Author: mintcast

• December 14, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  mintCast 402 – Linux Mint Beta

  First up in the news: Mint 21.1 beta has been released, vivaldi adds mastodon plugin.

  In Security and Privacy, Eufy shows your videos, samsungs lost some keys, and more rootkits.

  The in our wanderings: Guy talk

  In our innards section, Bill discusses setting up podcasts.

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• November 30, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  mintCast 401 – Bill Hammers Nextcloud

  First up in the news: Network-crashing leap seconds to be abandoned, Asahi Linux Improves Apple Silicon Support
  In security and privacy: OpenSSL3 Patch Arrives
  In security and privacy: updates are required
  Then in our Wanderings: Bill hammers nextcloud, Joe does tinkering
  In our Innards section: we discuss more history and finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
  

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• November 23, 2022MP3, OGG, Podcast

  400.5 – Leave It To The Dads

  In our Innards section, we continue our historical journey through Linux distros;

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• November 16, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  400 – Elon Musk vs Trolls

  First up in the news: New Mint Stuff, Nitrux gets 6.0, Linux Steams forward, exFAT repair is now possible, LXQt gets Wayland, a pioneer passes, Mastodon blossoms, Nouveau and Nvidia updates, Clonezilla gets a new kernel, and Fedora refreshes Live Creation;
  In security and privacy: OpenSSL3 Patch Arrives
  Then in our Wanderings: Moss unMints his Studio, Joe sadly loses a Beto, and Bill doesn’t have much.
  

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• November 2, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  399 – Lunar Eclipse? No, Lunar Lobster

  up in the news: The Kudu is out, with a Lobster on its tail, Fedora 37 is dragging, the next Kernel takes less power from the people, Steam Snap switches stacks, Flatpak gets Meson, and Linus wants to forget about 486; 
  In security and privacy: we get the first security update for the Kudu;
  Then in our Wanderings: Joe goes to Micro Center, Moss is having a ball, and Bill is clouding around
  In our Innards section, we continue our historical journey through Linux distros;
  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
  

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