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mintCast 300 Blast from the past
Correction: It is, in fact, 2019, not 2018.
Correction: At ~7:10 in the podcast, Leo says interviews will be released Monday. The correct day that interviews will begin their release is Wednesday, January 16th. And one a day thereafter.
Interview Intros:
- Charles
- Leo: Charles and I were having trouble with Mumble and after a bit of frustration, ended up using our phones in a throwback to the original episodes with Rothgar.
- Rothgar
- Bo
- SiKing
- Tony W: Shorter convo. Still on Mint! Intro to mumble
- Rob
- Leo: Almost made the teaser the part about the Canterbury project
- https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=116055
- Tony W: Rob, as ever,the encourager
- Joe Ressington
- Tony H
- Isaac
- Bo
mintCast 299 Last Episode of 2018
Bi-Weekly Wanderings:
- Leo
- Fresh install of Linux Mint 19.1, but wine-staging was weird
- Making loads of backgrounds https://linux.pictures
- Joe
- Playing Watch Dogs
- UPlay on linux. BOOOO
- Updating the tablets to 19.1
- Using sshfs and vpn from far away
- Server is down!!!!!!!!!!
- Watching Linus Tech Tips
- Playing Watch Dogs
- Tony Watts
- Updated podcast/recording machine to 19.1
- Windows hard drive clone attempt in GParted not going so well today
- Retropie setup with PS2 controllers is awesome!
- Bo
- Playing Alan Wake on Proton
- Enable FXAA
- Playing Alan Wake on Proton
- Tony Hughes
- Installing Mint 19.1 on a Lenovo x61s. Runs well for a 11+ year old laptop.
- Updated my Mint 19 installs to 19.1
- LUG Xmas party
- As it’s been the Holidays, visiting relatives in Scotland and only got back this afternoon.
- Watching YouTube videos on restoring and customizing diecast metal cars.
mintCast 298 Lots of News
Bi-Weekly Wanderings:
- Leo
- Testing Linux Mint 19.1 Beta in a VM and on my main desktop
- Joe
- Setting up a car server entertainment system for upcoming road trip
- Plex
- Easytether
- Mopidy?
- Which device to use
- New keyboard
- Odd shaped keys and extra keys
- What to script to the extra keys
- Lg hbs 810 headset soldering,
- Why i like it and the pitfalls.
- Setting up a car server entertainment system for upcoming road trip
- Tony Watts
- Looking at DD-WRT and Open WRT install on TP Link AC1200 following DNS settings disappearing in proprietary firmware settings
- SSD upgrades for podcasting machine and family computer
- Tony Hughes
- Playing with Mint 19.1 beta, both in Virtualbox and on a Dell E6220 No major issues but no major improvements unless it’s background stuff.
- Pricing up an Entroware Desktop system that I’m thinking of buying in the new year. I’ve not had a NEW, new system for over 15 years and just came into a little money and fancy something to last at least the next 5-10 years.
- Buying used laptops at my local computer auction for a friend so her son can have a newer laptop for Christmas. This is where I get most of my PC’s and Laptops.
- Also playing with MX 17.1 32 bit in VB and it will run with 256mb Ram, although as the test was on an i5 laptop not quite a true test so I may install the 18beta on a Lenovo X61s dual core to see how it plays with 10+ year old hardware.
- At the LUG Yesterday I helped a member install windows 10 onto a Dell optiplex 7010 so he can write a magazine article on using the Pi as a Steam link controller.
- Moss
- Raspberry Pi 1 is a Gateway Drug.
- Computer was not working right. Turned out, Mullvad did not automatically recognize my laptop on wifi, but works properly with Ethernet. This is a setup issue, not a Mullvad issue.
- My Fire cover came in, it’s not that nice (poor fit, and plastic is not gel).
- And the Uber app “required” me to upgrade my phone. I had trouble with a refurb X4, am waiting for the replacement.
