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465 – “Won’t Someone Think Of The Children!”
Episode 465

465 – “Won’t Someone Think Of The Children!”

MP3 – mintCast

August 3, 20251h 45m

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Show Notes

First up in the news: Mint 22.2 betas now in testing, Arch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfaces, Debian 13 Trixie Release Date is Officially Confirmed, and Hyprland Hyprperks have been launched.

In Security and Privacy, Introducing Proton Authenticator – secure 2FA, your way and Microsoft Recall issues

In Check This Out, Ignition allows you to manage startup apps and scripts

And finally, Vibrations From the Ether

  • 00:00:00 – Intro
  • 00:00:50 – News
  • 01:20:34 – Security And Privacy
  • 01:34:40 – Check This Out
  • 01:37:32 – Vibrations From The Ether
  • 01:40:10 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
  • 01:41:00 – Wrap Up
  • 01:43:12 – Special Thanks
  • 01:43:51 – Outro

The News:


Mint 22.2 Beta ISOs now in testing


Arch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfaces


Debian 13 Trixie Release Date is Officially Confirmed


Hyprperks have been launched!


Ubuntu Concept For Snapdragon X1 Laptops Moves To Linux 6.16, Enables More Devices


The big news out of the UK this week is all the blocking they’re doing due to the Online Safety Act

Security And Privacy:


Introducing Proton Authenticator – secure 2FA, your way


Microsoft Recall can still capture credit cards and passwords, a treasure trove for crook

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Special Thanks To:

  • Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
  • 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
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>