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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

🧹Housekeeping🧹

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Raspberry Pi prices rise... again.

Raspberry Pi Blog announcement

Gaming On Linux article

🔭Next Time🔭

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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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Stick a Fork in it 🍴

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

🧹Housekeeping🧹

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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

🔭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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Bruno

Dave

John

Visaggio & Co

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Amanita

Backshift6090

Eduardo S.

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Jefferson

Jill and Steve

Larry

LiNuXsys666

Matt M.

Musical Coder

Nicholas

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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

🧹Housekeeping🧹

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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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Stay tuned📡 for announcements of our return and interact with us on Lemmy, Twitter, Bluesky, 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.

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

Producer

Bruno

Dave

John

Visaggio & Co

Co-Producer

--verbose

MarshMan

Rotted Mood

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Super User

A.J.

Advait

Amanita

Backshift6090

Eduardo S.

Jeff3ix

Jefferson

Jill and Steve

Larry

LiNuXsys666

Matt M.

Musical Coder

Nicholas

sleepyeyesvince

Coming up in this episode

No YOU'RE Not Optimized

How do WE join the resistance?

Firefox gets a killswitch

And Discord kicks the can

The Video Version

https://youtu.be/oGVbHhCH9Lk

0:00 Cold Open

2:55 Searchin' with Kagi

27:13 Resistance Is Not Futile

49:09 The Firefox Kill Switch!

1:04:15 Discord Backtracks & Next Time

1:15:02 Stinger

We start off with a little on how our Kagi search project is going. And it'd be going a lot better if Leo could stop weighing the pros and cons of each search and their impact on the quota. Also, a little about Orion and why its tabbed layout is much better than the rest.

Then, F-Droid is back in the news with a new lament about the dwindling amount of time left before the September Sideload cutoff. Time to make a little more noise, it seems.

And finally, Firefox gets the long awaited Kill Switch, but was it actually backtracking? We make the case for why that might not have actually been the case, but welcome the toggle either way.

Oh, and in Next Time, we accidentally slip in a small segment about Discord and what backtracking actually looks like! More on that in a future episode as Discord is where we are a lot of the time.

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Follow up to the Google Developer Verification for Android

F-Droid statement

The Open Letter

🧹Housekeeping🧹

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Kill all AI

Firefox 148 introduces the AI kill switch

OMG Ubuntu article

Discord Age Verification Delayed

Discord Age Verification Delayed

AP News article

BBC Article

🔭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.

Watch for our livestream announcements.

Stay tuned📡 for announcements of our return and interact with us on Lemmy, Twitter, Bluesky, 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.

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

Producer

Bruno

Dave

John

Visaggio & Co

Co-Producer

--verbose

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

Coming up in this episode

Neocities went Bing Bang Boom

Discord says open up and say ahhh

KDE Linux snaps at snap

0:00 Cold Open

3:03 MySpace, Not Your Space

34:22 Discord Wants Your Face

54:43 Is KDE Linux Ready?

1:10:14 Next Time

1:13:36 Stinger

The Video Version

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Neocities was blocked by Bing

Neocities Blog Post

Ars Technica article

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Discord Age Verification is coming

Discord Press Release

Gaming on Linux post

EFF post

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KDE Linux

Nate Graham's blog post

Phoronix article

🔭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.

Watch for our livestream announcements.

Stay tuned📡 for announcements of our return and interact with us on Lemmy, Twitter, Bluesky, 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.

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

Producer

Bruno

Dave

John

Visaggio & Co

Co-Producer

--verbose

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