mintCast 233 – Give it Away

Posted on October 8, 2015 by mintCast

News:

Monthly News – September 2015 (blog.linuxmint.com)
Google Chromebooks: The most popular classroom computing device (zdnet.com)
The Linux Foundation Says You Should Install Linux on Your Chromebook (softpedia.com)
Debian dropping the Linux Standard Base (lwn.net)
The Linux Kernel to Celebrate Its 24th Birthday (softpedia.com)
Celebrating 5 years of LibreOffice (opensource.com)

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mintCast 225 – LibreOffice

Posted on June 4, 2015 by mintCast

News:

Cinnamon 2.6 is available for beta testing in the Romeo repositories (segfault.linuxmint.com) (segfault.linuxmint.com)
Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu Community Council ask Kubuntu developer to step down as leader (itworld.com) (ubuntu.com)
Ubuntu Community Council not sure what happened to $143k in donations (softpedia.com)
Mandriva is being liquidated (businessinsider.com) (businessinsider.com)
LibreOffice launches Open Document Format viewer app for Android (theinquirer.net)

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mintCast 224 – Net Neutrality with Steve Titch

Posted on May 21, 2015 by mintCast

News:

Upgrading LMDE (from UP8 to “Betsy”) (community.linuxmint.com)
Monthly News – April 2015 (blog.linuxmint.com)
It’s optional for now, but Linux Mint expects to switch to systemd next year (pcworld.com)
MintBox Mini Preview (segfault.linuxmint.com)
Goodbye Foresight Linux (news.softpedia.com)

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mintCast 220 – Martin Wimpress and Ubuntu MATE

Posted on March 12, 2015 by mintCast

News:

Clem gives an update on LMDE “Betsy”” development effort
(segfault.linuxmint.com)
VMware Sued over Alleged Open Source License Violation in Linux (datamation.com)(sfconservancy.org)
Distribution Release: Linux From Scratch 7.7 (distrowatch.com)
Grab your pitchforks: Ubuntu to switch to systemd on Monday (theregister.co.uk)
All the Steam Machines from the 2015 Game Developers Conference (nag.co.za)
GNOME 2 is back: Ubuntu MATE is now an official flavor (pcworld.com)

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mintCast 208 – High Performance Computing

Posted on September 11, 2014 by mintCast

News:

LMDE gets a codename . (segfault.linuxmint.com)

Ubuntu MATE Beta1 (ubuntu-mate.org)

10 Answers To The Most Frequently Asked Linux Questions On Google — Posted by Gary Newell (everydaylinuxuser.com)

Beowulf Clusters 20th Anniversary (indiana.edu)

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mintCast 207 – Shh… It’s Private!

Posted on August 28, 2014 by mintCast

News:

More on the future of LMDE and the Linux Mint Main Edition. (blog.linuxmint.com)

Linux Founder Linus Torvalds ‘Still Wants the Desktop’ (eweek.com)

Munich considers dumping Linux for … GULP … Windows! (networkworld) (theregister.co.uk) (arstechnica.com)
Munich Council Say Talk of LiMux Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated (techrepublic.com) (omgubuntu.co.uk)

Operating System U: A bunch of kids with an impossible pipe dream or the greatest OS since The Hurd? (kickstarter.com) (operatingsystemu.com)

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mintCast 203 – TexasLinuxFest

Posted on June 16, 2014 by mintCast

News:

Mint 17 KDE, Xfce RC images released, OEM images also now available for Mint 17 Cinnamon and Mate (KDE) (Xfce) (OEM)
Is Canonical Considering a MATE Remix of Ubuntu Linux? (thevarguy.com)
Tesla goes ‘open source’ with patents (theday.com)
Krita is running a kickstarter campaign (kickstarter.com)
Raspberry PI sales hit 3mil mark (theinquirer.net)

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