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 5:14: Bloat Don’t Float
June 2nd, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 18 mins
apps, bloat, chrome, chromeos, firefox, flatpak, linux, mozilla, rust, snap
In the season finale we discuss: Some things are leaving Firefox and some things are coming. What is bloat and do your apps have it? Some people agree with us.
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Episode 5:13: Sloppy AI or Good Fuzzing?
May 19th, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 21 mins
ai, curl, feedback, linux, rust
In this episode we discuss AI Slop for bug reports, is Rust opensource, and go over your feedback.
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Episode 5:12: 10,000 Tabs and an Extended Warranty
May 5th, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 12 mins
brave, chrome, esm, firefox, flatpak, google, linux, pro, snap, ubuntu
In this episode, Leo debates prolonging his server upgrade, we discuss some new things in Firefox and Brave, and we jump on the speculation of the Chrome breakup. We also talk about our Snap and Flatpak journey.
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Episode 5:11: Qt Vibes and a New Standard
April 21st, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 11 mins
ai, c, c++, fedora, linux, programming, qt, rust, ubuntu
In this episode we talk about AI in your Qt, the need for more standards, and the latest Ubuntu and Fedora releases.
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Episode 5:10: Handle With Care
April 7th, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 6 mins
flatpaks, history, linux, mozilla, thunderbird, thundermail
In this episode we discuss the Thundermail announcement and the history of Flatpaks.
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Episode 5:09: So, Just Better Words?
March 24th, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 20 mins
linux
In this episode we discuss another maintainer that calls it quits, Firefox new Terms of Use and finally we get to some feedback.
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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.