Tag: Linux Innards

• April 10, 2024MP3, OGG, Podcast

  434.5 – 3.2.1…Backup!!

  In our Innards section: Using the Linux Mint Backup Tool and backing up applet settings

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• March 27, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  433 – They’re All Out To Get You!

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February 2024, Linux market share passes 4% for first time, SerpentOS makes progress, AMD is told hands off HDMI 2.1, Google blocks RCS on rooted devices, AMDGPU has limits, ProtonMail comes to all desktops, and NVidia bans translation layers

  In security and privacy: Avast is fined bigly for selling browser data

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe plays a lot of games, Majid does mirrors

  In our Innards section: We discuss scams and trying to protect the people we care about

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• March 13, 2024MP3, OGG, Podcast

  432.5 – Ears Deep

  In our Innards section we have an impromptu discussion about audio editing - some things to think about when editing for a podcast.

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• February 21, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  431 – Artificially Intelligent

  First up in the news: Linux Mint Monthly News, Google Is Dying News, Samsung defends GenAI, India bans Protonmail, NGINX Core Dev Quits and Forks

  In security and privacy: Critical bootkit vulnerability affects most Linux distros, BitLocker smashed in minutes with pico SBC, and Mozilla helps you wipe your data

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe plays games, Moss survives, and Majid finally “gets” Arch

  In our Innards section: we discuss the current mintCast infrastructure

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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• January 30, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  429 – Do You Desktop?

  First up in the news: Mint 21.3 released, Linux kernel 4.14 goes EOL, Google sued over patent infringement, OpenSSH phases out DSA keys, Canonical snap steams Valve

  In security and privacy: NoaBot worms its way into Linux; Pixieboot vulnerabilities show up in UEFI, and SlippyBook rears its head

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe buys things cheap, and Eric talks audio production

  In our Innards section: We talk about whether there’s a need for desktop computers anymore.

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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