Tag: feedback

• 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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• February 8, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  405 – Method Not Allowed

  First up in the news, Mint 21.2 has the codename Victoria, OpenSuse updates, helloSystem says hello for the 0.8th time, new Firefox allows imports, Xfce goes Waylanding, Cosmic DE speeds up, OBS Studio fixes Linux Wayland bug, and Elementary has a new release.

  In security and privacy, we report on after log4j, Boldmove, and Malvirt.

  Then in our Wanderings, Joe calls Texas for Icing, and Moss is having New Phone Fever; Bill is in Colorado doing a rescue and will be back next episode.

  In our Innards section we discuss what you can do with old Android devices.

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• January 14, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  403 – 2023 Predictions

  First up in the news: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera released, Goodbye SHA-1: NIST Retires 27-Year-Old Widely Used Cryptographic Algorithm, Pine Tab2 announced, More developers reportedly now use Linux than macOS

  In Security and Privacy, Serious Linux kernel security hole uncovered

  The in our wanderings: Moss is in Atlanta this week but has sent in his predictions, Joe does HPR, Bill sets up servers

  In our innards section, We go over last years predictions and our new predictions

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• December 14, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  mintCast 402 – Linux Mint Beta

  First up in the news: Mint 21.1 beta has been released, vivaldi adds mastodon plugin.

  In Security and Privacy, Eufy shows your videos, samsungs lost some keys, and more rootkits.

  The in our wanderings: Guy talk

  In our innards section, Bill discusses setting up podcasts.

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• November 30, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  mintCast 401 – Bill Hammers Nextcloud

  First up in the news: Network-crashing leap seconds to be abandoned, Asahi Linux Improves Apple Silicon Support
  In security and privacy: OpenSSL3 Patch Arrives
  In security and privacy: updates are required
  Then in our Wanderings: Bill hammers nextcloud, Joe does tinkering
  In our Innards section: we discuss more history and finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
  

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