Author: Bill Houser

• December 20, 2023MP3, OGG, Podcast

  427.5 – Free Form or Free Fall

  In our Innards section: We're a bit all over the place - a "free form" if you will.

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions. No, really – we've got feedback this time!

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• December 12, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  427 – “Virginia is For Lovers.”

  First up in the news: Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” – BETAs released, Mint Monthly News – November 2023, Gnome shell updates on Ubuntu 23.10; Zorin has a new desktop; Calibre offers new formats; KDE fixes bugs ahead of Plasma 6; Intel does some driver code clean up; Canonical ports Multipass to Qt6; Linux 6.8 is Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers.

  In security and privacy: Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill is mumbling for a week straight; Joe is droning on

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• December 6, 2023Hardware, MP3, OGG, Podcast

  426.5 – Cry “Havoc!” and Bring Forth The Tablets of War.

  In our Innards section: Tablets. Linux tablets.

  In "Check This Out": Ubuntu Touch OTA, PineTab 2, and Enter Shikari - Anaesthetist

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• November 29, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  426 – Happy Birthday, mintCast!

  First up in the news: mintCast has a birthday, Mint 21.3 is named, Amazon works on a Linux fork for their devices, Ubuntu commits to Netplan, Firefox attempts Wayland, FreeBSD 14 is out, Endeavour releases Galileo, Vivaldi comes to Flathub, Google kills magazine content, OpenMandriva releases Rock 5.0, Pipewire reaches 1.0.0

  In security and privacy: Google Chrome’s Privacy Washing

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill may just be losing his mind, (there are doubts?), Joe prints everything but money, Majid does VR, Moss hangs on, and Eric spends more quality time with his Linux tablet.

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• November 22, 2023Interview, MP3, OGG, Podcast

  425.5 – Infinitely Galactic, The Interview

  In our innards section we have a wonderful interview with Blaine, AKA Infinity Galactic; a YouTuber who's been making videos about Linux. Recently, he's made a couple of awesome videos about Linux Mint.

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