x11 – mintCast https://mintcast.org The podcast by the Linux Mint community for all users of Linux Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:27:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://mintcast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-small-logo-32x32.png x11 – mintCast https://mintcast.org 32 32 mintCast false episodic CC-BY-SA 4.0 CC-BY-SA 4.0 podcast x11 – mintCast https://mintcast.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/big-logo-1600.png https://mintcast.org TV-G 164426984 474 – Goldilocks Zone https://mintcast.org/474-goldilocks-zone/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:27:06 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7739 First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – November, and a variety of other items

In security and privacy: Cloudfare goes down and Charles finds out that Shai-Hulud returns from Arrakis

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

]]> First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – November, and a variety of other items

In security and privacy: Cloudfare goes down and Charles finds out that Shai-Hulud returns from Arrakis

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Link To Full Show Notes

The News:


Mint Monthly News – November 2025


Mozilla Unveils Plans for New ‘AI Window’ Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups


KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment to Drop the X11 Session and Go Wayland-Only


Windows 11 Growth Slows As Millions Stick With Windows 10


FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built


Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion Unless You Self‑Host


The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library


Jellyfin does hardware transcoding for free, and Plex wants $250 to match it


Mad Men’s 4K debut botched by HBO Max streaming episode with visible crewmembers


Netflix Buys Warner Bros. including HBO & HBO Max for $83 Billion


Cloudflare blames Friday outage on borked React2shell fix


Emulating PC games on Android is easier than ever, and you can thank Valve

Security And Privacy:


Shai-Hulud worm returns, belches secrets to 25K GitHub repos


Twins who hacked State Dept hired to work for gov again, now charged with deleting databases (And then they asked an AI to help cover their tracks)

Check This Out:


Clone like a boss – Veronica Explains

Contact Info:

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, initrd for the animated Discord 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!>
]]> 474 474 Goldilocks Zone full 1:14:36 7739 472 – New Distros, Old Issues https://mintcast.org/472-new-distros-old-issues/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:34:33 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7713 First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – October 2025

Then, new distro news and updates, and more streaming stuff

In security and privacy: don’t trust every PPA!

]]> First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – October 2025

Then, new distro news and updates, and more streaming stuff

In security and privacy: don’t trust every PPA!

Link To Full Show Notes

The News:


Mint Monthly News – October 2025


GNOME 50 Ends the X11 Era After Decades


CachyOS Continues Delivering Leading Performance Over Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora Workstation 43


ElementaryOS Updates


IncusOS: A New Immutable Linux System Built for Running Incus


KDE Plasma 6.6 Introduces QR Code Wi-Fi Connections, Boosts Performance


Ikey Doherty Missing from AerynOS for Six Months


Debian’s APT Package Manager to Integrate Rust Code by May 2026


90% of Windows games now run on Linux; Linux gamers on Steam cross 3% mark


The Internet is Dying. 50% of all traffic is now non-human


The Internet Archive’s legal fight is over but loses 500,000 books from its Open Library in the process


The Internet Archive’s legal fight is over but loses 500,000 books from its Open Library in the process


YouTube TV’s Disney blackout reminds users that they don’t own what they stream

Security And Privacy:


Don’t blindly trust every PPA. FreeRDP installed via this PPA for Winboat may have malware

Check This Out:


Instagram- web site to view videos and photos without an account: https://imginn.com


Firefox- tip to get shorter tab height: about:config change browser.uidensity from 01 to 1 https://leochavez.org/old/firefox-tabs.html


AppImageLauncher v.3.00 beta (.deb file or AppImage, not the old PPA, which is no longer compatible with Noble Numbat and therefore Mint 22.0+) https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/releases


Load All Reddit Comments: Bookmarklet with keyboard shortcut triggered bykeyword using javascript on Bookmarks Toolbar (CTRL + Shift + B)bookmarklet


IRCCloud allows a persistent connection with the free tier as long as your device stays connected, and allows two network connections, plus is able to connect to same network twice, so one can use two different nicknames on same network.


How to get started with Tailscale in under 10 minutes


Interview with Mark Shuttleworth on LNL

Contact Info:

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, initrd for the animated Discord 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!>
]]> 472 472 New Distros, Old Issues full 1:13:30 7713 462 – Wistful Nostalgia https://mintcast.org/462-wistful-nostalgia/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:08:06 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7527 First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – May 2025, controversy around the Nintendo Switch 2, Fedora 43 Workstation (GNOME) to remove X11 session, end of Linux Format, and we have a new format and new co-host!

In our Innards section: Dale discusses mobile internet devices and networks

In Check This Out, we cover Packet, a new file transfer utility that integrates with Android’s Quick Share

In Check This Out, we cover Packet, a new file transfer utility that integrates with Android’s Quick Share

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

]]> First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – May 2025, controversy around the Nintendo Switch 2, Fedora 43 Workstation (GNOME) to remove X11 session, end of Linux Format, and we have a new format and new co-host!

In our Innards section: Dale discusses mobile internet devices and networks

In Check This Out, we cover Packet, a new file transfer utility that integrates with Android’s Quick Share

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Full Show Notes Here

The News:


Mint Monthly News – May 2025


Nintendo Switch 2 Controversy


Fedora 43 Workstation (GNOME) to remove X11 session


After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine is No More

Check This Out:

  • Packet – https://github.com/nozwock/packet (Eric)
    • A partial implementation of Google’s Quick Share protocol that lets you send and receive files wirelessly from Android devices using Quick Share, or another device with Packet.
    • Yes, there are a plethora of file transfer apps but this one is interesting for a few reasons.
      • It integrates with an inbuilt Android feature making transferring files more straightforward than installing yet another app.
      • The speed seems to be very good based on the testing I’ve done.
      • Perhaps not important to some, the UI is very well done and the app is easy to use.

Contact Info:

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, initrd for the animated Discord 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!>

]]> 462 462 Wistful Nostalgia full 2:43:32 7527 454 – Linux Bans Facebook https://mintcast.org/454-linux-bans-facebook/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:11:19 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7381 First up in the news: Solus 4.7 Released, Facebook bans Linux, WINE 10 released, RISC V stuff, and cursing at your AI is the way forward

In security and privacy: Judge Says Controversial FBI Searches Require a Warrant,

Then in our Wanderings: Joe builds things, Bill butters his Mint, Majid likes cursing at his computer

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First up in the news: Solus 4.7 Released, Facebook bans Linux, WINE 10 released, RISC V stuff, and cursing at your AI is the way forward

In security and privacy: Judge Says Controversial FBI Searches Require a Warrant,

Then in our Wanderings: Joe builds things, Bill butters his Mint, Majid likes cursing at his computer

Full Show Notes Here

The News:


Solus 4.7 Released


Facebook bans Linux


Wine 10.0 Release Brings New Drivers, Features & Changes


GTK’s X11 Backend Now Deprecated, Planned For Removal In GTK 5


Linux 6.14 RISC-V Kernel Adds Support For T-Head Vector Extensions, GhostWrite


“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews

Security and Privacy:


Judge Says Controversial FBI Searches Require a Warrant

Contact Info:

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, initrd for the animated Discord 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!>
]]> 454 454 Linux Bans Facebook full 1:48:56 7381 442 – AMD Support is Cachy(ing) On https://mintcast.org/442-amd-support-is-cachying-on/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 22:09:09 +0000 https://mintcast.org/?p=7066 First up in the news: Mint 22 update, Red Hat may replace GRUB, Fedora drops X11, CachyOS adds AMD support, Apple approves PC emulator, SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand, EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11

In security and privacy: CrowdStrike broke Linux and nobody noticed, Firefox's New Controversial Feature

Then in our Wanderings: Bill puts his foot down, Joe is working on magnetism, Moss has new toys,

In our Innards section: We talk about Pine64 products

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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First up in the news: Mint 22 update, Red Hat may replace GRUB, Fedora drops X11, CachyOS adds AMD support, Apple approves PC emulator, SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand, EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11


In security and privacy: CrowdStrike broke Linux and nobody noticed, Firefox’s New Controversial Feature


Then in our Wanderings: Bill puts his foot down, Joe is working on magnetism, Moss has new toys,


In our Innards section: We talk about Pine64 products


And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Full Show Notes Here

The News:


Mint 22 Update


Red Hat may replace GRUB


X11 Is No Longer Part of Fedora Workstation 41


CachyOS Introduces New Repository Optimized for AMD Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs


Apple Approves First PC Emulator App for iOS – Can it Run Linux?


SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand


EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11

Security and Privacy


CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed


Firefox’s New Controversial Feature: Is it a problem?

Contact Info:

Special Thanks To:

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