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• January 30, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  429 – Do You Desktop?

  First up in the news: Mint 21.3 released, Linux kernel 4.14 goes EOL, Google sued over patent infringement, OpenSSH phases out DSA keys, Canonical snap steams Valve

  In security and privacy: NoaBot worms its way into Linux; Pixieboot vulnerabilities show up in UEFI, and SlippyBook rears its head

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe buys things cheap, and Eric talks audio production

  In our Innards section: We talk about whether there’s a need for desktop computers anymore.

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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• January 17, 2024MP3, OGG, Podcast

  428.5 – 2024 Predictions

  In our Innards section: Predictions: 2023 mistakes and 2024 attempts

  In "Check This Out" Bill Talks a little about Ventoy - again

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.

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• January 12, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  428 – 32 bit’s Days Are Numbered

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Fedora Asahi Remix Officially Released for Apple Silicon Macs

  In security and privacy: Nothin'. We got nothin'.

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill becomes “unstable”; Majid bricks and un-bricks; Moss is counting pixels; Joe …; and Eric does some Homebrewing

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• 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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