Tag: Security

• December 12, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  427 – “Virginia is For Lovers.”

  First up in the news: Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” – BETAs released, Mint Monthly News – November 2023, Gnome shell updates on Ubuntu 23.10; Zorin has a new desktop; Calibre offers new formats; KDE fixes bugs ahead of Plasma 6; Intel does some driver code clean up; Canonical ports Multipass to Qt6; Linux 6.8 is Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers.

  In security and privacy: Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill is mumbling for a week straight; Joe is droning on

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• November 29, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  426 – Happy Birthday, mintCast!

  First up in the news: mintCast has a birthday, Mint 21.3 is named, Amazon works on a Linux fork for their devices, Ubuntu commits to Netplan, Firefox attempts Wayland, FreeBSD 14 is out, Endeavour releases Galileo, Vivaldi comes to Flathub, Google kills magazine content, OpenMandriva releases Rock 5.0, Pipewire reaches 1.0.0

  In security and privacy: Google Chrome’s Privacy Washing

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill may just be losing his mind, (there are doubts?), Joe prints everything but money, Majid does VR, Moss hangs on, and Eric spends more quality time with his Linux tablet.

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• November 2, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast, Software

  424 – Meh Snap

  First up in the news: Mint Monthly News; Ubuntu 23.10 re-released; GNOME gets new CEO; new RaspPi Imager released; Plasma 6 Release Dates released; Matrix reaches 115 Million users; Bodhi Linux 7.0 AppPack released

  In security and privacy: BlackCat ransomware attacks Linux and VMs; 1Password Breach – no harm, no foul; new vulnerabilities found and patched in XWayland, X.org

  Then in our Wanderings: Bill shuffles cards; Joe tests more things; Moss keeps busy

  Then in our Innards section: We discuss containerized package systems

  And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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• October 21, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  423 – Lay Down A *buntu

  First up in the news: Mint 21.2 Cinnamon EDGE released, new version of Raspberry Pi OS released, new Ubuntu 23.10+flavours

  In security and privacy: Curl patches 'worst' security flaw in ages, Encrypted Client Hello

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe prints the D-handle, Moss tries out a new chair, Bill spends more money, Majid is finally Apple-free and Eric manages to stay alive for days without a smartphone.

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• October 4, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  422 – Bit of a Hodgepodge

  First up in the news: LMDE 6 FAYE released, Mint 21.2 EDGE iso approved, Long-term support for Linux kernel to be cut

  In security and privacy: Update LibreOffice Now to Fix a Security Flaw, Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor

  Then in our Wanderings: Joe is Pining for Manjaro, Majid mixes his compartments, and Eric...well - you'll see.

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