mintCast 242 – Void Linux

Posted on March 25, 2016 by mintCast

News:

More news on the Linux Mint hack…
- Clem speaks on the hack (blog.linuxmint.com)
- Changes to password policies (blog.linuxmint.com)
Announcing SQL Server on Linux (microsoft.com) (linuxinsider.com)
ProtonMail’s Encrypted Email Service Exits Beta, Adds iOS, Android Apps (protonmail.com) (techcrunch.com)
How To: Install/Upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.4.5 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint Systems (yourownlinux.com)

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mintCast 239 – A Friendly Look at Arch

Posted on January 21, 2016 by mintCast

News:

Linux Mint 18 codenamed “Sarah” (blog.linuxmint.com)
New features in Linux Mint 17.3 Xfce (linuxmint.com)
AT&T chooses Ubuntu Linux instead of Microsoft Windows (betanews.com)
Google’s creepy plan to kill the password (engadget.com)

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mintCast 237 – Mint 17.3 and The Year of 2015

Posted on December 17, 2015 by mintCast

News:

Linux Mint 17.3 ‘Rosa’ Cinnamon released (linuxmint.com)
Linux Mint 17.3 ‘Rosa’ MATE released (linuxmint.com)
Microsoft Offers Linux Certification (dice.com)
For once, a good story about Linux Kernel developers (itworld.com)
Arch Linux Devs Will No Longer Support KDE 4 (softpedia.com)
- Upgrade Instructions (wiki.archlinux.org)

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mintCast 236 – A Pinch of Cinnamon

Posted on November 19, 2015 by mintCast

News:

Cinnamon 2.8 released (segfault.linuxmint.com)
MATE 1.12 released (segfault.linuxmint.com)
SteamOS gaming performs significantly worse than Windows, Ars analysis shows (arstechnica.co.uk)
Linus says ‘Security is useless’ (softpedia.com) (washingtonpost.com)
Linux Kernel 4.3 Officially Released (linux.com)
File-encrypting ransomware starts targeting Linux web servers (pcworld.com)
Romanian researchers lay waste to Linux badware (theregister.co.uk)
Adjust Linux volume from your phone (carltheandroid.wordpress.com)

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mintCast 235 – The Wily Werewolf

Posted on November 6, 2015 by mintCast

News:

Monthly News – October 2015 (blog.linuxmint.com)
Early access to Cinnamon 2.8 (segfault.linuxmint.com) (softpedia.com)
Vault Networks Celebrates 6 Years of Supporting Linux Mint (segfault.linuxmint.com)
Google merging Chrome OS and Android (theverge.com) (engadget.com)
Solus 1.0 Operating System Gets Its First Release Candidate Build (softpedia.com) (solus-project.com)
Mark Shuttleworth amps up Ubuntu 16.04 – Xenial Xerus (markshuttleworth.com)
MintCast going up on Google Podcaster network? (officialandroid.blogspot.com)
Twitch’s latest insane adventure: Installing Arch Linux (arstechnica.com)

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mintCast 230 – Linux Mint 17.2 KDE & Xfce

Posted on August 13, 2015 by mintCast

Introduction:

Rob’s Xfce woes…XFCE window borders missing! (keheliya.blogspot.com)

News:

Putting Lipstick on a Penguin – Ken Starks (fossforce.com)
More Surprises for Windows 10 Users – Christine Hall (fossforce.com)
Privacy Badger 1.0 – New Ways to Stop Sneaky Trackers (lwn.net) (eff.org)
LibreOffice 5.0 stands out from the office suite crowd
(documentfoundation.org)

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mintCast 228 – Linux Mint 17.2

Posted on July 16, 2015 by mintCast

Introduction:

Why I code and don’t get paid for it (opensource.com)
Raspberry Pi Jams (raspberrypi.org)

News:

Latest Windows 10 Build Has Some Cool Linux Features (softpedia.com)
Ubuntu MATE Announces A Partnership With A PC Hardware Vendor (phoronix.com) (ubuntu-mate.org)
Canonical and Lenovo to Start Shipping Ubuntu-Powered Laptops in India (ubuntu.com) (softpedia.com)
Why Ubuntu plans to replace traditional Linux packages with something better (pcworld.com) (ubuntu.com) (softpedia.com)

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