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mintCast 161: Thoughts on WiFi Security

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News:

  • The Linux Mint 15 Olivia RC is now available for download (blog.linuxmint.com)
  • Linux Mint 15 Most Ambitious Release Ever (ostatic.com)
  • Ubuntu’s single platform SDK to be ship shape by October (zdnet.com)
  • While Jono Bacon “Dogfoods” the new Ubuntu Phone (jonobacon.org)
  • Critical Linux Exploit In The Wild (ostatic.com)

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mintCast 160: Is Microsoft Lagging?

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mintCast 159: Catching up with James

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News:

  • The Mint development team launches a new blog. (Segfault.Linuxmint.com )
  • Debian 7.0 Wheezy is released. (Debian.org )
  • SolydXK gets added to the DistroWatch database. (Ostatic.com )
  • Lightworks Linux public beta is finally available for download. (Webupd8.com )
  • Iron Penguin: First open-source “Iron Man” suit within reach? (ZDNet.com )

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mintCast 158: Foss – Doomed or Dominating?

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News:

  • Ubuntu 13.04 is released, while 13.10 gets a name. (LinuxUser.co.uk)
  • Originally thought to be assured passage, CISPA dies in the US Senate. (FossForce.com)
  • MariaDB merges with SkySQL. (ZDNet.com)
  • Fuduntu Done Now, All Hail FuSE. (OStatic.com)
  • Announcing Outreach Program for Women Internships for the Linux Kernel. (Linux.com)
  • Left 4 Dead 2 public beta coming next week, will include Linux version of game. (Polygon.com)

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mintCast 156: Ken Starks

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mintCast 155: GRUB Mysteries

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mintCast 154: Silver Linings Playback

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Gramps Garage:

News:

  • Linux Mint Debian 201303 released! (LinuxMint.com )
  • May 9th will be Black Thursday for three Ubuntu versions. (EfyTimes.com )
  • Matthew Garrett blogs about the real threat to user freedom – Restricted Boot. (Matthew’s blog )
  • The Linux Foundation is providing training for NASA as it migrates away from Windows. (Linux.com )
  • Ouya begins shipping game consoles to early-bird backers… (Endgadget.com )
  • …while confirming that thousands of developers are coding on the platform. (TGDaily.com )
  • After just six years, IBM’s Roadrunner Super Computer is retired. (Eweek.com )
  • The Infamous Canterbury Project April Fools joke celebrates its 2nd anniversary (Debian.org )

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mintCast 153: openSUSE 12.3

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  • A Larger Universe – James Gillaspy (amazon.com)

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mintCast 152: Russ on Ubuntu

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  • Linus switches back to a Gnome 3 desktop. (zdnet.com)
  • Linux founder loves his Chromebook Pixel. (tgdaily.com)
  • Linux triumphant: Chrome OS resists cracking attempts. (zdnet.com)

The Main Topic: Ubuntu – Where’s It Going?

  • Ubuntu Mir: Is This the Future of Linux Everywhere? (wired.com)
  • Ubuntu Linux developer squabbles go public (zdnet.com)
  • Three Proposals To Consider For Ubuntu Releases (phoronix.com)
  • Mark Shuttleworth Says He’s Not Impressed by the Rolling Release Model (softpedia.com)
  • Mark Shuttleworth Goes Blogging On Ubuntu Defense (phoronix.com)
  • Ubuntu To Investigate Digital Rights Management (phoronix.com)
  • Canonical loses work from top Compiz developer (phoronix.com)
  • Linux Mint “Not in the Business of Picking Winners”, Continues With Xorg. (thepowerbase.com)

Featured Website: Linux In The Hamshack

  • Check out K5TUX and friends as they cover the world of amateur radio and Linux. (lhspodcast.info)

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