481 – Change For The Sake of Jim

Bill Houser — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:57:08 +0000

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, March 2026; Major Redesign for Firefox: Chrome getting an upgrade; Debian 13.4; SUSE for sale – again; ASUS says MacBook Neo is “shock”; HBO, Paramount Merge; Xfwl4 coming to XFCE, and more.

In security and privacy: Age Verification coming to your Linux PC?; Anthropic turns Claud loose on Firefox code.

Link To Full Show Notes

The News:

Mint Monthly News for March 2026

Firefox Is Getting a Major Redesign After 5 Years

Google Chrome on Linux is Getting the Much Awaited Upgrade

Debian 13.4 Released With Dozens Of Fixes

Xfwl4 – The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor

SUSE May Undergo Another Ownership Change in Potential $6 Billion Sale

Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a ‘Shock’ to the PC Industry

HBO Max and Paramount+ will soon merge into one mega streaming service — here’s what you need to know

Security and Privacy:

Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next

Anthropic found a heap of Firefox security flaws using new Claude tools

Check This Out:

YTDown YouTube Downloader

Vogon Poetry

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).
Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_doctor@mastodon.social, Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads 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

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