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• May 31, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  413 – Flying Wigs

  First up in the news, Arch migrates Git, Ubuntu changes PPAs, Fedora Onyx is approved, Google to remove old accounts, Debian re-imposes a moratorium, Proton goes Family, Red Hat unveils a new Desktop, Fedora plans to drop X11, Thunderbird gets a new logo

  In security and privacy, Google’s 2FA isn’t private enough

  Then in our Wanderings, Majid is off to University, Joe is manacled to his office, Moss kicks the tires on the new Bodhi, and Bill migrates

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• May 16, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  412 – Coldpause

  First up, in the news, Mint News for April, Mozilla Thunderbird is adding paid features and services, Raspberry Pi OS updates, sudo and su get Rusty, Flatseal gets GTK4, new Framework laptop gets Ryzen 7040 series, Kingston firmware contains lyrics, YouTube tests blocking adblock, Star5’s Vision 2 RISC-V gets Ubuntu, and Microsoft wants Firefox to switch to Bing

  In security and privacy, India bans open-source messaging apps “for security reasons”;

  Then in our Wanderings, Bill tells a story, Joe gets political, Moss conquers wifi, and Majid goes back in time.

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• May 3, 2023Hardware, Interview, MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  411 – We Like It GUI

  First up in the news, Linux Kernel 6.3 Officially Released, blendOS 2 supports Android, new Vivaldi out, new Opera One Dev Release, GIMP completes GTK3 rewrite, QEMU drops 32-bit, Ryzens are burning, Proton launches a password app, Jetpack Announces the end of twitter auto-sharing, and Red Hat lays of 4% due to high profits;

  In security and privacy, Mullvad foils a search warrant, and RTM Locker targets NAS and ESXi;

  Then in our Wanderings, Joe goes 3D, Moss upgrades, Bill shuffles cards, Majid has a few lightbulb moments, and Dale has entered the Void.

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• April 18, 2023Hardware, Interview, MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  410 – The Rise of Dr. Majid

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – March 2023, Ubuntu 23.04 beta released, updates in Tumbleweed, last 16.04-based Ubuntu Touch rolled out, Linux Lite 6.4 released, COSMIC DE updates, OpenBSD 7.3 & FreeBSD 13.2 announced, big changes in Firefox 113, Mullvad announces their own browser, and Solus sets sail once again;

  In security and privacy, Kodi leaks

  Then in our Wanderings, Bill catches up, Moss has more drive, Joe is such a prints, Majid iPads in

  In our Innards section, we meet one of our new co-hosts

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• April 4, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  409 – Calling All Podcasters!

  First up in the news, Chrome does fractions with Wayland, new Framework laptops, Docker changes their mind, ARM needs more money, Midnight BSD released, GnuCash is updated, Cinnamon Remix goes official, and PineStar64 is announced;

  In security and privacy, Mélofée happens, and Linux Tech Tips gets hacked;

  Then in our Wanderings, Joe has been sick, and Moss replaces a hard drive.

  In our Innards section, we beg for new hosts and talk about our experiences with mintCast.

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