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• October 21, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  423 – Lay Down A *buntu

  First up in the news: Mint 21.2 Cinnamon EDGE released, new version of Raspberry Pi OS released, new Ubuntu 23.10+flavours

  In security and privacy: Curl patches 'worst' security flaw in ages, Encrypted Client Hello

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe prints the D-handle, Moss tries out a new chair, Bill spends more money, Majid is finally Apple-free and Eric manages to stay alive for days without a smartphone.

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• October 4, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  422 – Bit of a Hodgepodge

  First up in the news: LMDE 6 FAYE released, Mint 21.2 EDGE iso approved, Long-term support for Linux kernel to be cut

  In security and privacy: Update LibreOffice Now to Fix a Security Flaw, Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe is Pining for Manjaro, Majid mixes his compartments, and Eric...well - you'll see.

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• September 20, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  421 – Fun and Feckless

  First up in the news: LMDE 6 “Faye” BETA Released, Fedora and Asahi Linux revamp installation process, Plasma 6 release date is set, IBM raises cloud prices, Manjaro 23 released, Mozilla rushes out patches, and ZFS returns to Ubuntu

  In security and privacy, a huge security breach affects all browsers, and Google does user tracking

  Then in our Wanderings, Majid has been a busy bunny, Joe is having troubles with 3D, Dale has been driven crazy, Bill gears up for public education, and Eric hates computers.

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• September 6, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  420 – “Puff Puff Pass”

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – August, New Asahi Linux Mac GPU beats Apple, Gnome improves Epiphany, Budgie 10.8 is out, Bodhi 7.0.0 is released, QEMU 8.1 released, LibreOffice gets a new number, Linux Turns 32, Mageia 9 released, Linux Kernel 6.5 is out, and Firefox loses users

  In security and privacy: Nothing. We have nothing.

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe and Moss return to the fold, and welcome Eric Adams to join us

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• August 22, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  419 – Bill & Majid’s Excellent Adventure

  First up in the news: LXD-Linux Containers Forks LXD Project as "Incus", Indian Defense Services are Switching to Linux, Mint’s birthday coming up, Messaging Layer Security, State of Solus, Alarm raised over MozillaVPN, EFF launches the TOR University Challenge, news on OpenZFS and ZFSBoot, and Devuan 5 is here

  In security and privacy: SkidMap and Downfall

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill and Majid have cloudy days

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