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How did your favorite Linux distribution get its start? Join us and find out! Linux User Space is hosted by Leo and Dan, and every two weeks we deep dive into the history of Linux distributions and the things that matter to us. Episodes drop every other Monday.

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Episode 3:15: A Hot Plate of Hype


Coming up in this episode

  1. A little podman
  2. Manifest v3
  3. Browsers
  4. More Browsers?
  5. And what do you know? More browsers

0:00 Cold Open
1:30 Giving Podman a Whirl
10:14 What's Wrong with a Few Boxes?
18:08 Browser Watch: Firefox 109
22:47 Browser Watch: Manifest v3 History
31:44 Browser Watch: A Little More Manifest v3
40:03 Browser Watch: The Chromium Scrolls
48:24 Browser Watch: A Fix to the Web
56:06 Feedback: Johnny and LinuxGameCast
58:51 Kid3 Turns 20
1:00:39 QR Codes for All!
1:05:22 Community Focus: ASUS NLC
1:09:41 App Focus: Gnome Web + Tangram
1:17:51 Next Time: CentOS
1:20:03 Stinger

The video version:
https://youtu.be/ZC4IUlCfP1c

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Firefox 109 brings manifest v3 support
  • What are we talking about?
Maniwhat, now? Version who?
  • 2018, Google proposes Manifest v3.
  • July 2019, The EFF notes.
  • Then in September of 2019, Firefox responded to the Manifest v3 announcement.
  • April 2020, Vivaldi, with version 3.0, debuts its ad and tracker blocker as a means to bypass the manifest v3 issue altogether.
  • Brave had always had an ad blocker, but beefed up its performance and ability in 2019.
  • November 2020, Google finalizes and publishes Manifest v3.
  • December 2021, The EFF reminds us.
  • uBlock Origin Lite exists.
More Announcements
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Moar Browser Watch Chromium answers Leo's prayers! In 109, Linux scrolling seems to have been fixed.
  • He complained about it in Season 2 Episode 16.
  • The Bug. ### A fix to the web
  • Brave's been blocking the cookie consent banners.
Feedback
  • Thanks Johnny (Aromatic Dev) for having the Linux Game Cast folks give us a shout.
A couple of other topics
  • Kid3 turns 20
  • qrencode
  • DuckDuckGo instant answers can make QR codes too, just type qr code WHATEVER e.g. qr code https://linuxuserspace.show.
Housekeeping

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Community Focus
  • The ASUS NoteBook Linux Community
  • Their GitLab
App Focus Gnome Web + Tangram
  • Gnome Web
  • Tangram
Next Time

The history of CentOS, a few thoughts, and whatever else we can cram into the show*

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