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• July 10, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  441 – Mint’s Back and Rocking

  First up in the news: Mint 22 Beta Released, Mint Monthly News – June, Firefox has a Weather tab, Seattle computer collection is being auctioned, Proton adds Docs to Proton Drive, Linux runs on Google Drive

  In security and privacy: KDE Plasma Flaw Opens Door to Unauthorized System Access

  Then in our Wanderings: Majid has overdosed on Schadenfreude, Bill screams at OnlyOffice, Joe has fun with his 3D printer, Moss makes a mess of things

• July 4, 2024MP3, OGG, Podcast

  440.5 – “Can I Say That On TV?”

  In our Innards section: We have a discussion about what distros we think are best for beginners

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• June 26, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  440 – Schrödinger’s mintCast

  First up in the news: Mint 22 Beta in testing, Cinnamon 6.2 Desktop Environment Released, Linux's New DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" In Action, Ubuntu is Finally Adding DEB Installer Support to App Center, AlmaLinux comes to the RPi 5, Proton goes non-profit, and light-based chips are coming

  In security and privacy: nada

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill plays Pacman, Joe fixes more things, Moss sells cars, Majid is Synologised, and I am in search of a new mesh WiFi setup.

• June 19, 2024MP3, OGG, Podcast

  439.5 – Pain Points and Pitfalls

  In our Innards section: Linux Pain Points: Why doesn’t Linux Just Work?

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• June 12, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  439 – Doin’ The Proton Dance

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition, Internet Archive Hit With DDoS Attacks, ProtonPass is released for MacOS and Linux, and new features come to VLC

  In security and privacy: Linux Exploit found by US Federal agency

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill distro-hops, Moss has returned from his musical excursion, and Eric deals with multiple security issues.