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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

May 27th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 33 mins

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

January 22nd, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 28 mins
apostrophe, ghostwriter, hedgedoc, kde, linux, nextcloud, notes, plasma, vivaldi

The history of Linux distros and apps. Maybe some current events, if you're lucky. In this episode we discuss some note taking options and go to the book for the syntax. We also explore the storied history of KDE.

January 8th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 27 mins
linux

The history of Linux distros and apps. Maybe some current events, if you're lucky. In this episode we discuss, why and why not Linux for the desktop. We give a brief Browser Watch, go over some feedback, focus on the community, and finally check in on our Gentoo journey.

December 11th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 27 mins
fedora, firefox, gnome, linux, mozilla, ubuntu

The history of Linux distros and apps. Maybe some current events, if you're lucky. In this episode we go over some Mozilla news, the history of the Gnome desktop environment and our thoughts about how our exploration went.