Tag: Mozilla

• March 7, 2025MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  456 – Built For Linux

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February, Linus Torvalds make Linux Rust-ier, and Mozilla flounders with privacy policy

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill is missing, Moss is still catching up, Joe works on his rack.

  In our Innards section: We Discuss Linux dedicated hardware

  In Bodhi Corner, work has begun on Bodhi Linux 8 with lots of changes under the hood;

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• January 11, 2025MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  452 – Prognostication Pandemonium!

  First up in the news: Not a lot of Linux news….but a lot of Mint News with 22.1 BETA Released

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe prepares the innards, Bill enjoys some butter with his jelly, Eric does nothing, Moss takes a break and All roads lead to Ubuntu for Majid

  In our Innards section: A look back at last years predictions, and making some predictions for 2025

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• November 15, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  450 – Crumbling Foundations

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – October 2024, Xfce 4.20 Pre1 Pre-Release Published For Testing, KDE's New Distro, Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off

  In security and privacy: We are secure in our ignorance

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill upgrades fast, and breaks things, Joe fixes even more things, Moss goes paperwhite, and Majid headbangs.

  In our Innards section: We talk digital Hygene

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

• May 31, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  438 – Copilot Takeover

  First up in the news: Mozilla Reveals New Features Coming to Firefox, Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users, KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta Released With Wayland Explicit Sync, Input Capture Portal & More, KDE Plasma 6.1 Lands Dynamic Triple Buffering Support, Btrfs Sends In Fixes For Linux 6.10 & Restores "norecovery" Mount Option, Turkey bans Distrowatch

  In security and privacy: High-severity GitLab flaw lets attackers take over accounts, Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in, including one that is causing concern for a UK-based watchdog group.

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe gets his shots, Bill endeavors to dual boot, Majid creates Frankensteins Ubuntu, and Eric dips his toe into the world of digital art pens and illustration as well as honing his Audacity skills.

• 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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