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• February 7, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  430 – Darn Small(er) Linux

  First up in the news: Mint 21.3 "Edge" is out, Ubuntu taking heat over Pro packages, Bazzite 2.2 is out, BunsenLabs Boron is out, Parrot 6.0 is out, we say Goodbye to Ginny, RPi Compute Module 5 is in the works, Say Hello to Wilma, RH causes issues for CentOS, and DSL Linux makes a resurgence

  In security and privacy: Ring will stop giving video to police, and AnyDesk responds to a major hack

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill is moving gear around, Joe upgrades, Moss takes a new tablet, and Majid is drinking the Samsung Kool-Aid

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• November 2, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  424 – Meh Snap

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News; Ubuntu 23.10 re-released; GNOME gets new CEO; new RaspPi Imager released; Plasma 6 Release Dates released; Matrix reaches 115 Million users; Bodhi Linux 7.0 AppPack released

  In security and privacy: BlackCat ransomware attacks Linux and VMs; 1Password Breach – no harm, no foul; new vulnerabilities found and patched in XWayland, X.org

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill shuffles cards; Joe tests more things; Moss keeps busy

  Then in our Innards section: We discuss containerized package systems

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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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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• July 19, 2023MP3, OGG, Podcast, Software

  416.5 – Browser Arousal

  In our Innards section we talk browsers

  And finally, the feedback

  In "Check This Out" a link to a cool project and a YouTube video worth giving a look

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