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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 23, 2023MP3, OGG, Podcast, Software

  412.5 – Gracias, Amiga!

  In our Innards section we talk about Pimiga

  In Vibrations from the Ether, Joe interacts with a listener via email about some hardware subjects and other stuff

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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 10, 2023Interview, MP3, Podcast, Software

  411.5 – Origins of The GUI

  In our Innards section, we talk about the origins of the desktop

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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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