Episodes
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
Published 05/01/24
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
Published 04/24/24
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...
Published 04/19/24
In our Innards section: Using the Linux Mint Backup Tool and backing up applet settings
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Published 04/10/24
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...
Published 04/02/24
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...
Published 03/27/24
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
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Published 03/13/24
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
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Published 03/06/24
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...
Published 02/21/24
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.
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Published 02/14/24
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,...
Published 02/07/24
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...
Published 01/31/24
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.
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Published 01/17/24
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
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Published 01/13/24
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!
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Published 12/20/23
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...
Published 12/13/23
In our Innards section: Tablets. Linux tablets.
In "Check This Out": Ubuntu Touch OTA, PineTab 2, and Enter Shikari - Anaesthetist
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Published 12/06/23
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...
Published 11/30/23
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.
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Published 11/22/23
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
Then in our Wanderings: Bill gets things linked up, Joe plays with Nextcloud, Moss shuffles...
Published 11/19/23
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...
Published 11/02/23
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
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Published 10/25/23
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.
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Published 10/21/23
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
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Published 10/11/23