News

• November 15, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  450 – Crumbling Foundations

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – October 2024, Xfce 4.20 Pre1 Pre-Release Published For Testing, KDE's New Distro, Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off

  In security and privacy: We are secure in our ignorance

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill upgrades fast, and breaks things, Joe fixes even more things, Moss goes paperwhite, and Majid headbangs.

  In our Innards section: We talk digital Hygene

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• October 31, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  449 – 3D Podcasting

  First up in the news: Ubuntu 25.04 gets perfect name, WinAmp deletes entire Github code, Ubuntu 24.10 released for Snapdragon X Elite, Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, Paranoia and Fear inhabit Automattic, Internet Archive breached again, Rand removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

  In security and privacy: Concerns raised over Bitwarden, Fortigate Admins Report Active Zero-Day Exploit

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe mods, Moss gets edumacated, and Eric times out

• October 17, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  448 – The Archive Is Breached!

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – September, Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support, Archive.org is breached, Arch and Valve team up, WWWFoundation packs it in, More WordPress news, even MORE WordPress News, and Google adds Linux apps to future Android versions

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill connects with the younger generation, Joe is still fixing things, Moss whines, and Majid folds some more

• October 2, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  447 – Real Time Linux

  First up in the news: Linux Kernel 6.11 released, Intel spins off its foundry business, Real Time comes to Linux, Qualcomm wants to buy Intel, WP Engine faces off against Automattic, Nvidia publishes open source Linux vGPU driver, Proton finishes open-sourcing all its apps

  In security and privacy: Kaspersky deletes itself and inserts UltraAV

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill goes loco(l), Majid folds, Moss goes Full Circle, Joe modifies something, Eric dodges another bullet, and Ken uses all the words

  Happy 41st Birthday GNU!

• September 22, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  446 – The Beauty of Cinnamon, and The Downfall of Redbox

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – August 2024, Software Freedom Day,

  In security and privacy: Apple Suddenly Drops NSO Group Spyware Lawsuit;

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill flirts with Ladybird, Joe gets jiggy with his ports, Moss does something or other, Eric gets COSMIC;

  In our Innards section: we discuss DRM and digital media providers

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions