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
The News:
Mint Monthly News – September 2025
Ubuntu 25.10 released, and breaks flatpaks!
Ubuntu Linux 26.04 LTS Officially Named Resolute Raccoon
Mozilla Firefox Shake To Summarize feature gets special mention in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025
Opera Wants You To Pay $19.90 a Month for Its New AI Browser
Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google’s New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy
Open Source Android Repository F-Droid Says Google’s New Rules Will Shut It Down
Amazon Ditches Android — Launches ‘Linux-Based’ Vega OS for Fire TV
TiVo Exiting Legacy DVR Business
California Law Forces Netflix, Hulu To Turn Down Ad Volumes
Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025
PC Sales Explode In Q3 As Windows 11 Deadlines Force Millions To Upgrade
Microsoft Is Plugging More Holes That Let You Use Windows 11 Without an Online Account
Security and Privacy:
AI for America – “A Roadmap to Make AI Work for All Americans, Not Just Big Companies”
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Contact Info:
- Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
- Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], occasionally on HPR
- Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers
- Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC.
- Eric – I can be reached by email at [email protected].
- Charles – [email protected], Mr PDX on Discord
- Jim– [email protected], GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Special Thanks To:
- Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
- 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
- The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>
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