This is a podcast focused on connecting user space with the community. We invite you to join us as we explore the many things that impact you, the user. We’ll experiment with the Distros and Desktop Environments that we all love, we’ll discuss the current hardware and technology impacting our lives and we’ll also talk about the different topics affecting the community. All along the way we’ll share stories and anecdotes about our journey through the Linux User Space. Episodes drop every other Monday.
Episode 05: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Coming up in this episode we cover 1. Manjaro 2. the good the bad and the ugly 3. and Leo brings us an app that you will just love, if you lived in the 90's Welcome to the Linux User Space Manjaro Manjaro web page (https://manjaro.org/) Manjaro wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjaro) Manjaro Arm (https://manjaro.org/download/#ARM) Roland Singer, Philip Muller & Guillaume Benoit co-founders (https://manjaro.org/team/) Phillip Muller Announcment for first alpha (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=07402) Announcement, Manjaro no longer just a distro, but now company (https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-is-taking-the-next-step/102105) Forbes article - company announcement (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/09/08/manjaro-linux-just-made-a-massive-announcement-about-its-future/#3efcb0f836f9) Announcing the switch to Free Office vs Libre Office by default (https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/testing-update-2019-07-29-kernels-xfce-4-14-pre3-haskell/96690) Forbes article - office switch (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/08/03/manjaro-linux-team-responds-to-libreoffice-versus-freeoffice-in-upcoming-version-18-1/#477bfe5fbf46) Archived forum (https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/) New forum (https://forum.manjaro.org/) Change in manjaro team composition (https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/change-in-manjaro-team-composition/155231) Change of treasurer for Manjaro community funds (https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/change-of-treasurer-for-manjaro-community-funds/154888) Basic Distro Details Base System - ARCH 3 repositories to choose from Unstable - Bleeding Edge ~ roughly 3 days behind ARCH Testing - Gone through initial test phase from unstable Stable - only packages deemed stable by dev team, which means generally 1-3 weeks of lag between ARCH and release. Desktop Environment - A beautiful XFCE, where they unapologetically focus their attention, and it shows. GNOME, KDE Spins Awesome, Bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, I3, LXDE, LXQt, Mate, and Openbox** File Manager - Based on DE you choose Package Manager - Pacman on Command Line and Pamac GTK & QT for a GUI interface User Interface - DE Based System & Service Manager - systemd Display Manager - GDM, SDDM, LightDM, you can swap them around if you like Window Manager - Xorg is there as well as Wayland if you aren't on Nvidia, still not stable yet Housekeeping Email us (mailto:contact@linuxuserspace.show) Late Night Linux (https://latenightlinux.com/) Support us at patreon.com/linuxuserspace Join us on Telegram (https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram) Follow us on twitter (https://twitter.com/LinuxUserSpace) Check out Linux User Space (https://linuxuserspace.show) on the web App Focus Rofi This episode's app: Rofi (https://github.com/davatorium/rofi) Next episode we discuss topics impacting your user space September's distro of the month is openSUSE tumbleweed (https://www.opensuse.org/) Join us in two weeks when we return to the Linux User Space
Episode 04: Positively Foxy
Episode: 04 Show Notes Coming up in this episode we cover 1. Toxicity in the community 2. Mozilla and Firefox 3. Printing in Linux 4. And that must have app for every flatpak user Welcome to the Linux User Space Toxicity Google & Ubuntu Team Up to Bring Flutter Apps to Linux (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/07/flutter-sdk-linux-desktop) Mozilla and Firefox Essential Guide: Improve Firefox Performance on Linux by Turning WebRender On (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/07/firefox-enable-webrender-linux) Mac and Linux coming soon, why no Linux support yet? (https://vpn.mozilla.org/) The Firefox Browser is a privacy nightmare on desktop and mobile (https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/the-firefox-browser-is-a-privacy-nightmare-on-desktop-and-mobile/) Mozilla turns off “Firefox Send” following malware abuse reports (https://www.oodaloop.com/briefs/2020/07/10/mozilla-turns-off-firefox-send-following-malware-abuse-reports/) Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for subscription products to generate revenue (https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/15/mozilla-lays-off-70-as-it-waits-for-subscription-products-to-generate-revenue/) Mozilla is laying off 250 people and planning a ‘new focus’ on making money (https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363424/mozilla-layoffs-quarter-staff-250-people-new-revenue-focus) 1 Mozilla and Google renew Firefox search agreement (https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/15/21370020/mozilla-google-firefox-search-engine-browser) 2 Mozilla and Google renew Firefox search agreement (https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/14/mozilla_google_search/) 3 from 2018 (https://www.cnet.com/news/google-firefox-search-deal-gives-mozilla-more-money-to-push-privacy/) 4 from 2011 (https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2011/12/20/mozilla-and-google-sign-new-agreement-for-default-search-in-firefox/) Comcast’s Xfinity Internet Service Joins Firefox’s Trusted Recursive Resolver Program (https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/26/firefox_comcast_dns_https/) Mozilla expands its partnership with ad-free subscription service Scroll (https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/24/mozilla-scroll-partnership/) Firefox Plans Controversial New Encryption Setting For Millions, And Update Starts This Month (https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/09/08/firefox-announces-major-new-encryption-default-to-protect-millions-of-users/#33fe60a418c0) Firefox turns controversial new encryption on by default in the US (https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/25/21152335/mozilla-firefox-dns-over-https-web-privacy-security-encryption) Why Mozilla Firefox Is Making Headlines Again (https://www.chiangraitimes.com/tech/why-mozilla-firefox-is-making-headlines-again/) Printers CUPS - Common UNIX Printing System (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS#:~:text=The%20original%20design%20of%20CUPS,In%20March%202002%2C%20Apple%20Inc.) HP Linux Imaging and Printing aka HPLIP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Linux_Imaging_and_Printing) HP's page for HPLIP (https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing) Debugging Printing Problems in Ubuntu (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems) Debugging Printing Problems in Fedora (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_printing_problems) Arch wiki - troubleshooting CUPS (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS/Troubleshooting) Debian wiki - CUPS debugging (https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDebugging) openSUSE Printer Operation Doc (https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/startup/html/book.opensuse.startup/cha-print.html) Housekeeping Email us (mailto:contact@linuxuserspace.show) This Week in Linux (https://tuxdigital.com/thisweekinlinux) Tuxdigital (https://tuxdigital.com/) Destination Linux Network (https://destinationlinux.org/) Support us at patreon.com/linuxuserspace Join us on Telegram (https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram) Follow us on twitter (https://twitter.com/LinuxUserSpace) Check out Linux User Space (https://linuxuserspace.show) on the web App Focus Flatseal This episode's app: Flatseal (https://github.com/tchx84/flatseal) Setting Zoom flatpak permissions: flatpak permission-set devices camera us.zoom.Zoom no flatpak permission-set devices microphone us.zoom.Zoom yes Eric Adams' video on Flatpak permissions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke1nM66GtaI) Next episode we discuss Manjaro (https://manjaro.org/) Join us in two weeks when we return to the Linux User Space
Episode 03: Fedora the explorer
Coming up in this episode we cover 1. We Network with Joe 2. Dive into Fedora 32 3. Listener feedback 4. App Focus on Bitwarden Welcome to the Linux User Space Fedora 32 Fedora (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fedora_Project) Warren Togami (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Wtogami?rd=WarrenTogami) Gnome Desktop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#GNOME_3) KDE Plasma 5 Desktop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Plasma_5) Heisenbug (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug) Matthew Miller arsTECHNICA Interview (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/linux-distro-review-fedora-workstation-32/) Basic Distro Details Base System - Fedora Desktop Environment(s) - (Official) GNOME, (Spins) KDE Plasma, LXQT, LXDE, Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, SOAS Labs (https://labs.fedoraproject.org/) - Astronomy, Comp Neuro, Design Suite, Games, Jam, Python, Security Labs, Robotics File Manager - Based on DE you choose Package Manager - RPM package manager w/ DNF as the dependency resolver User Interface - GTK 3, Qt System & Service Manager - systemd Software Manager, DNFDragora, Discover Display Manager - GDM, SDDM, LightDM Window Manager - Wayland by default since Fedora 27, Xorg is there too Release Notes Fedora 32 (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f32/release-notes/) Fedora Magazine (https://fedoramagazine.org/) RPM Fusion (https://rpmfusion.org/) Housekeeping Email us (mailto:contact@linuxuserspace.show) Command Line Heros (https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes) Support us at patreon.com/linuxuserspace Join us on Telegram (https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram) Follow us on twitter (https://twitter.com/LinuxUserSpace) Check out Linux User Space (https://linuxuserspace.show) on the web App Focus Bitwarden This episode's app: Bitwarden (https://bitwarden.com/) Join us in two weeks when we return to the Linux User Space
Episode 02: Episode 02: Transitioning to frustration
Coming up in this episode we cover 1. Rocco's Audio Woes 2. Linux Mint 20 & big ol grey mammal in the room 3. and take a look at a program we can't believe isn't on every Linux Distro Welcome to the Linux User Space Linux Mint 20 Linux Mint (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint#:~:text=Development%20of%20Linux%20Mint%20began,Mint%203.0%2C%20'Cassandra'.) Clement Lefebvre (http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/interview_with_clement_lefebvre/) Cinnamon Desktop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon_(desktop_environment)) Interview 2007 (http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/interview_with_clement_lefebvre/) Interview 2013 (https://www.networkworld.com/article/2170903/q-a--clement-lefebvre--the-man-behind-linux-mint.html) Ubuntu was never "forked". It was and still is used as a package base and regarded as an upstream component. Why Ubuntu? Because it was (and still is) the best package base. Basic Distro Details Base System - Ubuntu Desktop Environment - Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE File Manager - Nemo, fork of Nautilus Package Manager - APT / DEB User Interface - GTK 3 System & Service Manager - systemd Software Manager or Synaptic if your an animal Display Manager - LightDM Window Manager - Xorg by no Wayland support yet Release Notes Linux Mint 20 LTS (https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_ulyana_cinnamon_whatsnew.php) - Warpinator - Allows sharing of files across local network - Originally featured in Linux Mint 6 called "Giver" - Goal here is to have a simple easy to use out of the box way to transfer files - NVIDIA Optimus Support Improvements - Switching between integrated or Dedicated Graphics - Fully supports the "NVIDIA On Demand" feature - Right click app from menu and option to launch with NVIDIA - Tray Updates Housekeeping Email us (mailto:contact@linuxuserspace.show) The Linux Lads. Slight warning sometimes the language is NSFW. Join the lads every 2 weeks for a relaxing time with some great conversation about Linux. More info at their website (https://linuxlads.com/) Support us at patreon.com/linuxuserspace Follow us on twitter (https://twitter.com/LinuxUserSpace) Check out Linux User Space (https://linuxuserspace.show) on the web App Focus Warpinator This episode's app: Warpinator. It's timely since we're using Linux Mint, and that's the crucible it was forged in. It's installed by default in Linux Mint 20, and available... in the AUR. Everyone else will need to compile it from Github (https://github.com/linuxmint/warpinator) at this point. Warpinator is basically just AirDrop on Mac and iOS, but for Linux. Join us in two weeks when we return to the Linux User Space
Episode 01: I blame Joe
Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS History System 76 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop!_OS) To my knowledge the only PC manufacturer that also ships it's own Distro, other than Raspian/RasberryPiOS for Rasberry Pi's (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/linux-distro-review-system76s-ubuntu-based-pop_os/#:~:text=The%20subject%20of%20today's%20Linux,by%20a%20hardware%20OEM%20manufacturer.&text=Until%202017%2C%20System76%20sold%20its%20systems%20preinstalled%20with%20Ubuntu%20Linux.) Release Notes Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS (https://support.system76.com/articles/Pop!_OS-20.04-LTS-Release-Notes/) Extras In Chrome and Chromium, and possibly in others, the option Force Color Profile needs to be turned to sRGB (or probably other profiles) in chrome://flags for blues to be... not purple. Wine Dependencies (https://github.com/lutris/docs/blob/master/WineDependencies.md) Drivers (https://github.com/lutris/docs/blob/master/InstallingDrivers.md) Battle.net (https://github.com/lutris/docs/blob/master/Battle.Net.md) Support popOS here (https://pop.system76.com/) Housekeeping We want to hear from you! Send your questions and feedback to contact@linuxuserspace.show and we hope to read and discuss your message in an upcoming episode. Podcast showcase this week is Linux Headlines (https://linuxheadlines.show/) from Jupiter Broadcasting. In under 3 minutes you can get Linux and open source headlines every Monday, Wednesday, & Friday. Linux User Space Patreon (https://patreon.com/linuxuserspace) Twitter (https://twitter.com/linuxuserspace) Website (https://linuxuserspace.show) Current Events Ubuntu 19.10 Reaches End of Life This Month, Plan Those Upgrades Soon (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/07/ubuntu-19-10-end-of-life) Linux Hardware System76 Lemur Pro (https://system76.com/laptops/lemp9/configure) Tuxedo (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/) Manjaro infinity book S (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/de/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/10-14-Zoll/Manjaro-InfinityBook-S-14-v5_1.tuxedo) Juno computers (https://junocomputers.com/product/jupiter-14-v3/) Lenovo Will Sell Ubuntu on More ThinkPads, ThinkStations This Summer (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/06/ubuntu-on-lenovo-laptops) Lenovo announced that all of its (https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-brings-linux-certification-to-thinkpad-and-thinkstation-workstation-portfolio-easing-deployment-for-developers-data-scientists/) Kubuntu Focus on BDLL (https://kfocus.org/) Dell Blog for Linux Machines (https://bartongeorge.io/) dell.com/linux (https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/overview/cp/linuxsystems) Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Now Comes with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/06/dell-xps-13-developer-edition-ubuntu-20-04) Now you can buy laptops with elementary OS pre-installed (https://liliputing.com/2020/06/now-you-can-buy-laptops-with-elementary-os-pre-installed-gnu-linux-distribution.html) MX Linux Now Comes Pre-Installed on Star Labs’ Linux Laptops (https://9to5linux.com/mx-linux-now-comes-pre-installed-on-star-labs-linux-laptops) StarLabs Mark IV (https://starlabs.systems/) Purism - Librem 14 (https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/) PineBook Pro (https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro/) App Focus Bashtop Bashtop (https://github.com/aristocratos/bashtop) git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/bashtop.git cd bashtop sudo make install To remove it, in the same directory, run: sudo make uninstall To add temperatures, make sure you install the lm-sensors package, and for disk usage, install the sysstat package so BashTOP can use iostat. sudo apt install lm-sensors sysstat Install from PPA (https://code.launchpad.net/~bashtop-monitor/+archive/ubuntu/bashtop) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bashtop-monitor/bashtop sudo apt update sudo apt install bashtop Install from snap (https://snapcraft.io/bashtop) sudo snap install bashtop sudo snap connect bashtop:mount-observe sudo snap connect bashtop:network-control Thank you listening for your support, Join us in two weeks when we return to the Linux User Space
Episode 00: Trailer
This is a podcast focused on connecting user space with the community. We invite you to join us as we explore the many things that impact you, the user. We’ll experiment with the Distros and Desktop Environments that we all love, we’ll discuss the current hardware and technology impacting our lives and we’ll also talk about the different topics affecting the community. All along the way we’ll share stories and anecdotes about our journey through the Linux User Space. Episodes drop every other Monday with the first episode landing on July 13th. Find out more at linuxuserpace.show