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: …

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, …

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…

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: …

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 i…

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…

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 …

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 Con…

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 lo…

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 – Vibrati…

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…

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 W…

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.…

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,…

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 Con…

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: B…

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” Link…

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 re…

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.o…

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 …

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 – Wr…

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…

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@…

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 starstru…

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 – Vibrati…

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 o…

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 Here Contact I…

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…

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 browse…

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…

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 – Securit…

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…

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 …

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 …

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 Eri…

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 00:56:0…

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 Wan…

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:…

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 …

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…

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…

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: YouTub…

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…

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 …

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 J…

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 Er…

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, bard…

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…

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…

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 Wande…