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 News Mint 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 Privacy BlackCat 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>