Episode 6:14: Kernels of Truth with Nate Graham

Episode 6:14: Kernels of Truth with Nate Graham

From Linux User Space by Linux User Space

May 11, 2026 · 1h 55m · Season 6

About this episode

The episode discusses recent Ubuntu issues and features an interview with Nate Graham about KDE Linux and AI.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Linux User Space

Guest: Nate Graham

Topics covered

  • Ubuntu issues
  • KDE Linux
  • AI
  • Full Disk Encryption
  • Snaps
  • Printing

Keywords

  • Ubuntu
  • KDE
  • AI
  • Snaps
  • Full Disk Encryption
  • Linux

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KDE, Ubuntu

Products: PS5 Linux

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