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Linux User Space

Linux User Space

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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1:13:51

Episode 6:12: It's All About the Pentiums

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2026/04/13

Coming up in this episodeThe Ends of an Era A Leaky Firefox RAM is Affordable Now?! 0:00 Cold Open 1:36 Ends of an Era 32:30 A Leaky Firefox 48:47 A Slight RAM Reprieve? 1:04:51 Two Notes & Next Time 1:13:30 Stinger Today in User Space we dive into the wonderful world of nostalgia again as we find out that the 486 architecture will soon be dropped from the Linux kernel. Luckily the very first Pentium (with MMX!) is still in-tree, but for how much longer? We also find out that

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1:23:54

Episode 6:11: Whole Vibe, No Cap

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2026/03/30

Coming up in this episodeStick a Fork in it, it's systemDONE Mozilla works on a browser FCC Bans all the routers And we check in on the Kagi things The Video Version https://youtu.be/XnvLKcV5ywk 0:00 Cold Open 1:58 More Like SystemDone 26:03 Splitting a Browser in Two 46:40 The FCC Bans Everything 1:10:32 Snaps Beat Bangs & Next Time 1:22:44 Stinger In this episode we start off with the newest AgeGate update. This time, it's in systemd. Lots of folks have been activated

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1:16:14

Episode 6:10: The Age Old Problem

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2026/03/16

Coming up in this episodeI am speed! Kachow How old are you? and the call is coming from inside the RAM The Video Version https://youtu.be/SP-gPAkrqHk 0:00 Cold Open 2:00 It's Not Just Bandwidth 23:47 Age Verification in Linux 43:22 A Terrible Time for Faulty RAM 56:06 Hearkening Back +56:34 vimlena +1:00:21 squidiebah +1:03:18 Chris +1:04:16 Alphacluster +1:09:59 WhamGeek 1:12:44 Next Time 1:15:10 Stinger In this episode we dive into the wonderful world of bandwidth since

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1:16:48

Episode 6:09: Re Search

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2026/03/02

Coming up in this episodeNo YOU'RE Not Optimized How do WE join the resistance? Firefox gets a killswitch And Discord kicks the can The Video Version https://youtu.be/oGVbHhCH9Lk 0:00 Cold Open 2:55 Searchin' with Kagi 27:13 Resistance Is Not Futile 49:09 The Firefox Kill Switch! 1:04:15 Discord Backtracks & Next Time 1:15:02 Stinger We start off with a little on how our Kagi search project is going. And it'd be going a lot better if Leo could stop weighing the pros

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1:14:51

Episode 6:08: Bing Bang Boom

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2026/02/16

Coming up in this episodeNeocities went Bing Bang Boom Discord says open up and say ahhh KDE Linux snaps at snap 0:00 Cold Open 3:03 MySpace, Not Your Space 34:22 Discord Wants Your Face 54:43 Is KDE Linux Ready? 1:10:14 Next Time 1:13:36 Stinger The Video Version https://youtu.be/3dXMBz655Eg 📣Announcements📣 This program was made possible by: 📺️Youtube 📽️TILvids And by contributions to your L-U-S station by Patrons like you 😍 Neocities was blocked by Bing Neocities Blog

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1:14:03

Episode 6:07: New WebKids on the Block

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2026/02/02

Coming up in this episodeThe New XFWindow Lanager A New WebKid on the Block And a little food for the trolls 0:00 Cold Open 2:23 The XF Window Lanager 17:09 A New WebKid on the Block 41:13 Feeding the Trolls 😉 41:53 @queenkjuul 45:59 @KnoochyPoochy 48:24 @dluckie747 51:06 @schemage2210 1:00:54 @sinisterdesign 1:08:01 Next Time 1:11:21 Stinger The Video Version! https://youtu.be/WYdRc6G-100 📣Announcements📣 This program was made possible by: 📺️Youtube 📽️TILvids And by

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1:38:44

Episode 6:06: The Epic Epoch

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2025/12/22

In this episode we spend a lot of time hyping things up, including some things you might not expect (from a Linux show, not so much Leo). We open up with Zorin making some money moves that helps WinBoat among a few other projects, then really dive into the show with Cosmic!A bit about how we've fared now that the 1.0 Cosmic Epoch is here, how things have changed, and what other goodies System76 has up their sleeve (it's a lot!). Then, we spend some time dissecting Mozilla's newest AI move. It turns

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1:24:12

Episode 6:05: Plasma is the Way-Land

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2025/12/08

Coming up in this episode* Wayland is inevitable... * RAM is now Unobtanium * and a Linux User Space OS? Today in User Space, we RE-remind everyone that Wayland is certainly the only way forward for the big dogs. Gnome had adopted a Wayland-only stance quite a while ago, and now it looks like Plasma will be following suit. Then, we dive into the wonderful world of Everything terrible that AI is doing to us in the form of RAM price hikes (as much as 500%... so far). And finally, we hit up the

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1:04:14

Episode 6:04: Attack of the 50 Foot-Guns

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2025/11/17

Coming up in this episode* We got WinBoat Drama * We got Kubuntu Drama * and We got Flatpak Drama 0:00 Cold Open 1:34 FreeRDP Caught in the Crossfire 25:38 Maybe Announce Beforehand? 41:11 Fedora's Manifest Copy and Paste 1:00:20 Next Time (Three weeks!) 1:02:48 Stinger (This one's important) The Video Version (https://youtu.be/fedhh0D_WWw) https://youtu.be/fedhh0D_WWw 📣Announcements📣 This program was made possible by: * 📺️Youtube (https://youtube.com/linuxuserspace) * 📽️TILvids

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1:34:49

Episode 6:03: Boot Slide N' Boogie

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2025/11/03

Coming up in this episode* All the distro news * All the browser news * And a Cosmic Recap 📣Announcements📣 This program was made possible by: * 📺️Youtube (https://youtube.com/linuxuserspace) * 📽️TILvids (https://tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace) * And by contributions to your L-U-S station by Patrons (https://patreon.com/linuxuserspace) like you 😍 Disro Watch! Fedora 43 release Fedora 43 Release Announcement (https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-43/) Fedora Immutables Also Release

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2:03:18

Episode 6:02B: The Cosmic B-Side

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2025/10/20

This past week, as we were gearing up to record an episode, life had to just get in the way. We had a little wiggle room mid-week, so we decided to get something on tape anyway. Just something a little less structured. And so, this B-side was born.The object of the game was to dive deep into Cosmic, the first "reference implementation" in our two desktop series (Cosmic and Plasma) and give you honest opinion, good and bad, as we experienced it on livestream... for two hours. Of course there are

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1:15:46

Episode 6:01: Yet Another Clanker

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2025/09/22

Coming up in this episode* We took a break over the break * Windows 10 pulls a fast one * Firefox brings in another clanker 0:00 Cold Open 2:27 A Distro, a Router and a Choice 25:26 Windows 10 Isn't Dead Yet... 43:45 Browser Watch (feat. Firefox) 1:09:58 Next Time! 1:14:57 Stinger The Video Version! (https://youtu.be/Rsn57QtNsiI) https://youtu.be/Rsn57QtNsiI 🔥Warm Up🔥 Leo has been playing with some UniFi gear (https://www.ui.com) Dan explored some OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

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1:18:47

Episode 5:14: Bloat Don’t Float

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2025/06/02

Coming up in this episode* Death, DEATH, everywhere * Not so bloated, now, is it? * and Someone Agrees with US! 0:00 Cold Open 1:35 Mozilla's Making Changes... Again 24:31 Disks Hate This One Weird Trick! 54:32 The Last of the Season 5 Feedback -54:42 VesuLabs -1:03:02 stephenreaves3205 1:12:16 Next Time & Farewell (For Now) 1:17:38 Stinger The Video Version! https://youtu.be/3nbdwkgpTRA Mozilla Watch 👀 Pocket and Fakespot are out. (https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/) Readeck

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1:21:08

Episode 5:13: Sloppy AI or Good Fuzzing?

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2025/05/19

Coming up in this episode* AI's Won't Take Over Yet * Is Rust Open Source? * and All Kinds of Feedback The Video Version https://youtu.be/LxMpNIfhFiA 0:00 Cold Open 3:56 Curl's "AI Slop" Problem 25:12 A Little Viral Licensing 42:12 So Much Feedback ❤️ 42:30 ukwan / Youtube 51:16 jliljj / Youtube 56:35 fredstech1 / Youtube 1:00:15 conan kudo / Youtube 1:02:06 amanita / Patreon 1:05:13 redvamp128 / Youtube 1:09:35 The Rules, Commands & Next Time 1:19:12 Stinger The Curl

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1:12:30

Episode 5:12: 10,000 Tabs and an Extended Warranty

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2025/05/05

Coming up in this episode* Extended service warranty for your Linux * 10,000 Tabs Made Easy! * A Chrome Firesale The Video Version (https://youtu.be/pTGaEsSA12I) https://youtu.be/pTGaEsSA12I 0:00 Cold Open 1:40 Extended Warranty for Ubuntu 17:36 Tab Groups and Unwanted Cookies 41:39 A Google Chrome Firesale! 58:33 The Science of Next Time 1:11:14 Stinger Upgrade or ESM? Why not both? This blog post (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-20-04-eol-for-devicesional) reminded Leo he needed to make a

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1:11:28

Episode 5:11: Qt Vibes and a New Standard

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2025/04/21

Coming up in this episode* Vibe Coding Coming to a Plasma Near You * We Need Another Standard * The Newest of the New 0:00 Cold Open 2:01 Weird Vibes in Qt-Land 21:51 Rust Is Inevitable 41:04 Fedora, Ubuntu and a Journey 1:08:25 Next Time 1:10:24 Stinger The Video Version (https://youtu.be/4Y_u6TPPMvI) https://youtu.be/4Y_u6TPPMvI What a Qt little AI? Qt Blog post (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-ai-assistant-v0.9-released-deploy-llms-locally-and-enjoy-the-upgraded-user-experience) Phoronoix article

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1:21:19

Episode 5:04: Protocol '99

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2024/10/28

Coming up in this episode* Style it Like it's 1999 * It Violates Freedom 0! * We Turn it off and on again * and You Can Send it to LUS! 0:00 Cold Open 2:10 Going Back to 1999 23:32 Bitwarden Says "BOO!" 39:11 Turn It Off and On Again 56:02 The Windows Cliff 1:16:41 Next Time! 1:20:05 Stinger And the video version! (https://youtu.be/wXODmWq9ZZU) https://youtu.be/wXODmWq9ZZU Warm Up How to make a web page? CSS (https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS/#css) and HTML? (https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/) A

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1:09:10

Episode 5:03: Just Wing It More

Linux User Space ·

2024/10/14

Coming up in this episode * The Archive Gets Downed * Thunderbird Goes Mobile * and the Oriole Takes Flight 0:00 Cold Open 1:44 Panic at the Archive! 20:00 Thunderbird's On Android 43:11 Ubuntu's Out, We're In 1:05:15 Next Time 1:08:18 Stinger The Video Version! (https://youtu.be/08a-W_qHwHI) https://youtu.be/08a-W_qHwHI Warm Up The Internet Archive suffers a DDoS attack and breach

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1:21:13

Episode 5:02: Mint Condition

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2024/09/30

Coming up in this episode* Another browser watch * The History of Linux Mint and Cinnamon * And how spiced was it? 0:00 Cold Open 1:26 The Mozilla Happenings 22:13 Linux Mint & Cinnamon History 26:54 The Early Mints 32:46 Cinnamon Arrives! 38:49 The Mint and Cinnamon Journey 49:53 Our Spicy Cinnamon Journeys 1:16:44 Next Time! 1:20:09 Stinger The Video Version! (https://youtu.be/ZK9mn5miMPM) https://youtu.be/ZK9mn5miMPM Warm Up Mozilla got a new logo

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1:11:32

Episode 5:01: Death and Ptyxis

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2024/09/16

Coming up in this episode * Death & Taxes * Stop Filing Bug Reports! -- like that * and Your Emails! 0:00 Cold Open 1:25 Yubikeys are DEAD! 10:41 Deep In the Heart of Ptyxis 28:01 The Do's and Don'ts of Bug Reports 42:47 Email: Scott J 49:47 Email: Ben 52:49 Email: Bruce H 57:48 Email: Rob Simmons 1:03:22 Email: DailyDriver 1:04:24 Email: J 1:08:34 Pnext Time 1:10:17 Pstinger See the Video on Youtube (https://youtu.be/jWSVnDYeEe4)! https://youtu.be/jWSVnDYeEe4 Your Yubikey is DEAD! The Yubico

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