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I like Linux, Open Source, and FOSS a lot. So I do a history podcast about those things at Linux User Space, make videos here and there, and write at my blog on occasion.

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🐇 #FreeRDP gets some undeserved flak
⚙️ #Kubuntu's website WASN'T hacked
📦and #Fedora does a copy and paste

We're also bumping the next episode an extra week to make room for some holiday travel 🦃

#Linux #OpenSource
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Attack of the 50 Foot-Guns (Season 6, Episode 4)
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November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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🥾We'll need to resize the /boot
🤖Stuff an #LLM into #Fedora
🦊Handle our profiles in #Firefox
🕸️Let go of our #HTTP sites
⚙️Inject malice into prompts
☄️And recap the Cosmic Desktop

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS
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Boot Slide N' Boogie (Season 6, Episode 3)
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November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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🧑‍🚀We spend two hours with @system76.bsky.social 's Cosmic DE
⚙️Cover a @frame.work UEFI bug
☄️And Wonder How Much Better Things Will Get!

We took an episode detour this time. What do you think?

#Linux #OpenSource
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The Cosmic B-Side (Season 6, Episode 2b)
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October 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Season 6 brings new ways to say Thanks!

Folks that sign up to our Patreon under the free tier will see the episode drop 3 hours before the rest of the world

AND our $1 patrons get access to new episodes even earlier than that in our Patron-only Discord!

Link for more
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October 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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🦎Dan finds himself tumbling like a weed
🛜Leo reconnects to the internet
🐧We have a season defining question
🪟Realize Windows 10 won't die
🦊Catch up on the latest Firefox changes
☯️And contemplate an off-ramp

It's the season 6 premiere!

#Linux #OpenSource

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Yet Another Clanker (Season 6 Episode 1)
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September 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#Google 's down. Time for a drink!
September 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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🔥 #Mozilla axes a few more things
🤬We settle the #Linux Bloat debate
🤖Talk a little more on #Rust and safety
🌐And ask what's next for #ChromeOS

#OpenSource #FOSS #Tech
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Bloat Don't Float (Season 5 Episode 14)
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June 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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🤬cURL is done with "AI slop"
🤔We question language licenses
🪼Respond to #Ubuntu feedback
📦and set the container journey rules

#OpenSource #FOSS #Linux
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Sloppy AI or Good Fuzzing? (Season 5, Episode 13)
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May 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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🔐We debate using #Ubuntu Pro for a server
🦊 #Firefox gets vertical tabs and tab groups
🦁 #Brave gets a cookie notice remover
🔮and #Google may lose #Chrome!

#OpenSource #FOSS #Linux
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May 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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🤖Vibe Coding Makes Its Way Into #Qt
🤘 #Rust Is About To Be in Everything
💽 #Ubuntu and #Fedora Are Released
⚡And We Find a New Exploration

#OpenSource #FOSS #Linux
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Qt Vibes and a New Standard (Season 5, Episode 11)
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April 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Ever wondered where #Flatpak REALLY came from? It wasn't just xdg-app, it goes WAY beyond that. Have a listen and find out!

#Linux #History

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The History of Flatpak
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April 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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🦅We sign up for #Thunderbird 's Thundermail
🎁Walk down #Flatpak 's memory lane
💑And debate the new packaging styles

😬 We might even have a winner
#Linux
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Handle with Care (Season 5 Episode 10)
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April 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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😰 The Dash to Panel Dev calls it quits
🦊 #Mozilla adopts a new Terms of Use
📡 and Cover SO much good feedback

#Linux #OpenSource #GNOME #Firefox
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Episode 5:09: So, Just Better Words?
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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March 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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You ever wonder when and how #Ubuntu 's Snaps got started? Here's your answer.

#Linux
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The History of Ubuntu's Snap Packages
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March 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Uh... #Ubuntu? You ok?

#Linux
March 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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🥶We ID the warmest winter hat
🛠️Gather the best of our new tools
🌽Settle the #Rust for #Linux debate
☠️And watch #Fedora package #OBS

#OpenSource #FOSS
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Episode 5:07: Kernel Overload
In this episode we discuss IT Tools, we talk about Rust and burnout, and we discuss the Fedora Flatpak implementation.
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February 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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📡We get our TV's tuned in
🦊Let @mozilla.org 's #ai do the heavy lifting
🐭Break our #Lemmy instance
🧘And focus on our community

#Linux #Firefox #Podcast
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Episode 5:06: Homerun in Orbit
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 serv...
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February 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Is uptime maxing still a thing? I want to see a #Linux or #Unix box that’s been running for like 2,000 days.
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
January 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Happy new year y'all!
January 1, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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🔣 #Ubuntu makes us count to 292 Billion
🦊Would you pay for #Firefox?
🦅A little #Thunderbird
😈A little #FreeBSD
🤖And a little #Android, too

#Linux #OpenSource
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Episode 5:05: Version Not Supported
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 br...
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November 11, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Got it right first try! 😅

#Linux #HTML
November 6, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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🖥️We look at manual web development
🔐Make sense of #Bitwarden 's licensing
💀Reboot our phones once a week
🪟And ask what to do after #Windows 10

🚨We also uploaded the wrong episode, so if you got it already REFRESH YOUR APP!

#Linux #OpenSource #Podcast
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Episode 5:04: Protocol '99
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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October 28, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I'm thinking of abandoning CMSes in favor of hand coding my site with #HTML and #CSS. And I mean REAL hand coding. None of this static site generator stuff.

Help! Talk me out of it!
October 16, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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🏛️There's Panic at the Archive!
🪶 #Thunderbird spreads its Android wings
🐦 #Ubuntu's Oriole perches on your system!
🐗And whatever happened to the Warthog?

#Linux #OpenSource #InternetArchive
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Just Wing It More (Season 5, Episode 3)
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October 14, 2024 at 7:38 PM