Software – mintCast https://mintcast.org The podcast by the Linux Mint community for all users of Linux Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:22:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://mintcast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-small-logo-32x32.png Software – mintCast https://mintcast.org 32 32 mintCast false CC-BY-SA 4.0 CC-BY-SA 4.0 podcast Software – mintCast https://mintcast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/big-logo-1600.png https://mintcast.org/category/software/ TV-G 164426984 430 – Darn Small(er) Linux https://mintcast.org/430-darn-smaller-linux/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6637 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

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]]> 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

  1. 00:00:00 – Intro
  2. 00:01:36 – News
  3. 00:45:45 – Security And Privacy
  4. 00:56:50 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings
  5. 01:34:03 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
  6. 01:34:48 – Wrap Up
  7. 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:

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!>
]]> 430 430 Darn Small(er) Linux full true 1:38:55 6637 424 – Meh Snap https://mintcast.org/424-meh-snap/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 05:27:30 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6430 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

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]]> 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

  1. 00:00:00 – Intro
  2. 00:01:36 – News
  3. 00:24:26 – Security And Privacy
  4. 00:29:56 – Wanderings
  5. 00:45:57 – Innards
  6. 01:11:52 – Vibrations From The Ether
  7. 01:15:30 – Check This Out
  8. 01:20:45 – Housekeeping and Announcemtns
  9. 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

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!>
]]> 429 429 Meh Snap full 1:25:03 6430 420 – “Puff Puff Pass” https://mintcast.org/420-puff-puff-pass/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6354 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

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]]> 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

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!>
]]> 420 420 "Puff Puff Pass" full 52:16 6354 419 – Bill & Majid’s Excellent Adventure https://mintcast.org/419-bill-majids-excellent-adventure/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 03:24:54 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6330 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

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]]> 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

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!>
]]> 419 419 Bill & Majid's Excellent Adventure full true 1:44:29 6330 416.5 – Browser Arousal https://mintcast.org/416-5-browser-arousal/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6268 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

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]]> 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

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!>
]]> full 1:35:40 6268 416 – The Red Hat Diaries https://mintcast.org/416-the-red-hat-diaries/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:21:03 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6263 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

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]]> 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

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!>
]]> 416 416 The Red Hat Diaries full 1:51:14 6263 415.5 – Out There Somewhere https://mintcast.org/415-5-out-there-somewhere/ Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:15:29 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6244 In our Innards section, we get all cloudy

We also have some feedback!

In "Check This Out" a new app to trim, crop, and mirror/flip videos on linux. Also: Diablo build for modern operating systems!

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]]> In our Innards section, we get all cloudy

We also have some feedback!

In “Check This Out”

New App to Trim, Crop, Mirror & Flip Videos on Linux

Diablo build for modern operating systems

Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here

Wrap Up

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!>
]]> 415 415 Out There Somewhre full 46:39 6244 415 – Future Appears Cloudy https://mintcast.org/415-future-appears-cloudy/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:45:56 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6241 First up in the news, Mint 21.2 betas have been released, Debian 13 gets a name, Ardour 7.5 does remaps, RHEL goes closed-source, and Opera One ships with AI

In security and privacy, Tsunami comes to SSH

Then in our Wanderings Joe goes on a little trip, Moss musics, and Majid has toys

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]]> First up in the news, Mint 21.2 betas have been released, Debian 13 gets a name, Ardour 7.5 does remaps, RHEL goes closed-source, and Opera One ships with AI

In security and privacy, Tsunami comes to SSH

Then in our Wanderings Joe goes on a little trip, Moss musics, and Majid has toys

The News

Mint 21.2 betas have been released

Debian 13 gets a name

Ardour 7.5 Remaps Tempo Maps Editing, more

Red Hat now limited RHEL sources to CentOS Stream

Now Shipping: Opera One, first browser with AI

Security and Privacy

Hackers infect Linux SSH servers with Tsunami Botnet Malware

Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here

Wrap Up

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!>
]]> 415 415 Future Appears Cloudy full 1:10:48 6241 414 – Salt and Battery https://mintcast.org/414-salt-and-battery/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6222 First up in the news, Mint Monthly News, All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year, Red Hat Stops Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL & Fedora, Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta, Windows XP activation algorithm cracked - keygen now works on Linux

In security and privacy, we meet Blacksuit

Then in our Wanderings, Bill chases burning trucks, Moss is feeling the pressure, and Majid needs to stop spending money

In our Innards section, we discuss laptop battery life

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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]]> First up in the news, Mint Monthly News, All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year, Red Hat Stops Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL & Fedora, Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta, Windows XP activation algorithm cracked – keygen now works on Linux;

In security and privacy, we meet Blacksuit;

Then in our Wanderings, Bill chases burning trucks, Moss is feeling the pressure, and Majid needs to stop spending money

In our Innards section, we discuss laptop battery life;

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

The News

Mint Monthly News – May 2023

All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year

Red Hat Will Stop Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL, Fedora

Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta

Windows XP activation algorithm cracked – keygen now works on Linux

Security and Privacy

New Linux Ransomware “Blacksuit”, looks like “Royal”

Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here

Wrap Up

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 other valuable 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!>
]]> 414 414 Salt and Battery full 1:36:01 6222 413.5 – Git Some! https://mintcast.org/413-5-git-some/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6201 In our innards, we talk all things Git

In "Check This Out" Londoner shared a cool tool for generating secure passwords; Joe sheres a couple links for getting started with Git

No feedback this episode. Get in touch with us!

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]]> In our Innards section, we talk all things Git …

In “Check This Out”

Generate Secure Passwords on Linux Fast with ‘Key Cutter’

Git Beginner Projects

Top 8 Open Source GitHub Projects to Level-Up Your Coding


And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here

Wrap Up

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!>
]]> 413 413 Git Some! full 32:19 6201 413 – Flying Wigs https://mintcast.org/413-flying-wigs/ Wed, 31 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6198 First up in the news, Arch migrates Git, Ubuntu changes PPAs, Fedora Onyx is approved, Google to remove old accounts, Debian re-imposes a moratorium, Proton goes Family, Red Hat unveils a new Desktop, Fedora plans to drop X11, Thunderbird gets a new logo

In security and privacy, Google’s 2FA isn’t private enough

Then in our Wanderings, Majid is off to University, Joe is manacled to his office, Moss kicks the tires on the new Bodhi, and Bill migrates

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]]> First up in the news, Arch migrates Git, Ubuntu changes PPAs, Fedora Onyx is approved, Google to remove old accounts, Debian re-imposes a moratorium, Proton goes Family, Red Hat unveils a new Desktop, Fedora plans to drop X11, Thunderbird gets a new logo;


In security and privacy, Google’s 2FA isn’t private enough;

Then in our Wanderings, I’m off to University, Joe is manacled to his office, Moss kicks the tires on the new Bodhi, and Bill migrates

The News

Arch Migrates Git

Ubuntu Makes “Significant Changes” to PPAs for 23.10

Fedora Onyx, Immutable and with Budgie, approved for Fedora 39

Google To Start Removing Inactive Accounts After 2 Years

Google Chrome’s 2023 UI Refresh on Ubuntu

Debian Votes to Reinstate Merged-usr File Movement Moratorium

Proton Unveils Family Plan

Red Hat Reveals Podman Desktop 1.0

Fedora Intends To Completely Drop X11 in Plasma 6

Thunderbird Gets a Brand New Logo

Security And Privacy

Google’s New 2FA Isn’t End-to-End Encrypted

Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here

Wrap Up

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!>
]]> 413 413 Flying Wigs full 1:39:56 6198 412.5 – Gracias, Amiga! https://mintcast.org/412-5-gracias-amiga/ Wed, 24 May 2023 02:36:26 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6168 In our Innards section we talk about Pimiga

In Vibrations from the Ether, Joe interacts with a listener via email about some hardware subjects and other stuff

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]]> In our Innards section we talk about Pimiga

In Vibrations from the Ether, Joe interacts with a listener via email about some hardware subjects and other stuff

In “Check This Out”

Meet Snapshot, GNOME’s New Camera App

Full Show Notes Can be Found Here

Wrap-up

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
  • 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!>
]]> 412 412 Gracias, Amiga! full true 52:16 6168 412 – Coldpause https://mintcast.org/412-coldpause/ Wed, 17 May 2023 03:45:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6150 First up, in the news, Mint News for April, Mozilla Thunderbird is adding paid features and services, Raspberry Pi OS updates, sudo and su get Rusty, Flatseal gets GTK4, new Framework laptop gets Ryzen 7040 series, Kingston firmware contains lyrics, YouTube tests blocking adblock, Star5’s Vision 2 RISC-V gets Ubuntu, and Microsoft wants Firefox to switch to Bing

In security and privacy, India bans open-source messaging apps “for security reasons”;

Then in our Wanderings, Bill tells a story, Joe gets political, Moss conquers wifi, and Majid goes back in time.

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]]> First up, in the news, Mint News for April, Mozilla Thunderbird is adding paid features and services, Raspberry Pi OS updates, sudo and su get Rusty, Flatseal gets GTK4, new Framework laptop gets Ryzen 7040 series, Kingston firmware contains lyrics, YouTube tests blocking adblock, Star5’s Vision 2 RISC-V gets Ubuntu, and Microsoft wants Firefox to switch to Bing

In security and privacy, India bans open-source messaging apps “for security reasons”;

Then in our Wanderings, Bill tells a story, Joe gets political, I conquered wifi, and Majid goes back in time.

The News

Mint News for April

Mozilla Thunderbird Is Adding Paid Features and Services

Raspberry Pi OS updates with new kernel, chromium

Sudo and su are being rewritten in Rust for better security

Flatseal 2.0 released with GTK4, libadwaita

Framework Laptop gets Ryzen 7040 Series

Coldplay Lyrics Hidden in Kingston SSD Firmware

YouTube Is Testing Blocking AdBlockers

Star5’s Vision 2 RISC-V Gets Ubuntu

Microsoft wants Firefox to ditch Google, switch to Bing

Security and Privacy

India bans open source messaging apps for security reasons. FOSS community says good luck

Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here

Wrap Up

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
  • 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!>
]]> 412 412 Coldpause full true 1:43:18 6150 411.5 – Origins of The GUI https://mintcast.org/411-5-origins-of-the-gui/ Wed, 10 May 2023 18:39:54 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6129 In our Innards section, we talk about the origins of the desktop

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]]> In our Innards section, we talk about the origins of the desktop;

We had no feedback this episode. Please email us! We’d love to hear from you!

Full Show notes can be found here

Wrap-up

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

  • Joe 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
  • 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!
]]> 411 411 Origins of The GUI full 45:13 6129 411 – We Like It GUI https://mintcast.org/411-we-like-it-gui/ Thu, 04 May 2023 00:58:47 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6120 First up in the news, Linux Kernel 6.3 Officially Released, blendOS 2 supports Android, new Vivaldi out, new Opera One Dev Release, GIMP completes GTK3 rewrite, QEMU drops 32-bit, Ryzens are burning, Proton launches a password app, Jetpack Announces the end of twitter auto-sharing, and Red Hat lays of 4% due to high profits;

In security and privacy, Mullvad foils a search warrant, and RTM Locker targets NAS and ESXi;

Then in our Wanderings, Joe goes 3D, Moss upgrades, Bill shuffles cards, Majid has a few lightbulb moments, and Dale has entered the Void.

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]]> First up in the news, Linux Kernel 6.3 Officially Released, blendOS 2 supports Android, new Vivaldi out, new Opera One Dev Release, GIMP completes GTK3 rewrite, QEMU drops 32-bit, Ryzens are burning, Proton launches a password app, Jetpack Announces the end of twitter auto-sharing, and Red Hat lays of 4% due to high profits;


In security and privacy, Mullvad foils a search warrant, and RTM Locker targets NAS and ESXi;


Then in our Wanderings, Joe goes 3D, Moss upgrades, Bill shuffles cards, Majid has a few lightbulb moments, and Dale has entered the Void.

The News

Linux Kernel 6.3 Officially Released

Ubuntu 23.04 is Now Available for Download (All Flavours)

blendOS 2 Is Already Here and Supports Android Apps Out of the Box

Vivaldi 6.0: Organize Tabs and More

New Opera One Browser

GTK3 port of GIMP is “officially finished”

QEMU 8.0 Released with 32-bit support deprecated

Ryzen 7000 processors are burning up

Proton launches encrypted password manager

The World Wide Web becomes public 30 years ago today

Jetpack Announces End of Twitter Auto-Sharing

Red Hat, Black Anger

Security And Privacy

Mullvad Subjected to Search Warrant, Nothing To Find, Cops Left

RTM Locker’s First Linux Ransomware Strain Targeting NAS and ESXi Hosts

Full Show notes can be found here

Wrap Up

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

  • Joe for the Audio Editing
  • Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all their work on the website
  • Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
  • Londoner for show research, time syncs, and general contribution.
  • Bill Houser  for managing the pi 400 that hosts mintcast.org
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
]]> 411 411 We Like It GUI full 2:18:55 6120 410 – The Rise of Dr. Majid https://mintcast.org/410-the-rise-of-dr-majid/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 03:27:43 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6067 First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – March 2023, Ubuntu 23.04 beta released, updates in Tumbleweed, last 16.04-based Ubuntu Touch rolled out, Linux Lite 6.4 released, COSMIC DE updates, OpenBSD 7.3 & FreeBSD 13.2 announced, big changes in Firefox 113, Mullvad announces their own browser, and Solus sets sail once again;

In security and privacy, Kodi leaks

Then in our Wanderings, Bill catches up, Moss has more drive, Joe is such a prints, Majid iPads in

In our Innards section, we meet one of our new co-hosts

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]]> First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – March 2023, Ubuntu 23.04 beta released, updates in Tumbleweed, last 16.04-based Ubuntu Touch rolled out, Linux Lite 6.4 released, COSMIC DE updates, OpenBSD 7.3 & FreeBSD 13.2 announced, big changes in Firefox 113, Mullvad announces their own browser, and Solus sets sail once again;

In security and privacy, Kodi leaks

Then in our Wanderings, Bill catches up, Moss has more drive, Joe is such a prints, Majid iPads in

In our Innards section, we meet one of our new co-hosts;

The News

Mint Monthly News – March 2023

Ubuntu 23.04 beta released with new features

Gnome, Curl, LLVM update in Tumbleweed

Ubuntu Touch OTA-25, last version based on 16.04, rolled out

Linux Lite 6.4 Released

COSMIC DE first Spring updates

FreeBSD 13.2 announced

OpenBSD 7.3 announced

Firefox 113 promises big updates

Mullvad Browser is out

LXQt 1.3.0 releases

Solus Attempts To Right Its Course

Security and Privacy

Kodi confirms data breach – 400,000 user records and private messages stolen

Full Show notes can be found here

Wrap-up

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

  • Bill Houser for the Audio Editing
  • Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all their work on the website
  • Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
  • Bill Houser  for managing the pi 400 that hosts mintcast.org
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
]]> 410 410 The Rise of Dr. Majid full true 2:35:14 6067 409 – Calling All Podcasters! https://mintcast.org/409-calling-all-podcasters/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 03:36:13 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6025 First up in the news, Chrome does fractions with Wayland, new Framework laptops, Docker changes their mind, ARM needs more money, Midnight BSD released, GnuCash is updated, Cinnamon Remix goes official, and PineStar64 is announced;

In security and privacy, Mélofée happens, and Linux Tech Tips gets hacked;

Then in our Wanderings, Joe has been sick, and Moss replaces a hard drive.

In our Innards section, we beg for new hosts and talk about our experiences with mintCast.

Download]]> First up in the news, Chrome does fractions with Wayland, new Framework laptops, Docker changes their mind, ARM needs more money, Midnight BSD released, GnuCash is updated, Cinnamon Remix goes official, and PineStar64 is announced;

In security and privacy, Mélofée happens, and Linux Tech Tips gets hacked;

Then in our Wanderings, Joe has been sick, and Moss replaces a hard drive.

In our Innards section, we beg for new hosts and talk about our experiences with mintCast;

The News

Chrome arrives with fractional scaling in Wayland

Docker decides to not sunset the “free-team” plan after all

ARM wants to dramatically change their licensing structure

Midnight BSD 3.0 Released

GnuCash 5.0 Released

Cinnamon Remix becomes official as Ubuntu Cinnamon

Pine64 releases Star64 RISC-V SBC with GPU

Security and Privacy

Mélofée: Researchers Uncover New Linux Malware Linked to Chinese APT Groups

How Linux Tech Tips’ YouTube Page Got Hacked

Wrap-up

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

  • Bill Houser for the Audio Editing
  • Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all their work on the website
  • Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
  • Bill Houser  for managing the pi 400 that hosts mintcast.org
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
]]> 409 409 Calling All Podcasters! full 1:07:36 6025 408 – Ffmpegged https://mintcast.org/408-ffmpegged/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:03:22 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=6016 First up in the news: Meet Ubuntu Flatpak Remix, KDE Plasma 6 Begins, No Peeking, Vanilla goes to Debian, LibreOffice 7.4.6, Nitrux goes “sh”, Elementary updates, DuckDuckGo goes AI on Wikipedia, Debian gets new APT, Proton joins the fight against censorship, Firefox 111 features, Kali 2023.1 released, and Wine 8.4 with old Wayland released.

In security and privacy, Brave needs no permission to do Google, NordVPN open sources code;

Then in our Wanderings, we are posting no Bills this episode,

In our Innards section, Joe talks ffmpeg

Download ]]> First up in the news: Meet Ubuntu Flatpak Remix, KDE Plasma 6 Begins, No Peeking, Vanilla goes to Debian, LibreOffice 7.4.6, Nitrux goes “sh”, Elementary updates, DuckDuckGo goes AI on Wikipedia, Debian gets new APT, Proton joins the fight against censorship, Firefox 111 features, Kali 2023.1 released, and Wine 8.4 with old Wayland released;

In security and privacy, Brave needs no permission to do Google, NordVPN open sources code;

Then in our Wanderings, we are posting no Bills this episode,

In our Innards section, Joe talks ffmpeg;

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.

Wrap-up

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

Archive.org for hosting our audio files

Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo

Londoner for our time syncs

Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 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

]]> 408 408 Ffmpegged full 1:17:00 6016 406 – It’s Elementary, Dear Listener https://mintcast.org/406-its-elementary-dear-listener/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:41:20 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=5971 First up in the news: Looks like the end for Mycroft, Proton offers Drive for everybody, MidnightBSD takes on helloSystem, Fedora 38 now with full Flathub access, new Transmission, Android 14 Preview, Framework has new SSDs, new versions of KaOS and Parrot, Ardour and Clonezilla have new releases, and systemd is the future;

In security and privacy, several PyPI packages steal crypto;

Then in our Wanderings, Joe’s back hurts, Moss is underworked, and Bill is not.

In our Innards section, we have invited Danielle Foré to come and talk about her Elementary OS project, and other changes;

Download]]> First up in the news: Looks like the end for Mycroft, Proton offers Drive for everybody, MidnightBSD takes on helloSystem, Fedora 38 now with full Flathub access, new Transmission, Android 14 Preview, Framework has new SSDs, new versions of KaOS and Parrot, Ardour and Clonezilla have new releases, and systemd is the future;

In security and privacy, several PyPI packages steal crypto;

Then in our Wanderings, Joe’s back hurts, Moss is underworked, and Bill is not.

Shape2

In our Innards section, we have invited Danielle Foré to come and talk about her Elementary OS project, and other changes;

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.

Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.

Wrap-up

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

AudioFreak (Riyo) 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

Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 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

]]> 406 406 It's Elementary, Dear Listener full 2:55:19 5971 405 – Method Not Allowed https://mintcast.org/405-method-not-allowed/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:29:19 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=5925 First up in the news, Mint 21.2 has the codename Victoria, OpenSuse updates, helloSystem says hello for the 0.8th time, new Firefox allows imports, Xfce goes Waylanding, Cosmic DE speeds up, OBS Studio fixes Linux Wayland bug, and Elementary has a new release.

In security and privacy, we report on after log4j, Boldmove, and Malvirt.

Then in our Wanderings, Joe calls Texas for Icing, and Moss is having New Phone Fever; Bill is in Colorado doing a rescue and will be back next episode.

In our Innards section we discuss what you can do with old Android devices.

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]]> First up in the news, Mint 21.2 has the codename Victoria, OpenSuse updates, helloSystem says hello for the 0.8th time, new Firefox allows imports, Xfce goes Waylanding, Cosmic DE speeds up, OBS Studio fixes Linux Wayland bug, and Elementary has a new release;

In security and privacy, we report on after log4j, Boldmove, and Malvirt;

Then in our Wanderings, Joe calls Texas for Icing, and Moss is having New Phone Fever; Bill is in Colorado doing a rescue and will be back next episode.

Shape2

In our Innards section we discuss what you can do with old Android devices;

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.

Wrap-up

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

AudioFreak (Riyo) 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

Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 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

]]> 405 405 Method Not Allowed full 1:15:43 5925 404 – The Tenacity of Tenacity https://mintcast.org/404-the-tenacity-of-tenacity/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 04:59:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=5914 First up in the news, RPi adds an autofocus camera, Fairphone2 hits EOL, more Tenacity than ever, new Unity, Xubuntu Minimal arrives soon, Brave adds Bridges, Kodi 20 is released, Libvirt 9.0 is out, Google gets shot down, and new features arrive in Firefox 109

In security and privacy, nothing to see here, move along

Then in our Wanderings, Moss is back, Joe has fun with a Pihole, and Bill takes some OTC stuff.

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]]> First up in the news, RPi adds an autofocus camera, Fairphone2 hits EOL, more Tenacity than ever, new Unity, Xubuntu Minimal arrives soon, Brave adds Bridges, Kodi 20 is released, Libvirt 9.0 is out, Google gets shot down, and new features arrive in Firefox 109;

In security and privacy, nothing to see here, move along;

Then in our Wanderings, Moss is back, Joe has fun with a Pihole, and Bill takes some OTC stuff;

Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.

The News

New autofocus camera modules for Raspberry Pi

Fairphone 2 hits End Of Life after 7 years of updates

More developers reportedly now use Linux than macOS

Xubuntu 23.04 will offer “Minimal” version, under 700 Mb

Brave browser adds support for Tor Bridges

Kodi 20 released with AV1, Pipewire support

Libvirt 9.0 released

Google Topics API for targeted ads gets shot down

Firefox 109 – New Features, Updates, and Fixes

Wrap-up

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

AudioFreak (Riyo) 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

Bill Houser for hosting the Pi400 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

]]> 404 404 The Tenacity of Tenacity full 1:16:16 5914 mintCast 153: openSUSE 12.3 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-153-opensuse-12-3/ Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:34:15 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2391 Listen: mintcast153.mp3 or mintcast153.ogg

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

News:

The Main Topic: openSUSE 12.3

Featured Website and Tip:

  • How to restore deleted files on Linux (Thanks to James Eaton) (worldofgnome.org)

Announcements:

More Information:

Hosts:: Rob, Scott, James

Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, communityCredits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2391 mintCast 152: Russ on Ubuntu https://mintcast.org/mintcast-152-russ-on-ubuntu/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:56:19 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2388 Listen: mintcast152.mp3 or mintcast152.ogg

News:

[10:30]

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

Featured Website: Linux In The Hamshack

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

More Information:

Hosts:: Rob, Scott, JamesLive Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org

Subscribe: [iTunes]

Contact Us:

Forum: forums.linuxmint.com

Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @3dbeef @jamescoyner @txhawkins

IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

Google+: mintCast

YouTube: mintCast Productions

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2388 mintCast 151: SolydXK https://mintcast.org/mintcast-151-solydxk/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:05:21 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2382 Listen: mintcast151.mp3 or mintcast151.ogg

News:

The Main Topic:

  • Interview with Schoelje discussing the new SolydXK distro. (SolydXK )

Tip and Website in one:

  • notify-sendIt allows you to send notifications to the desktop and works in most DE’s. I use it in my scripts to let me know where they’ve got to and what is being done, also it adds a flair of professionalism to my home-grown code!!

    An example use would be;

    notify-send -t 5000 ‘Backup Script’ ‘The backup has completed successfully’

    Which would then show a title and main notification for 5 seconds;

    Title – Backup Script,
    Main notification – The backup has completed successfully.

    You can, as with all Linux commands, get fancy and add variables and other inputs. Thanks to Beardy Jesse for this Tip and Website.(ss64.com )

More Information:

Hosts:: Rob, Scott, JamesLive Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org

Subscribe: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG]

Contact Us:

Forum: forums.linuxmint.com

Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @3dbeef @jamescoyner @txhawkins

IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

Google+: mintCast

YouTube: mintCast Productions

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2382 mintCast 150: Podcasting With Jack https://mintcast.org/mintcast-150-podcasting-with-jack/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:23:29 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2376 Listen: mintcast150.mp3 or mintcast150.ogg

News:

[8:15]

Gramps Garage: coreboot

[33:20]

  • coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.(http://www.coreboot.org)

The Main Topic: Building a Jack-based Podcasting Server

[42:00]

  • Jack Audio Connection Kit — JACK is system for handling real-time, low latency audio (and MIDI). JACK was designed from the ground up for professional audio work, and its design focuses on two key areas: synchronous execution of all clients, and low latency operation. (http://jackaudio.org/)
  • ArtistX is based on Ubuntu GNU/Linux and contains nearly all the available free audio, 2D and 3D graphics, and video software for the GNU/Linux computing platform. (http://artistx.org/)
  • OpenArtist: A Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It tries to combine free software into a suite for creative people. Driven by the fact that there are so many cool applications out there, but most people do not know them, openArtist tries to be a complete package of creative software.. (http://openartisthq.org/)

Featured Website: Penguin Producer

[1:30:25]

  • The Penguin Producer is a website dedicated to the advancement of Linux as a viable media production platform. Whether you want to make movies, podcasts, or music; whether it’s intended to be recorded or streamed live, you can find tips, tricks, tutorials, and tool documentation here that can help you bring on your “A Game” in Linux. (http://www.penguinproducer.com/)

Tip:

[1:32:10]

  • Hat-tip to Beardy Jesse for this tip… auto-complete bash commands from history. (linuxfordummies.org)

More Information:

Hosts:: Rob, Scott, James

Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org

Contact Us:Forum: forums.linuxmint.com

Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @3dbeef @jamescoyner @txhawkins

IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

Google+: mintCast

YouTube: mintCast Productions

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2376 mintCast 149: Extra! Extra! https://mintcast.org/mintcast-149-extra-extra/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:12:01 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2371 Listen: mintcast149.mp3 or mintcast149.ogg

The Main Topic:

News:

More Information:

Hosts:: Rob, Scott, James

Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org

Contact Us:Forum: forums.linuxmint.com

Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @3dbeef @jamescoyner @txhawkins

IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

Google+: mintCast

YouTube: mintCast Productions

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2371 mintCast 148: Base The Data https://mintcast.org/mintcast-148-base-the-data/ Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:12:29 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2364 Listen: mintcast148.mp3 or mintcast148.ogg

News:

  • [13:45] The Linux Foundation Secure Boot System released. (phoronix.com)
  • [16:40] Linux developers working on uniting Windows 8 Secure Boot fixes. (zdnet.com)
  • [22:37] Steam Can Now Be Repackaged In Linux Distributions. (phoronix.com)
  • [25:00] Microsoft Bringing Office to Linux? (omgubuntu.co.uk)

The Main Topic: Open Source Databases

  • [41:50] SQL — A special-purpose programming language designed for managing data in relational database management systems (RDBMS). SQL was initially developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. (wikipedia.org)

Featured Website:

More Information:

Hosts:: Rob, Scott, James

Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org

Contact Us:Forum: forums.linuxmint.com

Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @3dbeef @jamescoyner @txhawkins

IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

Google+: mintCast

YouTube: mintCast Productions

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2364 mintCast 147: Screen Recorders https://mintcast.org/mintcast-147-screen-recorders/ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:19:23 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2355 Listen: mintcast147.mp3 or mintcast147.ogg

News:

The Main Topic: Screen Recorders

Featured Website:

More Information:

Hosts:: Rob, Scott, James
Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.orgContact Us:
Forum: forums.linuxmint.com
Email: mintcast@mintcast.org
Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @3dbeef @jamescoyner @txhawkins
IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast
Google+: mintCast
YouTube: mintCast ProductionsMore Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2355 mintCast145: Freedom https://mintcast.org/mintcast145-freedom/ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:14:43 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2345

News:

  • The Mint team is working on a Cinnamon Screensaver and lock screen for Mint 15. (ReviewLinux.com)
  • Latest version of Nemo gains new features. (Webupd8.com)
  • The SolusOS team has decided to fork gnome classic (also known as fallback) to create “Consort”. (SolusOS.com)
  • What’s with the maple leaf on Canada’s new currency?. (BBC.co.uk)

Freedom… Information, Software and Everything:

Eben Moglen explains freedom and free software:

Featured Website:

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Subscribe: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG]

Contact Us:

Forum: forums.linuxmint.com

Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @3dbeef @txhawkins @jamescoyner

IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

Google+: mintCast

YouTube: mintCast Productions

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2345 mintCast 143: Mint 14 KDE and Xfce https://mintcast.org/mintcast-143-mint-14-kde-and-xfce/ Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:43:39 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2316

News:

  • Linux Mint Debian Edition Update Pack 6 is now avaiable for download. (Linuxmint.com)
  • Ouya Gaming Console Showing up in Videos Around the Web. (Ostatic.com)
  • The Raspberry PI gets an open source educational manual. (Raspberrypi.org)

The Main Topic:

  • Linux Mint 14 Xfce and KDE reviews

Website of the Podcast:

FLOSS Manuals is a collection of manuals about free and open source software together with the tools used to create them and the community that uses those tools. They include authors, editors, artists, software developers, activists, and many others. There are manuals that explain how to install and use a range of free and open source softwares, about how to do things (like design or stay safe online) with open source software, and manuals about free culture services that use or support free software and formats.

Anyone can contribute to a manual – to fix a spelling mistake, to add a more detailed explanation, to write a new chapter, or to start a whole new manual on a topic.

Tip of the Podcast:

  • !$

A great bash history expansion trick is “!$” which expands into the last argument of last command. For example, say you ran the following command “ls /usr/share/doc/apt/examples” to see what is in that folder. Then you realize that you want to run “ls -l” instead. Rather than typing the whole command and path over, you can just type “ls -l !$”. Convenient, huh?

Your browser does not support the audio element.

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Hosts:: Rob, Scott, James

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Subscribe: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG]

Contact Us:

Forum: forums.linuxmint.com

Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @txhawkins @3dbeef @jamescoyner

IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

Google+: mintCast

YouTube: mintCast Productions

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers are provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2316 mintCast 141: Cinnamony Goodness https://mintcast.org/mintcast-141-cinnamony-goodness/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:28:50 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2290 141]

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News:

  • Interesting revelations on the future of LMDE inside the Monthly Stats report for November. (blog.linuxmint.com) and the Linux Mint roadmap (github.com)

The Main Topic: All Things Cinnamon

What is it?

According to Clem – “It’s a desktop environment which includes a panel with applets, a workspace manager and a window manager. It was originally forked from Gnome Shell (and mutter) and evolved very differently since. In its latest stable version (1.4) it uses nautilus for file and desktop management and Gnome 3 for background services and session management. Going forward it could replace nautilus with either nemo (a gtk3 fork of nautilus 3) or caja (a gtk2 fork of nautilus 2) to guarantee a better integration with cinnamon, centralized settings and to avoid being impacted from what are considered upcoming upstream regressions (loss of computer shortcut, UI changes in nautilus etc..). Technically it’s written in C and Javascript and uses clutter for its UI. It’s layout and design are influenced by Linux Mint, Gnome 2 and Compiz and it comes with innovative features of its own in particular when it comes to workspace management. Its biggest issue is hardware support as clutter requires 3D acceleration and Cinnamon doesn’t always work for everybody depending on their GPU.”

History

Cinnamon was first announced on Dec 22nd 2011, and released the next day as version 1.1.2, and is a fork of the Gnome Shell. It uses Muffin as its window manager. Muffin is a fork of Mutter.
The latest version made available is 1.67, released on Nov 14th 2012. Cinnamon was first included in Linux Mint 13.

Nemo, a fork of the Gnome Nautilus file manager, is now part of the Cinnamon development process. It is up to version 1.12. It made its distro debut in Linux Mint 14.

Philosophy

Traditional layout, advanced features, easy to use, powerful, flexible.

Settings

15 separate areas where a user can customize their desktop environment.

  • Menu – set the text and icon that shows on the panel (start button), as well as hover delay, the showing of places and bookmarks and recent files
  • Panel – choose whether to auto-hide panel, set delay, panel position, number of panels (top & bottom), panel size and panel edit mode
  • Calendar – Choose to show week dates, date format, use of network time or manually set date, time and time zone
  • Hot Corner – choose to make the hot corner icon visible, enabled or disabled, hot corner position, function (scale or expo), whether to have an expo or scale applet
  • Themes – choose theme, choose window theme, whether menus and buttons have icons, and cursor, keybinding, icon and GTK+ theme selection
  • Effects – Enable or disable desktop effects, enable for dialog boxes, choose effects and duration for closing, mapping, minimizing, maximizing and unmaximizing windows
  • Applets – enable or disable any installed applet or get additional applets.
  • Extensions – enable or disable any installed extension or get additional extensions.
  • Desktop – choose icons that show on desktop including computer, home, network servers, trash and mounted volumes.
  • Windows – choose resulting actions from double-clicking, middle-clicking and right-clicking on title bar, how to obtain focus on a given window, the position of the minimize, maximize and close buttons, enable or disable aero snapping, edge flipping, attaching dialog windows to the parent windows, setting of alt-tab switcher style, mouse wheel scrolling through window list applet, and enabling the ability for windows which require attention to come to the current workspace.
  • Workspaces – enable workspace OSD, choose duration and position of OSD, limit workspaces to primary monitor and display Expo view as a grid.
  • Fonts – set text scaling factor, default, document, monospace and window tiling font, set hinting and antialiasing.
  • General – enable Looking Glass logging, enable middle click emulation by clicking both left and right mouse buttons, enable or disable notification display
  • Keyboard – enable key repeat and text cursor blinks, and set their rate, view, set and create keyboard shortcuts
  • Backgrounds – choose your wallpaper and its aspect, gradient and colors.

Themes

Themes can customize the look of aspects of Cinnamon, including but not limited to the menu, panel, calendar and run dialog.

To install a theme: Download it and decompress it in ~/.themes (or /usr/share/themes to install it system-wide).

There are over 100 themes available on the website. Getting, installing and changing themes is very easy, and can radically change the way your desktop appears. You can also create your own theme following the tutorial on the Cinnamon website. There is also a tutorial for how to create an applet.

Applets

Applets are icons or texts that appear on the panel. Five applets are shipped by default, and developers are free to create their own. A tutorial for creating simple applets is available.

To install an applet: Download it and decompress it in ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets.

Some useful stock applets include one for Accessibility, Brightness (helpful for laptop users), and windows quick list (great if you use workspaces).

If you click on Get new applets, you are taken to the Cinnamon website where there are a large number of applets including one for weather, screenshots, virtual box launcher and much more.

Extensions

Extensions can modify the functionalities of Cinnamon, such as providing a dock or altering the look of the Alt-Tab window switcher.

To install an extension: Download it and decompress it in ~/.local/share/cinnamon/extensions.

Extensions appear to be the least developed of these three cinnamon extenders. I had none by default on my Mint 13 box, and there are only 14 up on the website (as compared to 95 applets).

Troubleshooting

The caret symbol near the system tray is the Cinnamon applet. Clicking on it gives you the “Settings”, “Troubleshoot” and “Panel Edit mode” menu choices. From the “Troubleshoot” menu you can restart Cinnamon, start Looking Glass (more on that in a moment), or restore all settings to default. This is great because you can play with all the themes you want and then reset your desktop environment to the default.

Looking Glass

(not to be confused with Project Looking Glass)

Looking Glass is GNOME Shell’s integrated inspector tool and JavaScript console useful for debugging. You can also access Looking Glass by typing ALT+F2, then lg and enter. This feature gives you a view underneath the covers of Cinnamon. It provides a console-type of view of what is happening on your computer. There are multiple tabs to select from including Evaluator, Windows, Errors, Memory and Extensions. It is very geeky in here. Remember that you can close Looking Glass using the ESC key.

Panel Edit mode

When moved to the “On” position, you are able to edit the panel, moving icons around, adding applets, and dragging and dropping applets to change their position.

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  • How to figure out what version of Cinnamon you’re running:
    • dpkg -s cinnamon | grep Version
    • cinnamon –version

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]]> full 2290 mintCast 139: Mint 14 “Nadia” Is Here! https://mintcast.org/mintcast-139-mint-14-nadia-is-here/ Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:40:56 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2270

Intro Notes:

News:

  • GNOME: The traditional Linux desktop is coming back (pcworld.com)
  • Delays beset the Linux Foundation’s Secure Boot workaround. (pcworld.com)
  • German govt comes out against Trusted Computing and Secure Boot. (linuxbsdos.com)

The Main Topic: Linux Mint 14 “Nadia”

Tip:

  • If you want a script or application to run at boot, add the following line to your crontab file:
  • @reboot <command>
  • At a command prompt, type crontab -e. You may be asked to choose your default editor; nano is probably the easiest to use. Scroll to the bottom of the file and add the line. Save the file and you are all set.

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]]> full 2270 mintCast 138: The Children are the Future https://mintcast.org/mintcast-138-the-children-are-the-future/ Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:13:56 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2260

News:

  • Work-around for multiarch support in Mint 14 64bit RC. (Linuxmint.com)
  • Linux developer joins Humble Bundle team full-time. (Geek.com)
  • Fedora 19 Will Have Another Unique Codename. (Phoronix.com)

The Main Topic:

Linux for Kids

Active:

Dormant:

Tip of the Podcast:

  • The F11 key will toggle full-screen view on many applications, although it doesn’t work in all applications.

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers are provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2260 Episode 128: Managing Your Files https://mintcast.org/episode-128-managing-your-files/ Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:21:50 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2148 News:

The Main Topic: File Managers

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Tip:

  • If you want to re-run a command that you have run recently, check your command history by typing ‘history’.  Find the command you want to re-run, then type ‘!’ and the number associated with the command.  For example ‘!263’ will run whatever command is number 263 in your command history.

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Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2148 Episode 123: Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ Release! https://mintcast.org/episode-123-rollin-rollin-rollin-release/ Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:45:42 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2096 News:

The Main Topic:

  • Full Rolling vs. Part Rolling Distribution
    • Part-rolling distributions (semi-rolling, or half-rolling) have a subset of software packages that are not rolling. These packages usually form either a non-rolling ‘core’ (such as the kernel and other major packages) or conversely a non-rolling ‘wrapper’ (normally custom application software to aid ease of use).
      • PCLinuxOS, Chakra Linux, Aurora OS (non-rolling core)
      • Toorox Linux (non-rolling wrapper)


    • Full-rolling distributions do not divide the distribution into a rolling and non-rolling part. They apply the rolling release software development model to the entirety of the software stack.
      • aptosid, siduction and Semplice Linux (based on non-rolling development core)
      • Arch Linux, Gentoo Linux, rPath Linux, and Yoper Linux (all independent)
      • Sabayon Linux, Calculate Linux, Funtoo Linux (all based on Gentoo Linux)
      • Arch Hurd, ArchBang, CTKArch, KahelOS, and Parabola GNU/Linux (all based on Arch Linux)


    Pseudo Rolling vs True Rolling Distribution

     

    • Pseudo-rolling distributions attempt to stabilize a development branch of a non-rolling distribution via software patches to obtain a distribution with features similar to those of a true rolling release.
      • aptosid, siduction, Semplice Linux, antiX, LMDE, Aurora OS, Vanillux and Epidemic Linux


    • True-rolling distributions are developed solely using a rolling release software development model.
      • Arch Linux, Gentoo Linux, rPath Linux, Yoper Linux and Sorcerer Linux (along with its forks: Source Mage and Lunar)
      • Arch Hurd, ArchBang, KahelOS, Parabola GNU/Linux etc. (based on Arch Linux)
      • Sabayon Linux, Calculate Linux, Funtoo Linux, etc. (based on Gentoo Linux)
      • Foresight Linux (based on rPath Linux)


    Other Flavors Of Rolling

     

    • Opt-rolling distributions either have a separate rolling and non-rolling release edition of the distribution, or can be optionally run as a rolling or a non-rolling release distribution. Generally, they are either rolling or non-rolling by default. Optionally rolling distributions are relatively rare, compared to other rolling release distribution models.
      • openSUSE (using Tumbleweed)


    • Cyclic-rolling distributions are based on a cyclical development branch of a non-rolling distribution; as a result the general age and stability of the packages does not remain consistent through the development cycle; especially across the end of a cycle, during a release of the non-rolling parent distribution.
      • antiX and LMDE


    Rolling Release DIstros!

     

    • Gentoo Linux (full, true, independent)
      • An independent ‘self-build’ source-based distribution
      • Puts an emphasis on compiling software packages from source-code using the Portage Package Manager, rather than installing pre-compiled binary software packages
      • Supports a wide range of computer architectures and desktop environments
      • Most up-to-date packages through Portage


    • Arch Linux (full, true, independent)
      • An independent community developed Linux distribution
      • Adheres to the KISS principle and aims to use only ‘vanilla software’ packages (i.e. plain/non-customized), minimizing the number of software patches and giving a ‘simpler’ operating system.
      • Uses the Pacman package manager and is a ‘self-build’ distribution
      • Rolling release with tweaks out the wazzz.


    • Sabayon Linux (full, true, Gentoo-based)
      • A binary-based live distribution
      • Wide range of desktop environments available, including Cinnamon, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, and Xfce
      • Adheres to the out of the box philosophy and is intended to “just work”
      • Aims to provide a Gentoo-based distribution that is easy to use for less experienced and newbie Linux users.
      • Background updates through Rigo-daemon or Entropy-daemon.
      • Ability to use binary build of packages or roll your own through the portage system or using overlay.


    • Linux Mint Debian Edition (pseudo, cyclic, Debian-based)
      • A live distribution which is rolling and based on Debian “Testing”
      • Available with either the MATE/Cinnamon or Xfce desktop environments
      • Receives “Update Packs” which are tested snapshots of Debian Testing. Users can choose either “Incoming” or “Latest” repository. (Testing > Incoming > Latest)
      • Users can switch their sources to follow Testing, or even Unstable, directly to get more frequent updates.
      • Can adapt most ubuntu .debs to run on Debian


    • OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (opt)
      • Very up to date, but on development systems things can break quite easily.
      • Independent RPM binary-based live Linux distribution
      • Open source and community developed, produced by the openSUSE Project which is sponsored by SUSE


    Links:


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Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2096 Episode 122: Linux Mint 13 XFCE https://mintcast.org/episode-122-linux-mint-13-xfce/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:23:13 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2087

News:

The Main Topic:

  • Mint 13 XFCE RC. (linuxmint.com) “This is the RC, not the stable release. I’m not sure about Xubuntu… this edition is derived from Mint 13 itself not from Xubuntu, but as was done for LMDE Xfce, it follows in the tradition of a mainstream Xfce flavor.. i.e. the desktop itself is lightweight, but the software selection isn’t (it comes with LibreOffice, Banshee, Firefox..etc..)” — Clem

Featured Website:

  • Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSA) (fossafrica.com)

Tip:

  • Nebulium is not the Higgs Boson. (io9.com)

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Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar. The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar. Higgs boson background music is Exariam from Musical Landscapes I by Galdstone (jamendo.com).

]]> full 2087 Episode 119: Put It In The Cloud https://mintcast.org/episode-119-put-it-in-the-cloud/ Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:26:06 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2062

News:

  • Samsung joins the Linux Foundation. (tmcnet.com)

The Main Topic: ownCloud

  • OwnCloud enables universal access to files through a Web browser or WebDAV. It also provides a platform to easily view and sync contacts, calendars and bookmarks across all devices and enables basic editing right on the Web. Programmers will be able to add features to it via its open application programming interface (API). (owncloud.org/)
  • Version 4, the latest release of ownCloud has introduced a versioning system that allows you to recover old versions of a file if it get accidentally deleted.
  • The new encryption application/plugin allows files to be encrypted with a users password.

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Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2062 Episode 107: Linux Mint 12 LXDE https://mintcast.org/episode-107-linux-mint-12-lxde/ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:10:05 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1952

News:

  • Linux share of worldwide factory revenue grew in 2011 (ZDNet)
  • Anonymous-OS causes concern in the community (H-Online)
  • The Humble Indie Bundle for Android 2 is now available (Humble Bundle)
  • KDE Spark tablet renamed (OStatic)
  • Ken Starks, leader of the HeliOS project, on fighting for survival (LXer)

The Main Topic:

  • Linux Mint 12 LXDE

Featured Website & Tip (all in one!):

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2022 Episode 106: Mint 12 KDE vs Netrunner Dryland 4.1 https://mintcast.org/episode-106-mint-12-kde-vs-netrunner-dryland-4-1/ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:03:12 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1948

News:

  • Nvidia joins the Linux Foundation (ZDNet)
  • Raspberry PI News: Official O/S, Fedora PI remix available for download… (OStatic)
  • …and Production hits snag causing delay in delivery (Raspberry PI)
  • Recent Developments in Oracle vs Google (ITWorld)

The Main Topic:

  • Linux Mint 12 KDE vs Netrunner 4.1 Dryland

Featured Website & Tip (all in one!):

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Contact Us:

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IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2020 Episode 105: Ikey on SolusOS https://mintcast.org/episode-105-ikey-on-solusos/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:38:04 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1940

News:

  • How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha). (liliputing.com)
  • Phoronix benchmarks ext4 vs btrfs on the 3.3 kernel. (phoronix.com)
  • Centrify announces Active Directory support for Linux Mint 12. (centrify.com)

The Main Topic: SolusOS Review

Featured Website:

Tip:

  • Great posting on using the ‘date’ command on Linux, specifically Mint and Fedora boxes. (openlogic.com)

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Contact Us:

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Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Phone:1-832-514-2278

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @3dbeef @jamescoyner @txhawkins

IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 2018 Episode 96: TWWL Redux https://mintcast.org/episode-96-twwl-redux/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:01:39 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1841

News:

  • Suicide Linux – for those who like to live on the edge. (qntm.org) And a related topic for those who don’t. (archlinux.org)

The Main Topic: The Wonderful World of Linux Redux

Featured Website: Cinnamon!

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar. Higgs boson background music is Exariam from Musical Landscapes I by Galdstone (jamendo.com).

]]> full 1841 Episode 93: Podcatchers https://mintcast.org/episode-93-podcatchers/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:04:21 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1812

News:

  • The French are doing something right, with open source. (h-online.com)

The Main Topic: Podcatchers

Desktop:

Android:

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> full 1812 Episode 76: Compiling Software on Debian Based Systems https://mintcast.org/episode-76compiling-software-on-debian-based-systems/ Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:21:01 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1606

News & Personal Updates

Main Topic

  • 0:30:42 Compiling Debian Software
  • Exampe Used: Flight Gear dependenciessudo apt-get install git-core subversion build-essential cmake cmake-curses-gui libpng-dev libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev libungif4-dev libtiff-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libglut3-dev libalut-dev libboost-dev automake autoconf libfltk1.1-dev libplib-dev libopenscenegraph-dev

Website of the Week

Tip of the Week

  • If you get errors when running make install it’s probably because you don’t have permission to copy files to /usr/local/bin, in that case do a sudo make install and you should be good.

Announcements

More info

Hosts: Rob, Scott, James, Harrison

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Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco. http://www.podcastthemes.com/ The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

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]]> full 1606 Episode 67: Linux Mint 11, The Mintiest! https://mintcast.org/episode-67-linux-mint-11-the-mintiest/ Mon, 30 May 2011 21:52:35 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1420

News & Personal Updates


Main Topic

  • 0:36:06 Linux Mint 11 Review
  • 1:05:52 Gramp’s Garage

Feedback

  • 1:10:56 Feedback from our wonderful listeners.

Website of the Week

Tip of the Week

  • Run a second command only if first command succeeds. You can string two commands together using ‘&&’, and the second command will run only if the first command completes successfully.  For example, I like to run “sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade”.  If the update fails, the entire command exits and the upgrade does not run.  This way, I can go fix the reason for the update failing, prior to running the upgrade.

Announcements

  • None

More info

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More Linux Mint info:
Linux Mint website,
blog,
forums,
community

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco. http://www.podcastthemes.com/ The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar. MP3:

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]]> full 1420 Episode 65: Network Attached Storage (NAS) https://mintcast.org/episode-65-network-attached-storage-nas/ Mon, 16 May 2011 01:18:14 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1389

News & Personal Updates

Main Topic

0:49:24 NAS Server

Website of the Week

Tip of the Week

  • FreeNAS can be installed on a small Compact Flash stick or a small thumb drive to save space!

Announcements

  • Flattr button
  • mintCast won’t be a default podcast in Banshee in Mint 11

More info

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More Linux Mint info:
Linux Mint website,
blog,
forums,
community

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]]> full 1389 Episode 63: Unity and Gnome shell. Part 2 https://mintcast.org/episode-63-unity-and-gnome-shell-part-2/ Mon, 02 May 2011 09:23:31 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1343

News & Personal Updates

Main Topic

  • 0:21:10 Unity and Gnome3/Shell

Website of the Week

Tip of the Week

  • 1:20:54 Super + e and Ctrl + alt + down arrow  — lets you move through virtual desktops in the new Gnome-Shell

Announcements

More info

Hosts: James, Rob, Scott, Justin, Sarah
Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG] 
Contact podcast:
Forum: mintCast
Email: mintCast@mintcast.org
Phone: 1-832-514-2278
Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint
IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast
More Linux Mint info: Linux Mint website, blog, forums, community

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco. http://www.podcastthemes.com/
The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

MP3:

OGG:

 

]]> full 1343 Episode 60: Gareth McCumskey Interview https://mintcast.org/episode-60-gareth-mccumskey-interview/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:00:05 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1292

News & Personal Updates

Main Topic

  • 0:25:48 Gareth McCumskey Interview

Website of the Week

Tip of the Podcast

  • 1:15:44 Use imagemagick to quickly batch resize multiple images from the command line.  First install imagemagick “sudo apt-get install imagemagick”.  Then move to the directory containing the images you want to convert and run the following command: for i in $( ls *.jpg); do convert -resize 50% $i re_$i; done. You could choose a different percentage if so desired, or even specify a specific ratio of say 640 x 480 if wanted.

Listener Feedback

  • 1:17:44 Feedback from our AWESOME listeners.

More info

Hosts: Harrison, James, Rob, Scott
Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG]
Contact podcast:
Forum: mintCast
Email: mintCast@mintcast.org
Phone: 1-832-514-2278
Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint
IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast
More Linux Mint info: Linux Mint website, blog, forums, community

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco. http://www.podcastthemes.com/
The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

MP3:

OGG:

]]> full 1292 Episode 52: FluxBox https://mintcast.org/episode-52-fluxbox/ Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:45:47 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1111 News & personal updates

Main Topic

This week we review and discuss Linux Mint Fluxbox Edition.

Websites of the Week

Tip of the Podcast

Aliases

More info

You can contact Kendall Tristan on Twitter @kendall_tristan

Peppermintos.com

Hosts: Harrison, James, Rob, Scott, Jalu
Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG] 
Contact podcast:
Forum: mintCast

Email: mintCast@mintcast.org james@mintcast.org harrison@mintcast.org

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint

IRC: Freenode- #mintcast

Spotchat- #mintcast

More info: Linux Mint website, blog, forums, community

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco. http://www.podcastthemes.com/

The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

MP3:

OGG:

]]> full 1111 Episode 51: Linux Gaming Review https://mintcast.org/episode-51-linux-gaming-review/ Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:40:40 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1063 51] Download

Harrison and James review some of their favorite Linux games while we transition to the new hosts, in this episode of mintCast. (This is the first episode of mintCast 2.0, hosted by Harrison and James.)

News & personal updates

Flight Gear
FlightProSim Statement
XBMC moves to GIT
XBMC CrystalHD playback

Main Topic

Linux Gaming:

Nexuiz
Chromium B.S.U
Supertux2
Gnome 5 minute games
Boswars
Oil Rush
Freecol
SuperTuxKart
OpenTTD

Websites of the Week

LinuxGames has a great list of games for Linux.
Linux Gaming: Native vs. Wine vs. Windows 7 Performance

Tip of the Podcast

APT-FAST

More info

Hosts: SiKing, Art Vanderhoff, HarrisonK, James
Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG] 
Contact podcast:
Forum: mintCast
Email: mintCast@mintcast.org
Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint

More info: Linux Mint website, blog, forums, community

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco. http://www.podcastthemes.com/

Also the podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 1063 MythTV walkthrough – Software/Backend https://mintcast.org/mythtv-walkthrough-softwarebackend/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:24:38 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=901 part one video on MythTV I thought I would link to the last 5 parts of the series I recorded bringing you from bare metal to a watching TV in about an hour.]]> In response to my own part one video on MythTV I thought I would link to the last 5 parts of the series I recorded bringing you from bare metal to a watching TV in about an hour.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gk8yP9KXtY&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

And here is the setups specifically for configuring the MythTV backend.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNWXg39qQH8&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cICXGaJwSOs&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E8QV6UERPo&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnXqUxm9dyk&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

The widescreen videos don’t really line up right now with our WordPress theme but I think giving good quality is worth it. Click on the videos to be redirected to my youtube channel and you can watch the HD versions there.

]]> 901 mintCast Episode 14: Ubuntu on Netbook PCs https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-14-ubuntu-on-netbook-pcs/ Mon, 11 May 2009 03:25:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/05/mintcast-episode-14-ubuntu-on-netbook-pcs/ In this episode

Ubuntu 9.04 as slick as Windows 7, Mac OS X
John Dvorak Likes Linux
Can XP save Windows 7?
Windows 7’s XP Mode – Virtually worth the effort
Intel driver problem in Ubuntu 9.04

Ubuntu on Netbook PCs

Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Easy Peasy
Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 hands-on

David Foley – Messaging in Linux

Pidgin
Thunderbird
GMail Manager
Going Linux podcast recommends Linux Mint
Phatch: Photo Batch processing

Web site of the week

Ubuntu Geek
Install MPlayer and Multimedia Codecs

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
Follow Linux Mint on Twitter: Linux_Mint

]]> full 113 mintCast Episode 12: Install Org-mode the Easy Way https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-12-install-org-mode-the-easy-way/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/04/mintcast-episode-12-install-org-mode-the-easy-way/ In this episode

Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackelope" released
System76: Ubuntu PC Maker’s Revenue Up 61 Percent
Linux Foundation Announces Winners of "We’re Linux" Video Contest

Charles

Install Org-mode the easy way

Feedback

Going Linux podcast recommends Linux Mint
Phatch: Photo Batch processing

Web site of the week

The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
Follow Linux Mint on Twitter: Linux_Mint

]]> full 107 mintCast Episode 11: User Interview, pt. 2 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-11-user-interview-pt-2/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/04/mintcast-episode-11-user-interview-pt-2/ In this episode

Linux Mint 6 “Felicia” Fluxbox CE released
Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" KDE CE released
Linux Needs Critics
Jaunty Jackalope: Where’s the Beef?

Rothgar

Presto
Portable Ubuntu
An overview and video of Portable Ubuntu
User interview, pt 2
Alexandria: GNOME application to help you manage your book collection

David Foley

Virtualbox
Linux Format magazine

Web site of the week

Linux Online

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
Follow Linux Mint on Twitter: Linux_Mint

]]> full 104 mintCast Episode 10: User Interview, pt. 1 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-10-user-interview-pt-1/ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/03/mintcast-episode-10-user-interview-pt-1/ In this episode

Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna reaches end-of-life
Red Hat CEO questions relevance of desktop Linux
Spam scams on Twitter
Windows users OK with DRM
Helios: Windows DRM? We’re ok with that
A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection

Rothgar:

User interview

Web site of the week

Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
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]]> full 100 mintCast episode 9: Org-mode https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-9/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:38:06 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=5 Episode 9: Org-mode

In this episode

Possible data loss in Ext4

French Police Save Millions Switching To Ubuntu

Desktop Linux is ready for the mainstream

Org-mode

http://orgmode.org/

Emacs
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

Rothgar

Linux Mint on a HP/Compaq TC1100 Tablet PC
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Tc1100
http://java-notelab.sourceforge.net/
http://xournal.sourceforge.net/

Web Site of the Week

Zero Punctuation

The Escapist

More info

Email mintCast: mintcast@gmail.com
Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
Follow Linux Mint on Twitter: Linux_Mint
Rothgar’s site: 1n73r.net

]]> full 1534 The GNU/Linux Desktop: Nine Myths https://mintcast.org/the-gnulinux-desktop-nine-myths/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:29:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/03/the-gnulinux-desktop-nine-myths/ I’m having a problem with trying to get the podcast posted to the web site. I have contacted support, and hope to have it posted by Wednesday evening.
While you’re waiting, check out this article. Bruce Byfield talks about nine myths we keep hearing about Linux. He makes some really good points, some I hadn’t thought of before.
Check it out here.

]]> 97 mintCast Episode 8: Linux User Groups https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-8-linux-user-groups/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/03/mintcast-episode-8-linux-user-groups/ In this episode

Linux Mint 6 XFCE Released
Ballmer says Linux Bigger Competitor than Apple
World of Goo Linux version Released
Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 May Not Be Easy – cnet

Linux User Groups

LUG How-to
Founding a LUG: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/User-Group-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/User-Group-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1
Houston Linux: http://houstonlinux.org/planet/
HAL-PC: http://www.hal-pc.org

Rothgar

How to join a Linux Mint workstation to an Active Directory domain using Likewise
How to share a keyboard and mouse between two computers using Synergy 2

Web Site of the Week

Linux Distribution Chooser

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
Follow Linux Mint on Twitter: Linux_Mint

]]> full 86 mintCast Episode 7 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-7/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:17:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/02/mintcast-episode-7/ In this episode

Linux Mint 6 x64 Edition released

http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=595

KDE 4.2.0 released:

http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.2/

Microsoft Update Installs a Firefox Extension

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/01/2143218

Removing the Firefox Extension that Microsoft Forced on You

http://www.robertnyman.com/2009/01/26/microsoft-force-installs-firefox-extension/

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) Released

http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214

Linux Genuine Advantage

http://www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org/

Sony PRS-505 Book Reader
Run Linux on a USB thumb drive

UNetbootin

Linux Mint on USB stick with persistent storage

Web site of the week

The Website is Down

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com

Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog

Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum

Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/

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