About the show

How did your favorite Linux distribution get its start? Join us and find out!

Linux User Space is hosted by Leo and Dan, and every two weeks we deep dive into the history of Linux distributions and the things that matter to us.

Episodes drop every other Monday.

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Episodes

  • Episode 5:08: Make It Snappy

    March 10th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 6 mins
    history, linux, markdown, notes, snaps

    In this episode we discuss Leo's note taking and the history of Snap packages.

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    Episode 5:07: Kernel Overload

    February 24th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 8 mins
    flatpak, it tools, kernel, linux

    In this episode we discuss IT Tools, we talk about Rust and burnout, and we discuss the Fedora Flatpak implementation.

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    Episode 5:06: Homerun in Orbit

    February 10th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 9 mins
    hdhomerun, jellyfin, lemmy, linux, mozilla, orbit, plex, silicondust, tailscale

    In our welcome back episode, we tackle problems that every single one of us has absolutely encountered in our every day lives like: How do I get over the air television streaming through my local server to all the people I know? Will AI do my laundry while also writing a thesis? Can an application upgrade failure recovery both fail and not fail at the same time? Still with us? Me neither, but it's a good time. I promise! Have a listen :)

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    Episode 5:05: Version Not Supported

    November 11th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 8 mins
    android, appimage, dual boot, firefox, ios, juniper, linux, mozilla, thunderbird

    We spend some time picking out topics, then dive into the show. We had y2k, y2038, but are you ready for y292B? Swap to 128-bit integers to find out! Then, Mozilla drops another layoff bomb. On the bright side, soon there'll only be Firefox employees left! Success! And, of course, lots of feedback.

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    Episode 5:04: Protocol '99

    October 28th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 21 mins
    bitwarden, cisa, css, drupal, html, hugo, jekyll, joomla, linux, old hardware, website, wordpress

    In this episode we discuss how to craft Leo's website, BitWarden's misstep, turning your phone off to thwart attacks, and what to do with that hardware when it goes unsupported.

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    Episode 5:03: Just Wing It More

    October 14th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 9 mins
    24.10, android, fedora, internet archive, linux, oracular, oriole, thunderbird, ubuntu

    In this episode we cover the Internet Archive going down, Thunderbird on Android beta, and the latest Ubuntu and flavors release 24.10.

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    Episode 5:02: Mint Condition

    September 30th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 21 mins
    cinnamon, clem, linux, mastodon, mint, mozilla, mozilla.social

    In this episode we cover some of the recent Mozilla news and the history of the Cinnamon Desktop Environment.

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    Episode 5:01: Death and Ptyxis

    September 16th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 11 mins
    feedback, help, linux, ptyxis, security, support, yubikey

    New season, new episode. In this episode we cover the potential death of your Yubikey, the Ptyxis terminal emulator, how to ask for help and your feedback.

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    Episode 4:20: The Ultimate Linux Experience!

    June 10th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 25 mins
    firefox, gentoo, history, linux, mozilla

    In this episode we give an overdue Mozilla Watch and cover the history of Gentoo.

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    Episode 4:19: The Ease of These Passkeys

    May 27th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 33 mins
    ai, beelink, ed, fido, homelab, linux, nextcloud, passkeys, proxmox, qownnotes

    In this episode we think about how to expand our homelab, we dive deeper into Passkeys and we cover the feedback.

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

    May 13th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 21 mins
    audiobookshelf, immich, linux, lzma, self hosting, xz, xzutils

    We talk about some things we are self hosting, we go over the history of XZ, and we contemplate if opensource is safe and how to fix the Internet.

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

    April 29th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 19 mins
    ai, atomic, composable, fedora, immutable, linux, secureblue, unix

    In this episode we cover, Fedora and AI, correct ourselves on SecureBlue, and UNIX Wars part deux.

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    Episode 4:16: Super PCMan

    April 15th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 32 mins
    kde, kdenlive, linux, lxde, lxqt, pcman

    In this episode we discuss the history of LXDE and some of LXQt too. We also talk a little about a recent issue Leo had with Kdenlive that might be fixed already.

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

    March 18th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 33 mins
    feedback, fragmentation, linux, note apps, telemetry

    We give you all the feedback that can fit in a show this time.

  • Episode 4:14: Spill the Tea

    March 4th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 9 mins
    ai, computer shopper, history, linux, mate

    In this episode we discuss the AI revolution and where the Linux desktop fits. We also cover the extensive history of the Mate desktop environment.

  • Episode 4:13: Passion with Compassion

    February 5th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 22 mins
    compassion, feedback, gentoo, history, kde, linux

    In this episode we add to the KDE story, we talk about treating others like humans, we discuss some feedback, and we give a little focus on Gentoo.