
Episode 5:07: Kernel Overload
02/24/25 • 68 min
Coming up in this episode
- We load up your tech toolbox
- We settle the Kernel debate
- and Thou shall not package OBS... that way.
0:00 Cold Open
1:39 We load up your tech toolbox
21:48 We settle the kernel debate
49:43 Thou shall not package OBS... that way.
1:03:32 Next Time
1:07:26 Stinger
The Video Version
https://youtu.be/15zr84iGDHo
IT-Tools
- Can be self hosted
- Do you use IT-Tools? If so, which ones? If you don't, would you?
📣Announcements📣
This program was made possible by:
Maintaining the Linux Kernel
- Rust for Linux project
- The controversial patch for more Rust driver support.
- Wedson Filho called it quits in August of 2024.
- Hector Martin calls it quits for the Asahi Linux project on February 14, 2025.
- Karol Herbst is another domino to fall February 15, 2025.
- Greg K-H's reply on the LKML
- ArsTecnica article
- Phoronix article
📣More Announcements📣
- Want to have a topic covered or have some feedback? - send us an email, [email protected] OR jump on over to the open forum on Lemmy
Thou shall not package OBS... that way.
- Fedora Pagure Issue
- Fedora Flatpak SIG issue - Gitlab
- Updated Fedora Council docs PR
- Gaming on Linux coverage
🧹Housekeeping🧹
Catch these and other great topics as they unfold on our Subreddit or our News channel on Discord.
- 🗞️ Linux User Space Lemmy
- 📰 Linux User Space subreddit
- ⌨️ Linux User Space Discord Server
- 📲 Linux User Space Telegram
- ✉️ Linux User Space Matrix
- 📽️ Linux User Space Twitch
- 🐘 Linux User Space Mastodon
- 📜 Linux User Space Twitter
- 📺️ Linux User Space TILVids
- 📱 Linux User Space Bluesky
🔭Next Time🔭
We plan to cover more topics and feedback.
Come back in two weeks for more Linux User Space. Watch for our livestream announcements.
Stay tuned📡 for announcements of our return and interact with us on Lemmy, Twitter, Mastodon, Telegram, Matrix, Discord whatever. Give us your suggestions on our subreddit r/LinuxUserSpace Join the conversation. Talk to us, and give us more ideas. All the links in the s...
Coming up in this episode
- We load up your tech toolbox
- We settle the Kernel debate
- and Thou shall not package OBS... that way.
0:00 Cold Open
1:39 We load up your tech toolbox
21:48 We settle the kernel debate
49:43 Thou shall not package OBS... that way.
1:03:32 Next Time
1:07:26 Stinger
The Video Version
https://youtu.be/15zr84iGDHo
IT-Tools
- Can be self hosted
- Do you use IT-Tools? If so, which ones? If you don't, would you?
📣Announcements📣
This program was made possible by:
Maintaining the Linux Kernel
- Rust for Linux project
- The controversial patch for more Rust driver support.
- Wedson Filho called it quits in August of 2024.
- Hector Martin calls it quits for the Asahi Linux project on February 14, 2025.
- Karol Herbst is another domino to fall February 15, 2025.
- Greg K-H's reply on the LKML
- ArsTecnica article
- Phoronix article
📣More Announcements📣
- Want to have a topic covered or have some feedback? - send us an email, [email protected] OR jump on over to the open forum on Lemmy
Thou shall not package OBS... that way.
- Fedora Pagure Issue
- Fedora Flatpak SIG issue - Gitlab
- Updated Fedora Council docs PR
- Gaming on Linux coverage
🧹Housekeeping🧹
Catch these and other great topics as they unfold on our Subreddit or our News channel on Discord.
- 🗞️ Linux User Space Lemmy
- 📰 Linux User Space subreddit
- ⌨️ Linux User Space Discord Server
- 📲 Linux User Space Telegram
- ✉️ Linux User Space Matrix
- 📽️ Linux User Space Twitch
- 🐘 Linux User Space Mastodon
- 📜 Linux User Space Twitter
- 📺️ Linux User Space TILVids
- 📱 Linux User Space Bluesky
🔭Next Time🔭
We plan to cover more topics and feedback.
Come back in two weeks for more Linux User Space. Watch for our livestream announcements.
Stay tuned📡 for announcements of our return and interact with us on Lemmy, Twitter, Mastodon, Telegram, Matrix, Discord whatever. Give us your suggestions on our subreddit r/LinuxUserSpace Join the conversation. Talk to us, and give us more ideas. All the links in the s...
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Episode 5:06: Homerun in Orbit
Coming up in this episode
- HD scores a Homerun
- Mozilla Launches Into Orbit
- Stand by while Lemmy Stands by
0:00 Cold Open
3:00 HD Homerun out of the park
21:56 Mozilla Launches Into Orbit
50:10 Stuck on Lemmy
1:04:15 Next Time
1:08:13 Stinger
The Video Version
https://youtu.be/PewzDsCkxk4
HD Homerun out of the park
📣Announcements📣
This program was made possible by:
Mozilla Orbit
📣More Announcements📣
- Want to have a topic covered or have some feedback? - send us an email, [email protected] OR jump on over to the open forum on Lemmy
Stuck on Lemmy and Lemmy is stuck on us
- Dan broke it on upgrade, then restored it a few times and we are back on the old version. It is working though.
- Head over to the forum or User Space section. We hope to post more things that are opinion rather than news. Give us some feedback on those so we can incorporate them into the show.
🧹Housekeeping🧹
Catch these and other great topics as they unfold on our Subreddit or our News channel on Discord.
- 🗞️ Linux User Space Lemmy
- 📰 Linux User Space subreddit
- ⌨️ Linux User Space Discord Server
- 📲 Linux User Space Telegram
- ✉️ Linux User Space Matrix
- 📽️ Linux User Space Twitch
- 🐘 Linux User Space Mastodon
- 📜 Linux User Space Twitter
- 📺️ Linux User Space TILVids
- 📱 Linux User Space Bluesky
🔭Next Time🔭
We plan to cover more topics and feedback.
Come back in two weeks for more Linux User Space. Watch for our livestream announcements.
Stay tuned📡 for announcements of our return and interact with us on Lemmy, Twitter, Mastodon, Telegram, Matrix, Discord whatever. Give us your suggestions on our subreddit r/LinuxUserSpace Join the conversation. Talk to us, and give us more ideas. All the links in the show notes and on linuxuserspace.show.
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Next Episode

Episode 5:08: Make It Snappy
Coming up in this episode
- Syncing the Notes
- The History of Snaps
- And How Much We Absolutely Adore Them
0:00 Cold Open
1:34 Seeking Syncthing
16:42 The History of Snaps
33:52 How'd 9 Years of Snaps Go?
1:01:54 Next Time
1:04:49 Stinger
The Video Version
https://youtu.be/izDzKkuEyRw
It is all about the notes
- Leo goes back to basics and uses SyncThing to move his markdown files around that he edits using a standard text editor.
📣Announcements📣
This program was made possible by:
The history of snap packages
- Ubuntu's convergence promise.
- Click apps
- Snappy Ubuntu
- Click apps and Snappy apps share update technology.
- Snappy Ubuntu Core was available
- Snapcraft was released as version 2.0.
- Snaps were now available to everyone.
- Mozilla chimed in with their support.
- Snap expanded its compatibility to the likes of Arch and Fedora.
- xdg-app rebrands as Flatpak as a Snap competitor.
- Unity 8 and Snaps were expected for 18.04
- The backporting of Snaps to 14.04 was a success.
- Fedora saw that promised Snap support land.
- Mark Shuttleworth made a game changing announcement.
- An effort to slim down the size of Gnome apps succeeded.
- The first Snap-installed-by-default shipped with Ubuntu MATE 17.10.
- The drumbeat of Snaps-installed-by-default got louder.
- Mozilla authors their own Snap package.
- Snap devs finally started their efforts to slim down the startup times.
- Canonical's announcement that Chromium would switch to a Snap.
- Linux Mint forges their own path. Additionally, they blocked the snapd backend.
- The dev team speeds startup times further.
- Snaps killed their 32-bit support.
- Mozilla Firefox wou...
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