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  • 435.5 – Pies and Wires
    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,
  • 435 – Eric’s Back!
    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.
  • 434.5 – 3.2.1…Backup!!
    In our Innards section: Using the Linux Mint Backup Tool and backing up applet settings And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
  • 434 – Open Source, Close Malware
    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 encrypte...
  • 433 – They’re All Out To Get You!
    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,
  • 432.5 – Ears Deep
    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
  • 432 – “Podcasts Are Better”
    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,
  • 431 – Artificially Intelligent
    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,
  • 430.5 – Infrastructure Bill
    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. Download
  • 430 – Darn Small(er) Linux
    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,
  • 429 – Do You Desktop?
    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 s...
  • 428.5 – 2024 Predictions
    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. Download
  • 428 – 32 bit’s Days Are Numbered
    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 pi...
  • 427.5 – Free Form or Free Fall
    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! Download
  • 427 – “Virginia is For Lovers.”
    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 cod...
  • 426.5 – Cry “Havoc!” and Bring Forth The Tablets of War.
    In our Innards section: Tablets. Linux tablets. In "Check This Out": Ubuntu Touch OTA, PineTab 2, and Enter Shikari - Anaesthetist Download
  • 426 – Happy Birthday, mintCast!
    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,
  • 425.5 – Infinitely Galactic, The Interview
    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. Download
  • 425 – Firefox Down
    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,
  • 424 – Meh Snap
    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