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• April 18, 2023Hardware, Interview, MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  410 – The Rise of Dr. Majid

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – March 2023, Ubuntu 23.04 beta released, updates in Tumbleweed, last 16.04-based Ubuntu Touch rolled out, Linux Lite 6.4 released, COSMIC DE updates, OpenBSD 7.3 & FreeBSD 13.2 announced, big changes in Firefox 113, Mullvad announces their own browser, and Solus sets sail once again;

  In security and privacy, Kodi leaks

  Then in our Wanderings, Bill catches up, Moss has more drive, Joe is such a prints, Majid iPads in

  In our Innards section, we meet one of our new co-hosts

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• April 4, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  409 – Calling All Podcasters!

  First up in the news, Chrome does fractions with Wayland, new Framework laptops, Docker changes their mind, ARM needs more money, Midnight BSD released, GnuCash is updated, Cinnamon Remix goes official, and PineStar64 is announced;

  In security and privacy, Mélofée happens, and Linux Tech Tips gets hacked;

  Then in our Wanderings, Joe has been sick, and Moss replaces a hard drive.

  In our Innards section, we beg for new hosts and talk about our experiences with mintCast.

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

  408 – Ffmpegged

  First up in the news: Meet Ubuntu Flatpak Remix, KDE Plasma 6 Begins, No Peeking, Vanilla goes to Debian, LibreOffice 7.4.6, Nitrux goes “sh”, Elementary updates, DuckDuckGo goes AI on Wikipedia, Debian gets new APT, Proton joins the fight against censorship, Firefox 111 features, Kali 2023.1 released, and Wine 8.4 with old Wayland released.

  In security and privacy, Brave needs no permission to do Google, NordVPN open sources code;

  Then in our Wanderings, we are posting no Bills this episode,

  In our Innards section, Joe talks ffmpeg

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• March 7, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  407 – “There’s an App For That”

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February, Ubuntu Flavors Agree to Stop Using Flatpak, Linux desktop powers consider uniting for an app store, Ubuntu Devs Working on ‘Mini’ Installer, Mesa 23 released, Mozilla narcs on Android apps, Fedora caught thinking, Linux supports Apple chips, OnlyOffice integrates, Falkon accelerates

  In security and privacy, LastPass Devs accounts get breached, NSA wants to help

  Then we have our usual Wanderings

  In our Innards section, we talk about the Android apps we can't live without.

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• February 24, 2023Interview, MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  406 – It’s Elementary, Dear Listener

  First up in the news: Looks like the end for Mycroft, Proton offers Drive for everybody, MidnightBSD takes on helloSystem, Fedora 38 now with full Flathub access, new Transmission, Android 14 Preview, Framework has new SSDs, new versions of KaOS and Parrot, Ardour and Clonezilla have new releases, and systemd is the future;

  In security and privacy, several PyPI packages steal crypto;

  Then in our Wanderings, Joe’s back hurts, Moss is underworked, and Bill is not.

  In our Innards section, we have invited Danielle Foré to come and talk about her Elementary OS project, and other changes;

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