Tag: Kernel
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388 – Another One Writes the Rust
First up in the news, we have some Gnome news, some new Intel on Linux 5.19, the kernel gets even more Rusty, Ubuntu loses its Pulse, and Proton unifies. In security and privacy: Facebook has no clue where your data goes. LinuxFX dumps user data… where? Mozilla fixes a serious vulnerability. Then in our Wanderings: Joe starts making videos, Moss’ wife starts Cruzeing, and Norbert starts his new laptop. In our Innards section, we get some thoughts on Ubuntu 22.04. And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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382 – Kernel Metamorphosis
First up in the news: Linux crosses the C; We look into Steam; Flatpak improves; Gnome gets more customizable. In security and privacy: Bvp47 found after 10 years. Then in our Wanderings: Moss is shaking in his boots and singing about it; Joe fixes more things; JoshT is back from the farm; Bill keeps trucking; and Norbert goes to Maui.
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380 – Leo makes an appearance
First up in the news, Raspberry Pi OS has a 64-bit version, Nvidia has a release, System76 releases their scheduler, the This Week in Gnome blog, Slackware and Peppermint OS have new releases and Debian uses Arch.
In security, PolicyKit vulnerability lies dormant for a decade, GNU coreutils are being rewritten in Rust, Ubuntu improves low memory handling andSurfshark VPN jumps the shark.
Then in our Wanderings, Moss strikes a chord, Norbert further bodges his system, Bill gets more air time, Leo goes on an XL MX adventure, Joe runs for board and Nishant is distro hopping.
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378 – Reaching Enlightenment
First up in the news, Mint 20.3 Una is released, Pipewire has a new release and Solus co-lead resigns. In security, Ubuntu Kernel update fixes vulnerabilities and Ryzen Mobile CPU’s and Pluton Security. In our Wanderings, Joe talks about the HPR New Year Show, Norbert watched a new series, Bill has been on the grind with cold temperatures, Nishant joined the Serenity OS team and Moss is back.
In security, Ubuntu Kernel Security Patches, FGKASLR gets closer to mainline, Data stealing malware hides on Linux servers, Go Daddy data breach
In our Wanderings, Joe does some 3d printing, Josh got a new monitor, Norbert switches OS’s, and Clayton looks back
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376.5 – Getting Ac-CLI-mated
In our Innards section, we talk about our favorite command line tools
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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376 – Joe, Do You Copy?
First up in the news, Linux Mint monthly news, Europe embraces open source, Debian has browser issues, Fedora goes all in on Wayland, Firefox helps you fight spam, And the Linux kernel gets rusty
In security, Ubuntu Kernel Security Patches, FGKASLR gets closer to mainline, Data stealing malware hides on Linux servers, Go Daddy data breach
In our Wanderings, Joe does some 3d printing, Josh got a new monitor, Norbert switches OS’s, and Clayton looks back
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375.5 – One Is the Loneliest Number
In our Innards section, fragmentation
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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375 – Linux! I Choose You!
First up in the news, a German state chooses Linux, Slackware is closer to release, Cinnamon has an update, and more
In security, more ransomware for Linux, EU wants more cyber security, and apt is now safer to use
Then in our Wanderings, Joe has bluetooth problems, Norbert goes mad scientist, Josh does a flip, and Tony has some sad news
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371 – Rounded Corners
First up in the news, Linux Mint Monthly updates, Ubuntu news, Windows being Windows and Steam deck news
In security, More bugs and more malware
Then in our Wanderings, Joe does vacation, Norbert Listens to the Doctor, Josh tries ventoy, Tony is making ice cream trucks, Leo plays D2
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369 – Cache Flushing
First up in the news Linux Mint is ready for the facelift, Snaps get an upgrade, Kernel 5.14 is out, and 5.15 is looking good, and Ubuntu gets a release date
In security cache flushing and Bluetooth flaws
Then in our Wanderings Joe pines a phone with plasma, Tony walks 500 miles, and I search for a keyboard
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366 – Prox Your Mox
First up in the news DuckDuckGo protects us even more, then, It’s always DNS, the SteamDeck looks awesome, the Kernel is 30, and more
In security, updates on Kaseya, PrintNightmare and a new systemd vulnerability
Then in our Wanderings, Joe actually wanders, Josh proxes his mox, and I’m going full btrfs.
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mintCast 365 – Upgrade Time
First up in the news, we realize the Kernel is 30, Ubuntu tweaks its themes, Mint 20.2 is here and Audacity owners are causing a stir in the community again.
In security Kaseya and PrintNightmare
Then in our Wanderings, Leo migrates his blog, Joe gets busy, Tony struggles with 5.11, and Mike jumpstarts a MacOS VM.
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mintCast 360.5 – What’s a Distro? (mp3)
In our Innards section, what makes a distro a distro? It’s Elementary, my dear Watson.
And finally, the feedback and a humble suggestion
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mintCast 360.5 – What’s a Distro?
In our Innards section, what makes a distro a distro? It’s Elementary, my dear Watson.
And finally, the feedback and a humble suggestion
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mintCast 357.5 – The Endeavour Endeavor (mp3)
In our Innards section, we answer the question “What’s missing” and dive into the world of Arch
And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions
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mintCast 357.5 – The Endeavour Endeavor
In our Innards section, we answer the question “What’s missing” and dive into the world of Arch
And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions
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mintCast 353.5 – Well Oiled Machine (mp3)
In our Innards section, we say how we’ve got on with Linux Mint 20.1 over the past two weeks
And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions
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mintCast 353.5 – Well Oiled Machine
In our Innards section, we say how we’ve got on with Linux Mint 20.1 over the past two weeks
And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions
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mintCast 352.5 – One Night with Ulyssa (mp3)
In our Innards section, we talk about the first 24 hours with Linux Mint 20.1
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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mintCast 352.5 – One Night with Ulyssa
In our Innards section, we talk about the first 24 hours with Linux Mint 20.1
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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mintCast 352 – Repredictability (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, I’ve been playing with Docker, Joe got a 1up, Tony bundles up again, and Josh re-predicts
Then in the news, Linux Mint 20.1 is here, the M1 gets closer, Firefox gets a facelift and Project Lenix makes more progress
In security, what’s going on with Qt6?
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mintCast 352 – Repredictability
First up, in our Wanderings, I’ve been playing with Docker, Joe got a 1up, Tony bundles up again, and Josh re-predicts
Then in the news, Linux Mint 20.1 is here, the M1 gets closer, Firefox gets a facelift and Project Lenix makes more progress
In security, what’s going on with Qt6?
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mintCast 347.5 – Sensational Silverback (mp3)
In our Innards section, we cover our experiences with the flavors of Ubuntu 20.10!
And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions
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mintCast 347.5 – Sensational Silverback
In our Innards section, we cover our experiences with the flavors of Ubuntu 20.10!
And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions
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mintCast 346 – It’s Not You, It’s Me (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, I make web apps, Moss sends a Telegram, Joe gets an upgrade, Josh fights with a mic, and Bo gets a gnome.
Then, our news lots of releases, a new feature and a birthday
In security, we look at an IoT bug
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mintCast 346 – It’s Not You, It’s Me
First up, in our Wanderings, I make web apps, Moss sends a Telegram, Joe gets an upgrade, Josh fights with a mic, and Bo gets a gnome.
Then, our news lots of releases, a new feature and a birthday
In security, we look at an IoT bug
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mintCast 344.5 – “Working” from Home (mp3)
In our Innards section, we go over the working from home slash home-office setups we have.
And finally, the feedback
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mintCast 344.5 – “Working” from Home
In our Innards section, we go over the working from home slash home-office setups we have.
And finally, the feedback
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mintCast 344 – Getting Jacked (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, I fiddle with the Focusrite, Tony Hughes paints it pink, Joe puts a ring on it, Bo gets jacked, Tony Watts reduces, reuses and recycles
Then, in the news, WSL2 hearts Linux disks, Nvidia grows an ARM, and Gnome Gnews
In security, we finish our conversation Download
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mintCast 344 – Getting Jacked
First up, in our Wanderings, I fiddle with the Focusrite, Tony Hughes paints it pink, Joe puts a ring on it, Bo gets jacked, Tony Watts reduces, reuses and recycles
Then, in the news, WSL2 hearts Linux disks, Nvidia grows an ARM, and Gnome Gnews
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mintCast 343.5 – FOSS or Bust (mp3)
In our Innards section, NonFree vs FOSS
And finally, the feedback and a suggestion
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mintCast 343.5 – FOSS or Bust
In our Innards section, NonFree vs FOSS
And finally, the feedback and a suggestion
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mintCast 342 – Security Theater (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, I’ve been testing out a new keyboard, Tony Hughes tries to remove a finger (again), Joe has been soldering and reading, Moss has been adding more distros,
Then, in our news, Pinta, Lutris and Mozilla
In security, we talk security recommendations and the NSA
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mintCast 342 – Security Theater
First up, in our Wanderings, I’ve been testing out a new keyboard, Tony Hughes tries to remove a finger (again), Joe has been soldering and reading, Moss has been adding more distros,
Then, in our news, Pinta, Lutris and Mozilla
In security, we talk security recommendations and the NSA
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mintCast 339 – OLTs? More Like OLGeez (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, Joshua Hawk is fighting with his mic, I upgrade all the things, Tony Hughes inkscapes and breaks lockdown, Moss gets Full Circle love, and Joe does TV repair
Then, in the news, Linux is more popular than ever, there’s a snake in my boot menu, Firefox fixes the fixes, and more
In security, DuckDuckGo Stops, and hackers are stealing your interwebs.
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mintCast 339 – OLTs? More Like OLGeez
First up, in our Wanderings, Joshua Hawk is fighting with his mic, I upgrade all the things, Tony Hughes inkscapes and breaks lockdown, Moss gets Full Circle love, and Joe does TV repair
Then, in the news, Linux is more popular than ever, there’s a snake in my boot menu, Firefox fixes the fixes, and more
In security, DuckDuckGo Stops, and hackers are stealing your interwebs.
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mintCast 337 – Bread Winner (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, Dale’s been driving, Dann’s been migrating, Leo's been checking out the beta, Tony Hughes spreads the car love, Moss is doing double-duty distrohopping, Joe reads again
Then, in the news, Linux Mint 20 is in beta
In security, you gotta be brave to use Brave
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mintCast 337 – Bread Winner
First up, in our Wanderings, Dale’s been driving, Dann’s been migrating, Leo's been checking out the beta, Tony Hughes spreads the car love, Moss is doing double-duty distrohopping, Joe reads again
Then, in the news, Linux Mint 20 is in beta
In security, you gotta be brave to use Brave
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mintCast 334 – Natural 20 (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, I dive into both Ubuntu and Fedora, Moss hops around as usual, Tony Watts tinkers with new audio gear, and Joe recommends devices to family.
Then, in the news, we’ll hit the Linux Mint Monthly News. And Releases! Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro and more increment by 1!
In security, GitLab pays $20,000
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mintCast 334 – Natural 20
First up, in our Wanderings, I dive into both Ubuntu and Fedora, Moss hops around as usual, Tony Watts tinkers with new audio gear, and Joe recommends devices to family.
Then, in the news, we’ll hit the Linux Mint Monthly News. And Releases! Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro and more increment by 1!
In security, GitLab pays $20,000
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mintCast 333 – Half of the Beast
First up, in our Wanderings, I fiddle with audio equipment, Tony Hughes reinstalls Mint, Moss fights with a giant pickup truck, Tony Watts streams live-ish, Bo makes sense of OPNsense, and Joe blends with Blender.
Then, in the news, Firefox 75 sees daylight, Mozilla and Red Hat get new CEOs, Gnome Challenges the community and more.
In security, Git gets tricked.
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mintCast 333 – Half of the Beast (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, I fiddle with audio equipment, Tony Hughes reinstalls Mint, Moss fights with a giant pickup truck, Tony Watts streams live-ish, Bo makes sense of OPNsense, and Joe blends with Blender.
Then, in the news, Firefox 75 sees daylight, Mozilla and Red Hat get new CEOs, Gnome Challenges the community and more.
In security, Git gets tricked.
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mintCast 329 – fish Pi and Wine
First up, in our Wanderings, I go fishing, Bo has some Wine, and Joe bakes some Pi.
Then in our news, Python 2 is dying, a new kernel is in the works, ElementaryOS is getting devs paid, and more.
In security, we talk more Firefox woes.
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mintCast 329 – fish Pi and Wine (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, I go fishing, Bo has some Wine, and Joe bakes some Pi.
Then in our news, Python 2 is dying, a new kernel is in the works, ElementaryOS is getting devs paid, and more.
In security, we talk more Firefox woes.
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mintCast 328.5 – Everything Is a File
Join us in our Innards section where we talk Linux and hardware guts.
And finally, our listener feedback.
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mintCast 328.5 – Everything Is a File (mp3)
Join us in our Innards section where we talk Linux and hardware guts.
And finally, our listener feedback.
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mintCast 328 – Sigh-DPI
First up, in our Wanderings, Leo says Kernel 5.5 is the best and worst thing ever, Moss works on Distrohopper's Digest, Joe is booking it again, and Bo is getting ready for a test.
Then in our news, Linux Mint goes HiDPI, Proton open-sources its VPN, Kernel 5.4 makes long-term support waves, Wireguard lands in Kernel 5.6, and more.
In security, your data is not safe. But we already knew that!
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mintCast 328 – Sigh-DPI (mp3)
First up, in our Wanderings, Leo says Kernel 5.5 is the best and worst thing ever, Moss works on Distrohopper's Digest, Joe is booking it again, and Bo is getting ready for a test.
Then in our news, Linux Mint goes HiDPI, Proton open-sources its VPN, Kernel 5.4 makes long-term support waves, Wireguard lands in Kernel 5.6, and more.
In security, your data is not safe. But we already knew that!
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mintCast 325.5 – Oracles Virtually Boxed In
In our Innards section, we make our 2020 Predictions!
And finally, our listener feedback
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