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December 14, 2020Episode 12: Shut Your Boot-Hole
Coming up in this episode
We ask is Linux safe?
We talk about IPTV and how we consume our media.
and we focus on KODI
rpi-update - only run on raspberry pi os
From raspberrypi stack exchange
Welcome to the Linux User Space
Security
Stay updated:
apt
dnf
zypper
pacman
eopkg
emerge
Use a password manager:
Bitwarden
lastpass
keepass
keepassXC
2 Factor (multifactor) Authentication
Bonus Points - Use a hardware token/key
Yubikey
nitrokey
Titan security key
Media consumption/IPTV
Hypnotix
Cordcutting from Plex
Housekeeping
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Destination Linux
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App Focus
KODI TV
This episode's app: Kodi
Next Time
We discuss December's distro of the month ArcoLinux
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1 hr 19 min
November 30, 2020Episode 11: Neon Moon
Coming up in this episode we
Take a ride with KDE Plasma's truest form
Shamelessly plug a podcast
Get live with Kden
And pick December's distro -- WHICH IS... -- Stick around
Welcome to the Linux User Space
Joe's Lineage Pi image
Leo's motionEyeOS Pi image
Dan's RetroPie
KDE Neon
KDE Neon
KDE Neon Roots
Trolltech
KDE Free QT Foundation
A visual look at the desktop changes.
K Desktop Environment 1.0
K Desktop Environment 2.0
K Desktop Environment 3.0
KDE Software Compilation 4.0
KDE Plasma 5
Linus Torvalds quote about KDE 4.0
KDE Slimbook
Basic Distro Details
Two Flavors, a "User Edition" and a "Developer's edition"
Name - KDE Neon
Base System - Ubuntu 20.04
Desktop Environment - Plasma 5
File Manager - Dolphin
Package Manager - Discover
Kernel - 5.4
Display Manager - kwin
X11 is there as well as Wayland
Housekeeping
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Full Circle Weekly News
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App Focus
KDE Non-Linear Video Editor or Kdenlive
This episode's app: Kdenlive
Next Time
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December's distro of the month is ArcoLinux
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1 hr 27 min
November 16, 2020Episode 10: Don't Put That On Me
Coming up in this episode
We get into some Office politics
We'll discuss the new products we can't have
and we have an app focus that will shed some light on your storage
Welcome to the Linux User Space
Open Letter from Libreoffice to Openoffice
Comparison
History
The Letter
Nvidia and hardware availability
RTX 3070 on Amazon
Mozilla
The Internet needs our love
The Pitch
The Ad
Housekeeping
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LWDW
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App Focus
Filelight
This episode's app: Filelight
Next Time
Next episode we discuss November's distro of the month, which is KDE Neon
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1 hr 10 min
November 02, 2020Episode 09: Rolling in the Deepin
Coming up in this episode we cover
Deepin
App Focus - Lutris
Welcome to the Linux User Space
Deepin
Deepin - DDE
Deepin Roots
Deepin press release adressing spyware claim
Huawei ships laptops with Deepin
Basic Distro Details
Name - deepin 20
Base System - Debian 10.5 (buster)
Desktop Environment - Deepin Desktop Environment 4.0 or DDE 4.0 written in QT
File Manager - Deepin File Manager
Package Manager - Deepin Package Installer using the deb package format
User Interface - DE Based
System & Service Manager - systemd
Kernel - 5.4 or 5.7
Display Manager - dde-kwin fork of kwin
X11 is there as well as Wayland
Housekeeping
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Linux Unplugged
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App Focus
Lutris
This episode's app: Lutris
Next Time
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November's distro of the month is KDE Neon
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1 hr 17 min
October 19, 2020Episode 08: Dual Boot, Scoot and Boogie
Coming up in this episode we cover
We try on 2 boots
We'll discuss distributions from afar
and we have an app focus that will help you find your way.
Welcome to the Linux User Space
Dual (multi) Booting
Why? Who? How?
Should you? Maybe WSL2? How about a VM? Risk vs. Reward
Joe raves about rEFInd (see app focus)
Windows first - Linux next
Not a beginner thing
What works for you? It is not the same for everyone.
Housekeeping
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Ubuntu Podcast
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App Focus
rEFInd
This episode's app: rEFInd
The code is hosted on Sourceforge
Next Time
Do we have concerns about distributions (desktop environments) from certain places?
e.g. UKUI, Deepin, etc.
Do some research for yourself from trusted sources.
Next episode we discuss October's distro of the month Deepin
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1 hr 3 min
October 05, 2020Episode 07: Yaaast Queen
Coming up in this episode we cover
openSUSE Tumbleweed
App Focus - Audacity
Welcome to the Linux User Space
openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE
openSUSE Tumbleweed
SuSE's Roots
SLS - Soft Landing Linux
Slackware
jurix
Super secret 4.2 .42 question....
YsST
OBS - Open Build Service
openQA
Basic Distro Details
Name - openSUSE
Base System - Factory - developement codebase
2 options
Leap - Yearly release cadence
Tumbleweed - Rolling
Desktop Environment - KDE since the beginning, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE, LXQt, Enlightenment, Cinnamon, Mate, Pantheon
File Manager - Based on DE you choose
Package Manager - Libzypp which provides Zypper on command line and YaST as a GUI and uses the RPM package format
User Interface - DE Based
System & Service Manager - systemd
Kernel - ** 5.8.10 ** Leap is 5.3 at release July
Display Manager - GDM, SDDM, LightDM, you can swap them around if you like
Window Manager - Xorg is there as well as Wayland
Housekeeping
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Tabs, Not Spaces
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App Focus
Audacity
This episode's app: Audacity
Audacity plugins
Next Time
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October's distro of the month is Deepin
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1 hr 15 min
September 21, 2020Episode 06 Do we speak the same ‘Langridge’?
Coming up in this episode we cover
We discuss some lingering Bad Voltage with our guest Stuart Langridge
App focus - Open Broadcaster Software
Welcome to the Linux User Space
Invited guest - Stuart Langridge
Stuart's website
Stuart on Twitter
Bad Voltage
Housekeeping
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Bad Voltage
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App Focus
Open Broadcaster Software
This episode's app: Open Broadcaster Software AKA OBS Studio
Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.
Next episode we discuss openSUSE
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1 hr 39 min
September 07, 2020Episode 05: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Coming up in this episode we cover
Manjaro
the good the bad and the ugly
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
Manjaro wikipedia page
Manjaro Arm
Roland Singer, Philip Muller & Guillaume Benoit co-founders
Phillip Muller Announcment for first alpha
Announcement, Manjaro no longer just a distro, but now company
Forbes article - company announcement
Announcing the switch to Free Office vs Libre Office by default
Forbes article - office switch
Archived forum
New forum
Change in manjaro team composition
Change of treasurer for Manjaro community funds
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
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Late Night Linux
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App Focus
Rofi
This episode's app: Rofi
Next episode we discuss topics impacting your user space
September's distro of the month is openSUSE tumbleweed
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1 hr 30 min
August 24, 2020Episode 04: Positively Foxy
Episode: 04 Show Notes
Coming up in this episode we cover
Toxicity in the community
Mozilla and Firefox
Printing in Linux
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
Mozilla and Firefox
Essential Guide: Improve Firefox Performance on Linux by Turning WebRender On
Mac and Linux coming soon, why no Linux support yet?
The Firefox Browser is a privacy nightmare on desktop and mobile
Mozilla turns off “Firefox Send” following malware abuse reports
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
1 Mozilla and Google renew Firefox search agreement
2 Mozilla and Google renew Firefox search agreement
3 from 2018
4 from 2011
Comcast’s Xfinity Internet Service Joins Firefox’s Trusted Recursive Resolver Program
Mozilla expands its partnership with ad-free subscription service Scroll
Firefox Plans Controversial New Encryption Setting For Millions, And Update Starts This Month
Firefox turns controversial new encryption on by default in the US
Why Mozilla Firefox Is Making Headlines Again
Printers
CUPS - Common UNIX Printing System
HP Linux Imaging and Printing aka HPLIP
HP's page for HPLIP
Debugging Printing Problems in Ubuntu
Debugging Printing Problems in Fedora
Arch wiki - troubleshooting CUPS
Debian wiki - CUPS debugging
openSUSE Printer Operation Doc
Housekeeping
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This Week in Linux
Tuxdigital
Destination Linux Network
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Flatseal
This episode's app: 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
Next episode we discuss Manjaro
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1 hr 19 min
August 10, 2020Episode 03: Fedora the explorer
Coming up in this episode we cover
We Network with Joe
Dive into Fedora 32
Listener feedback
App Focus on Bitwarden
Welcome to the Linux User Space
Fedora 32
Fedora
Warren Togami
Gnome Desktop
KDE Plasma 5 Desktop
Heisenbug
Matthew Miller arsTECHNICA Interview
Basic Distro Details
Base System - Fedora
Desktop Environment(s) - (Official) GNOME, (Spins) KDE Plasma, LXQT, LXDE, Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, SOAS
Labs - 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
Fedora Magazine
RPM Fusion
Housekeeping
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Command Line Heros
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Bitwarden
This episode's app: Bitwarden
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1 hr 33 min

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