Wayland preview is announced
NOOBS
Pi NoIR camera is now available
No Foolin'. A website revamp
Raspberry Pi compute module is announced
Compute module development kits were available in June.
Raspberry Pi B+ is launched
Hardware Attached on Top
Model A+ is announced
The Raspberry Pi 2 launched
The Raspberry Pi becomes the best selling British computer
Raspbian rebases on Jessie
Raspberry Pi Zero lands
Raspberry Pi 3 releases
About 5% of website traffic was served up by a Pi 3 on launch day.
A camera connector for the Pi zero
Raspbian is now a fully supported platform for Docker!
SUSE released a 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi.
PIXEL is now available for any machine that can run Debian Jessie!
Compute Module 3 is released
Pi Zero W is added to the lineup
Raspbian rebases on Stretch
The release for PCs and Macs rebases too
The setup wizard runs automatically on first start.
Pi 3 Model A+ hits shelves
Raspberry Pi 4 goes on sale
With the Pi 4 an overhauled OS gets shipped
Feb 2020 a new Raspbian release
12.3 MP high quality camera hits the streets
8GB version of the Raspberry Pi 4 is on sale
Raspbian ==> Raspberry Pi OS
Compute Module 4 lands
Raspberry Pi 400. A Pi 4 built into a keyboard
Dec 2020 Raspberry Pi OS release
Raspberry Pi Pico
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is now on sale
The November 2021 release
Raspberry Pi OS in 64-bit finally hits mirrors
April 2021 release of RasPiOS
Raspberry Pi Pico W at 6 dollars debuts
September 2022 update
Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 is released

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Episode 3:19: You Got Moxie, Kid

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

Leo shows his moxy
Ubuntu falls flat
Watch the browsers
A Look back on our season
and Leo moves his files

See this episode on Youtube
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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
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Flattening out Ubuntu

Ubuntu and the official flavors decide not to include Flatpak by default

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Browser Watch

Total Cookie Protection
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Firefox will get support for animated AV1 images and in a surprise move an official debian/ubuntu package in .deb format.
Edge is testing a Crypto Wallet.
Edge added DALL-E right into the browser!
Brave adds a VPN option.
Brave removes legacy Google sign-in Cookies.
Chrome/Chromium will unload background tabs to save memory.
Falkon is finally getting hardware acceleration!
Gnome Web has a few tricks coming in version 44, as well.

Feedback

Senor Araton On compiling the Gentoo Kernel

Installed a distribution-binary-kernel to get a running system.
Leo wants to compile all the things.

John A. On Linux Books

ownCloud

Bradly on the Ubuntu ShipIt Program

Tried to convert as many as possible.

Bonus Bradly

Also - Leo, make the switch to Proxmox. Dan is right.

R.L. on -O3

Just FYI, the compiler option is -O3 (dash oh three), not -03 (dash zero 3) The O obviously stands for Optimize 😅.

Season 3 in review - Pick of the picks

Community Focus - Dan - Veronica Explains
Community Focus - Leo - Linux Saloon
App Focus - Dan - Crowdsec
App Focus - Leo - trash-cli
Distro - Dan - CentOS Stream
Distro - Leo - EndlessOS

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Episode 3:18: The Neverending Story

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

The Never Ending History
A Cassidy James Experience
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

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Dan installs Proxmox VE on a couple of HP mini pcs.

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EndlessOS the History

Endless Mobile Inc.'s was founded.
Computers started shipping in late June 2015.
The Endless Mini.
August 2016 Endless 3.0 was released as was the very First Linux distro to adopt Flatpak for apps and have it configured for use out of the box.
October 2016 Netflix and Flash were broken.
Jan 4, 2017 Endless Mission One and Mini released.
Mission Mini Review
Mission One Review
March 2017 3.1.3 Released and now ISOs are now available.
November 1 2018, 3.5 Released, but was then quickly withdrawn. 3.5.1 was quickly delivered on November 16th addressing the issue.
April 1, 2020 Endless drops its for-profit status and becomes a not-for-profit.
November 2020 Hack and friends go fully open source!
June 2021 The Endless Laptop.
January 2023 5.0 Released.
4.0.14 delivers the ability to upgrade to 5.0 which was previously not possible.
March 7, 2023 Endless announces backing for Flathub

Huge thanks to Cassidy James Blaede for taking the time to join us! Cassidy's web page is here

Endless OS links

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Episode 3:17: Pass-Ackward

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0500

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Plasma's Kind of Hot Right Now
Brush your passwords
Browser Watch!
A little feedback
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

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Plasma 5.27 is ❤
Nick from The Linux Experiment did a video that goes over some highlights.
Jupiter Broadcasting covered it in Linux Action News too.
The question of why isn't KDE Plasma the main DE for a main distro comes around every once and a while.

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Password hygiene is all the rage

LastPass Blog announcement of the security incident
We talked a lot about password managers in episode 11.
Mozilla's pitch.
Brian Krebs has this to say.
You can check your passwords against Have I Been Pwned.
If you use Bitwarden/Vaultwarden, you can use the reports to check exposed, reused, and weak passwords.

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Gnome Web has a new UI for handling permissions.
- We pitched Gnome Web a couple of episodes ago.
Version 110, Firefox got the addition to import bookmarks, passwords and history from Opera, Opera GX, and Vivaldi.
Vivaldi makes improvements to their Window Panel.
Brave does HTTPS everywhere.
Microsoft Edge adds Adobe Acrobat.

Feedback

"ee" "dee", gotcha 😉

Turns out we were the joke instead of making one. Apologies.

Anonymous Listener suggests ownCloud

ownCloud
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Daniel M. says...

Podman
Daniel's document

Frank W. says...

Brave is great and cheer from the Great White North, eh!
Thanks Frank!

Eric M. on Youtube says...

Pixar and other animation studios use RHEL for their workstations.
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Episode 3:16: The Cent of a Distro

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0500

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CentOS
...
...
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

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CentOS Linux the History

July 1994 The "preview" release for Red Hat Linux is released internally
October 31 codenamed "Halloween" 0.9 is released.
May 1995 "Mother's Day" 1.0 is released and introduces some iconic branding.
March 1996 "Picasso" 3.0.3 is released. Version numbers might really matter, check out our Slackware episode to find out how Patrick Volkerding felt about them. TL;DW
September 2000 Red Hat Linux 7.0 has releases with [their renamed gcc version](features.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/10/12/163218&mode=thread)
May 2002 Enter Red Hat Enterprise Linux with version 2.1.
Sometime within 2002, Warren Togami starts the Fedora Linux Project.
- It aimed to bring together additional packages for Red Hat Linux.
- It wasn't a distribution on its own. It was Extras for the existing Red Hat Linuxes.
March 2003 Red Hat Linux 9.0, named Shrike, is released.
July 2003 Severn, the beta for what would be Red Hat Linux 10, changes to a more open and community focused development process.
September 2003, Red Hat Linux and the Fedora Linux Project, [merge into The Fedora Project].(https://web.archive.org/web/20031001204515/http://www.fedora.us/).
- Mailing list announcement
- Transition info
Also in September, enter cAos.
- cAos1-base and cAos1-enhanced couldn't really exist without each other.
November 2003 Red Hat signals that it's getting out of the Boxed Linux business.
What was to be Red Hat Linux 10 instead released as Fedora Core 1 with Extras.
December 2003 the first alpha of cAos.
Three weeks later, CentOS 3.
Another week later, CentOS 2 beta.
Whitebox Linux first release candidate.
David Parsley registered taolinux.org, and in December, started getting the site together.
Why Tao Linux?
June 2006, David had to switch jobs.
Scientific Linux
Feburary 2004 the final release cAos-1, the proof of concept,made it to mirrors.
March 2004 CentOS 3.1 is released.
Karanbir Singh, or KB, noted that 3.3 was the first proper release.
February 2005 CentOS receieved a Cease and Desist letter from the lawyers over at Red Hat in regards to using the Red Hat Logos and name on the centos.org website. CentOS's response.
March 2005 CentOS 4 was released two weeks after its upstream RHEL 4. Coverage was picking up.
Lance Davis announces that CentOS is separating itself from the cAos project.
May 2005 cAos 2 is announced, also based on RHEL 3.
2008 A new distribution, also called Caos.
July 2009 Lance Davis, one of the Founders and lead of the CentOS 2 release, had been missing for many months.
- From the mailing list
- From the Register
October 14 2009 Caos Linux 1.0.25 is released and is the last release of Caos, ever.
January of 2014, Red Hat acquires.
July 2014 CentOS 7.0 is released.
2019 Red Hat leaves Shadowman behind.
September 2019 Red Hat announces CentOS Stream.
Also in in September 2019, CentOS Linux 8 and CentOS Stream are released.
January 2021; Red Hat changes the way their dev subscriptions work.
December 2021 CentOS 9 Stream is released.

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Episode 3:15: A Hot Plate of Hype

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:00:00 -0500

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A little podman
Manifest v3
Browsers
More Browsers?
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!
1:05:22 Community Focus: ASUS NLC
1:09:41 App Focus: Gnome Web + Tangram
1:17:51 Next Time: CentOS
1:20:03 Stinger

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Firefox 109 brings manifest v3 support

What are we talking about?

Maniwhat, now? Version who?

2018, Google proposes Manifest v3.
July 2019, The EFF notes.
Then in September of 2019, Firefox responded to the Manifest v3 announcement.
April 2020, Vivaldi, with version 3.0, debuts its ad and tracker blocker as a means to bypass the manifest v3 issue altogether.
Brave had always had an ad blocker, but beefed up its performance and ability in 2019.
November 2020, Google finalizes and publishes Manifest v3.
December 2021, The EFF reminds us.
uBlock Origin Lite exists.

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Moar Browser Watch

Chromium answers Leo's prayers! In 109, Linux scrolling seems to have been fixed.

He complained about it in Season 2 Episode 16.
The Bug. ### A fix to the web
Brave's been blocking the cookie consent banners.

Feedback

Thanks Johnny (Aromatic Dev) for having the Linux Game Cast folks give us a shout.

A couple of other topics

Kid3 turns 20
qrencode
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Their GitLab

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Episode 3:14: GeckoLinux and the Side Quest

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

Helping one helps the other
A little off the beaten path
The history of GeckoLinux
And our experience
What will we think of next?

The Video
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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, Ghostwriter
1:00:00 Next Time
1:07:21 Stinger

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Gecko Linux the History

GeckoLinux
openSUSE
November 13, 2015, the first release of GeckoLinux 421.15.1113.6 was announced
Explaining the version number
In December 2015, alongside Cinnamon, XFCE, Gnome and Budgie were added. In addition a BareBones edition. And a few days later Plasma, Mate, and LXQt get their first ISOs
SUSE Studio Express
Budgie put on ice for a while.
Pantheon is added. AND the Budgie ROLLING and NEXT editions make a return.
A vote for which default filesystem was held with btrfs winning. The same vote, but for the STATIC edition was held.
Static will have a sunset in the future due to the change in LEAP
Since that has happened yet GeckoLinux released after 15.4

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Episode 3:13: The Gift of Feedback

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0500

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Today I Learned
Let's get generous
Browser Watch!
So much feedback
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 Stinger

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Mozilla

Vivaldi

New web panel is enabled for Mastodon on Vivaldi's own Mastodon instance. tl;dr you can change it for any other Mastodon instance too.

More Feedback

History show possibilities.

furicle on Mastodon

Have you tried BunsenLabs?

py on Mastodon
Leo has had an interest since "The end."

Emacs thoughts

georgh on the History of Emacs clip
Leo went down the Internet Rabbit Hole and suggests this video

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Episode 3:12: When People Share Knowledge

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0500

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Opening up an Arcade!
A Community of Linux Distros
The grand tour!
Flatpak or Snap? How bout no.
We blend in with our desktop environment

Banter

Leo's Legends Ultimate Arcade Cabinet

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Linux Lite the History

When people share knowledge, everyone benefits
The 26th of October, 2012, Windows 8 was released and generally available.
Linux Lite 1.0.0, based on Ubuntu 12.04, launched on the 26th of October, 2012 in defiance of Microsoft and Windows 8.
1.0.2 came 30 days later on November 25th, 2012
1.0.4 released on the 1st of February, 2013.
In June, 2013, 1.0.6 dropped. This release also marked the opening of the Linux Lite Shop.
February 12, 2014, 1.0.8 is released as the final release of the 1.x series
June 2, 2014, Linux Lite 2.0, Beryl, is released.
August 5, 2014, Lite Welcome is announced.
September 15, 2014, Lite Cleaner, is released.
December 1, 2014, Linux Lite 2.2 is ready for download.
January 1, 2015, Lite Fonts is released.
Lite Cleaner is renamed to Lite Tweaks.
March 31, 2015, 2.4 is released.
September 1, 2015, 2.6 is released.
January 31, 2016 2.8 is released.
May 31, 2016, 3.0, named Citrine, is released, and it's BIG.
October 31, 2016, 3.2 is released.
March 31, 2017, 3.4 is released.
August 31, 2017, 3.6 is released.
January 31, 2018, 3.8 is released.
May 31, 2018, 4.0, Diamond, is released.
October 31, 2018, 4.2 is released.
March 31, 2019, 4.4 is released.
August 31, 2019, 4.6 is released.
January 14, 2020, 4.8 is released off of the normal schedule. It's because Windows 7 support ended this day.
Interview by Abhishek Prakash
May 31, 2020, 5.0, codenamed Emerald, is released.
October 31, 2020, 5.2 is released.
March 31, 2021, 5.4 is released.
August 31, 2021, 5.6 is released.
January 31, 2022, 5.8 is released.
May 31, 2022, 6.0, codenamed Flourite, is released.
October 31, 2022, 6.2 is released.
EverydayLinuxUser interview
An Interview with Linux Lite Project Manager Jerry Bezencon.
13 ways you can help desktop linux grow.

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Episode 3:11: The Linux User Space Graveyard

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

Internet woes, part deux.
Knocking them over, one at a time...
Angry Birdsite?
Knock knock. What's the password?
We get the explanation.

The Video
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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 shop

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Fediverse is booming and Twitter is imploding.

Micro services are bloat
- One of those microservices just happened to be 2FA...
Fired in a Tweet?
- Forbes coverage
Mastodon reaches 1M active monthly users.
- But really... It is more like 4.6M and 5700 instances total and climbing.
Raspberry Pi creates its own Mastodon instance.
Vivaldi follows their lead.

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Episode 3:10: 1337 H4xx0r

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500

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Releasing it when it's ready
Exploitation Remotely
Exploitation Locally
Name Changes and Mergers
And Kali as we see it today

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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

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Kali Linux the History

remote-exploit.org
mutsonline
whitehat.co.il - "This site aims to create a repository of tools and information for Penetration testers and ethical hackers."
Max Moser releases from his company's website, moser-informatik.ch
Whoppix based on Knoppix is released with thanks from muts
muts announces that Whoppix has evolved into a new project - WHAX
Max Moser's Auditor Security Collection had structure and stability
The merger of WHAX and Auditor Security Collection was put to the community
The two projects finished the merger and became Backtrack and were based on Slax.
Offensive-Security.org was born and is the company backing Backtrack. Essentially a spinoff of Moser's remote-exploit.org
Backtrack 2 is released
Backtrack 3 is released
Backtrack 4 was released
Backtrack 5 dropped the Slax base and is now based on Ubuntu
Backtrack 5 R3 was released and was the last release of Backtrack ever.
The Kali Teaser
Kali 1.0
Bleeding Edge Kali
Using the Linux Deploy app in Android, Kali could be installed
Kali gets a self destruct button
Kali soars among the cloud. Amazon's cloud, anyway.
Metapackages are introduced
EFI boot capabilities are added
Kali NetHunter was released
Official Docker images
Kali gets another rebase
Windows Subsystem for Linux
Wireguard VPN support is official
Support for Vagrant
Raspberry Pi 4 support
Revamp of the metapackages
Running Kali as non-root user
Kali Linux is spotted in the TV show Mr. Robot
kids.kali.org was launched! Yes, it was for April fools.
Unkaputtbar
2022.2 brought Hollywood-Activate
2022.3 is the latest release at the time of the recording

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

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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Dropping out of the fediverse
The tiny text
Mozilla Watch
The community holds us ransom
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, how boring things got
25:13 About nano, and What's Next
31:26 Mozilla Watch
38:44 Feedback!
46:59 Community Focus: The Ransomware Files
48:57 App Focus: Warp
53:39 Next Time: Kali Linux
56:31 Stinger

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GNU Nano
Dave Taylor's Elm Mail System
Laurence Lundblade and his cohorts were looking for something that had ease-of-use written all over it.
Enter, Pine. The [freeware-like](wayback.archive.org/web/20001201215500/http://www.washington.edu/pine/overview/legal.html) answer.
"freeware-ish" label wasn't good enough. So, in 1999, Chris Allegretta, made changes to address that.
TIP, which stood for TIP Is not Pico, 0.5.0 README.
2016 Looking for a new maintainer.
Still looking
Nano leaves GNU in 2.6.0
Debian acknowledged and accepted the change.
Come back to GNU in 2.7.0.
Latest release August 2, 2022.

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Episode 3:08: Scaling the Alpine

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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We're diskless
We take a LEAF out of the history book
We climb the Alpine mountain
Pick a very small editor
And we don our hoodies

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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 Integrated Network Engine
16:18 2006, Alpine 1.4 | 2007, Alpine 1.5 and 1.6
16:37 2008, Alpine 2.0 Added Busybox
16:54 2009, Alpine 1.8 and 1.9
17:13 2010, Alpine 1.10 and 2.0
18:05 2011, Alpine 2.2 and 2.3
18:28 2012, Alpine 2.4 and 2.5
18:51 2013, Alpine and the Container Renaissance
20:11 2014, Alpine 3.0 and musl libc
20:43 2015, Alpine 3.2, 3.3 and Some Restructuring
21:19 2016, Alpine 3.4, 3.5 and OpenSSL
21:55 2017, Alpine 3.6, 3.7 and PostmarketOS
22:39 2018, Alpine 3.8 and Raspberry Pi 3 Support
23:01 2019, Alpine 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11
24:08 2020, Alpine 3.12 and the Last LEAF
24:28 2021, Alpine 3.13, 3.14 and 3.15
25:10 2022, Alpine 3.16 and the End of the History
26:45 What is Alpine, Really?
41:34 Our Thoughts on Alpine
1:04:07 Next Time! More Text Ed and a New Distro
1:13:58 Stinger

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Alpine Linux the History

Back in 1997, Dave Cineage created the Linux Router Project, or LRP.
The Linux Embedded Appliance Framework, or LEAF project was started
Oxygen
EigerStein
The Linux Router Project was done
The LEAF project was still there
August of 2005, Natanael Copa, while working for a non-profit company on VPNs and firewalls, announced a new distribution on the linux.leaf.devel mailing list.
Alpine originally stood for A Linux Powered Integrated Network Engine.
The earlier versions are a little cloudy, but we see Alpine 1.4 being developed in 2006, 1.5 in 2007, Alpine 1.6 released on April 30th of 2007 and the switch to development of 1.7 in the days after.
Alpine 2.0, the then development branch, first commit "added busybox"
Alpine 1.9 - OpenRC shipped and able to install on hard disks.
A new website is launched
Alpine Linux 2.0 is released
The team announced the Alpine Linux Forum.
Alpine 3.0 is released, and uClibc is dropped in favor of musl libc.
Alpine 3.2 is released and included the MATE desktop.
Alpine 3.3 is released with big renames of the editions that already existed.
Alpine 3.4 is released with support for running within VM's, better DNS support and running on the Linux Kernel's Long Term Support release 4.4.
Alpine 3.5 is released and this marks the first version to drop OpenSSL for LibreSSL.
Alpine 3.6 is released with support for 64-bit PowerPC and IBM z Systems.
Alpine 3.7 is released and now supports EFI and GRUB.
Alpine 3.8 is released a bit behind schedule and marks the only release of the year.
Alpine 3.9 is released improved GRUB support, initial support for the newish ARMv7 and the switch back to OpenSSL.
Alpine 3.10 is released with lightdm for login and display management, which shows a renewed interest in running Alpine on the desktop.
Alpine 3.11 is released with Raspberry Pi 4 support, initial Gnome and KDE Plasma support and the addition of Vulkan, DXVK and the Rust programming language.
Alpine 3.12 is released with support for the D programming language.
Alpine and others just do it better, so LEAF sees its last stable release at 7.0.1
Alpine 3.13 is released and comes with official cloud images for services like AWS, cloud-init and better wifi support on the software side.
Alpine 3.14 is released with fail2ban taking a back seat to sshguard because it... failed... to ban... and ClamAV is now community supported.
Alpine 3.15 is released with kernel module compression using gzip, Gnome 41 and Plasma 5.23 land, and disk encryption is now supported right in the installer.
Alpine 3.16 is released as the last release of this history with better NVMe support, adding SSH keys at boot, a new admin user creation process and a new setup-desktop script for desktop environment installation.

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307: Episode 3:07: Emacs Pinky

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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Network failures
Gaming wins
We get Emacs Pinky
A little browser watch
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

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History Series on Text Editors - Emacs

GNU Emacs
TECO editor
TECO-6, compatible with the PDP-6
Gosling Emacs
Initially Gosling permitted unrestricted redistribution
Free software movement
UniPress began to redistribute and sell Gosling's Emacs on UNIX and VMS
Interview in 2013 via Slashdot, Richard Stallman said:
The Free Software Foundation is born
Richard Gabriel's Lucid Inc needed version 19 to support their IDE, Energize C++.
Emacs 21.1 brought
Emacs 22.1 brought
The last official release of XEmacs
Emacs 23.1 brought
Emacs 24.1 brought
Emacs 25.1 brought
Emacs 26.1 brought
Emacs 27.1 brought
Emacs 28.1 brought
September 12, 2022 Emacs 28.2, the latest maintenance release is out

Further Reading
The Beginnings of TECO
Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL
https://www.jwz.org/doc/emacs-timeline.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20000819071104/http%3A//www.multicians.org/mepap.html
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/history.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20131024150047/http://www.codeartnow.com/hacker-art-1/macsimizing-teco
https://web.archive.org/web/20101122021051/http://commandline.org.uk/2007/history-of-emacs-and-xemacs/

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Mark (Youtube) Nice Green day shirt, and actually nice Nintendo shirt too, nice shirt all round.
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Bhiku (Email) Mozilla Neural Machine Translation Engine
Unleashing the power of GNU Nano

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Episode 3:06: How to Clear

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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We try to contain ourselves.
Clearly, all the history you need
Our clear hindsight
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
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1:15:45 Stinger

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Clear Linux the History

2015 - February 6th Clear Linux was officially released. The only reference we found
2015 - February 9 - The first downloadable images, marked 300, 310, 320, 330 and 340, show up at clearlinux.org .
Arjan van de Ven penned an article
2016 - April 22 - Announcement that the Container-only OS will now start shipping a desktop for developers.
In parallel, Robert Nesius announces
Enter, Flatpak.
The auto-updater is here
XFCE, while still available, is no longer the default desktop. It's Gnome 3.24.
The first Issue in Github about ffmpeg not being included shows up.
"How to Clear"
Wireguard is added
Snap was and will remain unavailable and unsupported.
A new installer beta is floating around
The public forum is live!
Cups enabled by default.
version 2.0 of the new installer is released with a full graphical interface!
An appeal to Linux developers.
Offline installations are now available
exFAT is available
The distro will focus less on Desktop
Clear Linux pulls out a win over EndeavourOS on the Ryzen 9 5900x.
Ubuntu 21.04 enjoys plenty of kernel performance improvements, but Clear wins in all but a handful of benchmarks.
Against Windows 11, Windows 10, Ubuntu 21.10, 21.04, and Arch Linux, Clear Linux wins in 68 out of 102 benchmarks. Windows 11 won 1.
The first third-party swupd repo (that we could find)!
Clear switches from the -O2 compiler flag for the kernel to -O3 for more SPEED

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Episode 3:05: How to Exit Vim

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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Vim stories
The quick history of vi and vim
A snappy Mozilla watch
Gnome can toggle too
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
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1:07:35 Stinger

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vi (Pronounced V, I)
vim
vi wikipedia page
Vim wikipedia page
George Colouris
Bill Joy
ADM-3A Terminal and the keyboard layout
Bill also hacked together a temporary, intermediary editor
1987 - A limited vi clone STEVIE, the ST Editor for VI Enthusiasts, was born.
1988 - Bram Moolenaar took the source for STEVIE and ported it to the Amiga which marked the first release of Vim. It was also known as the "wq text editor" at the time. Most folks take the acronym to mean vi Improved, but originally, it stood for vi Imitation. It took on the Improved meaning later in 1993 around version 2.
Bram Moolenaar
Bram's Web page
elvis
nvi was born
The original vi source code was released as open source.
2020 - Fedora switches from Vim to nano for the default text editor
June 28, 2022 - Vim 9.0 is released!

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Episode 3:04: The Endeavour Endeavor

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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Is Endeavour Arch?
The history of Endeavour
We belly up to the saloon
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

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Endeavour the History

Some fast links:

History:

May 2019 - Antergos ends...
June 23 2019 - The EndeavourOS website is launched.
July 2 2019 - The Forum is launched.
July 7 2019 - The Mastodon account is announced.
July 10 2019 - The first beta is available.
July 15 2019 - The first offline stable release is available.
The path is set.
The Discovery magazine will be much more.
The Kalu update notifier is busted but gets replaced quickly by eos-update-notifier.
"Rolling Release Distros Suck" article from Discovery.
The addition of the Alpix mirror.
There's a recurring theme on the forum. Chill out!
The Welcome app gets a facelift!
EndeavourOS ARM is launched.
Discovery is discontinued.
The Raspberry Pi 4 gets 64-bit support.
Artemis Neo is here!

Community Focus

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App Focus

trash-cli

trash-cli provides:

trash-put           trash files and directories.
trash-empty         empty the trashcan(s).
trash-list          list trashed files.
trash-restore       restore a trashed file.
trash-rm            remove individual files from the trashcan.

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Episode 3:03: Text Ed

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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

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Ubuntu Desktop, but better? It's fresh anyway.
A short history of ed
The Missing Thoughts on Ubuntu
A sip of coffee
And an app that soars loudly

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Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa) Cinnamon Beta
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS more Thoughts

Firefox Snap speed improvements
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Applications Leo wishes were Snaps Touché and Amberol

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Feedback - Larry

Likes Linux Mint Mate

Use what works for you, Larry. Mint Mate is solid.
We are glad you like the new music and format, thanks for the feedback.

Community Focus

Stevesveryown Youtube Channel

App Focus

Thunderbird

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Episode 3:02: The Utopic Tale of Ubuntu

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

The origins of the shirts
Ubuntu's history
And some thoughts on 22.04

Video version
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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
1:28:49 2018
1:31:17 2019
1:33:49 2020
1:35:55 2021
1:37:19 2022
1:39:43 A Couple Thoughts on Ubuntu
1:48:13 A New Distro, and a Thanks!
1:50:26 Stinger

Banter

Announcements

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Ubuntu The Saga

Some fast links:

There are way too many links to get them all!

We gathered a great deal from the official Ubuntu Blog

The Inception
Bug #1
October 20, 2004 Warty Warthog 4.10 was the first release.
Shipit came about the same time
Hoary Hedgehog, 5.04, is released adding KDE and the Kubuntu flavor.
Ubuntu Foundation is Created
Warty's 18 months are up
Dapper Drake, 6.06, is released. To date the only release that was late. Also, Xubuntu joined the family with the Xfce desktop.
Scott James Remnant dubbed it the Late To Ship release
Edgy Eft, 6.10 is released, now with more Upstart
Launch Pad 1.0 Beta released
Dell offers Ubuntu 7.04 on select devices in the US
first release of Ubuntu Studio
Gutsy Gibbon, 7.10 Desktop, is released. Mythubuntu and Gobuntu appear here.
Launchpad is released
System76 joined the fray
Landscape, system management and monitoring tools for Ubuntu, launches
Hardy Heron, 8.04 LTS, released for Desktop. Wubi is also released.
Gobuntu has been made redundant
Launchpad 2.0 released
Canonical open sources Launchpad
Karmic Koala, 9.10, is relased and so is Ubuntu One
Lucid Lynx, 10.04, released and the first hints of Lubuntu, though not official yet.
Unity announced
Ubuntu and Canonical sites get a facelift. See it here
Canonical announces Ubuntu Advantage
Unity shows lots of improvement, but it's NOT A DOCK! (See it in action)
Quitter talk - Blog post
Shipit comes to an end
Oneiric Ocelot, 11.10, is released. and Lubuntu becomes official.
The HUD is introduced.
Precise Pangolin, 12.04, is released. Includes the Heads Up Display
Favorable reviews of Ubuntu as a whole, but also Unity
The traditional installer/live CD is dead.
Ubuntu comes to the phone
Raring Ringtail, 13.04, is released.
- focus on mobile ahead of the 14.04 release
- Wubi has unresolved bugs
- Ubuntu Kylin was born
Ubuntu Edge Announced.
Edge fails to meet its goal
Ubuntu Kylin hits 1.3m downloads
Ubuntu One's file services are being shut down
Ubuntu Mate Remix is announced
Mark Shuttleworth announces "Snappy Ubuntu"
The BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu edition is available
"Snappy Ubuntu Core" on Raspberry Pi 2
Vivid Vervet 15.04, is released.
- Ubuntu MATE, nearly called Mubuntu, gets its first "official flavor" release
Snapcraft is announced and Snappy Apps are being called Snaps now
ZFS is coming to Ubuntu
Acknowledgement that Snaps don't quite look right a lot of times.
Mark Shuttleworth announces that Ubuntu's Unity experiement has failed and Gnome, not Unity8 will be the default session in Ubuntu 18.04. This also marks the end of Ubuntu Phone.
The next day, however, Marius Gripsgard of UBPorts stepped up to take the reins.
Zesty Zappus, 17.04, is released. and with it Ubuntu Budgie becomes an official flavor.
Ubuntu 16.04 shows up in the Windows Store, for the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Canonical joins the Gnome Foundation Advisory Board ahead of the 18.04 release.
Bionic Beaver, 18.04, is released. and Gnome is the default DE again.
Bryan Quigley, looks to drop 32-bit hardware support
Cosmic Cuttlefish, 18.10, is released.
- 32-bit support is now in consideration to be removed, so upgrades from 18.04 are forbidden on 32-bit installs.
- Lubuntu Switches to LXQt from LXDE
Mir 1.0 is released
Disco Dingo, 19.04, is released. No more 32bit isos, long live 32bit.
Ubuntu for WSL2
i386 architecture, or rather 32-bit support, will be dropped
i386 architecture will not be dropped
Eoan Ermine 19.10, is released.
- Experimental ZFS support on installation is available
- Chromium is snap-only
Rocco Interviews Mark Shuttleworth on Linux Spotlight
Ubuntu in Pop Culture
Focal Fossa, 20.04, is released.
- Hardware enablement is on by default on the desktop.
- The Snap Store tags in for Ubuntu Software
Groovy Gorilla 20.10, is released.
- Active Directory support gets added to the installer
Snaps get faster
Another lurch forward for snap theming.
The Ubuntu installer is being rewritten in Flutter.
Impish Indri, 21.10, is released.
- Firefox follows Chromium and switches from a deb to a snap - Only for main Ubuntu, not the flavors... yet.
Ubuntu gets their shiny new logo
Jammy Jellyfish, 22.04, is released.
- Better Active Directory integration
- Flavors follow main Ubuntu and switch to the snap of Firefox.
A big push to improve Firefox snap performance
The push to improve Firefox continues

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Episode 3:01: Total Community Protection

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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

We'll chat on the deck
Watch some Mozilla
Drop some cookies for season 3
and listen to some blurry tunes

Banter

Steamdeck

Announcements

Changes to the show.
Introducing "Community Focus"
Distro history will be on even numbered episodes
What do you think of TilVIDs
Give us a sub on YouTube
You can watch us live on Twitch the day after an episode drops.

Mozilla (Browser?) Watch

Total Cookie Protection
Better mic support in 101
Firefox 102
This release will be the new ESR as the current Firefox 91 ESR goes EOL 9/20/22
De-AMP with Brave

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OMG OOMD

SystemD OOMD service
The reddit thread that started the conversation
SystemD OOMD nukes your applications
SystemD OOMD is getting fixed?
Canonical's Nick Rosbrook has opened a PR
For reference Fedora enabled OOMD in F34
Fedora had a couple of issues like this and this too.

Housekeeping

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Community Focus

PostmarketOS Podcast

App Focus

Amberol
Emmanuele Bassi
https://www.bassi.io/

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Episode 2:20: AFK, TTYL

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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 Time
2:02:45 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

We look to the past
We look to the present
And we look to the future

Banter - Stay Tuned

We are taking a break but we will be back soon (a couple of months). We plan to keep our livestreams going on twitch. Watch our socials and linuxuserspace.show
We look back at our season

Fedora 36 is coming

Ubuntu 22.04 is also coming

Phishing for the Experienced

Feedback

Levsky via YouTube - Slackware

Is it good to learn for professional advancement? Listen to our thoughts.

Peter via YouTube - on past episodes

We moved YouTube channels some time ago.
We plan to post "reruns" during the offseason while we upload past episodes. Watch the playlists on our channel for updates.
Make sure to ring the bell and subscribe :smile:

Lioh via Email - on Proper Slacking

slackpkg hook to help with kernel upgrades
wget https://linuxkurs.ch/kurs/zlookkernel.sh -O /usr/libexec/slackpkg/functions.d/zlookkernel.sh
chmod +x /usr/libexec/slackpkg/functions.d/zlookkernel.sh
Lioh's Open Source Linux course (for beginners!) based on Slackware (in German)

CubicleNate via Patreon - on Xfree86 transition

Larry via Email - on KDE Plasma

Eric via Matrix - on the Framework Laptop

Framework Laptop

Aris via Discord - on Distro Benefits

Housekeeping

Linux Out Loud Podcast from the Destination Linux Network.
Linux User Space subreddit
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Linux User Space Discord Server
Our Matrix room
Support us at Patreon
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LUS is on Mastodon
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App Focus

Metadata Cleaner

We look back at the great apps

Dan - FreshRSS, Kid3, Quickemu
Leo - Nextcloud, FreshRSS, Firefox Multi-account Containers

Next Time

We return from our break. Our first show back will be a topic show. We have some things we anticipate we will be covering throughout the season, Leo's Framework Laptop, My SteamDeck, Leo's Pinephone.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS in Season 3 Episode 2

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Episode 2:19: Cut Us Some Slack

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

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

Leo picked up a frame
Slackware. All the Slackware
How we blew up our Slackware
And we spruce up the terminal

Banter

The Framwork Laptop

Slackware Linux

Leadership: Patrick J. Volkerding
Site: slackware.com
Base System: Slackware
Desktop Environment: XFCE, Plasma, etc., etc.
File Manager: DE defaults
Package Manager: slackpkg, pkgtool
Kernel: 5.15.19
Display Manager: *lightdm, sddm, +, + *
Display Protocol: X11 and Wayland
Init System: rc init (BSD style) with SysVinit compatibility

Fast Links

History

Some other links

Housekeeping

Slackware ARM Podcast
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App Focus

lsd
This episode's app:

lsd
Note Nerd Fonts are helpful

Next Time

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Episode 2:18: All It Takes Is 15 Minutes

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0500

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

Leo stores it away
Feedback safely
Tips for your Slackware
All it takes is 15 minutes...
We have something Awesome for you
Our app is built on clouds.

Banter - Leo's New SSD

SK Hynix Gold s31

Feedback items

Hackerdefo

Use Cloudflare or other DNS services
Use DNS over HTTPS in your browser
Use system wide advert/malware blocker. Plenty of tools out there but I'll plug a script of mine
Zettlr
VsCodium
Hackerdefo's blog
Hackerdefo's projects

Leo switched to Quad9

Some other great tools.

PiHole
AdGuard
DNS Checking can be done with IPVoid
Quad9 has a page where you can tell if something is blocked too.

Steve(Mowest)

Raspberry Pi model comparison. The OG came out in 2012!
PiVPN
YADM
Steve's Blog post

15 Minute Bug Initiative from KDE

The bug list
Check out Nate Graham's blog pointieststick

There are Linux bugs!

Housekeeping

Awesome Open Source YouTube channel
Linux User Space subreddit
Email us - contact@linuxuserspace.show
Linux User Space Discord Server
Our Matrix room
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App Focus

Nextcloud

Next Time

We wrap up our thoughts on Slackware

Slackware Linux

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Episode 2:17: XXL MX

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0500

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

It smells like Pine trees in here...
We have swagbags
The extra large history of MX Linux
Our thoughts on a month of MX
All the news that's picked to print!

Banter

MX Linux

Leadership: Adrian, Dolphin Oracle, Jerry3904
Spokesperson: Dolphin Oracle
Site: mxlinux.org
Base System: Debian Stable
Desktop Environment: XFCE, Plasma, Fluxbox
File Manager: Thunar, Dolphin
Package Manager: dpkg, apt
Kernel: 5.10 LTS or 5.14 AHS
Display Manager: lightdm, sddm
Display Protocol: X11
Init System: SysVinit with systemd installed

History

Wikipedia page for MX Linux
About MX Linux from the MX Linux website
"MX is based on AntiX Core
Interview with Warren Woodford of MEPIS
Warren's last announcement on MEPIS
Jerry3904 notes it in the forum
Some MX startup facts
Mar 24 2014, MX-14 Symbiosis Released
The Blog is launched.
MX-17 Horizon is released
Some incorrect package dependencies forced an incomplete upgrade
MX-18 Continuum released
The new website was launched
A kernel issue showed up
MX-19, Patito Feo was released
MX backports the Debian 10 kernel
The AHS repo was born
The Fluxbox 2.0 beta was ready
Starlabs offers MX Linux Preinstalled
The MX Workbench is released!
No MX20 announcement
XFCE 4.16 is available
MX-Fluxbox "Ragout" for the Raspberry Pi released
MX-21 Wildflower Released
The first beta of the Raspberry Pi respin, Ragout2

Housekeeping

runwiththedolphin YouTube channel
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App Focus

FreshRSS
This episode's app:

FreshRSS

Next Time

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Episode 2:16: Linux Space

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0500

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

Dan hops up on the Soapbox.
We expand on nothing.
Is Linux vulnerable?
We peer through the Steam.
Microsoft is buying a snow storm.
Leo is crazy about Chromium?
Our plug prys with a crowbar.
We mind our p's and q's.

Banter - Dan's Social Soapbox

Recent Linux After Dark episode
Danielle Fore's tweet that inspired my soapbox moment.
Our episode last season on toxicity
And a follow-up where we interviewed Stuart Langridge
Just be excellent to one another!

NixOS feedback

Reddit thread that contains a great follow-upfrom Jon Ringer the release manager. Unfortunately it was after we recorded this episode. DO READ.
Nix in a professional setting
More about Nix in a professional setting
Using Nix as a professional by Marty Henderson
NixOS commercial support services
This article came out after our show
Built With Nix
Flakes!
Roadmap and release cycle
request for comment (RFC)

Linux is VULNERABLE!!11!1ONE1!

Crowdstrike
Intezer, last year, reported
ClamAV is the answer? It is really geared more toward mail gateways as is Amavis
Microsoft Defender? That isn't really ready for the desktop yet.
Possibly Sophos
Norton 360 can mine
NortonLifeLock group aquired Avira Antivirus
Avira

Steamdeck making huge progress ahead of general release

Battleye Anti-Cheat support was rolled out
Easy Anti-Cheat is supported
If you reserved a spot, watch your email!
cloud saves in Steam will sync between PC and Steam Deck

Microsoft acquires Blizzard

Scrolling in Chromium

THE won't fix Bug

Housekeeping

Crowbar Kernel Panic
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App Focus

Apostrophe
Apostrophe

Next Time

We wrap up our thoughts on NixOS

MX Linux

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

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0500

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

We Pi-ify the Wireguard
The history of NixOS
Will we nix the Nix?
and TL;DR, tldr

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Banter

[Wireguard](wireguard.io) on a Pi 2B+?

NixOS

Original developer: Eelco Dolstra (Nix), Armijn Hemel (NixOS)
Site: nixos.org
Base System: Independent
Desktop Environment: Gnome or Plasma
File Manager: Files or Dolphin
Package Manager: nix
Kernel: 5.15.11
Display Manager: gdm or sddm
Display Protocol: X11, Wayland

History

Wikipedia page for NixOS
About NixOS from the NixOS Wiki
History of the NixOS Wiki
Started as a research project in 2003
- Thesis
Dec 2008 Linux.com writes
Jun 2009 LWN.net writes
Sep 2010 XFCE is added
Nov 2011 NixOS moves to Github
2012 Nix 1.0 released
Feb 2013 NixOS moves from Upstart to systemd
Jun 2013 NixOps is released
Oct 2013 NixOS 13.10, Aardvark released!
The French website LinuxFR covers NixOS 14.04.
Another 2014 Review by Ordinatechnic
2015 review from LinuxFR
A talk by Rok Garbas titled "Make Nix Friendlier for Beginners"
Distrowatch 15.09 review
Aug 2016 Presentation from one of the team
2017 See the NixOS "weekly" newsletter for the first time
Distrowatch 17.03 review
Nix 2.0, Released
2020 Review
NixOS 21.11, Porcupine Released

Housekeeping

Distrohoppers Digest
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App Focus

tldr
This episode's app:

tldr

Next Time

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Episode 2:14: Carry on my Wayland Son

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0500

0:00 Cold Open
2:28 Banter: Void Linux Bits
4:46 Feedback: Kyle S
17:26 DuckDuckGo Desktop Browser
21:35 DuckDuckGo Search Up 46%
24:45 Brave Browser Protects Network-State
29:44 Hold On, Ghostery Dawn?
36:49 No Manifest v3 For Me!
51:57 Audacity 50x Faster
57:31 Krita Gets New Features
1:03:12 Wayland Uses Less Energy Than X
1:08:37 Wayland Games Better Than X, Too!
1:13:20 Housekeeping
1:19:13 App Focus: Kid3, EasyTag
1:25:48 Next Time: NixOS
1:28:03 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

Browsers on Browsers
Manifest v3 is not for me
Audacity X50 speed
Krita sees a big release
So Far aWayland from me
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Banter - Feedback

Void Linux bits (Thanks Duncaen)
Vanilla Linux - That was Void's original name.
xbps-src was originally called pkgfs
And Juan P (Xtraeme) had some early ramblings on Void and its upbringing!
Kyle's Email - Thanks for your feedback!
- Some gdebi info
- If you are on a KDE plasma desktop, Discover can install .deb packages too. Like gdebi, just right click on the file and select Discover to open with.
- General Github software download techniques.
  - Look for a releases section and download the binary release from there.
  - If you don't see that look for the code button and download the zip file. You can also use git (If you know how and have it installed) and just copy the git url in the code button too.
- So you downloaded a shell script...
  - I try to keep it organized and place them in ~/bin
  - You can add that to your $PATH (perhaps a bit advanced) to make it easier to call.
  - You can give it the executable flag, (most file managers have this option). Or change mode on the command line - chmod +x FILENAME
  - To start your script: ./FILENAME.sh
  - While you may not understand all of the code, it is a good idea to glance at it.

$BROWSER Watch

Duck Duck Go Browser
- DuckDuckGo Search Up by 46%
Brave Browser Protects Network-State for Added Privacy
Hold On, Ghostery Dawn?
- And a search engine, too! Glow

Privacy Watch

Audacity 3.1.3 is released.

Audacity 3.1.3
- The bold claim - Improved performance. Loading in projects especially should now be up to 50x faster compared to 3.1.0
- Many bugfixes too.
Bigger question: Is Audacity still on everyone's no-install list?

Krita 5.0 is released.

Official release announcement
Highlights:
- It has a revamped animation system
- A brand new storyboard editor
- A session recorder that'll let you make videos out of your work
- and tons more stuff

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NixOS

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Episode 2:13: Some Assembly Required

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0500

0:00 Cold Open
1:32 Banter: Flatpak, Otra Vez
11:32 Banter: Updates Once a Year
21:18 History: Void Linux
1:18:43 Distro Talk: Void Linux
1:31:03 Housekeeping
1:36:30 App Focus: Syncthing
1:40:23 Next Time
1:43:58 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

Flatpaks back on track
I update once a year, do you?
We enter the Void
We age in the Void
Tech with a Bloke
and Monitor the situation

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Banter - Did we fall flat?

Phaedrus Leeds
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Void Linux

Original developer: Juan Romero Pardines (xtraeme) Initial release 2008
Site: voidlinux.org
Old Site: voidlinux.eu and voidlinux.com (dead since 2018)
Base System: Independent
Desktop Environment: XFCE
File Manager: Thunar
Package Manager: xbps (Xtraeme's Binary Package System)
Kernel: Rolling 5.15.8 right now
Display Manager: lightdm
Display Protocol: X11, Wayland
Project Members: from Github

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System Monitoring Center

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Episode 2:12: Chunkypaks

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0500

0:00 Cold Open
2:19 Banter: Retro Gaming
18:42 Browser Watch: Firefox Relay
28:17 Browser Watch: DDG Email Protection
38:31 Browser Watch: Edge's Zip
47:44 Topic: Flatpak. Future or Folly
1:19:29 Housekeeping
1:24:14 Email Feedback: Ed
1:29:29 App Focus: Stylepak
1:35:31 Next Time: Void Linux
1:37:28 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

Game time with Leo
Browser Watch is Super Duper
with Cinnamon Spice
I see some slacking in the future
Let's hope it isn't flat
I know Leo will give me style

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Browser Watch

Flatpak. Future or Folly?

Flatpak Is Not the Future
Size and Deduplication Rebuttal
note since we recorded this episode Jupiter Broadcasting released a Linux Unplugged episode covering this too. It too is worth a listen

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Stylepak

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Void Linux

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Episode 2:11: Tatertop and the Legend of Zorin

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0500

0:00 Cold Open
2:09 Banter: Tater Top
11:35 History: Zorin OS
50:24 Distro Talk: Zorin OS
1:18:23 Housekeeping
1:25:01 App Focus: Syncthing
1:33:02 Next Time
1:37:10 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

We fry the tater top
The Legend of Zorin
And how we fit in
We sync some stuff
And finally, pick an empty distro

Banter - Tatertop

Zorin OS

Site: zorin.com
Base System: Ubuntu
Desktop Environment: Core: Gnome Lite: XFCE
File Manager: Core: Files Lite: Thunar
Package Manager: dpkg - apt
Kernel: HWE Ubuntu 5.11.0-40
Display Manager: *Core: GDM Lite: lightdm*
Display Protocol: X11
Project Leaders: Artyom and Kyril Zorin

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SyncThing

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Episode 2:10: Watch_OUT!

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0500

0:00 Cold Open
1:34 Banter: IP Bloggin
12:04 Topic: Ubuntu's Flutter Installer
17:59 Topic: Fedora 35
21:15 Topic: Linux Kernel 5.15
24:51 Topic: Edge Watch!
29:48 Topic: TOK
32:43 Topic: Mozilla Watch!
54:47 Topic: Brave Watch!
1:02:35 Topic: Trojan Source
1:08:54 Housekeeping
1:14:04 App Focus: Fragments
1:19:29 Next Time
1:22:57 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

Some ip peeking
Installing with Flutter
Edge Watch
Mozilla Watch
Brave Watch
And fragmented downloads

Banter -

Leo is working on a blog post about some basic ip commands.
ip -c a
ip -br -c a
ip -br -c l
ip -br -c n
ip -c r
resolvectl dns

Ubuntu Flutter Installer

It is in the daily test isos Look for the Canary builds.

Fedora 35 Release Party!

Linux Kernel 5.15 released

Edge Watch Microsoft Edge Now Stable on Linux

Official announcement in there somewhere

TOK, a KDE-Telegram Client

Mozilla Watch Firefox turns 94

Plasma Browser Integration Unavailable because of MFA Requirement

The delayed commit

More useful mobile Home page

Brave Watch Brave Ditches Google, Qwant and DuckDuckGo by Default

Unicode's Bidi Algorithm Breaks All Code Forever

Rust is the first to patch (that Leo found)

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Gnome Fragments
Gnome Fragments

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Zorin OS

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Episode 2:09: Garudians of the Galaxy

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0400

0:00 Cold Open
1:15 Coming Up
1:50 Banter - Gitea in Docker
11:48 History: Garuda
52:27 Thoughts: Garuda
1:15:42 Housekeeping
1:21:36 App Focus
1:33:46 Next Time
1:35:28 Thank You
1:36:24 Stinger

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Coming up in this episode

Leo got tea in Docker
We teach you how to train your Dragon
We fly like an eagle
Our app pick helps Leo install Mac and Windows

Banter - Tea Time, come and Git it.

Gitea

Garuda Linux

Garuda Linux
Wikipedia page for Garuda
Gnome was almost officially dropped
The site gets its first revamp.
Calamares gets a facelift
The Ultimate Edition is killed
performance-tweaks is introduced
Wayfire is official
Distrowatch Review
9to5 Linux coverage
btrfs subvolume layout's current form is finalized
The iconic Garuda look is added.
Starship shell
Firedragon, Librewolf fork which is a Firefox fork, becomes the default browser.
Chaotic AUR turns three!

Site: garudalinux.org formerly garudalinux.in
Base System: Arch
Desktop Environment: Flagship: Plasma
File Manager: Flagship: Dolphin
Package Manager: pacman
Kernel: Most Up To Date Zen Kernel
Display Manager: Flagship: SDDM
Display Protocol: Wayland or X11
Project Leaders: Librewish, SGS & Dragonfire
Other Team Members

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Quickemu
This episode's app:

Quickemu

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Episode 2:08: I'mma Snap on You

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0400

0:00 Cold Open
1:51 Preview
2:26 Beta Banter
16:00 Packaging Discussion
41:33 Snapzilla Watch
58:23 Firefox Suggest
1:01:28 Bing Me Up, Scotty
1:07:29 Housekeeping
1:11:24 Extension Focus
1:18:59 Next Time (Garuda!)
1:20:02 Thank you!
1:20:58 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

Beta Banter
Hybrid Packaging Feedback
Snapzilla watch

From the thumb

California Games

Banter - Beta to the Max

Ubuntu 21.10 Beta (Now RC) edit doh! Dan gets dates wrong, 10/14 is the proposed release date.
Fedora 35 Beta
MX Linux RC

Distro Packaging vs Snap/Flatpak

Mozilla Watch, Snap Watch, Snapzilla Watch?!

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Firefox Multi-Account Containers
This episode's app:

Firefox Multi-Account Containers.

Next Time

We wrap up our thoughts on Garuda Linux.

Garuda Linux

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Episode 2:07: It is an Ecosystem Dear Watson

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0400

0:00 Cold Open
0:48 Coming Up
1:22 Banter: Keychron
8:31 History: elementary OS
45:40 Thoughts: elementary OS
1:04:16 Laptop Suspend Bug
1:15:14 Housekeeping
1:24:44 AppFocus: OpenSnitch
1:31:16 Next Time
1:31:49 Distro of the Month Reveal
1:34:28 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

Leo types on clouds
We take a trip down memory lane with elementary
We look at the current state of Odin
Finally, we snitch on apps

Banter - The Keyboard

Leo's new keyboard

Elementary OS

Name - Elementary OS
Base System - Ubuntu LTS
Desktop Environment - Pantheon
File Manager - Files
Package Manager - dpkg - apt
Kernel - 5.11.0-34 as of today
Display Manager - gala
X11 -
Project Leaders: Cassidy James Blaede and Danielle Foré
Team Members

Housekeeping

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OpenSnitch
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Opensnitch

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Episode 2:06: NVMe Catastrophe

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0400

0:00 - Show Start
1:06 - Coming Up
1:41 - Banter
7:06 - Feedback, Mattias
16:34 - The Disk Bait and Switch
30:48 - apps.gnome.org
36:35 - Mozilla Watch
45:02 - The Kernel
59:14 - Housekeeping
1:02:55 - App Focus: Keysmith and Gnome Authenticator
1:15:08 - Stinger

Coming up in this episode

We'll redirect your feedback.
We talk about a driving force.
Apps that are not focused.
Watch out for the Mozilla.
Kernels keep on poppin'.
We give a little TLC to the PC.
We bring on all the factors for the focus.

Banter

Feedback

Mattias' blog post Thanks for your continued feedback!

Drive Manufacturers are sketchy

Gnome Apps

The new Gnome Apps web site

Mozilla Watch

Linux Kernel 5.14 (now released) - KVM on ARM and 5.15 has some great things coming

Housekeeping

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Gnome Authenticator and Keysmith
This episode's apps:

Next Time

We wrap our time with Elementary OS

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Episode 2:05: LeoNix

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0400

0:00:00 The beginning
0:00:36 This Episode
0:01:11 Banter: Packaging
0:07:35 Banter: Keyboards
0:13:29 History of Arch
0:51:20 Opinions on Arch
1:14:13 Housekeeping
1:18:07 App Focus: Krita
1:24:12 Next Time
1:24:56 Distro Reveal
1:26:32 Thanks
1:27:14 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

Dan delivers
The strongest form of architecture
We answer: Which way to my wiki?!
And logos get vectored

Banter

Ubuntu Feature Freeze

Arch Linux

Name - Arch Linux
Base System - Arch
Desktop Environment - Any
File Manager - All
Package Manager - pacman
Kernel - Rolling 5.13.12 as of today
Display Manager - All
Wayland or X11 -
Project Leader: Levante Polyak

Housekeeping

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Krita
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Krita

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Episode 2:04: It is getting Steamy in here

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

It gets Steamy
Cover the kids' eyes
We discuss the king of gods
Something is jingling around
Our podcast and app suggestions help to openly secure things up

Banter

Feedback

SWAG Reverse proxy
- Thanks Mattias
Snap Store
- Thanks Lanternfly

Steam Deck

ElementaryOS 6 Odin Released

Blog Post

JingPad

Apple's Expanded Protections for Children

Housekeeping

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PrivacyBadger
This episode's app:

PrivacyBadger

Next Time

We wrap our time with Arch Linux

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Episode 2:03: KaOS Theory

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

We guard the wires
Make a little KaOS
Ring your LaraBEL
Cover up some oopsies
And the next distro will be...

Preshow

Wireguard

KaOS

Name - KaOS
Base System - KaOS - Arch inspired but independant
Desktop Environment - Plasma
File Manager - *Dolphin
Package Manager - pacman
Graphical Package Manager - Octopi
Kernel - Rolling 5.12 as of today
Display Manager - SDDM
Wayland or X11 -
Main Dev: Anke Boersma - Demmm

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Timeshift
This episode's app:

Timeshift

Next Time

We discuss topics and Feedback that impact your User Space

Our distro is Arch Linux

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Episode 2:02: No FTP for you!

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

We interrupt you for a public service
Mozilla Watch
The Tenacity of Audacity
We make waves with our app

Preshow

Traefik

Ubuntu 20.10 PSA

Ubuntu (and flavors) 20.10 is EOL July 22nd 2021 Update ASAP to 21.04

Mozilla Watch

Firefox 90 released
DNS over HTTPS Now the Default in Canada
- The TRR Program

Audacity

Feedback - Security

Housekeeping

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Gnome Sound Recorder, kwave
This episode's apps:

Next Time

We discuss topics and Feedback that impact your User Space

Our distro is KaOS

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Episode 2:01: Network Faffery

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

Mozilla Watch
Simon Peter refines our take on AppImages
That there Freenode kerfuffle
And No teary just Geary

Preshow

Leo's new build -
- Ryzen 7 5800x
- MSI MPG B500 Gaming Plus
- Radeon RX 5700x
- G.Skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz
- CM ML 120 V2 RGB -> Hyper 212 Evo RGB
- WD Black NVMe
- AData SX7000

Mozilla Watch

AppImages

Simon Peter's AppImage Comment
Make. It. Simple. Linux Desktop Usability.
Around January Leo tweeted advocating a Mac-like experience.

Freenode drama

Housekeeping

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Geary
This episode's app:

Geary

Next Time

We discuss topics and Feedback that impact your User Space

Our next distro is KaOS

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Episode 20: Linux Federation Space

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

We get federated
Mozilla watch
We've been working 9 to 5
We toot on the go with our app.

Preshow

Mastodon

Mastodon
What is Mastodon?
Mastodon roots
Eugen Rochko
ActivityPub
- Pleroma
- Pixelfed
- Misskey
- PeerTube
- Plume
Mastodon Apps

Mozilla Watch

Gnome 40

Beta Announcement
And now (after we record) Gnome 40 Release Announcement
Gnome Extensions Rebooted

Follow-ups

Eric Adams' Appimage Launcher video
Manjaro Arm

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Tootle and Fedilab
This episode's app(s):

Tootle
Fedilab
- note from Dan: I didn't realize the Google Play Store version is now a pay app. It is still opensource and available on Fdroid.

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Episode 19: @ Me Bro

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday Linux Nitrux Extravaganza
We gonna show you how to get your FLOSS on
and we get all Sheepish with our packages

Nitrux

Basic Distro Details

Name - Nitrux
Base System - Ubuntu-Neon/Devuan/Nitrux
Desktop Environment - Plasma
File Manager - Index
Package Manager - Discover
Kernel - Rolling 5.4 as of today
Display Manager - SDDM
Wayland or X11

Help Ubuntu (and flavors) find bugs for the 21.04 release.

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Bauh
This episode's app: Bauh

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Episode 18: We've entered the [matrix]

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

We make a choice, the red one or the blue one?
We recommend a great weekly podcast.
We get to the basics for our app.

[matrix]

matrix.org
matrix from wikipedia
Some of the more popular servers.
Some of the more popular clients.
- element - formerly riot
- fluffychat
- fractal
- nheko
- neochat
Some of the features.
- Voip
- Video too
- bridging
A little history.

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New Discord Server

New Matrix Room

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Element
This episode's app: element

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Episode 17: Boosted Toot

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

We mix up Debs and RPMs
We sip on a La Croix
Trim the hedges
And we reveal the next distro – WHICH IS…

PCLinuxOS

Basic Distro Details

Name - PCLinuxOS
Base System - PCLinuxOS
Desktop Environment - Plasma, MATE, XFCE, Trinity, LXDE, OpenBox
File Manager - ****
Package Manager - Synaptic
Kernel - *Rolling *
Display Manager - DE
X11 no Wayland -

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HedgeDoc/CodiMD
This episode's app: HedgeDoc

Name/Fork History

"Multiplayer text editor" - Leo Chavez 2021

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Episode 16: Full on Nerd

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

We feed on some backs
Check in with our Mozilla correspondent
Godzilla meets a fire engine

Email Feedback

Mozilla Watch...

Super Cookies blocked!
Development for PWAs stops

Chrome(ium) Watch

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Going Linux

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Rescuezilla
This episode's app: Rescuezilla

They have a Patreon page

It is a Swiss Army Tool Knife too :)

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Episode 15: Swiss Army Tool Knife

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

The wind hits our Solus
Our podcast recommendation is dark
Our app is focused on 3 letters.
And we reveal February’s distro – WHICH IS…

Banter

Asahi Linux

Solus

Basic Distro Details

Name - Solus
Base System - Solus
Desktop Environment - Budgie, GNOME, MATE, KDE Plasma
File Manager - GNOME Files
Package Manager - eopkg
Kernel - 5.10
Display Manager - DE
X11 no Wayland

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VLC aka VideoLAN Client
This episode's app: VLC

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Episode 14: The WOW Factor

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

XFace gets a new face
CentOS rocks your world
Mozilla Watch
We wish upon a star
And we think inside the box

Preshow

Wowstick 1F on Amazon

XFCE 4.14 --> 4.16

Official Announcement
Official Tour, highlighting the new color palette
https://9to5linux.com/xfce-4-16-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
TL;DR - Fractional scaling. New Icons. Cleaned up dialogs and settings menus.

CentOS Linux announcement

CentOS
Official Announcement
Old "Rough" Timeline
- Fedora --> wait some years --> Centos Stream --> wait a few weeks --> RHEL --> wait some more time --> Centos
New "Rough" Timeline
- Fedora --> wait some years --> Centos Stream --> wait a few weeks --> RHEL
Rocky Linux
Project Lenix
Oracle Linux

Mozilla Watch...

Visual refresh meta bug AKA proton --> photon

Wishlist for 2021

Dan
- I think the Pine 64 future looks good. My wish is that the time frame is closer to the 6 month range for the next gen stuff to start to materialize.
- Intel gets their new graphics stack rolled out for laptops.
Leo
- Pine/Pi Moar Cores! Enthusiast server platform.
- Firefox becomes a major player again. Nature abhors a monoculture.
Joe
- My long suffering 4k laptop screen woes remedied (installers that support Hidpi)
- RPi sata or M.2 ports (even MMC)

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Gnome Boxes
This episode's app: Gnome Boxes

Boxes on flathub

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Episode 13: #Blame2020

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode we

Roll into Arco
Get our Plex on
And pick January's distro -- WHICH IS...

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Arco Linux

Arco Linux
Arco Linux Roots
Bunsenlabs
Different phases:
- Phase 1 - https://Arcolinux.com
- Phase 2-5 - https://Arcolinuxd.com
- Phase 6 - https://Arcolinuxiso.com

Basic Distro Details

Multiple Phased approach - Arcolinux, ArcolinuxD, ArcolinuxB
Name - Arco Linux
Base System - Arch
Desktop Environment - 21 in all Awesome, BSPWM, Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, DWM, GNOME, HERBSLUFT, I-3, ICEWN, JWM, KODI, LXQT, MATE, OpenBox, Plasma, QTILE, SPEKTRWM, UKUI, XFCE, XMONAD
File Manager - Depends on DE
Package Manager - Pamac
Kernel - 5.9
Display Manager - DE
X11 is there as well as Wayland

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Erik Dubois' YouTube channel

Arco also has some other great community resources like their telegram channel and discord.

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Plex

This episode's app: Plex

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Episode 12: Shut Your Boot-Hole

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

We ask is Linux safe?
We talk about IPTV and how we consume our media.
and we focus on KODI

rpi-update - only run on raspberry pi os
From raspberrypi stack exchange

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Security

Stay updated:
- apt
- dnf
- zypper
- pacman
- eopkg
- emerge
Use a password manager:
- Bitwarden
- lastpass
- keepass
- keepassXC
2 Factor (multifactor) Authentication
Bonus Points - Use a hardware token/key

Media consumption/IPTV

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KODI TV

This episode's app: Kodi

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Episode 11: Neon Moon

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode we

Take a ride with KDE Plasma's truest form
Shamelessly plug a podcast
Get live with Kden
And pick December's distro -- WHICH IS... -- Stick around

Welcome to the Linux User Space

KDE Neon

Basic Distro Details

Two Flavors, a "User Edition" and a "Developer's edition"
Name - KDE Neon
Base System - Ubuntu 20.04
Desktop Environment - Plasma 5
File Manager - Dolphin
Package Manager - Discover
Kernel - 5.4
Display Manager - kwin
X11 is there as well as Wayland

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App Focus

KDE Non-Linear Video Editor or Kdenlive

This episode's app: Kdenlive

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Episode 10: Don't Put That On Me

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode

We get into some Office politics
We'll discuss the new products we can't have
and we have an app focus that will shed some light on your storage

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Open Letter from Libreoffice to Openoffice

Nvidia and hardware availability

RTX 3070 on Amazon

Mozilla

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LWDW

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Filelight
This episode's app: Filelight

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Episode 09: Rolling in the Deepin

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 06:00:00 -0500

Coming up in this episode we cover

Deepin
App Focus - Lutris

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Deepin

Basic Distro Details

Name - deepin 20
Base System - Debian 10.5 (buster)
Desktop Environment - Deepin Desktop Environment 4.0 or DDE 4.0 written in QT
File Manager - Deepin File Manager
Package Manager - Deepin Package Installer using the deb package format
User Interface - DE Based
System & Service Manager - systemd
Kernel - 5.4 or 5.7
Display Manager - dde-kwin fork of kwin
X11 is there as well as Wayland

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Lutris
This episode's app: Lutris

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Episode 08: Dual Boot, Scoot and Boogie

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode we cover

We try on 2 boots
We'll discuss distributions from afar
and we have an app focus that will help you find your way.

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Dual (multi) Booting

Why? Who? How?
Should you? Maybe WSL2? How about a VM? Risk vs. Reward
Joe raves about rEFInd (see app focus)
Windows first - Linux next
Not a beginner thing
What works for you? It is not the same for everyone.

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rEFInd
This episode's app: rEFInd

The code is hosted on Sourceforge

Next Time

Do we have concerns about distributions (desktop environments) from certain places?
- e.g. UKUI, Deepin, etc.
- Do some research for yourself from trusted sources.

Next episode we discuss October's distro of the month Deepin

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Episode 07: Yaaast Queen

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode we cover

openSUSE Tumbleweed
App Focus - Audacity

Welcome to the Linux User Space

openSUSE Tumbleweed

Basic Distro Details

Name - openSUSE
- Base System - Factory - developement codebase
- 2 options
  - Leap - Yearly release cadence
  - Tumbleweed - Rolling
- Desktop Environment - KDE since the beginning, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE, LXQt, Enlightenment, Cinnamon, Mate, Pantheon
- File Manager - Based on DE you choose
- Package Manager - Libzypp which provides Zypper on command line and YaST as a GUI and uses the RPM package format
- User Interface - DE Based
- System & Service Manager - systemd
- Kernel - ** 5.8.10 ** Leap is 5.3 at release July
- Display Manager - GDM, SDDM, LightDM, you can swap them around if you like
- Window Manager - Xorg is there as well as Wayland

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Tabs, Not Spaces

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Audacity
This episode's app: Audacity

Audacity plugins

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Episode 06 Do we speak the same ‘Langridge’?

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode we cover

We discuss some lingering Bad Voltage with our guest Stuart Langridge
App focus - Open Broadcaster Software

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Invited guest - Stuart Langridge

Stuart's website

Stuart on Twitter

Bad Voltage

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Bad Voltage

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Open Broadcaster Software

This episode's app: Open Broadcaster Software AKA OBS Studio
Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.

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Episode 05: The Good the Bad and the Ugly

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode we cover

Manjaro
the good the bad and the ugly
and Leo brings us an app that you will just love, if you lived in the 90's

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Manjaro

Basic Distro Details

Base System - ARCH
- 3 repositories to choose from
  - Unstable - Bleeding Edge ~ roughly 3 days behind ARCH
  - Testing - Gone through initial test phase from unstable
  - Stable - only packages deemed stable by dev team, which means generally 1-3 weeks of lag between ARCH and release.
Desktop Environment - A beautiful XFCE, where they unapologetically focus their attention, and it shows. GNOME, KDE
- Spins
  - Awesome, Bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, I3, LXDE, LXQt, Mate, and Openbox**
File Manager - Based on DE you choose
Package Manager - Pacman on Command Line and Pamac GTK & QT for a GUI interface
User Interface - DE Based
System & Service Manager - systemd
Display Manager - GDM, SDDM, LightDM, you can swap them around if you like
Window Manager - Xorg is there as well as Wayland if you aren't on Nvidia, still not stable yet

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Late Night Linux

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Rofi

This episode's app: Rofi

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Episode 04: Positively Foxy

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Episode: 04 Show Notes

Coming up in this episode we cover

Toxicity in the community
Mozilla and Firefox
Printing in Linux
And that must have app for every flatpak user

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Toxicity

Google & Ubuntu Team Up to Bring Flutter Apps to Linux

Mozilla and Firefox

Printers

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This Week in Linux
Tuxdigital
Destination Linux Network

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Flatseal

This episode's app: Flatseal

Setting Zoom flatpak permissions:
flatpak permission-set devices camera us.zoom.Zoom no
flatpak permission-set devices microphone us.zoom.Zoom yes

Eric Adams' video on Flatpak permissions

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Episode 03: Fedora the explorer

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode we cover

We Network with Joe
Dive into Fedora 32
Listener feedback
App Focus on Bitwarden

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Fedora 32

Fedora
Warren Togami
Gnome Desktop
KDE Plasma 5 Desktop
Heisenbug
Matthew Miller arsTECHNICA Interview

Basic Distro Details

Base System - Fedora
Desktop Environment(s) - (Official) GNOME, (Spins) KDE Plasma, LXQT, LXDE, Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, SOAS
Labs - Astronomy, Comp Neuro, Design Suite, Games, Jam, Python, Security Labs, Robotics
File Manager - Based on DE you choose
Package Manager - RPM package manager w/ DNF as the dependency resolver
User Interface - GTK 3, Qt
System & Service Manager - systemd
Software Manager, DNFDragora, Discover
Display Manager - GDM, SDDM, LightDM
Window Manager - Wayland by default since Fedora 27, Xorg is there too

Release Notes Fedora 32
Fedora Magazine
RPM Fusion

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Command Line Heros

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Bitwarden

This episode's app: Bitwarden

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Episode 02: Episode 02: Transitioning to frustration

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Coming up in this episode we cover

Rocco's Audio Woes
Linux Mint 20 & big ol grey mammal in the room
and take a look at a program we can't believe isn't on every Linux Distro

Welcome to the Linux User Space

Linux Mint 20

Linux Mint
Clement Lefebvre
Cinnamon Desktop
Interview 2007
Interview 2013
Ubuntu was never "forked". It was and still is used as a package base and regarded as an upstream component. Why Ubuntu? Because it was (and still is) the best package base.
Basic Distro Details

Base System - Ubuntu
Desktop Environment - Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE
File Manager - Nemo, fork of Nautilus
Package Manager - APT / DEB
User Interface - GTK 3
System & Service Manager - systemd
Software Manager or Synaptic if your an animal
Display Manager - LightDM
Window Manager - Xorg by no Wayland support yet

Release Notes Linux Mint 20 LTS
- Warpinator
- Allows sharing of files across local network
- Originally featured in Linux Mint 6 called "Giver"
- Goal here is to have a simple easy to use out of the box way to transfer files
- NVIDIA Optimus Support Improvements
- Switching between integrated or Dedicated Graphics
- Fully supports the "NVIDIA On Demand" feature
- Right click app from menu and option to launch with NVIDIA
- Tray Updates

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App Focus

Warpinator

This episode's app: Warpinator.

It's timely since we're using Linux Mint, and that's the crucible it was forged in.

It's installed by default in Linux Mint 20, and available... in the AUR. Everyone else will need to compile it from Github at this point.

Warpinator is basically just AirDrop on Mac and iOS, but for Linux.

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Episode 01: I blame Joe

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS

History
System 76
To my knowledge the only PC manufacturer that also ships it's own Distro, other than Raspian/Rasberry_Pi_OS for Rasberry Pi's
Release Notes Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS
Extras
In Chrome and Chromium, and possibly in others, the option Force Color Profile needs to be turned to sRGB (or probably other profiles) in chrome://flags for blues to be... not purple.
Wine Dependencies
Drivers
Battle.net
Support popOS here

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Current Events

Ubuntu 19.10 Reaches End of Life This Month, Plan Those Upgrades Soon

Linux Hardware

System76 Lemur Pro
Tuxedo
Manjaro infinity book S
Juno computers
Lenovo Will Sell Ubuntu on More ThinkPads, ThinkStations This Summer
Lenovo announced that all of its
Kubuntu Focus on BDLL
Dell Blog for Linux Machines
dell.com/linux
Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Now Comes with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Now you can buy laptops with elementary OS pre-installed
MX Linux Now Comes Pre-Installed on Star Labs’ Linux Laptops
StarLabs Mark IV
Purism - Librem 14
PineBook Pro

App Focus

Bashtop
Bashtop

git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/bashtop.git
cd bashtop
sudo make install

To remove it, in the same directory, run:

sudo make uninstall

To add temperatures, make sure you install the lm-sensors package, and for disk usage, install the sysstat package so BashTOP can use iostat.

sudo apt install lm-sensors sysstat

Install from PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bashtop-monitor/bashtop
sudo apt update
sudo apt install bashtop

Install from snap

sudo snap install bashtop
sudo snap connect bashtop:mount-observe
sudo snap connect bashtop:network-control

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Episode 00: Trailer

contact@linuxuserspace.show (Linux User Space) — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:45:00 -0400

This is a podcast focused on connecting user space with the community. We invite you to join us as we explore the many things that impact you, the user. We’ll experiment with the Distros and Desktop Environments that we all love, we’ll discuss the current hardware and technology impacting our lives and we’ll also talk about the different topics affecting the community. All along the way we’ll share stories and anecdotes about our journey through the Linux User Space.

Episodes drop every other Monday with the first episode landing on July 13th. Find out more at linuxuserpace.show

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