Tag: Security

• January 14, 2023MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  403 – 2023 Predictions

  First up in the news: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera released, Goodbye SHA-1: NIST Retires 27-Year-Old Widely Used Cryptographic Algorithm, Pine Tab2 announced, More developers reportedly now use Linux than macOS

  In Security and Privacy, Serious Linux kernel security hole uncovered

  The in our wanderings: Moss is in Atlanta this week but has sent in his predictions, Joe does HPR, Bill sets up servers

  In our innards section, We go over last years predictions and our new predictions

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• December 14, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  mintCast 402 – Linux Mint Beta

  First up in the news: Mint 21.1 beta has been released, vivaldi adds mastodon plugin.

  In Security and Privacy, Eufy shows your videos, samsungs lost some keys, and more rootkits.

  The in our wanderings: Guy talk

  In our innards section, Bill discusses setting up podcasts.

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• November 30, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  mintCast 401 – Bill Hammers Nextcloud

  First up in the news: Network-crashing leap seconds to be abandoned, Asahi Linux Improves Apple Silicon Support
  In security and privacy: OpenSSL3 Patch Arrives
  In security and privacy: updates are required
  Then in our Wanderings: Bill hammers nextcloud, Joe does tinkering
  In our Innards section: we discuss more history and finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
  

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• November 23, 2022MP3, OGG, Podcast

  400.5 – Leave It To The Dads

  In our Innards section, we continue our historical journey through Linux distros;

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• November 16, 2022MP3, News, OGG, Podcast

  400 – Elon Musk vs Trolls

  First up in the news: New Mint Stuff, Nitrux gets 6.0, Linux Steams forward, exFAT repair is now possible, LXQt gets Wayland, a pioneer passes, Mastodon blossoms, Nouveau and Nvidia updates, Clonezilla gets a new kernel, and Fedora refreshes Live Creation;
  In security and privacy: OpenSSL3 Patch Arrives
  Then in our Wanderings: Moss unMints his Studio, Joe sadly loses a Beto, and Bill doesn’t have much.
  

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