424 – Meh Snap
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
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:01:36 – News
- 00:24:26 – Security And Privacy
- 00:29:56 – Wanderings
- 00:45:57 – Innards
- 01:11:52 – Vibrations From The Ether
- 01:15:30 – Check This Out
- 01:20:45 – Housekeeping and Announcemtns
- 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
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
- Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
- Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com
- Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers
- Majid – [email protected], @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify
- Eric – Most social media services as Eric Adams. Please note that I am NOT the mayor of New York City just in case there was any confusion. Also, I can be reached by email at [email protected] . In addition to MintCast, I am also a part of Distrohoppers’ Digest as well as Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast.
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!>
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