RAM – mintCast https://mintcast.org The podcast by the Linux Mint community for all users of Linux Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:17:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://mintcast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-small-logo-32x32.png RAM – mintCast https://mintcast.org 32 32 mintCast false episodic CC-BY-SA 4.0 CC-BY-SA 4.0 podcast RAM – mintCast https://mintcast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/big-logo-1600.png https://mintcast.org TV-G 164426984 483 – Chucking at Charlie https://mintcast.org/483-chucking-at-charlie/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:17:10 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7883 First up in the news: Mint 23 is named, Ubuntu 26.04 coming up and its already causing controversy, Firefox gets more features, big tech making some changes, and the governments of the world are meddling, in good and bad ways… and we welcome another host!

In security and privacy: Flatpak getting more secure allegedly

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In security and privacy: Flatpak getting more secure allegedly

Link To Full Show Notes

The News:


The code name for Mint 23 is “Alfa”


26.04 Beta


Does Ubuntu Now Require More RAM Than Windows 11?


26.10 could drop btfrs zfs and luks


Firefox Announces Built-in VPN and Other New Features Including New Mascot


Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail address


Samsung’s Messages App Is Shutting Down


Microsoft Mysteriously Freezes Accounts for VeraCrypt, WireGuard, Windscribe


Why did the FCC ban foreign-made consumer routers?


NHS staff resist using Palantir software


France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins


Student Loans Fiasco, and its IT underpins


LibreOffice Drama: TDF Removes Collabora Developers in One Sweep

Security And Privacy:


Flatpak 1.16.4 Brings Important Security Fixes


CPUID website hacked: users report HWMonitor and CPU-Z delivering malware


Cloudflare aims to dethrone WordPress with EmDash, its new plugin-secure CMS

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New & Update Flatpaks – Nora


26.04 – Another view

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
  • 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!>
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1:49 Linux Innards
27:06 Vibrations from the Ether
51:29 Check This Out
58:45 Announcements & Outro

In our Innards section, we talk to community member Mike!

And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions

LINUX INNARDS:

Interview Section: Mike

  • What was your first Linux experience?
  • What was the very first Linux distro you ran?
  • What other distros do/have you run?
  • What’s a typical workflow for you entail?
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remmina
  • Does Linux do everything you need in a system?

VIBRATIONS FROM THE ETHER: 

  • Henrik Hemrin

https://www.hemrin.com/business-blog/184-how-ram-memory-hungry-are-linux-distros

  • hilander
  • John Wallis
wpa_supplicant.service:                        [ UNSAFE ]
user@1000.service:                             [ UNSAFE ]
thermald.service:                              [ UNSAFE ]
getty@tty7.service:                            [ UNSAFE ]
udisks2.service:                               [ UNSAFE ]

CHECK THIS OUT!

Daemon (novel series) Daniel Suarez

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

Our next episode will be at 2 pm Central US time on March 7, 2021.

Get the show time converted to your time zone!

Wrap-up:

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible …

  • Owen Peery for our audio editing, Josh Lowe for all his work on the website, Hobstar for our logo, and Londoner for our time sync
  • Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • HPR for our backup Mumble room
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem!>
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1:49 Linux Innards
27:06 Vibrations from the Ether
51:29 Check This Out
58:45 Announcements & Outro

In our Innards section, we talk to community member Mike!

And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions

LINUX INNARDS:

Interview Section: Mike

  • What was your first Linux experience?
  • What was the very first Linux distro you ran?
  • What other distros do/have you run?
  • What’s a typical workflow for you entail?
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remmina
  • Does Linux do everything you need in a system?

VIBRATIONS FROM THE ETHER: 

  • Henrik Hemrin

https://www.hemrin.com/business-blog/184-how-ram-memory-hungry-are-linux-distros

  • hilander
  • John Wallis
wpa_supplicant.service:                        [ UNSAFE ]
user@1000.service:                             [ UNSAFE ]
thermald.service:                              [ UNSAFE ]
getty@tty7.service:                            [ UNSAFE ]
udisks2.service:                               [ UNSAFE ]

CHECK THIS OUT!

Daemon (novel series) Daniel Suarez

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

Our next episode will be at 2 pm Central US time on March 7, 2021.

Get the show time converted to your time zone!

Wrap-up:

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible …

  • Owen Peery for our audio editing, Josh Lowe for all his work on the website, Hobstar for our logo, and Londoner for our time sync
  • Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • HPR for our backup Mumble room
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem!>
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