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First up in the news, “Mint Monthy News” – October, 2026. Ubuntu Core accelerates development. Linux 7.4 is packed with new features.
In Security and Privacy, Brave sells out to AI.
In our “Wanderings” Joe is puzzled over some hardware outages, Majid is frustrated with tablets, and Jim continues his new found passion for software development.
The News:
Mint Monthly News – October 2026
Ubuntu Core Desktop ‘accelerating’ development ahead of 27.04
Security and Privacy:
Brave Sells Its Search Index To AI, And Your Website Is Probably In It
Contact Info:
Joe – jeboylan on Matrix, [email protected], & The Linux Link Podcast, The Linux Lug Cast, Buy him coffee on Ko-fi as Joeeb.
Bill – Bill_H on Matrix, [email protected], wchouser3 on fosstodon.org.
Majid – AtypicalDoctor on Matrix, [email protected], & The Atypical Doctor Podcast.
Jim – GNU2Linux on Matrix, [email protected], & The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
Eric – esa1975 on Matrix, [email protected].
Charles – Mr PDX on Matrix, [email protected]
Special Thanks To:
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Bill for our audio editing, hosting & maintaining our Nextcloud & web servers.
Londoner for his contributions, from News to Time Syncs.
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about. Thanks Clem & Team.
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