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
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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.
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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.
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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.