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• June 28, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  415 – Future Appears Cloudy

  First up in the news, Mint 21.2 betas have been released, Debian 13 gets a name, Ardour 7.5 does remaps, RHEL goes closed-source, and Opera One ships with AI

  In security and privacy, Tsunami comes to SSH

  Then in our Wanderings Joe goes on a little trip, Moss musics, and Majid has toys

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• June 14, 2023Hardware, MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  414 – Salt and Battery

  First up in the news, Mint Monthly News, All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year, Red Hat Stops Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL & Fedora, Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta, Windows XP activation algorithm cracked - keygen now works on Linux

  In security and privacy, we meet Blacksuit

  Then in our Wanderings, Bill chases burning trucks, Moss is feeling the pressure, and Majid needs to stop spending money

  In our Innards section, we discuss laptop battery life

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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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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