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• April 19, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  435 – Eric’s Back!

  First up in the News: Mint Monthly News, Mint is testing new CDN setup for repositories, EndeavourOS ends ARM branch due to lack of help, Proton buys Standard Notes, Dynebolic portable Linux renewed after 10 year hiatus, APT 2.9 released, 3.0 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

• April 10, 2024MP3, OGG, Podcast

  434.5 – 3.2.1…Backup!!

  In our Innards section: Using the Linux Mint Backup Tool and backing up applet settings

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• April 1, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  434 – Open Source, Close Malware

  First up in the news: Red Hat Announces Nova Graphics Driver for NVIDIA GPUs, Blender 4.1 released, MakuluLinux brings LinDoz back this time with AI, the end of EXT2

  In security and privacy: Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks 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

• March 27, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  433 – They’re All Out To Get You!

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February 2024, Linux market share passes 4% for first time, SerpentOS makes progress, AMD is told hands off HDMI 2.1, Google blocks RCS on rooted devices, AMDGPU has limits, ProtonMail comes to all desktops, 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

• March 13, 2024MP3, OGG, Podcast

  432.5 – Ears Deep

  In our Innards section we have an impromptu discussion about audio editing - some things to think about when editing for a podcast.

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions