In our Innards section we discuss some of the newer additions to Linux and what we think about them.

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The Linux Innards

Tech added to Linux

• systemd
• Wireguard
• Snaps, Flatpak, and Appimage
• Wayland
• PulseAudio and PipeWire
• Btrfs and ZFS
• WINE-based tech (Bottles, Proton, Lutris, PlayOnLinux)

Check This Out

• Podcasts (Josh T) – Play, update, and manage your podcasts from a lightweight interface that seamlessly integrates with GNOME. Podcasts can play various audio formats and remember where you stopped listening. You can subscribe to shows via RSS/Atom, iTunes, and Soundcloud links. Subscriptions from other apps can be imported via OPML files.
• PeerGOS (Moss) – an open source replacement for Google Drive, able to be self-hosted, or hosted on the company’s servers, free to 500 Mb and decent prices for larger storage amounts.
• App Outlet (Norbert) – A universal Linux app store

Announcements

• Next Episode – 2 pm US Central time on March 20th
• Get mintCast converted to your time zone
• Next Live Stream –  2 pm US Central time on March 12th
• Get the Live Stream converted to your time zone

Wrap-up

• Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee
• Norbert – norbert@mintcast.org
• Josh T – jt@mintcast.org, Josh Thacker on Discord, and @Metal_FOSS on Twitter
• Nishant – nishant@mintcast.org,riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on DIscord, maverick00783 @ Steam
• Moss – bardmoss@pm.me, you can hear me on Distrohoppers’ Digest and Full Circle Weekly News, and you can find more contact information for me on It’s MOSS.
• Bill – bill@mintcast.org, @wchouser3 on Twitter,and Bill_H on Discord

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

• Norbert and Tony H for our audio production
• Leo for timestamps and publishing
• Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
• Hobstar for our logo
• initrd for the animated Discord logo
• 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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Bi-Weekly Wanderings

• Tony – Snapcraft site

The News

• Linux Mint 20.2 Beta
  • Cinnamon
  • Mate
  • XFCE
• Rocky Linux 8.4 Released
• ElementaryOS 6, Odin, Beta 2 Out
• Jingpad A1
• Firefox 89.0.1 and 89.0.2
• Gnome Shell Dash to Panel v43 now Available for Gnome 40

Security Update

• An SSID that Breaks iPhone Wifi!
• Throw away the Western Digital MyBook Live

Announcements

• Our next episode will be Sunday, July 11, 2021 at 2 pm US Central Time
• Get mintCast converted to your time zone!
• Our next Saturday stream will be at 2 pm US Central time on July 3, 2021
• Get the Saturday stream converted to your time zone!

Wrap-up

• Joe – www.Tllts.org,  www.linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org 
• Bo – Crowbar Kernel Panic, crowbarkernelpanic@pm.me
• Tony Hughes – HPR –  http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=338, Twitter @TonyH1212, th@mintcast.org, distrohoppersdigest@gmail.com
• Josh Hawk – joshontech@mintcast.org, @joshontech on Twitter and most other social sites, Crowbar Kernel Panic
• Mike – Mike@mintcast.org and GrouchyM on Discord and Telegram
• Leo – leochavez.org and @leochavez on Twitter, leo@mintcast.org, linuxuserspace.show. Buy me a coffee!

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, initrd for the animated Discord 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!>