mintCast

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!>

In our Innards section we talk browsers And finally, the feedback In “Check This Out” A link to a cool project and a YouTube video worth giving a look. https://openscad.org/downloads.html https://youtu.be/KyADkmRVe0U 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) We would like to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible: 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, Steam Deck exceeds 10,000 games, Red Hat fights public opinion, new LibreBoot is out, Google whines about their new AI search, Peppermint OS upgrades to Bookworm, a new KaOS, First Amendment fails at Supremes, and Solus 4 is released In security and privacy, StackRot is here, and so is ProtonPass Then in our Wanderings, Moss makes money, Joe goes 3D, Bill mics up, and Majid thumbs his nose at inflation The News Mint Monthly News Steam Deck hits over 10,000 verified and playable games Red Hat tried to address criticism over their new source code restrictions LibreBoot, FOSS BIOS replacement, sees new release Google Admits Users “Not Quite Happy” With New Search Engine New Peppermint OS is out, based on Debian 12 New version of KaOS is out, Arch-“inspired” with Plasma Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “suppress free speech” Solus 4 is released Security and Privacy StackRot, a new Linux Kernel privilege escalation vulnerability Introducing Proton Pass Full Shownotes 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!>