mintCast 236 – A Pinch of Cinnamon
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News:
- Cinnamon 2.8 released (segfault.linuxmint.com)
- MATE 1.12 released (segfault.linuxmint.com)
- SteamOS gaming performs significantly worse than Windows, Ars analysis shows (arstechnica.co.uk)
- Linus says ‘Security is useless’ (softpedia.com) (washingtonpost.com)
- Linux Kernel 4.3 Officially Released (linux.com)
- File-encrypting ransomware starts targeting Linux web servers (pcworld.com)
- Romanian researchers lay waste to Linux badware (theregister.co.uk)
- Adjust Linux volume from your phone (carltheandroid.wordpress.com)
Main Topic: The Cinnamon Desktop
Websites:
- The Cinnamon Desktop (http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/) (wikipedia.org)
- What’s a desktop environment? (wikipedia.org) What’s WIMP? (wikipedia.org)
- Developer Documentation (developer.linuxmint.com)
- Cinnamon Documentation in Linux Mint 17.2 (linuxmint.com)
Tips:
- Bring Back MST3K (kickstarter.com) Help bring back MST3K, one of the most beloved cult shows ever, for another season w/ up to 12 new full-length movie riffing episodes!
- Watch Star Wars in a Linux Terminal (techblog.aasisvinayak.com) Many of you may have seen the Star Wars. But how many of you have seen it in the terminal?
Pre-Show Music:
- “Yesterday’s Conversation” by Angus Wallace
- “The Red Stone” by Ground & Leaves
Podcast Announcements:
- SCALE 14x – January 21-24, 2016 (Pasadena, CA, USA)
- linux.conf.au 2016 – February 1-5, 2016 (Geelong, Victoria, Australia)
More Information:
Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe and Isaac
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream
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Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.
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