Qualcomm – mintCast https://mintcast.org The podcast by the Linux Mint community for all users of Linux Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:40:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://mintcast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-small-logo-32x32.png Qualcomm – mintCast https://mintcast.org 32 32 mintCast false episodic CC-BY-SA 4.0 CC-BY-SA 4.0 podcast Qualcomm – mintCast https://mintcast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/big-logo-1600.png https://mintcast.org TV-G 164426984 468 – Very Plexable https://mintcast.org/468-very-plexable/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:40:22 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7640 First up in the news: Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” released, Mint Monthly News – August

In security and privacy: Plex is a problem again

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

]]> First up in the news: Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” released, Mint Monthly News – August

In security and privacy: Plex is a problem again

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Link To Full Show Notes

The News:


Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ released


From the Mint blog by Clem


What’s new in Mint 22.2 Zara


Release Notes for Mint 22.2 Zara


How to upgrade from Mint 22.1


LMDE 7 beta expected in Sep. 2025; Mint 22.3 in Dec. 2025


KDE launches its own distribution (again)


Firefox To End 32-bit support in 2026


Run Windows apps in Linux using open source WinBoat


Is Roku Driving the Final Nail in the Coffin of Traditional TV?


Not completely linux related but Borderlands 4 released Sept 12


Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Linux Performance Improving But Short Of AMD Ryzen & Intel Core Ultra

Security and Privacy


Plex User Data Exposed


An (almost) catastrophic OpenZFS bug and the humans that made it (and Rust is here too)

Check This Out


NerdyDayTrips


The Bullshit Machine

Contact Info:

Special Thanks To:

  • Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
  • Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

]]> 468 468 Very Plexable full 1:57:04 7640 452 – Prognostication Pandemonium! https://mintcast.org/452-prognostication-pandemonium/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 22:14:25 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7332 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

]]> 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

Full Show Notes Here

Contact Info:

Special Thanks To:

  • Bill for our audio editing
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
  • Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
  • Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

]]> 452 452 452 - Prognostication Pandemonium! full true 2:46:02 7332 449 – 3D Podcasting https://mintcast.org/449-3d-podcasting/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:50:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7256 First up in the news: Ubuntu 25.04 gets perfect name, WinAmp deletes entire Github code, Ubuntu 24.10 released for Snapdragon X Elite, Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, Paranoia and Fear inhabit Automattic, Internet Archive breached again, Rand removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

In security and privacy: Concerns raised over Bitwarden, Fortigate Admins Report Active Zero-Day Exploit

Then in our Wanderings: Joe mods, Moss gets edumacated, and Eric times out

]]> First up in the news: Ubuntu 25.04 gets perfect name, WinAmp deletes entire Github code, Ubuntu 24.10 released for Snapdragon X Elite, Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, Paranoia and Fear inhabit Automattic, Internet Archive breached again, Rand removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

In security and privacy: Concerns raised over Bitwarden, Fortigate Admins Report Active Zero-Day Exploit

Then in our Wanderings: Joe mods, Moss gets edumacated, and Eric times out

Full Show Notes

The News:


Ubuntu 25.04 Codename is Revealed – And It’s Pretty Perfect


Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks


Ubuntu 24.10 Developer Preview Released For Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptops


Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license


Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic Over WordPress Chaos


Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens


Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

Security and Privacy:


Bitwarden Open Source Concerns


Fortigate Admins Report Active Zero-Day Exploit

Contact Info:

Special Thanks To:

  • Bill for our audio editing
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
  • Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
  • Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>
]]> 449 449 449 - 3D Podcasting full 7256 447 – Real Time Linux https://mintcast.org/447-real-time-linux/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7188 First up in the news: Linux Kernel 6.11 released, Intel spins off its foundry business, Real Time comes to Linux, Qualcomm wants to buy Intel, WP Engine faces off against Automattic, Nvidia publishes open source Linux vGPU driver, Proton finishes open-sourcing all its apps

In security and privacy: Kaspersky deletes itself and inserts UltraAV

Then in our Wanderings: Bill goes loco(l), Majid folds, Moss goes Full Circle, Joe modifies something, Eric dodges another bullet, and Ken uses all the words

Happy 41st Birthday GNU!

]]> First up in the news: Linux Kernel 6.11 released, Intel spins off its foundry business, Real Time comes to Linux, Qualcomm wants to buy Intel, WP Engine faces off against Automattic, Nvidia publishes open source Linux vGPU driver, Proton finishes open-sourcing all its apps

In security and privacy: Kaspersky deletes itself and inserts UltraAV

Then in our Wanderings: Bill goes loco(l), Majid folds, Moss goes Full Circle, Joe modifies something, Eric dodges another bullet, and Ken uses all the words

Happy 41st Birthday GNU!

Full Show Notes Here

The News:


Linux Kernel 6.11 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New


Intel frees its Foundry biz


Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernel after decades of debate


Qualcomm wants to buy Intel


WP Engine Filed Legal Action Against WordPress


NVIDIA Publishes Open-Source Linux Driver Code For GPU Virtualization “vGPU” Support


All Proton Drive apps are now open source

Security and Privacy:


Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning

Contact Info:

Special Thanks To:

  • Bill for our audio editing
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
  • Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
  • Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

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