Tag: News

• May 1, 2024Interview, MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  436 – Upgrade At Your Peril

  First up in the news: AlmaLinux restores some deprecated stuff, Nouveau dev joins the bigs, Linux runs cars, Microsoft sneaks MS-DOS 4.0 into their open source portfolio, Ubuntu 24.04 is out…. And you shouldn’t upgrade your system yet

  In security and privacy: nope, nada

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe preps for zombies, Bill migrates, Majid is starstruck, Moss is car swapping, Popey is job swapping

• April 19, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  435 – Eric’s Back!

  First up in the News: Mint Monthly News, Mint is testing new CDN setup for repositories, EndeavourOS ends ARM branch due to lack of help, Proton buys Standard Notes, Dynebolic portable Linux renewed after 10 year hiatus, APT 2.9 released, 3.0 announced

  In Security and Privacy: Over 92,000 DLink NAS devices exposed via backdoor, with no patch (out of service)

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill gets his game on with a new handheld device, Joe gets his game on with every device, Majid gets to be the family IT guy, and Eric deals with technical debt

• April 1, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  434 – Open Source, Close Malware

  First up in the news: Red Hat Announces Nova Graphics Driver for NVIDIA GPUs, Blender 4.1 released, MakuluLinux brings LinDoz back this time with AI, the end of EXT2

  In security and privacy: Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections, Suspected Russian Data-Wiping 'AcidPour' Malware Targeting Linux x86 Devices

  Then in our Wanderings: Moss needs some salt for his new battery, Bill goes vrroom vrroom in a big truck, Joe is getting Steamed, Majid chillaxes, and Dale is Scaling his NAS

• 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 5, 2024MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  432 – “Podcasts Are Better”

  First up in the news: KDE MegaRelease 6, No open source HDMI 2.1 driver

  In security and privacy: New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Expose Android and Linux Devices to Hackers

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill stops rolling, Joe surprises people by fixing things, Majid needs audio files to become an audiophile

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