Recent Posts

• December 7, 2025MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  474 – Goldilocks Zone

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – November, and a variety of other items

  In security and privacy: Cloudfare goes down and Charles finds out that Shai-Hulud returns from Arrakis

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• November 29, 2025MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  473 – Parental Misguidance

  First up in the news: Theres and initiative in protecting OTA TV from DRM

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe does a lot, Bill plays magical video cards, Majid is trying to resist Black Friday, Charles goes to a Linux conference, and Jim eschews the mouse.

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• November 21, 2025MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  472 – New Distros, Old Issues

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – October 2025

  Then, new distro news and updates, and more streaming stuff

  In security and privacy: don’t trust every PPA!

• October 26, 2025MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  471 – “Welcome To dockerCast”

  First up in the news: LMDE 7 “Gigi” released

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill suffers an outage, Joe’s Jellyfin is “ok”, Majid is back to “full time”, and Jim has a lot of extensions

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• October 12, 2025MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  470 – Laptop Rescue Service AKA “Send us your stuff!”

  First up in the news: LMDE 7 ‘Gigi” release imminent, Mint Monthly News, Ubuntu 25.10 is out and breaking stuff, Firefox shaking is loved by TIME, Windows 10 is officially dead and lots more!

  In security and privacy: Charles has some interesting news on AI and new laws in Spain

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions