Linux User Space
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -How did your favorite Linux distribution get its start? Join us and find out!
Linux User Space is hosted by Leo and Dan, and every two weeks we deep dive into the history of Linux distributions and the things that matter to us.
Episodes drop every other Monday.
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Episode 2:12: Chunkypaks
December 06, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB0:00 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 1. Game time with Leo 2. Browser Watch is Super Duper 4. with Cinnamon Spice 5. I see some slacking in the future 6. Let's hope it isn't flat 7. I know Leo will ...
Episode 2:11: Tatertop and the Legend of Zorin
November 22, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 68 MB0:00 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 1. We fry the tater top 2. The Legend of Zorin 3. And how we fit in 4. We sync some stuff 5. And finally, pick an empty distro Banter - Tatertop First gen chromebooks (https://google.fandom.com/wiki/Cr-48) End of support :-( (https://chromeunboxed.com/iconic-google-cr-48-chromebooks-end-of-life-...
Episode 2:10: Watch_OUT!
November 08, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB0:00 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 1. Some ip peeking 2. Installing with Flutter 3. Edge Watch 4. Mozilla Watch 5. Brave Watch 6. And fragmented downloads Banter - ...
Episode 2:09: Garudians of the Galaxy
October 25, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB0:00 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 Patreon. (https://patreon.com/linuxuserspace) Youtube. (https://linuxuserspace.show/youtube) Twitter. (https://linuxuserspace.show/twitter) Odysee. (https://linuxuserspace.show/odysee) Discord. (https://linuxuserspace.show/discord) Telegram. (https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram) Matrix. (https://lin...
Episode 2:08: I'mma Snap on You
October 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB0:00 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 1. Beta Banter 2. Hybrid Packaging Feedback 3. Snapzilla watch From the thumb California Games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Games) Banter - Beta to the Max Ubuntu 21.10 Beta (Now RC) (https://discourse.ubunt...
Episode 2:07: It is an Ecosystem Dear Watson
September 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MB0:00 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 1. Leo types on clouds 2. We take a trip down memory lane with elementary 3. We look at the current state of Odin 4. Finally, we snitch on apps Banter - The Keyboard Leo's new keyboard (https://www.keychron.com/page...
Episode 2:06: NVMe Catastrophe
September 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MB0:00 - 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 1. We'll redirect your feedback. 2. We talk about a driving force. 3. Apps that are not focused. 4. Watch out for the Mozilla. 5. Kernels keep on poppin'. 6. We give a little TLC to the PC. 7. We bring on al...
Episode 2:05: LeoNix
August 30, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB0:00:00 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 1. Dan delivers 2. The strongest form of architecture 3. We answer: Which way to my wiki?! 4. And logos get vectored Banter Ubuntu Feature Freeze (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureFreeze) Arch Linux Arch Linux (h...
Episode 2:04: It is getting Steamy in here
August 16, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBComing up in this episode 1. It gets Steamy 2. Cover the kids' eyes 3. We discuss the king of gods 4. Something is jingling around 5. Our podcast and app suggestions help to openly secure things up Banter Btrfs (https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page) Arch Wiki page for Btrfs (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Btrfs) Feedback SWAG Reverse proxy (https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/swag) Thanks Mattias Snap Store (https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Thanks Lanternfly Steam Deck Steam De...
Episode 2:03: KaOS Theory
August 02, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBComing up in this episode 1. We guard the wires 2. Make a little KaOS 3. Ring your LaraBEL 4. Cover up some oopsies 5. And the next distro will be... Preshow Wireguard (https://www.wireguard.com) KaOS KaOS (https://kaosx.us) About KaOS (https://kaosx.us/about/) Contact info for KaOS (https://kaosx.us/about/contact/) KaOS Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaOS) KaOS earliest blog post - 2013 (https://kaosx.us/news/2013/may/) Community friction? (https://kaosx.us/news/2016/may/) Cal...
Episode 2:02: No FTP for you!
July 19, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBComing up in this episode 1. We interrupt you for a public service 2. Mozilla Watch 3. The Tenacity of Audacity 4. We make waves with our app Preshow Traefik (https://traefik.io/) Ubuntu 20.10 PSA Ubuntu (and flavors) 20.10 is EOL July 22nd 2021 (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-June/000269.html) Update ASAP to 21.04 Mozilla Watch Firefox 90 released (https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-90-is-now-available-for-download-removes-built-in-ftp-support) DNS over HTTPS Now t...
Episode 2:01: Network Faffery
July 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBComing up in this episode 1. Mozilla Watch 2. Simon Peter refines our take on AppImages 3. That there Freenode kerfuffle 4. 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 How 'bout that redesign? (https://9to5linux.com/firefox-89-is-now-available-for-download-with-fresh-new-look-improved-privacy) Common Voice (https://commonvoic...
Episode 20: Linux Federation Space
April 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBComing up in this episode 1. We get federated 2. Mozilla watch 3. We've been working 9 to 5 4. We toot on the go with our app. Preshow Gitea (https://gitea.io/) Yet Another Dotfiles Manager (https://yadm.io#) Mastodon Mastodon (https://joinmastodon.org) What is Mastodon? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSbNdBmWKE) Mastodon roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)) Eugen Rochko (https://zeonfederated.com) ActivityPub (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub) Pleroma (https:...
Episode 19: @ Me Bro
March 22, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBComing up in this episode 1. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday Linux Nitrux Extravaganza 2. We gonna show you how to get your FLOSS on 3. and we get all Sheepish with our packages Nitrux Nitrux OS (https://nxos.org/english/nx/) InfinitelyGalactic's Interview with Uri Herrera (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIED8nYogPg) Rocco's Linux Spotlight with Uri (https://bigdaddylinux.com/video/linux-spotlight-ep36-uri-herrera-of-nitruxos/) Breeze Icons (https://github.com/KDE/breeze-icons) Mauikit (https://mauik...
Episode 18: We've entered the [matrix]
March 08, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBComing up in this episode 1. We make a choice, the red one or the blue one? 2. We recommend a great weekly podcast. 3. We get to the basics for our app. [matrix] matrix.org (https://matrix.org/) matrix from wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)) Some of the more popular servers. synapse (https://matrix.org/docs/guides/installing-synapse) dendrite - rewrite in GO (https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite) conduit - rewrite in Rust (https://conduit.rs/) Some of the more popul...
Episode 17: Boosted Toot
February 22, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBComing up in this episode 1. We mix up Debs and RPMs 2. We sip on a La Croix 3. Trim the hedges 4. And we reveal the next distro – WHICH IS… PCLinuxOS PCLinuxOS (https://www.pclinuxos.com/) PCLinuxOS Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCLinuxOS) TDE, the Trinity Desktop Environment was coming to PCLinuxOS (https://trinity.mypclinuxos.com/About.php) Gnome3? (https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201111/page02.html) "distro hopper stopper" (https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/pclinuxos-2009.html) ...
Episode 16: Full on Nerd
February 08, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBComing up in this episode 1. We feed on some backs 2. Check in with our Mozilla correspondent 3. Godzilla meets a fire engine Email Feedback Leo's fix for Netflix, etc. in Fedora (https://leochavez.org/index.php/2020/10/12/fedora-firefox-and-h264/) Joshua Strobl's tweet about Flatpak, Snap and Third Party software (https://twitter.com/JoshStrobl/status/1353819806550663168?s=20) Mozilla Watch... Super Cookies blocked! (https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-protections/) Deve...
Episode 15: Swiss Army Tool Knife
January 25, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBComing up in this episode 1. The wind hits our Solus 2. Our podcast recommendation is dark 3. Our app is focused on 3 letters. 4. And we reveal February’s distro – WHICH IS… Banter Asahi Linux (https://asahilinux.org) Solus Solus (https://getsol.us) Solus Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solus_(operating_system)) SolusOS (https://archiveos.org/solusos/) EvolveOS (https://archiveos.org/evolveos/) Naming dispute (https://getsol.us/2015/04/12/whats-in-a-name/) Ikey Interview (https://linuxri...
Episode 14: The WOW Factor
January 11, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBComing up in this episode 1. XFace gets a new face 2. CentOS rocks your world 3. Mozilla Watch 4. We wish upon a star 5. And we think inside the box Preshow Wowstick 1F on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Wowstick-Electric-Screwdriver-Cordless-Lithium-ion/dp/B07H27G9NF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=wowstick&qid=1609986722&sr=8-4) XFCE 4.14 --> 4.16 Official Announcement (https://www.xfce.org/about/news/?post=1608595200) Official Tour, highlighting the new color palette (https://www.xfce.org/abou...
Episode 13: #Blame2020
December 28, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBComing up in this episode we 1. Roll into Arco 2. Get our Plex on 3. And pick January's distro -- WHICH IS... Welcome to the Linux User Space Arco Linux Arco Linux (https://arcolinux.info/) Arco Linux Roots (https://itsfoss.com/archlabs-vs-archmerge/) Bunsenlabs (https://www.bunsenlabs.org) 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 N...
Episode 12: Shut Your Boot-Hole
December 14, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBComing up in this episode 1. We ask is Linux safe? 2. We talk about IPTV and how we consume our media. 3. and we focus on KODI rpi-update - only run on raspberry pi os (https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-update) From raspberrypi stack exchange (https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/4355/do-i-still-need-rpi-update-if-i-am-using-the-latest-version-of-raspbian/4363#4363) Welcome to the Linux User Space Security Stay updated: apt (https://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get) dnf (https://www.systuto...
Episode 11: Neon Moon
November 30, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBComing up in this episode we 1. Take a ride with KDE Plasma's truest form 2. Shamelessly plug a podcast 3. Get live with Kden 4. And pick December's distro -- WHICH IS... -- Stick around Welcome to the Linux User Space Joe's Lineage Pi image (https://konstakang.com/devices/rpi4/LineageOS17.1/) Leo's motionEyeOS Pi image (https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/wiki) Dan's RetroPie (https://retropie.org.uk) KDE Neon KDE Neon (https://neon.kde.org/) KDE Neon Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Episode 10: Don't Put That On Me
November 16, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBComing up in this episode 1. We get into some Office politics 2. We'll discuss the new products we can't have 3. 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 Comparison (https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/) History (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#History) The Letter (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/) Nvidi...
Episode 09: Rolling in the Deepin
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBComing up in this episode we cover 1. Deepin 2. App Focus - Lutris Welcome to the Linux User Space Deepin Deepin - DDE (https://www.deepin.org/en/) Deepin Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepin) Deepin press release adressing spyware claim (https://web.archive.org/web/20180416010148/https://bbs.deepin.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=155331) Huawei ships laptops with Deepin (https://fossbytes.com/huawei-linux-laptops-running-deepin-distro/) Basic Distro Details Name - deepin 20 Base Sy...
Episode 08: Dual Boot, Scoot and Boogie
October 19, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBComing up in this episode we cover 1. We try on 2 boots 2. We'll discuss distributions from afar 3. 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. Housekeeping Email us (mailto:[email protected]) Ubuntu Podcast...
Episode 07: Yaaast Queen
October 05, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBComing up in this episode we cover 1. openSUSE Tumbleweed 2. App Focus - Audacity Welcome to the Linux User Space openSUSE Tumbleweed openSUSE (https://www.opensuse.org) openSUSE Tumbleweed (https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed) SuSE's Roots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE) SLS - Soft Landing Linux (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System) Slackware (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware) jurix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurix) Super secret 4.2 .42 question.......
Episode 06 Do we speak the same ‘Langridge’?
September 21, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBComing up in this episode we cover 1. We discuss some lingering Bad Voltage with our guest Stuart Langridge 2. App focus - Open Broadcaster Software Welcome to the Linux User Space Invited guest - Stuart Langridge Stuart's website (https://www.kryogenix.org) Stuart on Twitter (https://twitter.com/sil) Bad Voltage (https://www.badvoltage.org/) Housekeeping Email us (mailto:[email protected]) Bad Voltage (https://www.badvoltage.org/) Support us at patreon.com/linuxuserspace Join ...
Episode 05: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
September 07, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBComing up in this episode we cover 1. Manjaro 2. the good the bad and the ugly 3. 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 Manjaro web page (https://manjaro.org/) Manjaro wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjaro) Manjaro Arm (https://manjaro.org/download/#ARM) Roland Singer, Philip Muller & Guillaume Benoit co-founders (https://manjaro.org/team/) Phillip Muller Announcment for first alpha (https:...
Episode 04: Positively Foxy
August 24, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBEpisode: 04 Show Notes Coming up in this episode we cover 1. Toxicity in the community 2. Mozilla and Firefox 3. Printing in Linux 4. 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 (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/07/flutter-sdk-linux-desktop) Mozilla and Firefox Essential Guide: Improve Firefox Performance on Linux by Turning WebRender On (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/07/firefox-e...
Episode 03: Fedora the explorer
August 10, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBComing up in this episode we cover 1. We Network with Joe 2. Dive into Fedora 32 3. Listener feedback 4. App Focus on Bitwarden Welcome to the Linux User Space Fedora 32 Fedora (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fedora_Project) Warren Togami (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Wtogami?rd=WarrenTogami) Gnome Desktop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#GNOME_3) KDE Plasma 5 Desktop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Plasma_5) Heisenbug (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbu...
Episode 02: Episode 02: Transitioning to frustration
July 27, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBComing up in this episode we cover 1. Rocco's Audio Woes 2. Linux Mint 20 & big ol grey mammal in the room 3. 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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint#:~:text=Development%20of%20Linux%20Mint%20began,Mint%203.0%2C%20'Cassandra'.) Clement Lefebvre (http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/interview_with_clement_lefebvre/) Cinnamon Desktop (https://en...
Episode 01: I blame Joe
July 13, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBPop!_OS 20.04 LTS History System 76 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop!_OS) To my knowledge the only PC manufacturer that also ships it's own Distro, other than Raspian/RasberryPiOS for Rasberry Pi's (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/linux-distro-review-system76s-ubuntu-based-pop_os/#:~:text=The%20subject%20of%20today's%20Linux,by%20a%20hardware%20OEM%20manufacturer.&text=Until%202017%2C%20System76%20sold%20its%20systems%20preinstalled%20with%20Ubuntu%20Linux.) Release Notes Pop!_OS 2...
Episode 00: Trailer
June 23, 2020 20:45 - 1 minute - 964 KBThis 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...