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• May 1, 2024Interview, MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  436 – Upgrade At Your Peril

  First up in the news: AlmaLinux restores some deprecated stuff, Nouveau dev joins the bigs, Linux runs cars, Microsoft sneaks MS-DOS 4.0 into their open source portfolio, Ubuntu 24.04 is out…. And you shouldn’t upgrade your system yet

  In security and privacy: nope, nada

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe preps for zombies, Bill migrates, Majid is starstruck, Moss is car swapping, Popey is job swapping

• April 24, 2024MP3, OGG, Podcast

  435.5 – Pies and Wires

  In our Innards section: Migrating Pihole and wireguard to an x86_64 system

  In Vibrations from the Ether, we have listener feedback about malicious Linux developer vulnerabilities

  And finally, in Check This Out, Bill discusses Fullup – The comprehensive update script for Arch Linux based systems

• April 19, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  435 – Eric’s Back!

  First up in the News: Mint Monthly News, Mint is testing new CDN setup for repositories, EndeavourOS ends ARM branch due to lack of help, Proton buys Standard Notes, Dynebolic portable Linux renewed after 10 year hiatus, APT 2.9 released, 3.0 announced

  In Security and Privacy: Over 92,000 DLink NAS devices exposed via backdoor, with no patch (out of service)

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill gets his game on with a new handheld device, Joe gets his game on with every device, Majid gets to be the family IT guy, and Eric deals with technical debt

• April 10, 2024MP3, OGG, Podcast

  434.5 – 3.2.1…Backup!!

  In our Innards section: Using the Linux Mint Backup Tool and backing up applet settings

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• April 1, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  434 – Open Source, Close Malware

  First up in the news: Red Hat Announces Nova Graphics Driver for NVIDIA GPUs, Blender 4.1 released, MakuluLinux brings LinDoz back this time with AI, the end of EXT2

  In security and privacy: Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections, Suspected Russian Data-Wiping 'AcidPour' Malware Targeting Linux x86 Devices

  Then in our Wanderings: Moss needs some salt for his new battery, Bill goes vrroom vrroom in a big truck, Joe is getting Steamed, Majid chillaxes, and Dale is Scaling his NAS