mintCast: Recent Episodes
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First up in the news: Mint monthly news, The AUR gets hit… again, And a new AI generated Desktop.
In Security and Privacy, “The death of privacy online”, and Automatic firmware updates becomes mandatory.
We then get into our “Wanderings”, there’s some feedback, and more!
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:Mint Monthly News – June 2026
Arch Linux’s AUR under attack for the second time in less than two months
Starling is a new Linux desktop built using AI in six months
Security and Privacy:The death of privacy online
“Automatic firmware/software updates for network infrastructure have gone from “nice to have” to “mandatory” because the threat landscape has changed.”
· First up in the news: PlayStation and Microsoft goes fully digital, Amazon blames piracy, Brave goes “containerized”, and Immich has “Big Upgrades.”
· Then in our Wanderings: Joe does more with the mini rack and plans ahead, Jim drops Fire TV like a hot potato,
· In Check this Out: Myna lets you talk instead of type in Ubuntu
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:What PlayStation going fully digital tells us about the PS6
Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox Could Be Digital-Only With New Disc-to-Digital Support
Amazon Blames Piracy Apps With Malware For Killing New Fire Stick Sideloading
Brave Says This is Not a Privacy Feature, But Using Containers Has Its Perks
Immich 3.0 Released with Big Upgrades for Self-Hosted Photo Libraries
Check This Out:Ubuntu’s new ‘Myna’ AI lets you talk instead of type – here’s how
Listen to other Podcasts of the Linux Syndicate Family:Join Bill, Majid, Eric and Charlie on Linux OTC, Linux Off The Cuff, for an unscripted and unpredictable conversation about all things Linux, Open Source and more.
Join Dale and Majid on Distrohoppers’ Digest to hear about their experiences and challenges with trying out different Linux distros.
Contact Info: Joe – jeboylan on Matrix, jb@mintcast.org, & The Linux Link Tech Show tllts, The Linux Lug Cast, Buy him coffee on Ko-fi as Joeeb. * Bill – Bill_H on Matrix, bill@mintcast.org,* wchouser3 on fosstodon.org*.* * Majid – AtypicalD*octor* on Matrix, drmajid@mintcast.org, & The Atypical Doctor Podcast. * Eric – esa1975 on Matrix, eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – Mr PDX on Matrix, charles@mintcast.org * Jim– GNU2Linux** on Matrix, jim@mintcast.org, & The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing, hosting & maintaining our Nextcloud & web servers. * Londoner for his contributions, from News to Time Syncs. * The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about. Thanks Clem & Team*.
In our Wanderings: Joe Takes a trip, Bill’s got nothing and Jim likes Indiana
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesContact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee , @jeboylan:matrix.org on Matrix * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, @wchouser3:matrix.org on Matrix,Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor:matrix.org on Matrix, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, @esa1975:matrix.org on Matrix. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, @jupiterfan2022_1:matrix.org on Matrix, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, @bokehphilia:matrix.org on Matrix, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo,
* .initrd for the animated logo on Discord
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up the news
We have a great little tool in the “Check This Section”
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado
DuckDuckGo Installs Up 30% After Google Announced AI Search
New social features further Plex’s evolution from media server business
Euro-Office: General availability set for June 9
Acer Launching Streaming-Only Handheld Gaming PC Running Debian
Microsoft cut its engineers off from AI because the bill got too big — why AI might not take your job after all
EU plots long game against US digital supremacy
Brave Software inc releases a stable version of the Brave Origin Browser
Check This Out
Handy is a free, private, local AI speech-to-text app.
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim – jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube * Charlie –* ImmutableCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org. Also on the Linux OTC podcast.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo,
* .initrd for the animated logo on Discord
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – May
Then in our Wanderings: Bill pays the bills, Joe solders the irons and Jim fins the jelly
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:Mint Monthly News
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube * Charlie*– ImmutableCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo,
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – April,
In security and privacy: Proton Mail now supports post-quantum encryption,
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Mint Monthly News – April 2026
NHS to close-source hundreds of GitHub repos over AI, security concerns
After Days of DDoS, Now Ubuntu’s Twitter Account Seems to be Compromised
Linux Kernel 7.0 is Out With Improvements Across the Board for Intel, AMD, and Storage
Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory
Chrome Silently Installs a 4GB A.I. Model On Your Device Without Consent
Oh No! Now A Federal Bill Wants OS-Level Age Verification for Everyone in the USA
Kids Bypass Age Verification With Fake Moustaches
The Audio Industry Is Grappling With the Rise of ‘Podslop’
Will Euro-Office be using ODF?
Dell and Lenovo Sponsoring LVFS
Security And Privacy:
‘Dirty Frag’ Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit
Proton Mail now supports post-quantum encryption
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube * Charlie*– ImmutableCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo,
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Updated Mint ISOs
Then in our Wanderings: Majid explore Tailscale, Joe does it all again. Jim, Charlie, and Charles got some stuff too.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Updated Mint ISOs
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube * Charlie*– ImmutableCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo,
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint 23 is named, Ubuntu 26.04 coming up and its already causing controversy, Firefox gets more features, big tech making some changes, and the governments of the world are meddling, in good and bad ways… and we welcome another host!
In security and privacy: Flatpak getting more secure allegedly
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
The code name for Mint 23 is “Alfa”
26.04 Beta
Does Ubuntu Now Require More RAM Than Windows 11?
26.10 could drop btfrs zfs and luks
Firefox Announces Built-in VPN and Other New Features Including New Mascot
Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail address
Samsung’s Messages App Is Shutting Down
Microsoft Mysteriously Freezes Accounts for VeraCrypt, WireGuard, Windscribe
Why did the FCC ban foreign-made consumer routers?
NHS staff resist using Palantir software
France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins
Student Loans Fiasco, and its IT underpins
LibreOffice Drama: TDF Removes Collabora Developers in One Sweep
Security And Privacy:
Flatpak 1.16.4 Brings Important Security Fixes
CPUID website hacked: users report HWMonitor and CPU-Z delivering malware
Cloudflare aims to dethrone WordPress with EmDash, its new plugin-secure CMS
Check This Out:
New & Update Flatpaks – Nora
26.04 – Another view
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube * Charlie*– FOSSCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: The fight against enshittification starts
In security and privacy: Shock-horror, Chinese government spies
Then in our Wanderings: Joe rambles, Bill drives himself crazy, Majid actually has fun! Charles, and Jim explores notes apps.
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Norway’s Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification
Security And Privacy:
China Upgrades the Backdoor It Uses to Spy on Telcos Globally
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, March 2026; Major Redesign for Firefox: Chrome getting an upgrade; Debian 13.4; SUSE for sale – again; ASUS says MacBook Neo is “shock”; HBO, Paramount Merge; Xfwl4 coming to XFCE, and more.
In security and privacy: Age Verification coming to your Linux PC?; Anthropic turns Claud loose on Firefox code.
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Mint Monthly News for March 2026
Firefox Is Getting a Major Redesign After 5 Years
Google Chrome on Linux is Getting the Much Awaited Upgrade
Debian 13.4 Released With Dozens Of Fixes
Xfwl4 – The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
SUSE May Undergo Another Ownership Change in Potential $6 Billion Sale
Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a ‘Shock’ to the PC Industry
HBO Max and Paramount+ will soon merge into one mega streaming service — here’s what you need to know
Security and Privacy:
Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next
Anthropic found a heap of Firefox security flaws using new Claude tools
Check This Out:
YTDown YouTube Downloader
Vogon Poetry
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: California is doing its thing again
Then in our Wanderings: Bill does it while sick, Joe does a lot, Jim plays with ghost
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
California introduces age verification law for all operating systems
MidnightBSD excludes California users
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – January 2026,
In security and privacy: Theres an SSH Stalker
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Mint Monthly News – January 2026
Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally. Face scan or I.D. needed?
Firefox Announces ‘A.I. Controls’ To Block Its Upcoming A.I. Features
AppManager offers drag-and-drop AppImage management.
Sony Will Ship Its Final Blu-ray Recorders This Month
The Memory Crisis Is Taking No Prisoners
RaspberyPi goes Dual RAM
Linux 6.19
KDE 6.6 & Gnome 50 Betas out
Ubuntu getting rid of the Software & Updater tool
Libreoffice 26.2 released
Security and Privacy:
SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in security and privacy: Euro firms ditch American Clouds and systemd stuff
Then in our Wanderings: Joe, Majid does yoga with his distros, Charles is our security guru, Jim explores the new Mint release
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Systemd daddy quits Microsoft to prove Linux can be trusted
We are building cryptographically verifiable integrity into Linux systems
Europe’s digital sovereignty paranoia
Dow Chemical says AI is the element behind 4,500 job cuts
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint 22.3 “Zena” released. Then lots of drivers news, new distros, AI and Apple getting sued (again)
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Mint 22.3 “Zena” released
EndeavourOS 2026.01.12 Released With Linux 6.18 LTS Kernel, NVIDIA Open Modules
Ubuntu 26.04 Aims To Deliver Better NVIDIA Wayland Performance Atop GNOME
Big GPU & Kernel Update Headed to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Firefox 147 Arrives with XDG Support on Linux, Auto-PiP + More
GNOME and Firefox Consider Disabling Middle Click Paste By Default
WINE 11.0 Released
Adobe Photoshop 2025 Installer Now Working On Linux With Patched Wine
Microsoft Office Is Now ‘Microsoft 365 Copilot App
Microsoft is Slowly Turning Edge Into Another Copilot App
A.I., now including advertisements!
Discord Files Confidentially for IPO
New Dell XPS 14 and 16 Announced, Ubuntu Version Coming This Year
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After 58 Years
Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit
Check This Out:
How to Install COSMIC Desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: A retraction
Review of our predictions for last year, and what we predict for 2026
Then our much anticipated Wanderings
Link To Full Show NotesRetraction from episode 475:The first is from the mint monthly blog where we said there would be a way to upgrade to the beta of 22.3 directly from 22.2. This was a misunderstanding of the information, and is in fact not true. There is, as has been the case in the past no way to upgrade in place from any version of Mint to any beta. That has just never been a thing. The confusion stems from the line stating there will be an announcement when the links are available. If you want to run the beta, you will have to install it (Nuke and Pave)
The other thing is when Bill mentioned the new Cinnamon menu was currently available to use with 22.2. Bill was confused by an update he saw come down for an alternative menu, “CinnVIIStarkMenu” which is a very feature rich, traditional menu much like the Arc menu in Gnome, The Brisk Menu in Budgie, and the Whisker Menu in XFCE. The new menu will be available in the up-coming 22.3 release of Linux Mint Cinnamon.
Check This Out:Topgrade
topgrade is an intelligent, cross-platform (Linux, BSD, Windows & macOS) command-line utility designed to streamline the process of updating various software components on your system. Instead of manually running apt update && apt upgrade, dnf update, pacman -Syu, brew update && brew upgrade, pip install --upgrade, cargo update, or specific updates for tools like oh-my-zsh, topgrade automates this entire sequence.
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In this episode of mintCast, we kick things off with Mint Monthly News for December, covering what’s new and noteworthy in the Linux Mint world.
In Security and Privacy, Charles breaks down two fresh vulnerabilities, React2Shell and Tarmageddon-Flaw, explaining what they are, why they matter, and how they could impact Linux users.
Then, in the Innards segment, Dale joins us for a deep dive into Syncthing. We explore what it is, how it works, and why it’s such a powerful, privacy-friendly tool for keeping your files in sync across devices—without relying on the cloud.
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” – BETA Release
Security And Privacy
React2Shell Vulnerability
Tarmageddon-Flaw
Check This Out
HPR New Years show
AI headphones automatically learn who you’re talking to-and let you hear them better
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube * Dale –* Dale_CDL on Telegram and Discord. My email is dale_cdl@pm.me distrohoppersdigest.org
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – November, and a variety of other items
In security and privacy: Cloudfare goes down and Charles finds out that Shai-Hulud returns from Arrakis
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Mint Monthly News – November 2025
Mozilla Unveils Plans for New ‘AI Window’ Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups
KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment to Drop the X11 Session and Go Wayland-Only
Windows 11 Growth Slows As Millions Stick With Windows 10
FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built
Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion Unless You Self‑Host
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Jellyfin does hardware transcoding for free, and Plex wants $250 to match it
Mad Men’s 4K debut botched by HBO Max streaming episode with visible crewmembers
Netflix Buys Warner Bros. including HBO & HBO Max for $83 Billion
Cloudflare blames Friday outage on borked React2shell fix
Emulating PC games on Android is easier than ever, and you can thank Valve
Security And Privacy:
Shai-Hulud worm returns, belches secrets to 25K GitHub repos
Twins who hacked State Dept hired to work for gov again, now charged with deleting databases (And then they asked an AI to help cover their tracks)
Check This Out:
Clone like a boss – Veronica Explains
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Theres and initiative in protecting OTA TV from DRM
Then in our Wanderings: Joe does a lot, Bill plays magical video cards, Majid is trying to resist Black Friday, Charles goes to a Linux conference, and Jim eschews the mouse.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
FCC Seeks Comment on ATSC 3.0 DRM – Protect OTA TV!
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – October 2025
Then, new distro news and updates, and more streaming stuff
In security and privacy: don’t trust every PPA!
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Mint Monthly News – October 2025
GNOME 50 Ends the X11 Era After Decades
CachyOS Continues Delivering Leading Performance Over Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora Workstation 43
ElementaryOS Updates
IncusOS: A New Immutable Linux System Built for Running Incus
KDE Plasma 6.6 Introduces QR Code Wi-Fi Connections, Boosts Performance
Ikey Doherty Missing from AerynOS for Six Months
Debian’s APT Package Manager to Integrate Rust Code by May 2026
90% of Windows games now run on Linux; Linux gamers on Steam cross 3% mark
The Internet is Dying. 50% of all traffic is now non-human
The Internet Archive’s legal fight is over but loses 500,000 books from its Open Library in the process
The Internet Archive’s legal fight is over but loses 500,000 books from its Open Library in the process
YouTube TV’s Disney blackout reminds users that they don’t own what they stream
Security And Privacy:
Don’t blindly trust every PPA. FreeRDP installed via this PPA for Winboat may have malware
Check This Out:
Instagram- web site to view videos and photos without an account: https://imginn.com
Firefox- tip to get shorter tab height: about:config change browser.uidensity from 01 to 1 https://leochavez.org/old/firefox-tabs.html
AppImageLauncher v.3.00 beta (.deb file or AppImage, not the old PPA, which is no longer compatible with Noble Numbat and therefore Mint 22.0+) https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/releases
Load All Reddit Comments: Bookmarklet with keyboard shortcut triggered bykeyword using javascript on Bookmarks Toolbar (CTRL + Shift + B)bookmarklet
IRCCloud allows a persistent connection with the free tier as long as your device stays connected, and allows two network connections, plus is able to connect to same network twice, so one can use two different nicknames on same network.
How to get started with Tailscale in under 10 minutes
Interview with Mark Shuttleworth on LNL
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: LMDE 7 “Gigi” released
Then in our Wanderings: Bill suffers an outage, Joe’s Jellyfin is “ok”, Majid is back to “full time”, and Jim has a lot of extensions
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
LMDE 7 “Gigi” released
Amazon appears to be suppressing Fire TV 4K Select reviews and calling negative reviewers
NewPipe, alternate YouTube and PeerTube client for Android, turns 10
Check This Out:
Zen Browser
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid). * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org AtypicalDoctor on Discord The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: LMDE 7 ‘Gigi” release imminent, Mint Monthly News, Ubuntu 25.10 is out and breaking stuff, Firefox shaking is loved by TIME, Windows 10 is officially dead and lots more!
In security and privacy: Charles has some interesting news on AI and new laws in Spain
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
LMDE 7 Release Imminent
Mint Monthly News – September 2025
Ubuntu 25.10 released, and breaks flatpaks!
Ubuntu Linux 26.04 LTS Officially Named Resolute Raccoon
Cosmic Beta released
Mozilla Firefox is about to add an important feature other browsers have had for years: Profile Management
Mozilla Firefox Shake To Summarize feature gets special mention in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025
Opera Wants You To Pay $19.90 a Month for Its New AI Browser
Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google’s New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy
Open Source Android Repository F-Droid Says Google’s New Rules Will Shut It Down
Amazon Ditches Android — Launches ‘Linux-Based’ Vega OS for Fire TV
TiVo Exiting Legacy DVR Business
California Law Forces Netflix, Hulu To Turn Down Ad Volumes
Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025
PC Sales Explode In Q3 As Windows 11 Deadlines Force Millions To Upgrade
Microsoft Is Plugging More Holes That Let You Use Windows 11 Without an Online Account
Security and Privacy:
AI for America – “A Roadmap to Make AI Work for All Americans, Not Just Big Companies”
Spain’s New age Verification
Check This Out:
Workaround for Flatpaks
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: LMDE 7 ‘Gigi” BETA released
In security and privacy: Mississippi enforces Age Assurance Law, NPM suffers a security breach.
Then in our Wanderings, Joe works with Proxmox, and Openmediavault, Jim Troubleshoots hard disks, Majid goes back to work, and Bill works on his “Immich.”
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
LMDE 7 ‘Gigi” BETA released
Vivaldi takes a stand: keep browsing human
Security and Privacy
Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law
NPM Packages Security Breach
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
A Saturday Livestream about everything and nothing.
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Telegram – https://mintcast.org/tg
First up in the news: Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” released, Mint Monthly News – August
In security and privacy: Plex is a problem again
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:44 – News
- 01:16:45 – Security And Privacy
- 01:35:11 – Bodhi Corner
- 01:38:37 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:42:31 – Check This Out
- 01:51:48 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:53:06 – Wrap Up
- 01:55:11 – Special Thanks
- 01:55:45 – Outro
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ released
From the Mint blog by Clem
What’s new in Mint 22.2 Zara
Release Notes for Mint 22.2 Zara
How to upgrade from Mint 22.1
LMDE 7 beta expected in Sep. 2025; Mint 22.3 in Dec. 2025
KDE launches its own distribution (again)
Firefox To End 32-bit support in 2026
Run Windows apps in Linux using open source WinBoat
Is Roku Driving the Final Nail in the Coffin of Traditional TV?
Not completely linux related but Borderlands 4 released Sept 12
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Linux Performance Improving But Short Of AMD Ryzen & Intel Core Ultra
Security and Privacy
Plex User Data Exposed
An (almost) catastrophic OpenZFS bug and the humans that made it (and Rust is here too)
Check This Out
NerdyDayTrips
The Bullshit Machine
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org and AtypicalDoctor on Discord, The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the Mint news: Another birthday for Mint!, Mint 22.2 final ISOs now being tested
In security and privacy: Arch is Ddossed and malware abounds
Then in our Wanderings: Joe does a lot, Majid achieves very little, Charles, Bill falls off the ARC and Jim is a photographic genius
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show Notes* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:33 – News * 00:04:58 – Security And Privacy * 00:17:07 – Wanderings * 02:01:52 – Vibrations From The Ether * 02:09:18 – Check This Out * 02:10:12 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 02:11:08 – Wrap Up * 02:12:57 – Special Thanks * 02:13:25 – Outro
The News:
Another birthday for Mint!
Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ final ISOs being tested
Security and Privacy:Ringreaper Linux Malware
Arch Linux takes a pounding as DDoS attack enters week two
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in The News: Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” BETA Release, The Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) project is seeking increased sponsorship, and CachyOS Topped DistroWatch’s Rankings
In our Innards section: Joe goes hard on some 3D printing
In Check This Out, Charles gives us an overview of Pass Key
And finally, in Vibrations from the Ether, feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” – BETA Release
CachyOS Topped DistroWatch’s Rankings
The Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) project is seeking increased sponsorship
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint 22.2 betas now in testing, Arch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfaces, Debian 13 Trixie Release Date is Officially Confirmed, and Hyprland Hyprperks have been launched.
In Security and Privacy, Introducing Proton Authenticator – secure 2FA, your way and Microsoft Recall issues
In Check This Out, Ignition allows you to manage startup apps and scripts
And finally, Vibrations From the Ether
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:00:50 – News
- 01:20:34 – Security And Privacy
- 01:34:40 – Check This Out
- 01:37:32 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:40:10 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:41:00 – Wrap Up
- 01:43:12 – Special Thanks
- 01:43:51 – Outro
Link To Full Show NotesThe News:
Mint 22.2 Beta ISOs now in testing
Arch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfaces
Debian 13 Trixie Release Date is Officially Confirmed
Hyprperks have been launched!
Ubuntu Concept For Snapdragon X1 Laptops Moves To Linux 6.16, Enables More Devices
The big news out of the UK this week is all the blocking they’re doing due to the Online Safety Act
Security And Privacy:
Introducing Proton Authenticator – secure 2FA, your way
Microsoft Recall can still capture credit cards and passwords, a treasure trove for crook
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, theAtypicalDoctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim*– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – July 2025,
In our Innards section: Let’s talk BASH!
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Link To Full Show NotesMint Monthly News – July 2025Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord * Jim* – gnu2linux on Discord, Linux Shortcut on YouTube, thelinuxshortcut@gmail.com @linuxshortcut@fosstodon.org
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Linux hits 5%, Nintendo does what we feared, The orange baby eats a TACO, Steam prefers Proton to Native, Fedora might have killed Bazzite and a new Firefox release
We also welcome Charles as a new co-host!
In security and privacy: more password leakage by big tech
And finally, the Feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Trump extends deadline for US TikTok sale to September
Steam Client Now Enables Proton by Default for Games without Native Linux Builds
Firefox 141 Promises to Use Less Memory on Linux Systems, Beta Out Now
Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA
F44 Change Proposal: Drop i686 support (system wide)
The whole truth about Fedora’s 32-bit proposal w/ Kyle from Bazzite
Nintendo is nuking Switch 2 accounts for using Mig Flash
Security And Privacy
16 billion passwords leaked in Google, Facebook, Apple massive data breach
Check This Out:
WHW03 Mesh Router openwrt
GL.iNet GL-SFT1200
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, theAtypicalDoctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Charles –*
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – May 2025, controversy around the Nintendo Switch 2, Fedora 43 Workstation (GNOME) to remove X11 session, end of Linux Format, and we have a new format and new co-host!
In our Innards section: Dale discusses mobile internet devices and networks
In Check This Out, we cover Packet, a new file transfer utility that integrates with Android’s Quick Share
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Mint Monthly News – May 2025
Nintendo Switch 2 Controversy
Fedora 43 Workstation (GNOME) to remove X11 session
After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine is No More
Check This Out:* Packet – https://github.com/nozwock/packet (Eric) + A partial implementation of Google’s Quick Share protocol that lets you send and receive files wirelessly from Android devices using Quick Share, or another device with Packet. + Yes, there are a plethora of file transfer apps but this one is interesting for a few reasons. - It integrates with an inbuilt Android feature making transferring files more straightforward than installing yet another app. - The speed seems to be very good based on the testing I’ve done. - Perhaps not important to some, the UI is very well done and the app is easy to use.
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Dale* – Dale_CDL on Telegram and Discord. Dale_CDL@pm.me, Distrohoppers’Digest
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, BackBlaze backups may be in trouble, you can run Arch inside Windows, Linux kernel drops 486 and early 586 support, and a new RaspberryPiOS release, and the end of Windows 10 support brings new opportunities
In security and privacy: openSUSE removes Deepin Desktop over security issues, Proton threatens to quit Switzerland over new surveillance law
Then in our Wanderings: Bill goes mobile, Moss plays with a Pangolin, Eric finally fixes his WiFi.
In our Innards section: we talk about Virtual Machines
In Bodhi Corner, just a bit about theming
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Mint Monthly News
Your Backblaze Backups Might Be in Trouble
Linux Kernel to Drop Support for Legacy i486 and Early 586 CPUs
A new Raspberry Pi OS release
The End of 10 group aims to save Windows 10 PCs from landfills using Linux
Security and Privacy:
openSUSE Removes Deepin Desktop Over Security Policy Violations
Proton threatens to quit Switzerland over new surveillance law
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Ubuntu 25.04 released, Ardour advances, Commodore OS 3.0 released, and OpenMandriva brings us TWO new releases;
In security and privacy: US warns of new Zambian cybersecurity law, and Hackers can now imitate official Google mail
Then in our Wanderings: Joe gets recontained, Moss waits, Majid goes to Cambridge
In our Innards section: Open discussion!
In Bodhi Corner, we discuss the magic of modules
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Ubuntu 25.04 Release Now Available for Download
Ardour, the free and open DAW, is better than ever – and Ardour 9 is coming
Commodore OS Vision 3.0 released
OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Rock The Spring Release
Security and Privacy
US issues warning over new Zambian cyber-security law
Beware, hackers can apparently now send phishing emails from “no-reply@google.com”
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Linux 6.16 To Add Asahi UAPI Header For Apple Silicon, Switzerland battles privacy intrusions, Firefox adds HEVC playback in Linux, Debian releases APT 3.0, Apple may add Mx GCC core support, Git turns 20, ProtonMail adds advanced features, ArcoLinux ends it all
Then in our Wanderings: Bill is having trouble on the road and won’t be here, Joe returns to us, Moss juggles tablets, Majid learns things, and Eric is AWOL
In our Innards section: we talk travel computing
In Bodhi Corner, Robert Wiley releases a script which can be used to install Moksha on any version of Debian, including Trixie
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Mint Monthly News – March 2025
Linux 6.16 To Add Asahi UAPI Header For Apple Silicon Graphics But No Actual Driver Yet
Secure encryption and online anonymity are now at risk in Switzerland
Mozilla Firefox 137 Is Available with HEVC Playback Support on Linux, Tab Groups
APT 3.0 Debian Package Manager Released with Revamped Command-Line Interface
Apple M1 / M2 / M3 Core Support Might Soon Be Merged For The GCC Compiler
Git Distributed Version Control System Turned 20
FerenOS 2025.03 Released
Proton Mail Is Getting Some of Gmail’s Best Features
A farewell to the ArcoLinux University
ParticleOS: Systemd’s Very Own Linux Distro in Making
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: New GIMP, Debian comes to a RISC-V tablet, Google explains why the are putting Terminal on Android, Asahi Linux loses another top dev, Plex goes for the gold – yours, meet EU OS, Kernel 6.14 is released, Gnome 48 released, new GRUB updates, AerynOS is released with GNOME 48
In security and privacy: “MyTerms” wants to let the user dictate privacy
Then in our Wanderings: Moss plays Musical Tablets, Joe Moxes the Prox, Dale has a burpday, Majid is on holiday and Bill is off truckin’ somewhere…
In our Innards section: Dale takes us through Mobile Networks
In Bodhi Corner, Moss covers new translations and work on the next version.
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
GIMP 3.0 Image Editor Is Now Available for Download
A Debian-Based Distro and Hardware Upgrades Come to the PINE64 RISC-V Tablet
Google Explains Why It Added a Linux VM to Pixel Phones
Asahi Linux loses another prominent dev as GPU guru calls it quits
Plex is cracking down on its version of password sharing, and it’s coming with a price hike
EU OS Is a New Community-Led Linux Alternative for Europe’s Public Sector
Linux Kernel 6.14 Officially Released, This Is What’s New
GNOME 48 lands with performance boosts, new fonts, better accessibility
GRUB Bootloader Received 73 Patches To Fix A Variety Of Recent Security Issues
AerynOS 2025.03 Released with GNOME 48, Mesa 25, and Linux Kernel 6.13.8
Security And Privacy:
“MyTerms” wants to become the new way we dictate our privacy on the web
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Dale* – Dale_CDL@protonmail.com and Dale_CDL on Telegram and Discord.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: Media Streaming
In Bodhi Corner, Bodhi has added new themes and work has started on Bodhi 8, so far using Debian 12 base
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.
Full Show Notes HereContact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR, new article monthly in FCM * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Firefox’s new terms aren’t that bad, uBlock Origin is the Most Popular Firefox Add-on, Cloudflare bounces browsers, and PocketCast goes free
In security and privacy: French government rejects security backdoors, and TAILS replaces balenaEtcher with Rufus as installer for Windows
Then in our Wanderings: Joe moxxes the prox, Bill goes deep in the heart of Texas, Moss sings again, and Majid finally learns Audacity…sort of
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Firefox’s Updated Terms of Use Are Not As Bad As They Sound
uBlock Origin is the Most Popular Firefox Add-on
Cloudflare’s bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers
Thunderbird 136 Release Adds New Appearance Controls
Pocket Casts Makes Its Web Player Free and Criticizes Corporate-Owned Rivals
Security and Privacy:
France rejects controversial encryption backdoor provision
TAILS replaces balenaEtcher with Rufus as installer for Windows
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR, new article monthly in FCM * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February, Linus Torvalds make Linux Rust-ier, and Mozilla flounders with privacy policy;
Then in our Wanderings: Bill is missing, Moss is still catching up, Joe works on his rack, Majid isn’t fee
In our Innards section: We Discuss Linux dedicated hardware
In Bodhi Corner, work has begun on Bodhi Linux 8 with lots of changes under the hood
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Mint Monthly News – February
Linus Torvalds Clearly Lays Out Linux Maintainer Roles – Or Not – Around Rust Code
Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – January, Ubuntu 24.04.2 Delayed, Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Steps Down As Upstream Apple Silicon Maintainer, Serpent OS Rebrands as AerynOS, OBS Studio Threatens Fedora With Legal Action
Then in our Wanderings: Bill has been busy with work, Joe has been spending some quality time with Proxmox and Portainer, Moss tries to get up to speed with a long overdue update, and Eric has been have a great time with smartwatches and LLMs.
In our Innards section: Joe discusses his Proxmox setup
In our newest feature, Bodhi Corner: Moss discusses what the Bodhi team is working on for current and future versions of Bodhi Linux;
And finally in Check This Out, Eric covers a nice GUI tool named Pods, used to manage Podman containers.
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Mint Monthly News – January 2025
Ubuntu 24.04.2 Delayed
Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Steps Down As Upstream Apple Silicon Maintainer
No More Snakes: Serpent OS Rebrands as AerynOS
OBS Studio Threatens Fedora With Legal Action
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our innards section – we have a discussion about “nuke and pave” verses “update in place.”
Full Show Notes HereContact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram, BlueSky and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Solus 4.7 Released, Facebook bans Linux, WINE 10 released, RISC V stuff, and cursing at your AI is the way forward
In security and privacy: Judge Says Controversial FBI Searches Require a Warrant,
Then in our Wanderings: Joe builds things, Bill butters his Mint, Majid likes cursing at his computer
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Solus 4.7 Released
Facebook bans Linux
Wine 10.0 Release Brings New Drivers, Features & Changes
GTK’s X11 Backend Now Deprecated, Planned For Removal In GTK 5
Linux 6.14 RISC-V Kernel Adds Support For T-Head Vector Extensions, GhostWrite
“Just give me the fing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews*
Security and Privacy:
Judge Says Controversial FBI Searches Require a Warrant
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram, BlueSky and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: A look at Docker
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes HereContact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Dale –* Dale_CDL@pm.me, Dale_CDL on Telegram and Discord.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” released, Parallels can finally run x86 versions of Linux on Apple Silicon, German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL license, Google and Linux Foundation form Chromium love club
In security and privacy: Microsoft patches Windows to eliminate Secure Boot bypass threat,
Then in our Wanderings: Joe enjoys prepares his rack , Dale does routing , and Eric shares 80s kid culture with his kid.
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” released joe
Parallels can finally run x86 versions of Linux on Apple Silicon
German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL license
Google and Linux Foundation form Chromium love club
Security and Privacy:
Microsoft patches Windows to eliminate Secure Boot bypass threat
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Dale –* Dale_CDL@pm.me, Dale_CDL on Telegram and Discord.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Not a lot of Linux news….but a lot of Mint News with 22.1 BETA Released
Then in our Wanderings: Joe prepares the innards, Bill enjoys some butter with his jelly, Eric does nothing, Moss takes a break and All roads lead to Ubuntu for Majid
In our Innards section: A look back at last years predictions, and making some predictions for 2025
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes HereContact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: We talk “servers” and mintCast infrastructure
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:02:08 – Innards * 01:23:08 – Vibrations From The Ether * 01:27:38 – Check This Out * 01:29:14 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:29:53 – Wrap Up * 01:31:13 – Special Thanks * 01:31:40 – outro
Contact Info: Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: mintCast turned 16 while we weren’t watching, Mint 22.1 being tested, Cinnamon 6.4 Desktop Environment released, US lawyers pushing Google to divest Chrome, El Capitan takes the lead
In security and privacy: Hackers push fake BitWarden updates, Chinese hackers push Linux-focused WolfsBane, WordPress security flaw gives hackers admin access,
Then in our Wanderings: Bill cools the runnings, Joe cools his printer, Moss cools his ereaders, Majid gives in to temptation, and Eric finds value and delight in his secondhand hardware.
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:39 – News * 00:47:11 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 01:40:25 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:41:12 – Wrap Up * 01:42:33 – Special Thanks * 01:43:00 – Outro
The News:
mintCast is 16!
Linux Mint 22.1 ISOs are now being tested
US lawyers will reportedly try to force Google to sell Chrome and unbundle Android
All hail our new leader — AMD-powered El Capitan becomes officially the world’s fastest supercomputer
Security and Privacy:
Hackers pushing fake Bitwarden updates hit thousands of devices with data stealing malware
Chinese hackers target Linux with new WolfsBane malware
Security plugin flaw in millions of WordPress sites gives admin access
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – October 2024, Xfce 4.20 Pre1 Pre-Release Published For Testing, KDE’s New Distro, Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off
In security and privacy: We are secure in our ignorance
Then in our Wanderings: Bill upgrades fast, and breaks things, Joe fixes even more things, Moss goes paperwhite, and Majid headbangs.
In our Innards section: We talk digital Hygene
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Mint Monthly News – October 2024
Xfce 4.20 Pre1 Pre-Release Published For Testing
KDE’s New Distro: Btrfs-Based, Immutable Linux OS, with Flatpak and Snap
Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR (overdue) * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section, we talk a little about distrohopping.
And Finally, The feedback and a couple of suggestions.
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:13 – Innards * 00:33:46 – Vibrations From The Ether * 00:38:22 – Check This Out * 00:43:43 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 00:44:32 – Wrap Up * 00:46:15 – Special Thanks * 00:46:44 – Outro
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Ubuntu 25.04 gets perfect name, WinAmp deletes entire Github code, Ubuntu 24.10 released for Snapdragon X Elite, Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, Paranoia and Fear inhabit Automattic, Internet Archive breached again, Rand removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics
In security and privacy: Concerns raised over Bitwarden, Fortigate Admins Report Active Zero-Day Exploit
Then in our Wanderings: Joe mods, Moss gets edumacated, and Eric times out
Full Show NotesThe News:
Ubuntu 25.04 Codename is Revealed – And It’s Pretty Perfect
Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
Ubuntu 24.10 Developer Preview Released For Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptops
Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license
Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic Over WordPress Chaos
Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens
Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics
Security and Privacy:
Bitwarden Open Source Concerns
Fortigate Admins Report Active Zero-Day Exploit
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: We talk headphones
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:41 – Innards * 01:10:52 – Vibrations From The Ether * 01:18:18 – Check This Out * 01:19:12 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:21:39 – Special Thanks * 01:22:18 – Outro
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – September, Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support, Archive.org is breached, Arch and Valve team up, WWWFoundation packs it in, More WordPress news, even MORE WordPress News, and Google adds Linux apps to future Android versions
Then in our Wanderings: Bill connects with the younger generation, Joe is still fixing things, Moss whines, and Majid folds some more
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:47 – News * 00:53:01 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 01:45:54 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:46:45 – Wrap Up * 01:48:24 – Special Thanks * 01:49:02 – Outro
The News:
Mint Monthly News – September, 2024
Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support
Archive.org, a repository of the history of the Internet, has a data breach
Arch Linux and Valve team up to make Steam gaming even better
WWW Foundation packs it in
159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates
WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin
Google is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OS
KDE neon upgrades to 24.04.1 Ubuntu base
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: we visit with author Ken McConnell
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:15 – Innards * 00:35:35 – Vibrations From The Ether * 00:36:18 – Check This Out * 00:36:44 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 00:37:56 – Wrap Up * 00:39:15 – Special Thanks * 00:40:16 – Outro
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Linux Kernel 6.11 released, Intel spins off its foundry business, Real Time comes to Linux, Qualcomm wants to buy Intel, WP Engine faces off against Automattic, Nvidia publishes open source Linux vGPU driver, Proton finishes open-sourcing all its apps
In security and privacy: Kaspersky deletes itself and inserts UltraAV
Then in our Wanderings: Bill goes loco(l), Majid folds, Moss goes Full Circle, Joe modifies something, Eric dodges another bullet, and Ken uses all the words
Happy 41st Birthday GNU!
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:43 – News * 00:52:22 – Security And Privacy * 01:03:14 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 02:13:43 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 02:14:55 – Wrap Up * 02:16:45 – Special Thanks * 02:17:15 – Outro
The News:
Linux Kernel 6.11 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
Intel frees its Foundry biz
Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernel after decades of debate
Qualcomm wants to buy Intel
WP Engine Filed Legal Action Against WordPress
NVIDIA Publishes Open-Source Linux Driver Code For GPU Virtualization “vGPU” Support
All Proton Drive apps are now open source
Security and Privacy:
Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. * Ken –* ken-mcconnell.com, Mastodon, Newsletter
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – August 2024, Software Freedom Day,
In security and privacy: Apple Suddenly Drops NSO Group Spyware Lawsuit;
Then in our Wanderings: Bill flirts with Ladybird, Joe gets jiggy with his ports, Moss does something or other, Eric gets COSMIC;
In our Innards section: we discuss DRM and digital media providers
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes HereThe News:
Mint Monthly News – August 2024
Software Freedom Day
Mozilla Firefox 130 Released with Labs, Overscroll & Web Codecs API
ArchBang Calls It Quits
Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Paused [Update: Now Resolved]
Linux Mint Tease ‘Improved’ Default Cinnamon Theme
Linux Mint Tease ‘Improved’ Default Cinnamon Theme
Security And Privacy
Apple Suddenly Drops NSO Group Spyware Lawsuit
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: KITE OS educational Linux developed in Kerala, India, Microsoft rolls out Windows Recall again, Linus regrets merging BCacheFS again, 4M Linux 46 released;
In security and privacy: “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update, “sedxp” Linux malware avoids detection for two years;
Then in our Wanderings: Majid is back from his travels, Moss, Joe, Eric gets his PineTime
In our Innards section: we do wearables
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:45 – News * 00:23:04 – Security And Privacy * 00:36:19 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 01:16:31 – Innards * 02:07:49 – Check This Out * 02:08:52 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 02:09:36 – Wrap Up * 02:11:16 – Special Thanks * 02:11:56 – Outro
The News
KITE develops FOSS-based OS for public schools
Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Paused Due to ‘Critical Bug’
Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October
Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs
4MLinux 46 Mini Linux Distro Released with New Apps, Integrated LAMP Server
Security and Privacy
“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update
Stealthy ‘sedexp’ Linux malware evaded detection for two years
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: Home networking: tips, tricks, dos and don’ts
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:13 – Innards * 00:58:27 – Vibrations From The Ether * 00:59:04 – Check This Out * 00:59:59 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:00:49 – Wrap Up * 01:02:59 – Special Thanks * 01:03:29 – Outro
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code, Google Search is playing Monopoly, Wordstar7 is open sourced, SuSE goes way long, Chrome blocks uBlock, GitLab is on the market and Funtoo is back (sort of)
In security and privacy: Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers, and there are lots of zeros attacking Mac and Linux browsers
Then in our Wanderings: Bill is broken down Joe goes virtual, Moss has stopped watching, Majid is in India and will be back next month.
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:44 – News * 00:59:39 – Security And Privacy * 01:11:33 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 01:35:05 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:35:52 – Wrap Up * 01:38:02 – Special Thanks * 01:38:32 – Outro
The News
Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code For Ubuntu Releases
Google’s online search monopoly is illegal, US judge rules
WordStar 7, the last ever DOS version, is re-released for free
Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line
SUSE upgrades its distros with 19 years of support – no other Linux comes close
Google is killing one of Chrome’s biggest ad blockers
GitLab is reportedly up for sale
Robbins Changed His Mind, Funtoo Shifts to “Hobby Mode”
Security and Privacy
Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers
0.0.0.0 Day: 18-Year-Old Browser Vulnerability Impacts MacOS and Linux Devices
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Wanderings: Bill loves the image, Joe works too hard, Moss does upgrades, Majid sells stuff and rants, and Eric wants to becomes one with AI.
In our Innards section: We talk Mint 22
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:18 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
- 01:20:56 – Innards
- 01:56:18 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:56:42 – Check This Out
- 02:02:06 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 02:02:52 – Wrap Up
- 02:05:04 – Special Thanks
- 02:05:58 – Outro
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can also hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” released, Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source, Intel suffers stock losses, Intel admits to damage on 13th and 14th gen processors, Funtoo calls it quits, and SerpentOS makes its first appearance
In security and privacy: SecureBoot is broken on over 200 computers from 5 major vendors, new Android malware drains bank accounts and wipes your device afterwards, and TGRat attacks Linux
Full Show Notes Here
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:58 – News
- 00:49:19 – Security And Privacy
- 01:05:26 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:06:23 – Wrap Up
- 01:08:34 – Special Thanks
- 01:09:30 – Outro
The News:
Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” released
Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source
Intel Suffers Major Stock Loss Due to Workforce Restructuring
Proton Now Has a Bitcoin Wallet
Intel admits damage to unstable 14th-gen and 13th-gen CPUs is permanent – incoming patch is a preventative, not a cure
Funtoo Calls It Quits
The long-awaited Linux distro Serpent OS is finally here
Secuity and Privacy:
Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers
New Android malware wipes your device after draining bank accounts
Telegram-Controlled TgRat Attacking Linux Servers to Exfiltrate Data
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can also hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks: Bill for our audio editing * Archive.org for hosting our audio files * Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo * Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions * Bill Houser* for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
First up in the news: Mint 22 update, Red Hat may replace GRUB, Fedora drops X11, CachyOS adds AMD support, Apple approves PC emulator, SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand, EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11
In security and privacy: CrowdStrike broke Linux and nobody noticed, Firefox’s New Controversial Feature
Then in our Wanderings: Bill puts his foot down, Joe is working on magnetism, Moss has new toys,
In our Innards section: We talk about Pine64 products
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:36 – News
- 00:31:11 – Security And Privacy
- 00:45:05 – Wanderings
- 01:06:28 – Innards
- 01:44:35 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:45:19 – Check This Out
- 01:46:54 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:47:54 – Wrap Up
- 01:49:31 – Special Thanks
- 01:49:58 – Outro
The News:
Mint 22 Update
Red Hat may replace GRUB
X11 Is No Longer Part of Fedora Workstation 41
CachyOS Introduces New Repository Optimized for AMD Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs
Apple Approves First PC Emulator App for iOS – Can it Run Linux?
SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand
EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11
Security and Privacy
CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed
Firefox’s New Controversial Feature: Is it a problem?
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and in stealth mode on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: It’s all about the NAS
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:14 – Innards
- 00:36:29 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 00:49:07 – Check This Out
- 00:52:33 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 00:53:25 – Wrap Up
- 00:55:21 – Special Thanks
- 00:55:58 – Outro
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint 22 Beta Released, Mint Monthly News – June, Firefox has a Weather tab, Seattle computer collection is being auctioned, Proton adds Docs to Proton Drive, Linux runs on Google Drive
In security and privacy: KDE Plasma Flaw Opens Door to Unauthorized System Access
Then in our Wanderings: Majid has overdosed on Schadenfreude, Bill screams at OnlyOffice, Joe has fun with his 3D printer, Moss makes a mess of things
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:29 – News * 00:35:35 – Security And Privacy * 00:39:23 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 01:17:55 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:18:42 – Wrap Up * 01:20:39 – Special Thanks * 01:21:15 – Outro
The News:Linux Mint 22 Betas Released
Mint Monthly News – June 2024
Firefox’s New Weather Tab
Seattle’s Living Computers Museum logs off for good as Paul Allen estate will auction vintage items
Proton launches its own version of Google Docs
Linux Distro Can Run on Google Drive: This Developer Made It Happen
Security and Privacy:KDE Plasma Flaw Opens Door to Unauthorized System Access
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC & DHD podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: We have a discussion about what distros we think are best for beginners
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:12 – Innards * 00:35:30 – Vibrations From The Ether * 00:46:06 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 00:47:17 – Wrap Up * 00:48:48 – Special Thanks * 00:49:15 – Outro*
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon stream. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, or on most social media sites as my full name, Eric Adams.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint 22 Beta in testing, Cinnamon 6.2 Desktop Environment Released, Linux’s New DRM Panic “Blue Screen of Death” In Action, Ubuntu is Finally Adding DEB Installer Support to App Center, AlmaLinux comes to the RPi 5, Proton goes non-profit, and light-based chips are coming
In security and privacy: nada
Then in our Wanderings: Bill plays Pacman, Joe fixes more things, Moss sells cars, Majid is Synologised, and I am in search of a new mesh WiFi setup.
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:42 – News * 00:37:18 – Security And Privacy * 00:37:39 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 01:42:23 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:43:25 – Wrap Up * 01:45:01 – Special Thanks * 01:45:29 – Outro
The NewsMint 22 Beta in Testing
Cinnamon 6.2 Desktop Environment Released
Linux’s New DRM Panic “Blue Screen of Death” In Action
Ubuntu is Finally Adding DEB Installer Support to App Center
AlmaLinux OS Now Officially Supports the Raspberry Pi 5 Computer
Introducing a new RISC-V Mainboard from DeepComputing – Now On Framework
Proton is going non-profit
Light-Based Chips Could Help Slake AI’s Ever-Growing Thirst for Energy
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC & DHD podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: Linux Pain Points: Why doesn’t Linux Just Work?
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:21 – Innards
- 01:07:06 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:07:28 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:08:18 – Wrap Up
- 01:10:07 – Special Thanks
- 01:10:39 – Outro
“The Linux Experiment” Links:YouTube Channel
Link to the video we’ll be discussing in our innards
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon stream. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, or on most social media sites as my full name, Eric Adams.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition, Internet Archive Hit With DDoS Attacks, ProtonPass is released for MacOS and Linux, and new features come to VLC
In security and privacy: Linux Exploit found by US Federal agency
Then in our Wanderings: Bill distro-hops, Moss has returned from his musical excursion, and Eric deals with multiple security issues.
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:34 – News * 00:34:58 – Security And Privacy * 00:40:04 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 00:57:28 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 00:58:19 – Wrap Up * 01:00:40 – Outro
The NewsLinux Mint Monthly News
Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition
Internet Archive Hit With DDoS Attacks
Proton Pass brings secure and private password management to all devices
VLC Adds AMD VQ Enhancer Filter, Improved Opus Ambisonic + More
Security And PrivacyFederal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon stream. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, or on most social media sites as my full name, Eric Adams.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: We have a free-form discussion on AI utility, privacy and security
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 01:05:27 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:08:28 – Check This Out
- 01:09:27 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:10:17 – Wrap Up
- 01:12:57 – Outro
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mozilla Reveals New Features Coming to Firefox, Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users, KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta Released With Wayland Explicit Sync, Input Capture Portal & More, KDE Plasma 6.1 Lands Dynamic Triple Buffering Support, Btrfs Sends In Fixes For Linux 6.10 & Restores “norecovery” Mount Option, Turkey bans Distrowatch
In security and privacy: High-severity GitLab flaw lets attackers take over accounts, Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in, including one that is causing concern for a UK-based watchdog group.
Then in our Wanderings: Joe gets his shots, Bill endeavors to dual boot, Majid creates Frankensteins Ubuntu, and Eric dips his toe into the world of digital art pens and illustration as well as honing his Audacity skills.
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:30:33 – Security And Privacy * 00:34:08 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 01:30:19 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:31:08 – Wrap Up * 01:33:48 – Outro
The NewsMozilla Reveals New Features Coming to Firefox
Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users
KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta Released With Wayland Explicit Sync, Input Capture Portal & More
KDE Plasma 6.1 Lands Dynamic Triple Buffering Support
Btrfs Sends In Fixes For Linux 6.10 & Restores “norecovery” Mount Option
Turkey bans Distrowatch
Security and PrivacyHigh-severity GitLab flaw lets attackers take over accounts
The next two articles will actually be discussed during the innards (next episode) but we’ve linked them here anyway.Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in
UK watchdog looking into Microsoft AI taking screenshots
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org,
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: we’re going to discuss some best practices for good hygiene and safety when utilizing technology.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:03 – Innards
- 01:00:08 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:00:43 – Check This Out
- 01:02:02 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:02:43 – Wrap Up
- 01:04:36 – Outro
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News for April, Ubuntu 24.04 released, Ubuntu 24.10 Codename Revealed, systemd introduces run0, Google threatens RISC-V support for Android, RISC-V OS arrives, and BitWarden launches MFA for Android & iOS
In security and privacy: a new ransomware threat is found, and a GitLab maximum security flaw is found
Then in our Wanderings: Majid Endeavours to Fail, Bill Endeavours to succeed, and Joe gets skimmed
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:22 – News * 00:49:42 – Security And Privacy * 01:03:30 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 01:42:57 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:43:39 – Wrap Up * 01:45:05 – Special Thanks * 01:45:33 – Outro
The NewsMint Monthly News – April 2024
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) released
Ubuntu 24.10 Codename Revealed as Development Begins
Systemd v256 Introduces run0: A Safer Alternative to sudo
RISC-V support in Android just got a big setback
RISC-V OS V5.30 arrives – with RPi Wi-Fi support
Bitwarden launches new MFA Authenticator app for iOS, Android
Security and PrivacyCybersecurity researchers spotlight a new ransomware threat – be careful where you upload files
GitLab flaw allowing account hijacking under active exploitation
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: We interview Alan Pope
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:00:57 – Innards * 01:13:26 – Vibrations From The Ether * 01:26:29 – Check This Out * 01:27:10 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:27:50 – Wrap Up * 01:30:42 – Outro
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, music on YouTube and Bandcamp if you look for it. * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon, Distrohoppers’ Digest and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes. * Alan* – popey.me
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: AlmaLinux restores some deprecated stuff, Nouveau dev joins the bigs, Linux runs cars, Microsoft sneaks MS-DOS 4.0 into their open source portfolio, Ubuntu 24.04 is out…. And you shouldn’t upgrade your system yet
In security and privacy: nope, nada
Then in our Wanderings: Joe preps for zombies, Bill migrates, Majid is starstruck, Moss is car swapping, Popey is job swapping
Full Show Notes Here* 00:00:00 – Intro * 00:01:17 – News * 00:42:15 – Security And Privacy * 00:42:47 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings * 01:28:40 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts * 01:29:20 – Wrap Up * 01:31:26 – Special Thanks * 01:32:12 – Outro
The NewsAlmaLinux 9.4 Beta Restores Support For Some Hardware Deprecated By RHEL
Former Nouveau Lead Developer Joins NVIDIA, Continues Working On Open-Source Driver
Linux can finally run your car’s safety systems and driver-assistance features
Microsoft adds MS-DOS 4.0 to their Open-Source Github page
Ubuntu 24.04 Official Flavours Available to Download
Why You Shouldn’t Upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Yet
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, music on YouTube and Bandcamp if you look for it. * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon, Distrohoppers’ Digest and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes. * Alan* – popey.me
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: Migrating Pihole and wireguard to an x86_64 system
In Vibrations from the Ether, we have listener feedback about malicious Linux developer vulnerabilities
And finally, in Check This Out, Bill discusses Fullup – The comprehensive update script for Arch Linux based systems
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:04:47 – Innards
- 00:32:26 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 00:41:23 – Check This Out
- 00:55:25 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 00:56:20 – Wrap Up
- 00:58:53 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereContact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC. * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org or numerous other places such as Discord and Telegram. Check the show notes for specifics.
Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams)
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
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First up in the News: Mint Monthly News, Mint is testing new CDN setup for repositories, EndeavourOS ends ARM branch due to lack of help, Proton buys Standard Notes, Dynebolic portable Linux renewed after 10 year hiatus, APT 2.9 released, 3.0 announced
In Security and Privacy: Over 92,000 DLink NAS devices exposed via backdoor, with no patch (out of service)
Then in our Wanderings: Bill gets his game on with a new handheld device, Joe gets his game on with every device, Majid gets to be the family IT guy, and Eric deals with technical debt
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:35 – News
- 00:42:15 – Security And Privacy
- 00:53:52 – Wanderings
- 02:03:36 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 02:04:28 – Wrap Up
- 02:07:08 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereThe NewsMint Monthly News – March 2024
Mint testing new CDN setup for repositories
EndeavourOS Devs Say “Goodbye” to Their ARM Branch, Maintainers Needed
Standard Notes is joining the Proton family
Dynebolic is a portable Linux distribution that can be used without installation
APT 2.9 Released: Debian’s APT 3.0 To Have A New UI With Colors, Columnar Display & More
Security and PrivacyOver 92,000 exposed D-Link NAS devices have a backdoor account
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: Using the Linux Mint Backup Tool and backing up applet settings
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:00 – Innards
- 00:26:39 – Vibrations from the Ether
- 00:34:38 – Check This Out
- 00:36:38 – Housekeeping and Announcements
- 00:37:47 – Wrap Up
- 00:41:00 – Outtro
Full Show Notes HereContact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Red Hat Announces Nova Graphics Driver for NVIDIA GPUs, Blender 4.1 released, MakuluLinux brings LinDoz back this time with AI, the end of EXT2
In security and privacy: Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections, Suspected Russian Data-Wiping ‘AcidPour’ Malware Targeting Linux x86 Devices
Then in our Wanderings: Moss needs some salt for his new battery, Bill goes vrroom vrroom in a big truck, Joe is getting Steamed, Majid chillaxes, and Dale is Scaling his NAS
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:48 – News
- 00:18:55 – Security And Privacy
- 00:34:12 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
- 01:33:03 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:34:16 – Wrap Up
- 01:37:23 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereThe NewsRed Hat Announces Nova, a Rust-Based GSP-Only Graphics Driver for NVIDIA GPUs
Blender 4.1 Officially Released with Quality-of-Life and Performance Improvements
LinDoz Returns With Advanced AI To Revamp the MakuluLinux Lineup
The Journey of Linux’s ext2 Filesystem Comes to an End
Security and PrivacyBackdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections
Suspected Russian Data-Wiping ‘AcidPour’ Malware Targeting Linux x86 Devices
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February 2024, Linux market share passes 4% for first time, SerpentOS makes progress, AMD is told hands off HDMI 2.1, Google blocks RCS on rooted devices, AMDGPU has limits, ProtonMail comes to all desktops, and NVidia bans translation layers;
In security and privacy: Avast is fined bigly for selling browser data;
Then in our Wanderings: Joe plays a lot of games, Majid does mirrors
In our Innards section: We discuss scams and trying to protect the people we care about
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:36 – News
- 00:45:07 – Security And Privacy
- 00:49:51 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
- 01:33:05 – Innards
- 02:15:12 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 02:31:13 – Check This Out
- 02:32:35 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 02:33:18 – Wrap Up
- 02:36:10 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereThe News:Mint Monthly News – February 2024
Linux market share passes 4% for first time
Serpent OS Makes Progress On Packaging The GNOME 45 Desktop
HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver
Google is blocking RCS on rooted Android devices
AMDGPU Linux Driver No Longer Lets You Have Unlimited Control To Lower Your Power Limit
Proton Mail is coming to all major desktop platforms
Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software
Security and PrivacyAvast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section we have an impromptu discussion about audio editing – some things to think about when editing for a podcast.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:00:48 – Innards
- 00:47:44 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 00:56:58 – Check This Out
- 00:58:36 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 00:59:24 – Wrap Up
- 01:01:37 – Special Thanks
- 01:02:19 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereContact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: KDE MegaRelease 6, No open source HDMI 2.1 driver
In security and privacy: New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Expose Android and Linux Devices to Hackers,
Then in our Wanderings: Bill stops rolling, Joe surprises people by fixing things, Majid needs audio files to become an audiophile
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:17 – News
- 00:40:36 – Security And Privacy
- 00:59:21 – Wanderings
- 01:47:14 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:50:16 – Special Thanks
- 01:50:59 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereThe NewsKDE MegaRelease 6
HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver
LibreOffice 24.2.1 Office Suite Is Out with More Than 100 Bug Fixes
GParted 1.6 Open-Source Partition Editor Improves exFAT Support and Fixes Bugs – 9to5Linux
Nintendo Sues Yuzu Emulator Developers for Facilitating Switch Piracy
Security And PrivacyNew Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Expose Android and Linux Devices to Hackers
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Linux Mint Monthly News, Google Is Dying News, Samsung defends GenAI, India bans Protonmail, NGINX Core Dev Quits and Forks
In security and privacy: Critical bootkit vulnerability affects most Linux distros, BitLocker smashed in minutes with pico SBC, and Mozilla helps you wipe your data
Then in our Wanderings: Joe plays games, Moss survives, and Majid finally “gets” Arch
In our Innards section: we discuss the current mintCast infrastructure
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
New Feature: Now the links below open show notes to the specific section covered on the show! Try It!
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:29 – News
- 00:29:27 – Security And Privacy
- 00:43:53 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
- 01:06:54 – Innards
- 01:32:40 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:38:17 – Check This Out
- 01:38:37 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:39:30 – Wrap Up
- 01:41:58 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereThe NewsLinux Mint Monthly News
Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead
“There is no such thing as a real picture”: Samsung defends AI photo editing on Galaxy S24
Nginx core developer quits project in security dispute, starts “freenginx” fork
Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
Security And PrivacyCritical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits
BitLocker encryption broken in 43 seconds with sub-$10 Raspberry Pi Pico — key can be sniffed when using an external TPM
Mozilla’s new service tries to wipe your data off the web
Check This OutThere is a really long, detailed, highly informative, and extremely well-written article explaining The Fediverse on The Verge. If you’re interested, you should check it out.
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: Bill explains the current mintCast infrastructure
In “Check This Out” we share a call for new shows by Hacker Public Radio
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:06 – Innards
- 00:40:07 – Check This Out
- 00:45:07 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 00:45:48 – Wrap Up
- 00:48:49 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereContact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC and Distrohoppers’ Digest podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint 21.3 “Edge” is out, Ubuntu taking heat over Pro packages, Bazzite 2.2 is out, BunsenLabs Boron is out, Parrot 6.0 is out, we say Goodbye to Ginny, RPi Compute Module 5 is in the works, Say Hello to Wilma, RH causes issues for CentOS, and DSL Linux makes a resurgence
In security and privacy: Ring will stop giving video to police, and AnyDesk responds to a major hack
Then in our Wanderings: Bill is moving gear around, Joe upgrades, Moss takes a new tablet, and Majid is drinking the Samsung Kool-Aid
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:36 – News
- 00:45:45 – Security And Privacy
- 00:56:50 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
- 01:34:03 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:34:48 – Wrap Up
- 01:37:45 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereThe News21.3 “Edge” ISO Now Available
Ubuntu Pro Packages in ‘Software Updater’ Garner Criticism
SteamOS alternative Bazzite v2.2 out now with lots of enhancements
Lightweight Distro BunsenLabs Linux Boron Is Here Based on Debian Bookworm
Ethical Hacking Distro Parrot OS 6.0 Brings Linux 6.5, Raspberry Pi 5 Support
After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 is official and expected to launch sometime in 2024
LM 22 Announced
RHEL’s Source Code Access Change Is Causing Issues For CentOS SIGs
DamnSmallLinux is Back!
Security and PrivacyRing Announces It Will No Longer Facilitate Police Requests for Footage from Users
AnyDesk says hackers breached its production servers, reset passwords
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint 21.3 released, Linux kernel 4.14 goes EOL, Google sued over patent infringement, OpenSSH phases out DSA keys, Canonical snap steams Valve
In security and privacy: NoaBot worms its way into Linux; Pixieboot vulnerabilities show up in UEFI, and SlippyBook rears its head
Then in our Wanderings: Joe buys things cheap, and Eric talks audio production
In our Innards section: We talk about whether there’s a need for desktop computers anymore.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Sorry, No Chapters of Timestamps this episode folks. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Full Show Notes HereThe NewsMint 21.3 released
Linux Kernel 4.14 Reaches End of Life After More Than 6 Years of Maintenance
Google’s TPUs could end up costing it a billion-plus, thanks to this patent challenge
OpenSSH Announces Plan to Phase Out DSA Keys
PipeWire Camera Support Is Coming to OBS Studio for Linux Desktops
Canonical’s Steam Snap is Causing Headaches for Valve
Security and PrivacyLinux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen worm
New UEFI vulnerabilities send firmware devs industry wide scrambling
Breaking Down Slippy-Book: The New RCE Flaw in Linux Distros
Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Eric Adams for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: Predictions: 2023 mistakes and 2024 attempts
In “Check This Out” Bill Talks a little about Ventoy – again
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:13 – Innards
- 00:40:48 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 00:48:08 – Check This Out
- 00:52:42 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 00:53:30 – Wrap Up
- 00:56:03 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereContact Info Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Fedora Asahi Remix Officially Released for Apple Silicon Macs
In security and privacy: Nothin’. We got nothin’.
Then in our Wanderings: Bill becomes “unstable”; Majid bricks and un-bricks; Moss is counting pixels; Joe …; and Eric does some Homebrewing
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:28 – News
- 00:36:06 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
- 01:22:27 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:23:16 – Wrap Up
- 01:25:44 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereThe NewsMint Monthly News
Fedora Asahi Remix Officially Released for Apple Silicon Macs
GNOME Makes New System Monitor Extension for GNOME Shell
Fwupd 1.9.11 Released With Support For New Algoltek & Luxshare USB Devices
Debian preps ground to drop 32-bit x86 as separate edition
Microsoft wants to add a Copilot key to your PC keyboard
Contact Info Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: We’re a bit all over the place – a “free form” if you will.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions. No, really – we’ve got feedback this time!
- 00:00:00 – Hacker Public Radio New Years Eve Promo
- 00:00:56 – Intro
- 00:02:00 – Innards
- 00:57:36 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:11:18 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:12:28 – Special Thanks
- 01:17:02 – Outro
Full Show Notes HereWrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” – BETAs released, Mint Monthly News – November 2023, Gnome shell updates on Ubuntu 23.10; Zorin has a new desktop; Calibre offers new formats; KDE fixes bugs ahead of Plasma 6; Intel does some driver code clean up; Canonical ports Multipass to Qt6; Linux 6.8 is Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers.
In security and privacy: Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years
Then in our Wanderings: Bill is mumbling for a week straight; Joe is droning on
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:37 – News
- 00:33:05 – Security And Privacy
- 00:43:53 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
- 00:58:22 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 00:59:20 – Wrap Up
- 01:03:09 – Special Thanks
- 01:03:53 – Outro
Full Show Notes Here!The NewsLinux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” – BETAs released
Mint Monthly News – November 2023
GNOME Shell 45.2 Update Rolling out to Ubuntu 23.10
Zorin OS 17 Beta Includes New ‘Spatial Desktop’ Features
Calibre eBook App Now Supports Audio ePubs & Custom Notes
KDE Developers Continue On Bug Fixing Spree Ahead Of Plasma 6.0
Intel Striving To Overhaul Their Multiple Ethernet Linux Drivers: “The Great Code De-dup”
Canonical Releases Multipass 1.13 RC With Snapshots Support, Migrated To Qt6
Linux 6.8 Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers
Security and PrivacyStealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years
Feds Warn Health Sector to Watch for Open-Source Threats
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill* – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section: Tablets. Linux tablets.
In “Check This Out”: Ubuntu Touch OTA, PineTab 2, and Enter Shikari – Anaesthetist
- 00:00:00 – Hacker Public Radio New Years Eve Promo
- 00:00:56 – Intro
- 00:02:07 – Innards
- 00:41:18 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 00:42:27 – Special Thanks
- 00:42:47 – Check This Out
- 00:44:39 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 00:45:43 – Wrap Up
- 00:49:12 – Outro
Full Show NotesWrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870 on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams plus Distrohoppers’ Digest. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Someone (probably Bill) for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: mintCast has a birthday, Mint 21.3 is named, Amazon works on a Linux fork for their devices, Ubuntu commits to Netplan, Firefox attempts Wayland, FreeBSD 14 is out, Endeavour releases Galileo, Vivaldi comes to Flathub, Google kills magazine content, OpenMandriva releases Rock 5.0, Pipewire reaches 1.0.0
In security and privacy: Google Chrome’s Privacy Washing
Then in our Wanderings: Bill may just be losing his mind, (there are doubts?), Joe prints everything but money, Majid does VR, Moss hangs on, and Eric spends more quality time with his Linux tablet.
- 00:00:00 – Hacker Public Radio New Years Eve Promo
- 00:00:56 – Intro
- 00:01:23 – New Intro Music
- 00:02:41 – News
- 00:54:13 – Security And Privacy
- 01:04:49 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
- 01:58:35 – Housekeeping and Announcements
- 01:59:43 – Wrap Up
- 02:02:24 – Special Thanks
- 02:03:10 – New Outro Music
The NewsmintCast Turns 15
Linux Mint 21.3 has been named
Amazon moves from Android Fork to Linux
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Committing Fully To Netplan For Network Configuration
Firefox is going to try to ship Wayland as default
FreeBSD 14 Released
EndeavourOS Releases Galileo Desktop
Vivaldi comes to Flathub
Google News is shutting down purchased magazine content, offering refunds
OpenMandriva LX 5 released
Pipewire reaches 1.0.0
Security and PrivacyGoogle Chrome’s IP Protection is privacy washing
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldr870 on twitter, AtypicalDr on instagram and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – You can hear and see me on this and the Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams plus Distrohoppers’ Digest. If you’d like to get in touch with me I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, Discord (eric_adams), Telegram (https://t.me/ericadams), Matrix (@esa1975:matrix.org), and Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@ericadams). Links in the show notes.
Special Thanks To: Someone (probably Bill) for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our innards section we have a wonderful interview with Blaine, AKA Infinity Galactic; a YouTuber who’s been making videos about Linux. Recently, he’s made a couple of awesome videos about Linux Mint.
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:11 – Innards
- 00:58:44 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 00:59:32 – Wrap Up
- 01:01:25 – Special Thanks
Some Links for IG:YouTube
Twitter (X)
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Ubuntu 24.04 gets a name, Mozilla Doubles Down on Firefox DEB Package, Discord is now official on Flathub, scrcpy gets an update, LXQt 1.4.0 is released, Firefox Accounts gets a Mozilla rename, Brave launches an AI, there is a new Audacity, OpenELA forms to preserve RHEL access, Element gets a new license, Proton has a new app, Fedora 39 is released, and OBS Studio 30 is out
In security and privacy: we got nothing
Then in our Wanderings: Bill gets things linked up, Joe plays with Nextcloud, Moss shuffles his files around, Majid plays musical chairs, and Eric finally buys a tablet.
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:48 – News
- 01:09:23 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
- 01:37:57 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
- 01:38:45 – Wrap Up
- 01:40:38 – Special Thanks
The NewsUbuntu 24.04 gets a name
Mozilla Doubles Down on Firefox DEB Package
Discord is now Verified on Flathub
scrcpy v2.2
LXQt 1.4.0 Released
Why ‘Firefox accounts’ are becoming ‘Mozilla accounts’
Brave launches Leo AI
Audacity 3.4 Released with New Music Workflows, Time Stretch Tool
CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE unite behind OpenELA to take on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
A new home and license (AGPL) for Synapse and friends
Proton releases a brand-new Linux app with many new features for its Proton VPN service
Fedora Linux 39 is officially here!
OBS Studio 30 Released with Support for Intel QSV H264, HEVC, and AV1 on Linux
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News; Ubuntu 23.10 re-released; GNOME gets new CEO; new RaspPi Imager released; Plasma 6 Release Dates released; Matrix reaches 115 Million users; Bodhi Linux 7.0 AppPack released
In security and privacy: BlackCat ransomware attacks Linux and VMs; 1Password Breach – no harm, no foul; new vulnerabilities found and patched in XWayland, X.org
Then in our Wanderings: Bill shuffles cards; Joe tests more things; Moss keeps busy
Then in our Innards section: We discuss containerized package systems
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:36 – News
- 00:24:26 – Security And Privacy
- 00:29:56 – Wanderings
- 00:45:57 – Innards
- 01:11:52 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:15:30 – Check This Out
- 01:20:45 – Housekeeping and Announcemtns
- 01:21:28 – Wrap Up
The NewsMint Monthly News – October 2023
Ubuntu 23.10 Desktop ISOs Re-Released Following Translation Snafu
GNOME Foundation Welcomes Holly Million as Executive Director
Raspberry Pi Imager Gets New Tabbed OS Customization UI, Raspberry Pi 5 Support
KDE Plasma 6.0 Release Date Revealed
Raspberry Pi 5 Available Now
Decentralized Matrix messaging network says it now has 115M users
Bodhi 7.0 64-bit AppPack Released
Security and PrivacyBlackCat ransomware uses new ‘Munchkin’ Linux VM in stealthy attacks
Okta Support System incident and 1Password
XWayland & X.Org Server See New Releases Due To Three More Security Vulnerabilities
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section, we speak to Danielle Fore´ of Elementary OS about the 7.1 release.
In “Check This Out” we share a video by “Explaining Computers” about some Tips and Tricks for Linux Mint.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Mint 21.2 Cinnamon EDGE released, new version of Raspberry Pi OS released, new Ubuntu 23.10+flavours
In security and privacy: Curl patches ‘worst’ security flaw in ages, Encrypted Client Hello
Then in our Wanderings: Joe prints the D-handle, Moss tries out a new chair, Bill spends more money, Majid is finally Apple-free and Eric manages to stay alive for days without a smartphone.
The NewsMint 21.2 Cinnamon EDGE released
Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur Released (along with the flavours)
New version of Raspberry Pi OS released
Security and PrivacyCurl patches ‘worst’ security flaw in ages
Encrypted Client Hello
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section we continue the conversation about Android, and the variants thereof
In “Check This Out” GNU turns 40!
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: LMDE 6 FAYE released, Mint 21.2 EDGE iso approved, Long-term support for Linux kernel to be cut
In security and privacy: Update LibreOffice Now to Fix a Security Flaw, Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor
Then in our Wanderings: Joe is Pining for Manjaro, Majid mixes his compartments, and Eric…well – you’ll see.
The NewsLMDE 6 “FAYE” released
Mint 21.2 EDGE iso approved
Long-term support for Linux kernel to be cut
Security and PrivacyUpdate LibreOffice Now to Fix a Security Flaw
Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section, Dale will take us back to the desktop
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: LMDE 6 “Faye” BETA Released, Fedora and Asahi Linux revamp installation process, Plasma 6 release date is set, IBM raises cloud prices, Manjaro 23 released, Mozilla rushes out patches, and ZFS returns to Ubuntu
In security and privacy, a huge security breach affects all browsers, and Google does user tracking
Then in our Wanderings, Majid has been a busy bunny, Joe is having troubles with 3D, Dale has been driven crazy, Bill gears up for public education, and Eric hates computers.
The NewsLMDE 6 “Faye” – BETA Released
Fedora and Asahi Linux revamp installation process
Plasma 6 will be released in February 2024
Price shock: IBM to increase cloud costs by up to 26% in 2024
Manjaro 23.0 Uranos released
Mozilla patches Firefox, Thunderbird against zero-day exploited in attacks
Ubuntu 23.10 Restores ZFS File-System Support In Its Installer
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section, we talk about Linux on mobile devices
In "Check This Out" We discuss a CNN article about Ukraine's drone training.
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First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – August, New Asahi Linux Mac GPU beats Apple, Gnome improves Epiphany, Budgie 10.8 is out, Bodhi 7.0.0 is released, QEMU 8.1 released, LibreOffice gets a new number, Linux Turns 32, Mageia 9 released, Linux Kernel 6.5 is out, and Firefox loses users
In security and privacy: Nothing. We have nothing.
Then in our Wanderings: Joe and Moss return to the fold, and welcome Eric Adams to join us
The NewsMint Monthly News – August
New Asahi Linux Mac GPU drivers just did something even Apple couldn’t manage
Gnome 44.4 Is Out To Improve Epiphany and more
Budgie 10.8 Desktop Released, New Trash Applet, Menu Improvements
Bodhi Linux 7.0.0 Released
QEMU 8.1 Released With New PipeWire Audio Backend, Many CPU Improvements
LibreOffice Changes Its Stripes, er, Numbers
Linux Turns 32
Mageia 9 Officially Released with Linux 6.4, Smaller Disk Footprint, and More
Linux 6.5 Kernel Released
Firefox Has Lost around 70M Users in Last 5 Years
Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify * Eric* – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
Special Thanks To: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section we talk about cloud storage solutions and attempt to demystify some of the procedures for hosting your own cloud storage.
In "Check This Out" On August 12, 1981 IBM Introduces Personal Computer
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First up in the news: LXD-Linux Containers Forks LXD Project as "Incus", Indian Defense Services are Switching to Linux, Mint’s birthday coming up, Messaging Layer Security, State of Solus, Alarm raised over MozillaVPN, EFF launches the TOR University Challenge, news on OpenZFS and ZFSBoot, and Devuan 5 is here
In security and privacy: SkidMap and Downfall
Then in our Wanderings: Bill and Majid have cloudy days
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First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Fedora Asahi Remix debuts, Wine 8.13 releases, Debian makes RISC-V official, Inkscape 1.3 released, Canonical seizes LXD maintenance, Google will start deleting inactive accounts in December, Google does something “dangerous” to chromium, ChromeOS splits browser from OS, Derrick Wong leaves XFS,
In security and privacy: Zenbleed: A new Flaw in AMD Zen 2 Processors
Then in our Wanderings: Joe fixes a van, Moss just tries to keep up, Bill rants about Audacity, and Majid joins in the heatwave
In our Innards section, we discuss the passing of Kevin Mitnick and a few of its repercussions to the Linux and security communities
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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In our Innards section, we talk “ethical telemetry”
And finally, the feedback
In "Check This Out" Check out the new version and tell us what you think!
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First up in the news: Mint 21.2 Victoria released, Canonical’s Leading LXD Engineer Quits, Ubuntu Plans to Ditch its ‘Minimal’ Install Option, a new BlendOS v3, SUSE forks Red Hat
In security and privacy, Avrecon malware affects 70,000 Linux servers, turns them into a botnet, and we meet RCE Flaw and PyLoose Malware
Then in our Wanderings Joe has a bad reaction, Moss forgot to write something here, Bill more of the same, Majid pretends to be a socialist
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In our Innards section we talk browsers
And finally, the feedback
In "Check This Out" a link to a cool project and a YouTube video worth giving a look
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First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Steam Deck exceeds 10,000 games, Red Hat fights public opinion, new LibreBoot is out, Google whines about their new AI search, Peppermint OS upgrades to Bookworm, a new KaOS, First Amendment fails at Supremes, and Solus 4 is released
In security and privacy, StackRot is here, and so is ProtonPass
Then in our Wanderings, Moss makes money, Joe goes 3D, Bill mics up, and Majid thumbs his nose at inflation
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In our Innards section, we get all cloudy
We also have some feedback!
In "Check This Out" a new app to trim, crop, and mirror/flip videos on linux. Also: Diablo build for modern operating systems!
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First up in the news, Mint 21.2 betas have been released, Debian 13 gets a name, Ardour 7.5 does remaps, RHEL goes closed-source, and Opera One ships with AI
In security and privacy, Tsunami comes to SSH
Then in our Wanderings Joe goes on a little trip, Moss musics, and Majid has toys
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First up in the news, Mint Monthly News, All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year, Red Hat Stops Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL & Fedora, Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta, Windows XP activation algorithm cracked - keygen now works on Linux;
In security and privacy, we meet Blacksuit;
Then in our Wanderings, Bill chases burning trucks, Moss is feeling the pressure, and Majid needs to stop spending money
In our Innards section, we discuss laptop battery life;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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In our innards, talk all things Git
In "Check This Out" Londoner shared a cool tool for generating secure passwords; Joe sheres a couple links for getting started with Git
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First up in the news, Arch migrates Git, Ubuntu changes PPAs, Fedora Onyx is approved, Google to remove old accounts, Debian re-imposes a moratorium, Proton goes Family, Red Hat unveils a new Desktop, Fedora plans to drop X11, Thunderbird gets a new logo;
In security and privacy, Google’s 2FA isn’t private enough;
Then in our Wanderings, I’m off to University, Joe is manacled to his office, Moss kicks the tires on the new Bodhi, and Bill migrates
The NewsArch Migrates Git
Ubuntu Makes “Significant Changes” to PPAs for 23.10
Fedora Onyx, Immutable and with Budgie, approved for Fedora 39
Google To Start Removing Inactive Accounts After 2 Years
Google Chrome’s 2023 UI Refresh on Ubuntu
Debian Votes to Reinstate Merged-usr File Movement Moratorium
Proton Unveils Family Plan
Red Hat Reveals Podman Desktop 1.0
Fedora Intends To Completely Drop X11 in Plasma 6
Thunderbird Gets a Brand New Logo
Security And PrivacyGoogle’s New 2FA Isn’t End-to-End Encrypted
Full Show Notes Can Be Found HereWrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid* – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx)
We would like to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs and various other contribution
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section we talk about Pimiga
In Vibrations from the Ether, Joe interacts with a listener via email about some hardware subjects and other stuff
In “Check This Out” Meet Snapshot, GNOME’s New Camera App
Full Show Notes Can be Found HereWrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast* on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx)
We would like to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up, in the news, Mint News for April, Mozilla Thunderbird is adding paid features and services, Raspberry Pi OS updates, sudo and su get Rusty, Flatseal gets GTK4, new Framework laptop gets Ryzen 7040 series, Kingston firmware contains lyrics, YouTube tests blocking adblock, Star5’s Vision 2 RISC-V gets Ubuntu, and Microsoft wants Firefox to switch to Bing
In security and privacy, India bans open-source messaging apps “for security reasons”;
Then in our Wanderings, Bill tells a story, Joe gets political, I conquered wifi, and Majid goes back in time.
The NewsMint News for April
Mozilla Thunderbird Is Adding Paid Features and Services
Raspberry Pi OS updates with new kernel, chromium
Sudo and su are being rewritten in Rust for better security
Flatseal 2.0 released with GTK4, libadwaita
Framework Laptop gets Ryzen 7040 Series
Coldplay Lyrics Hidden in Kingston SSD Firmware
YouTube Is Testing Blocking AdBlockers
Star5’s Vision 2 RISC-V Gets Ubuntu
Microsoft wants Firefox to ditch Google, switch to Bing
Security and PrivacyIndia bans open source messaging apps for security reasons. FOSS community says good luck
Full Show Notes Can Be Found HereWrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid* – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx)
We would like to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible: Bill Houser for our audio editing
* Archive.org for hosting our audio files
* Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
* Londoner for our time syncs
* Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
* The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
In our Innards section, we talk about the origins of the desktop;
We had no feedback this episode. Please email us! We’d love to hear from you!
Full Show notes can be found hereWrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, I’m on Mastodon as @zaivala@hostux.social, and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers * Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx) * Dale* – Dale_CDL@pm.me, Distrohoppers’ Digest, It’s Moss dot Com
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible: Joe for our audio editing * Archive.org for hosting our audio files * Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo * Londoner for our time syncs * Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio * The Linux Mint development team* for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news, Linux Kernel 6.3 Officially Released, blendOS 2 supports Android, new Vivaldi out, new Opera One Dev Release, GIMP completes GTK3 rewrite, QEMU drops 32-bit, Ryzens are burning, Proton launches a password app, Jetpack Announces the end of twitter auto-sharing, and Red Hat lays of 4% due to high profits;
In security and privacy, Mullvad foils a search warrant, and RTM Locker targets NAS and ESXi;
Then in our Wanderings, Joe goes 3D, Moss upgrades, Bill shuffles cards, Majid has a few lightbulb moments, and Dale has entered the Void.
The NewsLinux Kernel 6.3 Officially Released
Ubuntu 23.04 is Now Available for Download (All Flavours)
blendOS 2 Is Already Here and Supports Android Apps Out of the Box
Vivaldi 6.0: Organize Tabs and More
New Opera One Browser
GTK3 port of GIMP is “officially finished”
QEMU 8.0 Released with 32-bit support deprecated
Ryzen 7000 processors are burning up
Proton launches encrypted password manager
The World Wide Web becomes public 30 years ago today
Jetpack Announces End of Twitter Auto-Sharing
Red Hat, Black Anger
Security And PrivacyMullvad Subjected to Search Warrant, Nothing To Find, Cops Left
RTM Locker’s First Linux Ransomware Strain Targeting NAS and ESXi Hosts
Full Show notes can be found hereWrap Up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon. Also – checkout my podcasts Linux OTC & 3 Fat Truckers * Majid* – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx)
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:* Joe for the Audio Editing * Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all their work on the website * Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo * Londoner for show research, time syncs, and general contribution. * Bill Houser for managing the pi 400 that hosts mintcast.org * Archive.org for hosting our audio files * The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – March 2023, Ubuntu 23.04 beta released, updates in Tumbleweed, last 16.04-based Ubuntu Touch rolled out, Linux Lite 6.4 released, COSMIC DE updates, OpenBSD 7.3 & FreeBSD 13.2 announced, big changes in Firefox 113, Mullvad announces their own browser, and Solus sets sail once again;
In security and privacy, Kodi leaks
Then in our Wanderings, Bill catches up, Moss has more drive, Joe is such a prints, Majid iPads in
In our Innards section, we meet one of our new co-hosts;
The News*Mint Monthly News – March 2023*
*Ubuntu 23.04 beta released with new features*
*Gnome, Curl, LLVM update in Tumbleweed*
**Ubuntu Touch OTA-25, last version based on 16.04, rolled out****
**Linux Lite 6.4 Released****
*COSMIC DE first Spring updates*
*FreeBSD 13.2 announced*
OpenBSD 7.3 announced
Firefox 113 promises big updates
Mullvad Browser is out
LXQt 1.3.0 releases
Solus Attempts To Right Its Course
Security and PrivacyKodi confirms data breach – 400,000 user records and private messages stolen
Full Show notes can be found hereWrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon. Also – checkout my podcasts Linux OTC & 3 Fat Truckers * Majid* – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx)
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:* Bill Houser for the Audio Editing * Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all their work on the website * Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo * Bill Houser for managing the pi 400 that hosts mintcast.org * Archive.org for hosting our audio files * The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
First up in the news, Chrome does fractions with Wayland, new Framework laptops, Docker changes their mind, ARM needs more money, Midnight BSD released, GnuCash is updated, Cinnamon Remix goes official, and PineStar64 is announced;
In security and privacy, Mélofée happens, and Linux Tech Tips gets hacked;
Then in our Wanderings, Joe has been sick, and Moss replaces a hard drive.
In our Innards section, we beg for new hosts and talk about our experiences with mintCast;
The NewsChrome arrives with fractional scaling in Wayland
Docker decides to not sunset the “free-team” plan after all
ARM wants to dramatically change their licensing structure
Midnight BSD 3.0 Released
GnuCash 5.0 Released
Cinnamon Remix becomes official as Ubuntu Cinnamon
Pine64 releases Star64 RISC-V SBC with GPU
Security and PrivacyMélofée: Researchers Uncover New Linux Malware Linked to Chinese APT Groups
How Linux Tech Tips’ YouTube Page Got Hacked
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill* – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon. Also – checkout my podcasts Linux OTC & 3 Fat Truckers
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:* Bill Houser for the Audio Editing * Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all their work on the website * Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo * Bill Houser for managing the pi 400 that hosts mintcast.org * Archive.org for hosting our audio files * The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
First up in the news: Meet Ubuntu Flatpak Remix, KDE Plasma 6 Begins, No Peeking, Vanilla goes to Debian, LibreOffice 7.4.6, Nitrux goes “sh”, Elementary updates, DuckDuckGo goes AI on Wikipedia, Debian gets new APT, Proton joins the fight against censorship, Firefox 111 features, Kali 2023.1 released, and Wine 8.4 with old Wayland released;
In security and privacy, Brave needs no permission to do Google, NordVPN open sources code;
Then in our Wanderings, we are posting no Bills this episode,
In our Innards section, Joe talks ffmpeg;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill* – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts 3 Fat Truckers and Linux OTC.
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time syncs
Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about
- First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February, Ubuntu Flavors Agree to Stop Using Flatpak, Linux desktop powers consider uniting for an app store, Ubuntu Devs Working on ‘Mini’ Installer, Mesa 23 released, Mozilla narcs on Android apps, Fedora caught thinking, Linux supports Apple chips, OnlyOffice integrates, Falkon accelerates,
- In security and privacy, LastPass Devs accounts get breached, NSA wants to help
- Then we have our usual wanderings.
- In our Innards section we discuss the Android Apps We can’t live without
- And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill* – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fostodon.org on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts 3 Fat Truckers and Linux OTC
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time syncs
Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news: Looks like the end for Mycroft, Proton offers Drive for everybody, MidnightBSD takes on helloSystem, Fedora 38 now with full Flathub access, new Transmission, Android 14 Preview, Framework has new SSDs, new versions of KaOS and Parrot, Ardour and Clonezilla have new releases, and systemd is the future;
In security and privacy, several PyPI packages steal crypto;
Then in our Wanderings, Joe’s back hurts, Moss is underworked, and Bill is not.
In our Innards section, we have invited Danielle Foré to come and talk about her Elementary OS project, and other changes;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org * Norbert* – norbert@mintcast.org
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
AudioFreak (Riyo) for our audio editing
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time syncs
Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news, Mint 21.2 has the codename Victoria, OpenSuse updates, helloSystem says hello for the 0.8th time, new Firefox allows imports, Xfce goes Waylanding, Cosmic DE speeds up, OBS Studio fixes Linux Wayland bug, and Elementary has a new release;
In security and privacy, we report on after log4j, Boldmove, and Malvirt;
Then in our Wanderings, Joe calls Texas for Icing, and Moss is having New Phone Fever; Bill is in Colorado doing a rescue and will be back next episode.
In our Innards section we discuss what you can do with old Android devices;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org * Norbert* – norbert@mintcast.org
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
AudioFreak (Riyo) for our audio editing
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time syncs
Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about
This week in our Innards, We do a rundown of our favorite distros of 2022
In “Check This Out” we talk about a graphical tool Londoner shared that makes light work of scheduling a shutdown or reboot. Moss shares his experience with the Flatpak of a favorite game of his; and we share an article postulating the death of Unix.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org * Norbert* – norbert@mintcast.org
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
AudioFreak (Riyo) for our audio editing
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time syncs
Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news, RPi adds an autofocus camera, Fairphone2 hits EOL, more Tenacity than ever, new Unity, Xubuntu Minimal arrives soon, Brave adds Bridges, Kodi 20 is released, Libvirt 9.0 is out, Google gets shot down, and new features arrive in Firefox 109;
In security and privacy, nothing to see here, move along;
Then in our Wanderings, Moss is back, Joe has fun with a Pihole, and Bill takes some OTC stuff;
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The NewsNew autofocus camera modules for Raspberry Pi
Fairphone 2 hits End Of Life after 7 years of updates
More developers reportedly now use Linux than macOS
Xubuntu 23.04 will offer “Minimal” version, under 700 Mb
Brave browser adds support for Tor Bridges
Kodi 20 released with AV1, Pipewire support
Libvirt 9.0 released
Google Topics API for targeted ads gets shot down
Firefox 109 – New Features, Updates, and Fixes
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org * Norbert* – norbert@mintcast.org
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
AudioFreak (Riyo) for our audio editing
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time syncs
Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about
First up in the news
Linux Mint 21.1 Vera released, Goodbye SHA-1: NIST Retires 27-Year-Old Widely Used Cryptographic Algorithm, Pine Tab2 announced, More developers reportedly now use Linux than macOS
In security and privacy
Serious Linux kernel security hole uncovered
Then in our Wanderings, Moss is in Atlanta this week but has sent in his predictions, Joe does HPR, Bill sets up servers
In our Innards section
We go over last years predictions and our new predictions
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The NewsLinux Mint 21.1 Vera released
Goodbye SHA-1: NIST Retires 27-Year-Old Widely Used Cryptographic Algorithm
More developers reportedly now use Linux than macOS
Security and Privacy
- Serious Linux kernel security hole uncovered
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org * Norbert* – norbert@mintcast.org
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
- AudioFreak (Riyo) for our audio editing
- Archive.org for hosting our audio files
- Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
- Londoner for our time syncs
- Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
- The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about
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BiWeekly Wanderings 31:19
Linux Innards 58:05
Check This Out 1:40
First up in the news: Mint 21.1 beta has been released, vivaldi adds mastodon plugin.
In Security and Privacy, Eufy shows your videos, samsungs lost some keys, and more rootkits.
The in our wanderings: Guy talk
In our innards section, Bill discusses setting up podcasts.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News Linux Mint, OMG Ubuntu, How-To Geek, The Register, 9to5linux.com* – Linux Mint 21 Beta Release * TimeVivaldi adds Mastodon plugin Lords decree an end to leap seconds before risky attempt to reverse time * Elementary Updates * NixOS 22.11 Released**
Security and Privacy
- Eufy’s “local storage” cameras can be streamed from anywhere, unencrypted
- Samsung’s Android AppSigning Key has leaked
- CosmicStrand: the discovery of a sophisticated UEFI firmware rootkit
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org * Norbert* – norbert@mintcast.org
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
- Norbert, Londoner, Tony H, AudioFreak(Riyo) and all others for our audio editing
- Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all his work on the website
- Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
- Linode for hosting mintcast.org
- Archive.org for hosting our audio files
- The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
First up in the news: Network-crashing leap seconds to be abandoned, Asahi Linux Improves Apple Silicon Support
In security and privacy: updates are required
Then in our Wanderings: Bill hammers nextcloud, Joe does tinkering
In our Innards section: we discuss more history and finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News Network-crashing leap seconds to be abandoned by 2035, for at least a century * Time Lords decree an end to leap seconds before risky attempt to reverse time*
Wrap-up Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee * Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com * Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org * Norbert* – norbert@mintcast.org
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
- Norbert, Londoner, Tony H, AudioFreak(Riyo) and all others for our audio editing
- Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all his work on the website
- Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
- Linode for hosting mintcast.org
- Archive.org for hosting our audio files
- The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
In our Innards section, we continue our historical journey through Linux distros;
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First up in the news: New Mint Stuff, Nitrux gets 6.0, Linux Steams forward, exFAT repair is now possible, LXQt gets Wayland, a pioneer passes, Mastodon blossoms, Nouveau and Nvidia updates, Clonezilla gets a new kernel, and Fedora refreshes Live Creation;
In security and privacy: OpenSSL3 Patch Arrives
Then in our Wanderings: Moss unMints his Studio, Joe sadly loses a Beto, and Bill doesn’t have much.
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First up in the news: The Kudu is out, with a Lobster on its tail, Fedora 37 is dragging, the next Kernel takes less power from the people, Steam Snap switches stacks, Flatpak gets Meson, and Linus wants to forget about 486;
In security and privacy: we get the first security update for the Kudu;
Then in our Wanderings: Joe goes to Micro Center, Moss is having a ball, and Bill is clouding around
In our Innards section, we continue our historical journey through Linux distros;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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First up in the news: Debian carries buffer patches, IceWM 3, Wireshark 4, free Ubuntu Pro for all, KDE winds down Plasma 5, VirtualBox 7, Proton drives prices, and dreams of Forky;
In security and privacy: New Chinese malware for everything, Intel springs a leak, and Android’s leak exposed;
Then in our Wanderings: Joe futzes with his 3D printer, while Moss continues to fight with Mint 21;
In our Innards section, we begin a historical journey through Linux distros;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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In our Innards section, we talk about how Linux has permeated Everything;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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First up in the news, Monthly Mintyness, Gnome gnarliness, and KDE K-ness, Ubuntu 22.10 gets fresh, Ubuntu now on AWS, Brave blocks consent, Google kills another app, GNU Toolchain moves, Matrix patches holes, new Shotcut, new Audacity, and more…
In security and privacy, a new virus for Windows and Linux
Then in our Wanderings, Joe is fixing bikes on his audiobookshelf, Moss has more classes, and Bill gets Nextcloud running.
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BleepingComputer publishes a series titled “This Week in Ransomware” each week as a news summary on this topic. In early September they covered multiple times schools being increasingly targeted by ransomware and we decided to cover it in the innards.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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First up in the news, Stallman goes manual on C, DNF5 arrives in Fedora, LibreOffice gets fumigated, GNOME comes into its Shell, they have put hair in the Blender, Avast buys your cookies, and Intel fogs the processor market;
In security and privacy, we have multi-stage malware, website leaks, and shell attacks;
Then in our Wanderings, Norbert is cutting corners, Moss tries a different mint, Joe keeps modding, and Bill fixes a broken Arch …again.
In our Innards section, Ransomware goes to school;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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First up in the news, AWK gets Unicode, GIMP out, Firefox improves its memory, Nitrux released, Unity is a Flavour, Microsoft drops Linux, Makulu adds to the confusion, and Debian wrestles with firmware;
In security and privacy, 8 Year Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability Uncovered, and Plex gets exposed;
Then in our Wanderings, Moss reconfigures again, and Norbert contradicts himself.
In our Innards section, Mint and Gnome have lots to show us;
And finally, the feedback and a suggestion or two.
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First up in the news, The Kernel gets a bump, LibreOffice adds a point, Android 13 is out if you have a Pixel, and Gnome has a birthday,
In security and privacy, Discord and your passwords are pythoned, and hard drives apparently have a taste in music
Then in our Wanderings, Joe plays with his handheld, Bill is setting up a new server, Moss skips the assault and gets a couple batteries, and Norbert has had done some things.
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In our Innards section we discuss the changes we usually make to the systems and desktop environments we use to fit our workflows and to make them feel like home.
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First up in the news: Vanessa is finally here, so is the Linux kernel version 5.19, which was published from an M1 Mac by Linus Torvalds
In security and privacy, Sale of over a billion Chinese users’ data found, DuckDuckGo is (finally) blocking Microsoft trackers, and Linux 6.0 to have run-time verification for running on safety critical systems
Then in our Wanderings, Bill is hearing things, Moss is losing power, Joe is soldering on, and Norbert is taming the fox
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First up in the news: Vanessa is almost here, Xfce flirts with Wayland, GNOME is touching up the touchscreen experience, and STAR protects data on Brave browsers;
In security and privacy, the Retbleed speculative exploit is more than just speculation, but the kernel team already have a fix, and Lightning Framework flashes our way;
Then in our Wanderings, Bill is back from Pennsylvania again and again, Norbert polishes his laptop, Moss is doing the Makulu Shift, Joe is working the mods, Josh T is fixing watches, and Tom is channeling.
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First up in the news, Mint is coming, Lennart Poettering has left the building, Vim speaks a new language, WebApps come to GNOME 43, Fedora lets Flatpak out of jail and wants to talk, GTK5 is dropping the X, Linux gets Siri, er, Cortana, er, Carola.
In security and privacy, CISA sounds the alarm, and Firefox strips
Then in our Wanderings, Bill repaves his Omen, Moss goes back to school, Joe is still in 3D and Norbert is typing still
In our Innards section We talk subscription Services
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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First up in the news, Gnome wins Microsoft money, Firefox translates offline, Rocky overtakes the Red Hat pack, apps on KDE look more klear, Debian gets the Gecko treatment, Zoom gets Wayland screen sharing, Photoshop is kind-of–but not-really coming to Linux, and Nvidia contributes.
In security and privacy, Hertzbleed is coming for your CPU, and the EU is going after deepfakes.
Then in our Wanderings, Moss goes Custom, Norbert emerges, and Joe is Florida Man In our Innards section we discuss the various licenses in the world of open source software
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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First up in the news, There are new Regolith and Cinnamon desktops, KDE has new gear, Telegram Premium to launch, Plex has new Linux apps, Atom editor gets nuked, noUbuntu works to tame a daemon, System76 goes to Europe, and Europe is all about the C;
In security, Symbiote malware discovered, and Apple M1 chips are found to be flawed;
Then in our Wanderings, Joe is fighting trees, Bill is editing shows from the cab of a truck, Moss is spending Jeff Bezos’ money, Norbert is in a galaxy far far away, and we get to meet our guest, Steve Seguin.
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First up in the news, we have some Gnome news, some new Intel on Linux 5.19, the kernel gets even more Rusty, Ubuntu loses its Pulse, and Proton unifies.
In security and privacy: Facebook has no clue where your data goes. LinuxFX dumps user data… where? Mozilla fixes a serious vulnerability.
Then in our Wanderings: Joe starts making videos, Moss’ wife starts Cruzeing, and Norbert starts his new laptop.
In our Innards section, we get some thoughts on Ubuntu 22.04.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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First up in the news: NVIDIA is transitioning, Debian talks non-free, Ubuntu has new ISOs and Docker news.
In security and privacy: Intel has more microcode
Then in our Wanderings: Joe lost the election, Norbert watches sci-fi and Bill sets up NextCloud.
First up in the news, NTFS is orphaned, a hare-brained C alternative, and some new Pop!
In security and privacy, Microsoft found it, and Musk open sources
Then in our Wanderings, Jorge is steaming right along, Joe is destroying more stuff, Norbert had a little too much linux, Moss is redoing EVERYTHING, and Bill is pulling his hair out.
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First up in the news, NTFS is orphaned, a hare-brained C alternative, and some new Pop!
In security and privacy, Microsoft found it, and Musk open sources
Then in our Wanderings, Jorge is steaming right along, Joe is destroying more stuff, Norbert had a little too much linux, Moss is redoing EVERYTHING, and Bill is pulling his hair out.
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In our Innards section we discuss tips and tricks around GRUB, as well as a couple alternatives.
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First up in the news, Mint 21 will have a new graphical upgrade tool; Fedora plans to remove BIOS and XOrg; Gnome43 reworks adwaita tools; a Sony engineer makes exFAT 73% faster; and Alibaba previews a 128-core Armv9 server processor.
Then in our Wanderings, Joe is Board of school runnings, Norbert is looking for a MATE, Moss blew up Kodi; and Bill is browsercasting.
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In our Innards section we discuss some of the newer additions to Linux and what we think about them.
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Show notes First up in the news,Google has an NVMe problem, Arch has a new installer, Deepin unlocks your face, Fedora and Ubuntu have betas and they both default to […]
First up in the news: Ubuntu is out-fedoring Fedora; Linux 5.18 brings new optimizations; the Budgie has landed; Debian 12 has a projected birthday, and Asahi has its first Alpha;
In security and privacy, a new Spectre has arisen;
Then in our Wanderings, Bill gets “Jitsi with it”, Moss goes down the “pi-hole”, and Norbert hops onto the Fedora bandwagon
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In our Innards section we discuss our free and open source alternatives for proprietary software.
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First up in the news: Linux crosses the C; We look into Steam; Flatpak improves; Gnome gets more customizable. In security and privacy: Bvp47 found after 10 years. Then in our Wanderings: Moss is shaking in his boots and singing about it; Joe fixes more things; JoshT is back from the farm; Bill keeps trucking; and Norbert goes to Maui.
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In our Innards section we talk about Raspberry Pis and other single-board computers.
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First up in the news: AMD builds brand new Linux graphics driver support and Ubuntu MATE to add native Flatpak support. In security and privacy: Arch Linux packages are… outdated? Mozilla does something really Meta, the ‘EARN IT Act’ makes a return, and FLoC was a flop, but Google has some new ideas. Then in our Wanderings Joe gets another new to me bike, Norbert defeats distro hopping, Moss goes international, Josh tells us about running Manjaro, and Bill is truckcasting.
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In our Innards section, we strive to become certified Linux administrators and discuss the LPIC-1 exam with Leo and Nishant.
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First up in the news, Raspberry Pi OS has a 64-bit version, Nvidia has a release, System76 releases their scheduler, the This Week in Gnome blog, Slackware and Peppermint OS have new releases and Debian uses Arch.
In security, PolicyKit vulnerability lies dormant for a decade, GNU coreutils are being rewritten in Rust, Ubuntu improves low memory handling andSurfshark VPN jumps the shark.
Then in our Wanderings, Moss strikes a chord, Norbert further bodges his system, Bill gets more air time, Leo goes on an XL MX adventure, Joe runs for board and Nishant is distro hopping.
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In our Innards section, we talk about how much security is enough.
In security, Ubuntu Kernel Security Patches, FGKASLR gets closer to mainline, Data stealing malware hides on Linux servers, Go Daddy data breach
In our Wanderings, Joe does some 3d printing, Josh got a new monitor, Norbert switches OS’s, and Clayton looks back
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In this episode we discuss our current daily driver distros of choice and pick alternatives that we would move to if our current distros of choice stopped being developed.
In security, Ubuntu Kernel Security Patches, FGKASLR gets closer to mainline, Data stealing malware hides on Linux servers, Go Daddy data breach
In our Wanderings, Joe does some 3d printing, Josh got a new monitor, Norbert switches OS’s, and Clayton looks back
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In this episode we discuss our current daily driver distros of choice and pick alternatives that we would move to if our current distros of choice stopped being developed.
In security, Ubuntu Kernel Security Patches, FGKASLR gets closer to mainline, Data stealing malware hides on Linux servers, Go Daddy data breach
In our Wanderings, Joe does some 3d printing, Josh got a new monitor, Norbert switches OS’s, and Clayton looks back
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First up in the news, Mint 20.3 Una is released, Pipewire has a new release and Solus co-lead resigns. In security, Ubuntu Kernel update fixes vulnerabilities and Ryzen Mobile CPU’s and Pluton Security. In our Wanderings, Joe talks about the HPR New Year Show, Norbert watched a new series, Bill has been on the grind with cold temperatures, Nishant joined the Serenity OS team and Moss is back.
In security, Ubuntu Kernel Security Patches, FGKASLR gets closer to mainline, Data stealing malware hides on Linux servers, Go Daddy data breach
In our Wanderings, Joe does some 3d printing, Josh got a new monitor, Norbert switches OS’s, and Clayton looks back
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In our Linux Innards, we review our 2021 predictions and make our new predictions for 2022.
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Download Introduction: This is Leo and with me today is Joe, Tony Watts, and Moss, with Special Community Guest, Oliver Kelly.We’re recording on Sunday, June 30, 2019. First up, in our Wanderings, I’ve been playing with Samba for the … Continue reading →
Download Introduction: This is Leo and with me today is Joe, Tony Watts, and Moss, with Special Community Guest, Oliver Kelly.We’re recording on Sunday, June 30, 2019. First up, in our Wanderings, I’ve been playing with Samba for the show, … Continue reading →
Download Introduction: Welcome to mintCast Episode 311. First up, in our Wanderings, I had to rebuild my network, Moss becomes more reliant on Linux Mint, Joe games on an Atari, Josh gets nominated for awards and installs Deepin, and Tony … Continue reading →
Download Introduction: Welcome to mintCast Episode 311. First up, in our Wanderings, I had to rebuild my network, Moss becomes more reliant on Linux Mint, Joe games on an Atari, Josh gets nominated for awards and installs Deepin, and Tony … Continue reading →
Download Introduction: Welcome to mintCast Episode 310. This is Leo and with me this week are Bo, Joe, Moss, Josh and Tony Hughes, and we’re recording live on Sunday 2nd June 2019. First up, in our Wanderings, I get familiar … Continue reading →
Download Introduction: Welcome to mintCast Episode 310. This is Leo and with me this week are Bo, Joe, Moss, Josh and Tony Hughes, and we’re recording live on Sunday 2nd June 2019. First up, in our Wanderings, I get familiar … Continue reading →
Download Introduction: This is Leo, Joe, Josh, Tony Watts, Tony Hughes and Moss! First up, in our Wanderings, I get some new gear and upgrade kernels, Tony Hughes is back home and LUGging again, Moss gets a new printer and … Continue reading →
Download Introduction: This is Leo, Joe, Josh, Tony Watts, Tony Hughes and Moss! First up, in our Wanderings, I get some new gear and upgrade kernels, Tony Hughes is back home and LUGging again, Moss gets a new printer and … Continue reading →
Download mintCast Episode 308 Show Notes Introduction: We’re recording on Sunday May 5, 2019. First up, in our Wanderings, I decide whether I want to drop OpenMediaVault, Joe prints more and gets his game on, Moss beams about … Continue reading →
Download mintCast Episode 308 Show Notes Introduction: We’re recording on Sunday May 5, 2019. First up, in our Wanderings, I decide whether I want to drop OpenMediaVault, Joe prints more and gets his game on, Moss beams about … Continue reading →