Tag: Ubuntu

August 12, 2020MP3

mintCast 341 – GRUB Breaks the Internet (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, I’ve been browsing, Joe’s been fixing docks, Moss has been slowly filling up his machine, and Tony Watts gets a new axe.
Then, our news Linux Mint gets stats, Gnome squashes a memory bug, and Ubuntu hits its first 20.04 point release.
In security, Intel pulls an Intel
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August 12, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 341 – GRUB Breaks the Internet

First up, in our Wanderings, I’ve been browsing, Joe’s been fixing docks, Moss has been slowly filling up his machine, and Tony Watts gets a new axe.
Then, our news Linux Mint gets stats, Gnome squashes a memory bug, and Ubuntu hits its first 20.04 point release.
In security, Intel pulls an Intel
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August 5, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 340.5 – Will It Blend?

In our Innards section, we become blender experts with Jason van Gumster’s help.
And finally, the feedback and a few suggestions.
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July 29, 2020MP3

mintCast 340 – Unit of Measurement (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Jason prints a masterpiece, Leo gets knee deep in Mint, Tony Hughes becomes a journalist, Moss has new toys, Joe springs a leak, and Tony Watts is rockin’ in the free world.
Then, in our news, Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix changes course, Android comes to a real phone, Blender needs blenders, and more
In security, we talk Twitter
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July 29, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 340 – Unit of Measurement

First up, in our Wanderings, Jason prints a masterpiece, Leo gets knee deep in Mint, Tony Hughes becomes a journalist, Moss has new toys, Joe springs a leak, and Tony Watts is rockin’ in the free world.
Then, in our news, Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix changes course, Android comes to a real phone, Blender needs blenders, and more
In security, we talk Twitter
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July 15, 2020MP3

mintCast 339 – OLTs? More Like OLGeez (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Joshua Hawk is fighting with his mic, I upgrade all the things, Tony Hughes inkscapes and breaks lockdown, Moss gets Full Circle love, and Joe does TV repair
Then, in the news, Linux is more popular than ever, there’s a snake in my boot menu, Firefox fixes the fixes, and more
In security, DuckDuckGo Stops, and hackers are stealing your interwebs.

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July 15, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 339 – OLTs? More Like OLGeez

First up, in our Wanderings, Joshua Hawk is fighting with his mic, I upgrade all the things, Tony Hughes inkscapes and breaks lockdown, Moss gets Full Circle love, and Joe does TV repair
Then, in the news, Linux is more popular than ever, there’s a snake in my boot menu, Firefox fixes the fixes, and more
In security, DuckDuckGo Stops, and hackers are stealing your interwebs.
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July 1, 2020MP3

mintCast 338 – Two Oh Snap (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Owen refurbishes, Tony prints new stuff, Moss has a panic attack, Joe attends a LUG, Bo games, and I upgrade to 20.
Then, in the news, we focus on the new release of Linux Mint 20
In security, Ripple20
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July 1, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 338 – Two Oh Snap

First up, in our Wanderings, Owen refurbishes, Tony prints new stuff, Moss has a panic attack, Joe attends a LUG, Bo games, and I upgrade to 20.
Then, in the news, we focus on the new release of Linux Mint 20
In security, Ripple20
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June 17, 2020MP3

mintCast 337 – Bread Winner (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Dale’s been driving, Dann’s been migrating, Leo's been checking out the beta, Tony Hughes spreads the car love, Moss is doing double-duty distrohopping, Joe reads again
Then, in the news, Linux Mint 20 is in beta
In security, you gotta be brave to use Brave
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June 17, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 337 – Bread Winner

First up, in our Wanderings, Dale’s been driving, Dann’s been migrating, Leo's been checking out the beta, Tony Hughes spreads the car love, Moss is doing double-duty distrohopping, Joe reads again
Then, in the news, Linux Mint 20 is in beta
In security, you gotta be brave to use Brave
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June 10, 2020MP3

mintCast 336.5 – Taking Control (mp3)

In our Innards section, we talk to Erik the Engineer
And finally, our listener feedback and a couple suggestions
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June 10, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 336.5 – Taking Control

In our Innards section, we talk to Erik the Engineer
And finally, our listener feedback and a couple suggestions
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June 3, 2020MP3

mintCast 336 – Sneaky Snek (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Erik gardens, Tony Hughes bakes cars, Moss throws everything up in the air, Tony Watts goes live, Joe fills his brain, Bo fights a snake, and Leo fixes an oven
Then, in the news, Gnome wins, Microsoft loses, Linux moves on
In security, GitLab goes fishing
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June 3, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 336 – Sneaky Snek

First up, in our Wanderings, Erik gardens, Tony Hughes bakes cars, Moss throws everything up in the air, Tony Watts goes live, Joe fills his brain, Bo fights a snake, and Leo fixes an oven
Then, in the news, Gnome wins, Microsoft loses, Linux moves on
In security, GitLab goes fishing
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May 20, 2020MP3

mintCast 335 – Be Our Guest (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, I finally got my Pi4, Scott has been working from home, Moss plays for his peeps, Tony’s been reinstalling, and Joe’s been printing in 3d
Then, in the news, no ZFS for Mint, some honorable mentions on the Ubuntu section last episode, LibreOffice Alpha is out, and more!
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May 20, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 335 – Be Our Guest

First up, in our Wanderings, I finally got my Pi4, Scott has been working from home, Moss plays for his peeps, Tony’s been reinstalling, and Joe’s been printing in 3d
Then, in the news, no ZFS for Mint, some honorable mentions on the Ubuntu section last episode, LibreOffice Alpha is out, and more!
In security, it’s GitHub’s turn for issues.
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May 13, 2020MP3

mintCast 334.5 – Fossa Fuel (mp3)

In our Innards section, we talk about the versions of Ubuntu 20.04 we’re playing with.
And finally, our listener feedback and a couple suggestions
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May 13, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 334.5 – Fossa Fuel

In our Innards section, we talk about the versions of Ubuntu 20.04 we’re playing with.
And finally, our listener feedback and a couple suggestions
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May 6, 2020MP3

mintCast 334 – Natural 20 (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, I dive into both Ubuntu and Fedora, Moss hops around as usual, Tony Watts tinkers with new audio gear, and Joe recommends devices to family.
Then, in the news, we’ll hit the Linux Mint Monthly News. And Releases! Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro and more increment by 1!
In security, GitLab pays $20,000
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May 6, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 334 – Natural 20

First up, in our Wanderings, I dive into both Ubuntu and Fedora, Moss hops around as usual, Tony Watts tinkers with new audio gear, and Joe recommends devices to family.
Then, in the news, we’ll hit the Linux Mint Monthly News. And Releases! Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro and more increment by 1!
In security, GitLab pays $20,000
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April 15, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 332.5 – Debian Mojito

In our Innards section, we talk about our experiences with LMDE4!
And finally, our listener feedback and a few suggestions.
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April 15, 2020MP3

mintCast 332.5 – Debian Mojito (mp3)

In our Innards section, we talk about our experiences with LMDE4!
And finally, our listener feedback and a few suggestions.
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April 8, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 332 – Thunar Storm

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo goes on a LMDE tour, Tony Hughes becomes a model, Moss learns more about Grub, Tony Watts plays some music, Bo considers a pfSense deployment, and Joe gets caught up on shows.
Then, in the news, Linux Mint Monthly news comes out, F-Droid gets some money,and Thunar and Java get updates.
In security, Zoom doom.
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April 8, 2020MP3

mintCast 332 – Thunar Storm (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo goes on a LMDE tour, Tony Hughes becomes a model, Moss learns more about Grub, Tony Watts plays some music, Bo considers a pfSense deployment, and Joe gets caught up on shows.
Then, in the news, Linux Mint Monthly news comes out, F-Droid gets some money,and Thunar and Java get updates.
In security, Zoom doom.
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March 25, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 331 – The Art of Tracking

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo upgrades TLP, Tony Hughes tinkers with LMDE, Manjaro fights with Moss, Josh gets cancelled, and Joe works from home.
Then, in the news, NPM gets acquired, OBS adds a number, Purism and Pinebook have new releases, Basilisk takes us back in time, and Gnome gets new features.
In security, Edge is coming, and it’s worse than we thought.
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March 25, 2020MP3

mintCast 331 – The Art of Tracking (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo upgrades TLP, Tony Hughes tinkers with LMDE, Manjaro fights with Moss, Josh gets cancelled, and Joe works from home.
Then, in the news, NPM gets acquired, OBS adds a number, Purism and Pinebook have new releases, Basilisk takes us back in time, and Gnome gets new features.
In security, Edge is coming, and it’s worse than we thought.
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March 18, 2020MP3

mintCast 330.5 – fdisk FTW (mp3)

In our Innards section, we cover disks, partitioning, and filesystems.
And finally, our listener feedback and a few suggestions.
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March 18, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 330.5 – fdisk FTW

In our Innards section, we cover disks, partitioning, and filesystems.
And finally, our listener feedback and a few suggestions.
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March 11, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 330 – Debbie Does Beta

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo tries out LMDE, Bo keeps things to himself, Tony Hughes returns with ALT Linux adventures, Moss boogies from Budgie, and Joe tries out scrcpy (screen copy).
Then, our news we have plenty of Linux Mint and LMDE news, Raspberry Pi fixes its USB, apt upgrades, and more.
In security, we find out if AMD’s flaws are as bad as Intel’s.
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March 11, 2020MP3

mintCast 330 – Debbie Does Beta (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo tries out LMDE, Bo keeps things to himself, Tony Hughes returns with ALT Linux adventures, Moss boogies from Budgie, and Joe tries out scrcpy (screen copy).
Then, our news we have plenty of Linux Mint and LMDE news, Raspberry Pi fixes its USB, apt upgrades, and more.
In security, we find out if AMD’s flaws are as bad as Intel’s.
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February 26, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 329 – fish Pi and Wine

First up, in our Wanderings, I go fishing, Bo has some Wine, and Joe bakes some Pi.
Then in our news, Python 2 is dying, a new kernel is in the works, ElementaryOS is getting devs paid, and more.
In security, we talk more Firefox woes.
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February 26, 2020MP3

mintCast 329 – fish Pi and Wine (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, I go fishing, Bo has some Wine, and Joe bakes some Pi.
Then in our news, Python 2 is dying, a new kernel is in the works, ElementaryOS is getting devs paid, and more.
In security, we talk more Firefox woes.
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February 19, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 328.5 – Everything Is a File

Join us in our Innards section where we talk Linux and hardware guts.
And finally, our listener feedback.
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February 19, 2020MP3

mintCast 328.5 – Everything Is a File (mp3)

Join us in our Innards section where we talk Linux and hardware guts.
And finally, our listener feedback.
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February 12, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 328 – Sigh-DPI

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo says Kernel 5.5 is the best and worst thing ever, Moss works on Distrohopper's Digest, Joe is booking it again, and Bo is getting ready for a test.
Then in our news, Linux Mint goes HiDPI, Proton open-sources its VPN, Kernel 5.4 makes long-term support waves, Wireguard lands in Kernel 5.6, and more.
In security, your data is not safe. But we already knew that!
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February 12, 2020MP3

mintCast 328 – Sigh-DPI (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo says Kernel 5.5 is the best and worst thing ever, Moss works on Distrohopper's Digest, Joe is booking it again, and Bo is getting ready for a test.
Then in our news, Linux Mint goes HiDPI, Proton open-sources its VPN, Kernel 5.4 makes long-term support waves, Wireguard lands in Kernel 5.6, and more.
In security, your data is not safe. But we already knew that!
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February 5, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 327.5 – Doppelganger

In our Innards section, we talk Linux Mint’s new Doppelganger with Joshua Peisach (@ItzSwirlz) from Ubuntu Cinnamon (@UbuntuCinnamon).
Some listener feedback and "check this out."
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February 5, 2020MP3

mintCast 327.5 – Doppelganger (mp3)

In our Innards section, we talk Linux Mint’s new Doppelganger with Joshua Peisach (@ItzSwirlz) from Ubuntu Cinnamon (@UbuntuCinnamon).
Some listener feedback and "check this out."
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January 29, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 327 – The Mozilla Thrilla

First up, in our Wanderings, I follow in Tony H’s footsteps and paint, Tony H upgrades a laptop and attends another LUG, Josh returns, Moss meets a mintCast listener, Joe listens to more books and learns about Cockpit, and Tony Watts edits video and works on his Studio.
Then in our news a new Wine, GParted, Edge and Yaru theme for Ubuntu. The Pinephone ships and Firefox runs into issues.
Finally, in security, we talk password leads and Mozilla addon bans.
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January 29, 2020MP3

mintCast 327 – The Mozilla Thrilla (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, I follow in Tony H’s footsteps and paint, Tony H upgrades a laptop and attends another LUG, Josh returns, Moss meets a mintCast listener, Joe listens to more books and learns about Cockpit, and Tony Watts edits video and works on his Studio.
Then in our news a new Wine, GParted, Edge and Yaru theme for Ubuntu. The Pinephone ships and Firefox runs into issues.
Finally, in security, we talk password leads and Mozilla addon bans.
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January 22, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 326.5 – Biscuits and a Thinkpad

In our Innards section, we talk ‘Lenovo Thinkpads’
And finally, the feedback
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January 22, 2020MP3

mintCast 326.5 – Biscuits and a Thinkpad (mp3)

In our Innards section, we talk ‘Lenovo Thinkpads’
And finally, the feedback
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January 15, 2020MP3

mintCast 326 – One Byte Opposition (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Special Guest Alan Pope finds gold in the loft and plays 30+ year old games online, Leo wins at gifts, but fails at MicroK8s, Tony Hughes plays with Ubuntu Studio, more Matchbox cars, and donates some tech, Joe tries to repair a pebble, fixes more headphones and listens to lots of books, Tony Watts converts 8mm film to digital, plays with a dual monitor setup on his Thinkpad and reconfigures his recording setup.
Then, in our news - Dell shows a new developer XPS 13 laptop at CES, there is a new enterprise Chromebook from Samsung and EA boots Linux gamers out of multiplayer Battlefield and more.
In Security - It’s time to update Firefox... again. And Cablehaunt spooks your modem.
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January 15, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 326 – One Byte Opposition

First up, in our Wanderings, Special Guest Alan Pope finds gold in the loft and plays 30+ year old games online, Leo wins at gifts, but fails at MicroK8s, Tony Hughes plays with Ubuntu Studio, more Matchbox cars, and donates some tech, Joe tries to repair a pebble, fixes more headphones and listens to lots of books, Tony Watts converts 8mm film to digital, plays with a dual monitor setup on his Thinkpad and reconfigures his recording setup.
Then, in our news - Dell shows a new developer XPS 13 laptop at CES, there is a new enterprise Chromebook from Samsung and EA boots Linux gamers out of multiplayer Battlefield and more.
In Security - It’s time to update Firefox... again. And Cablehaunt spooks your modem.
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January 1, 2020News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 325 – Ring My Bell

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo bakes a camera Pi, Tony Watts gets steamed, Joe gets an unexpected upgrade, Tony Hughes installed Lineage on a new old phone, Moss has an Xapp mishap, and Oliver treats his ears.
Then, in our news, Linux Mint 19.3 is here, Vivaldi champions Linux, DXVK forges ahead, and more.
In security, we talk Chrome flaws and the risks of Ring.
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January 1, 2020MP3

mintCast 325 – Ring My Bell (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo bakes a camera Pi, Tony Watts gets steamed, Joe gets an unexpected upgrade, Tony Hughes installed Lineage on a new old phone, Moss has an Xapp mishap, and Oliver treats his ears.
Then, in our news, Linux Mint 19.3 is here, Vivaldi champions Linux, DXVK forges ahead, and more.
In security, we talk Chrome flaws and the risks of Ring.
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December 25, 2019MP3

mintCast 324.5 – We Got It All Wrong! (mp3)

In our Innards section, we ask where we went wrong? We revisit last year’s predictions...
And finally, our listener feedback.
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December 18, 2019News, OGG, Podcast

mintCast 324 – Attack of the Releases

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo suffers from new computer ills, Tony Hughes works on his cars, Moss fiddles with more distros, it’s reading and repairs for Joe, Tony Watts is rockin’ it, and Josh goes mad and gets an iPhone.
Then, in our news, Linux Mint 19.3 is almost here, Canonical has been very busy, New elementaryOS and Firefox, and more
In security, two Linux vulnerabilities and a takeover of PIA goes weird
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December 18, 2019MP3

mintCast 324 – Attack of the Releases (mp3)

First up, in our Wanderings, Leo suffers from new computer ills, Tony Hughes works on his cars, Moss fiddles with more distros, it’s reading and repairs for Joe, Tony Watts is rockin’ it, and Josh goes mad and gets an iPhone.
Then, in our news, Linux Mint 19.3 is almost here, Canonical has been very busy, New elementaryOS and Firefox, and more
In security, two Linux vulnerabilities and a takeover of PIA goes weird
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