In security and privacy: Flatpak getting more secure allegedly

The News:

The code name for Mint 23 is “Alfa”

26.04 Beta

Does Ubuntu Now Require More RAM Than Windows 11?

26.10 could drop btfrs zfs and luks

Firefox Announces Built-in VPN and Other New Features Including New Mascot

Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail address

Samsung’s Messages App Is Shutting Down

Microsoft Mysteriously Freezes Accounts for VeraCrypt, WireGuard, Windscribe

Why did the FCC ban foreign-made consumer routers?

NHS staff resist using Palantir software

France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

Student Loans Fiasco, and its IT underpins

LibreOffice Drama: TDF Removes Collabora Developers in One Sweep

Security And Privacy:

Flatpak 1.16.4 Brings Important Security Fixes

CPUID website hacked: users report HWMonitor and CPU-Z delivering malware

Cloudflare aims to dethrone WordPress with EmDash, its new plugin-secure CMS

Check This Out:

New & Update Flatpaks – Nora

26.04 – Another view

Contact Info:

• Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee
• Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR
• Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie).
• Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest.
• Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org.
• Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord
• Jim– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
• Charlie– FOSSCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org

Special Thanks To:

• Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
• Archive.org for hosting our audio files
• Hobstar for our logo
• Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
• The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

In our Innards section, we discuss the subscription services we’re using.

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.

The Linux Innards

• Bill
  • Netflix
  • Amazon Prime
  • Hulu
  • Disney+
  • Discovery+
  • Paramount+
  • HBO Max
  • Philo
  • Mozilla VPN
  • Trust.Zone VPN
  • ABC Mouse
  • Xbox Gamepass Ultimate x 3
  • Big Fish Games
  • Tutanota Email
  • Google Domains
  • GoDaddy
  • Linode
  • Bitwarden
  • Apple Podcasts
  • Github
  • Truckerpath
  • Pandora
  • Protonmail
  • Pluto
  • Tubi
  • Red Circle
• Moss
  • Xfinity Internet
  • Amazon Prime
  • Protonmail
  • My-diary.org
  • Surfshark
  • Bitwarden
  • Namecheap
  • PurplePenguin
  • Paramount+ with ShowtimeDisney+/Hulu+/ESPN+
  • Peacock
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • PlutoTV
  • Tubi
  • Joe’s Plex
  • Bill’s Jellyfin
  • Hypnotix
  • Real Debrid
  • Trakt.TV

• Norbert
  • Tidal
  • Google Drive
  • Netflix
  • ProtonMail
  • YouTube Premium
  • Windscribe VPN
  • Spotify
  • Patreon
  • Crunchyroll

• Joe

• • Prime
  • Netflix
  • PIA VPN
  • Spectrum
  • T-mobile
  • Plex
  • Crackle
  • Google voice

Check This Out

• PhotoGIMP

Wrap-up

• Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee
• Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, bardmoss@pm.me, other information found at It’s Moss dot com
• Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org
• Norbert – norbert@mintcast.org
• Nishant – nishant@mintcast.org, riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on Discord, maverick00783 @ Steam

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!