Tag: Mozilla

• September 20, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  421 – Fun and Feckless

  First up in the news: LMDE 6 “Faye” BETA Released, Fedora and Asahi Linux revamp installation process, Plasma 6 release date is set, IBM raises cloud prices, Manjaro 23 released, Mozilla rushes out patches, and ZFS returns to Ubuntu

  In security and privacy, a huge security breach affects all browsers, and Google does user tracking

  Then in our Wanderings, Majid has been a busy bunny, Joe is having troubles with 3D, Dale has been driven crazy, Bill gears up for public education, and Eric hates computers.

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• June 14, 2023Hardware, MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  414 – Salt and Battery

  First up in the news, Mint Monthly News, All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year, Red Hat Stops Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL & Fedora, Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta, Windows XP activation algorithm cracked - keygen now works on Linux

  In security and privacy, we meet Blacksuit

  Then in our Wanderings, Bill chases burning trucks, Moss is feeling the pressure, and Majid needs to stop spending money

  In our Innards section, we discuss laptop battery life

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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• May 16, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  412 – Coldpause

  First up, in the news, Mint News for April, Mozilla Thunderbird is adding paid features and services, Raspberry Pi OS updates, sudo and su get Rusty, Flatseal gets GTK4, new Framework laptop gets Ryzen 7040 series, Kingston firmware contains lyrics, YouTube tests blocking adblock, Star5’s Vision 2 RISC-V gets Ubuntu, and Microsoft wants Firefox to switch to Bing

  In security and privacy, India bans open-source messaging apps “for security reasons”;

  Then in our Wanderings, Bill tells a story, Joe gets political, Moss conquers wifi, and Majid goes back in time.

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  July 30, 2022MP3, OGG, Podcast

  391.5 – The Subscription Service Rabbit Hole

  In our Innards section, we discuss the subscription services we're using.
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  June 29, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  390 – This is the Way(land)

  First up in the news, Gnome wins Microsoft money, Firefox translates offline, Rocky overtakes the Red Hat pack, apps on KDE look more klear, Debian gets the Gecko treatment, Zoom gets Wayland screen sharing, Photoshop is kind-of–but not-really coming to Linux, and Nvidia contributes.
  In security and privacy, Hertzbleed is coming for your CPU, and the EU is going after deepfakes.
  Then in our Wanderings, Moss goes Custom, Norbert emerges, and Joe is Florida Man In our Innards section we discuss the various licenses in the world of open source software
  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
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