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Coming up in this episode

Ubuntu's Ups and Downs

An KDE Linux Chat with Nate Graham

0:00 Cold Open

1:37 Ubuntu's Ups and Downs

24:04 The Present and Future of KDE Linux (with Nate)

1:08:43 AI and Unenforceable Policies (with Nate)

1:47:18 Next Time: Season 7!

1:53:47 Stinger

The Video Version

https://youtu.be/wUQtmVpj1OE

Today in User Space we start out by covering a couple of the newest Ubuntu issues. Namely, the outages, but that alone wasn't terrible, until you added update failures that prevent folks that needed to from patching themselves against Copy Fail! Some good things, too, though. PS5 Linux is bringing all the nostalgia back from the PS3 era of full Linux desktop enjoyment.

Then, we let a guest, Nate Graham of KDE, crash the back half of the show, and it goes quite long! In the first half we hear everything from why Snaps could, but ultimately don't work for KDE Linux, Printing, and the possible future cadence of the OS once there's a full release (and more, of course). We actually split the interview in two to be a little more digestible and postable later on.

In the second half of the interview, we discuss our thoughts on AI, what's good (and mostly bad) about it all, and how KDE and Nate look at submissions and humanity. What we don't need, it seems, is unenforceable policies. Then, a couple final questions like what's up with Full Disk Encryption?

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Ubuntu's Ups and Downs

Ubuntu's AI Ambitions

Ubuntu's DDoS

Discourse Post about the DDoS

PS5-Linux (based on Ubuntu)

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Interview With Nate Graham

Nate's Blog

KDE Linux

KDE Linux Wiki

KDE Discuss

KDE Linux Matrix

KDE Bug Tracker

This Week In Plasma

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🔭Next Time🔭 We're On Break

We plan to cover your feedback, and some interesting topics. Stay Tuned, we plan to check in on Kagi, Orion and our KDE Linux journey.

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Coming up in this episode

LP Cam RAM is here

Closing the open source

Get your stars aligned

0:00 Cold Open

1:32 LPCAMM2 Might Change the Game

26:48 Malus in Wonderland

41:22 Reaching for the Stars

1:19:39 Next Time

1:23:26 Stinger

The Video Version

https://youtu.be/Lq4-jkS9id4

Today in User Space we get excited for the future of Low Profile memory with LPCAMM2 showing up lately in the Framework 13 Pro's Intel boards

giving speed and power savings we've never seen before. On paper, it's as good as the Mac unified memory, but will it actually live up to the hype on the new Intel chips?

Then, we find out Malus is out here copying open source software and adjusting it enough that it becomes... liberated? Described as 'satire,' this tool, at least on its surface, does seem to do exactly what it says on the tin. But why?

And finally, we spend a lot of time talking about Ubuntu 26.04's release, and it turns out, some of the highlights are really interesting. Password feedback lets us meander into a much longer security debate about shoulder surfing, why TPM's and encryption are good, actually, the Gnome Resources app, which is surprisingly good, but we forgot to remember about it, and then we try to figure out when the right time to update really is.

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LPCAMM2 Memory is gaining traction

LPCAMM2 memory

Nextgen Framework

Framework 13 configurator

More of this will help the RAM situation

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Open Source can be magicked into Closed Source without Violating Copyright (Left)

Malus

archive.today link to 404 Media article

But shouldn't it be Public Domain?

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Ubuntu 26.04

OMG Ubuntu coverage

Release Announcement

Rust Coreutils update

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Coming up in this episode

The 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 Ubuntu is raising their minimum RAM requirement to 6GB from 4. Honestly, it's about time.

Then, some bittersweet news. Leo finally gets to play around with the Firefox built-in VPN, but Dan still hasn't seen it. What we found out, though, is that Firefox will happily leak your real IP address with WebRTC. Does this defeat the purpose?!

Lastly, we try to guess what's going to happen next with RAM prices. They seem to have hit their peak, but will they really come tumbling down? At least for Raspberry Pi, that's not the case as price rises across the entire line are happening. The Pi 5 16GB is a jaw dropping $300!

We also respond to a couple of comments.

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Ends of an Era

Linux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support

Ars Technica coverage

Ubuntu raises system requirements

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Firefox VPN leaks your IP when using WebRTC

WebRTC leaks explained

Mullvad VPN Connection Check

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Raspberry Pi prices rise... again.

Raspberry Pi Blog announcement

Gaming On Linux article

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We plan to cover your feedback, and some interesting topics. Stay Tuned, we plan to check in on Kagi and our KDE Linux journey.

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Coming up in this episode

Stick 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 about this one since it hits much closer to home, even in distros that weren't considering it prior, and why we think it's not a big deal, nor is that slope very slippery from here

Then, we find out that Mozilla has a browser, and they're putting a couple of interesting things in there! Namely split view and a VPN, but only the cool kids have the latter for now.

Next up is, in the US, the FCC has banned foreign consumer grade routers, which is basically all of them. What do a couple of Linux nerds suggest to try instead? LINUX OF COURSE!

We also spend more time in Kagiland and learn a couple of things.

Finally! A good episode!

Hope you enjoy

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A fork of Systemd has emerged

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Firefox 149 is released

Firefox 149 is out

Phoronix

OMG Ubuntu

Split View is in

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FCC Bans Routers... Like all of them.

FCC Page

FCC FAQ Page

CNET

BBC

Engadget

Kagi Stuff

Snap or Bang?

Kagi translate is amazing

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We plan to cover your feedback, and some interesting topics. Stay Tuned, we plan to check in on Kagi and our KDE Linux journey.

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We would like to acknowledge 🤩 our top patrons. Thank you 🙏 for your support!

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LiNuXsys666

Matt M.

Musical Coder

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Coming up in this episode

I 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 there's an open source alternative to Speedtest.net and Fast.com these days, and it's LibreSpeed.org. Take a peek, preferably after they update their expired certificate (they seriously did this to us after we speak so highly!) and get a slightly more honest look at your speeds! For bonus points, try a different country. We also dig into some of the technical bits behind those tests.

Also, when speaking about jitter, I should have said 'delta' or 'difference' rather than 'average'!

Then, more age verification. This time, though, Linux distributions are caught in the crossfire and some are exploring the ways to actually handle potential implementations. Nothing's too dire yet as most of these 'laws' are still bills, and that means they don't matter quite yet.

Also, we look into a post by Gabriele Svelto, a Firefox developer, to find out that not only is Firefox a little more reliable than you might think, bad RAM or other hardware bits might actually be the reason things are crashing, and not just Firefox!

Finally, some feedback, and we learn that our Mac User / Listener Venn diagram isn't just two separate circles.

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Check Your Speed 🏁

librespeed

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Age Verification in Linux (and BSD)

Proposed Colorado Legislation

Proposed California Legislation

System76 response

Midnight BSD response

FreeDesktop Merge Proposal punted to a portal implementation

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Memories Lost

Firefox crash reports detect bit flips

Feedback

@vimlena from YouTube

Waterfox works with Firefox sync

@squidiebah from YouTube

Been using firefox for years, this won't make me move and I've just disabled it(AI).

Chris from Fireside

I'm that guy. The macOS user that regularly listens to your show! So, the Venn diagram is not two separate circles. It's more like circles that touch at exactly one point without crossing. They form a tangent.

Alphacluster on Discord

Also a Mac and Kagi user.

Zen Browser

Arc Browser

Orion Browser

WhamGeek on Discord

Kagi has a pilot program to offer free search for public & academic libraries The application button does't work, but I reached out to them and they got back within the hour with the correct link.

🔭Next Time🔭

We plan to cover your feedback, and some interesting topics. Stay Tuned, we plan to check in on Kagi and our KDE Linux journey.

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We would like to acknowledge 🤩 our top patrons. Thank you 🙏 for your support!

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Dave

John

Visaggio & Co

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MarshMan

Rotted Mood

CubicleNate

Super User

A.J.

Advait

Amanita

Backshift6090

Eduardo S.

Jeff3ix

Jefferson

Jill and Steve

Larry

LiNuXsys666

Matt M.

Musical Coder

Nicholas

sleepyeyesvince