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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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], occasionally on HPR Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], occasionally on HPR Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], occasionally on HPR Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], occasionally on HPR Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and in stealth mode on HPR Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], occasionally on HPR Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 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 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 News Linux 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 Privacy Federal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected] Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], 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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 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 Security and Privacy High-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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], 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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected] Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], 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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 News Mint 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 Privacy Cybersecurity 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, [email protected] Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], 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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], music on YouTube and Bandcamp if you look for it. Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 News AlmaLinux 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], music on YouTube and Bandcamp if you look for it. Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected] 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here The News Mint 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 Privacy Over 92,000 exposed D-Link NAS devices have a backdoor account Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Info: Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here The News Red 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 Privacy Backdoor 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here The 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 Privacy Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here The News KDE 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 Privacy New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Expose Android and Linux Devices to Hackers Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here The News Linux 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 Privacy Critical 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 Out There 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected] Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here The News 21.3 “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 Privacy Ring 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here The News Mint 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 Privacy Linux 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here Contact Info Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here The News Mint 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 News Linux 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 Privacy Stealthy 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Notes Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 News mintCast 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 Privacy Google Chrome’s IP Protection is privacy washing Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], and my other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @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 [email protected], 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 <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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 Facebook Twitter (X) Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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 News Ubuntu 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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 News Mint 21.2 Cinnamon EDGE released Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur Released (along with the flavours) New version of Raspberry Pi OS released Security and Privacy Curl patches ‘worst’ security flaw in ages Encrypted Client Hello Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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 News LMDE 6 “FAYE” released Mint 21.2 EDGE iso approved Long-term support for Linux kernel to be cut Security and Privacy Update 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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 News LMDE 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

In our Innards section, we talk about Linux on mobile devices And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions. In “Check This Out” ukraine-drone-training Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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 News Mint 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, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected], @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 [email protected] . 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!>

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 Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx) 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!>

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 The News LXD-Linux Containers Forks LXD Project as “Incus” Indian Defense Services are Switching to Linux Messaging Layer Security: Secure and Usable End-to-End Encryption State of Solus – August 2023 Alarm raised over Mozilla VPN: Wonky authorization check lets users cause havoc EFF Launches the Tor University Challenge OpenZFS 2.2 is nearly here, and ZFSBootMenu 2.2 already is Devuan GNU+Linux 5 Is Here for Software Freedom Lovers Based on Debian 12 Security and Privacy New SkidMap Linux Malware Variant Targeting Vulnerable Redis Servers Downfall Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx) 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!>

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 The News Mint Monthly News – July 2023 Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix RISC-V Is Now An Official Debian Architecture Inkscape 1.3 Released As Latest Open-Source Software To Compete With Adobe Illustrator LXD Maintainership Being Limited To Canonical Employees Google warns again it will start deleting inactive accounts in December Unpacking Google’s new “dangerous” Web-Environment-Integrity specification ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y Security and Privacy Zenbleed: A new Flaw in AMD Zen 2 Processors Puts Encryption Keys and Passwords at Risk Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx) 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!>

In our Innards section, we talk “ethical telemetry” And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions In “Check This Out” Check out the new version and tell us what you think! https://linuxmint.com/download.php Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx) 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!>

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 The News Mint 21.2 Victoria released Canonical’s Leading LXD Engineer Quits Ubuntu Plans to Ditch its ‘Minimal’ Install Option Blend OS v3 Bhatura released In a Blow to IBM, SUSE is Forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security and Privacy Avrecon infects 70,000 Linux Servers, turns them into a botnet OpenSSH Agent RCE Flaw Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Commands PyLoose Linux Malware Mines Crypto Directly From Memory Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here Wrap Up Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers Majid – [email protected] @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx) 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!>