The Retro Millennial Podcast

Episode Notes Big changes to The Retro Millennial on the small web ! Apple News * MacSurf, a modern web browser for Mac OS 9 Microsoft News * Microsoft caught revoking perpetual licenses for Office 2019 for Mac * June 2026 Patch Tuesday update fixes approx. 200 vulnerabilities including 33 critical CVEs and 3 zero days Retro Gaming News * Ecco the Dolphin Complete announced Command Line Tool of th...

Episode Notes Apple News * Apple has five new products coming that could launch at WWDC — https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/29/apple-has-five-new-products-coming-that-could-launch-at-wwdc/ Microsoft News * Microsoft Releases Mitigation for Windows BitLocker Security Bypass 0-Day Vulnerability — https://www.cryptika.com/microsoft-releases-mitigation-for-windows-bitlocker-security-bypass-0-day-vulnerabili...

Episode Notes Apple News * April 1: Apple Computer 50th Anniversary — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-to-celebrate-50-years-of-thinking-different/ * The Mac Pro is officially discontinued— https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-the-mac-pro/ * WWDC26 announced for June 8-12 — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-returns-the-week-of-ju...

Episode Notes Apple News * Details on every new Apple hardware product announced in March ( https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/apple-march-2026-product-releases/ ) Microsoft News * Mozilla announces plans to sunset Firefox ESR on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 ( https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-users-windows-7-8-and-81-moving-extended-support ) Other Tech News * Software engineer Crait is cro...

Episode Notes * My personal newsletter with 2026 Experiment updates Apple News * Apple releases the new Apple Creator Studio subscription bundle ( https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/hands-on-with-apple-creator-studio-a-bittersweet-bundle/ ) Linux/FOSS News * Linux Kernel 7.0 announced as the upcoming version number, dropping support for some legacy hardware ( https://www.tomshardware.com/software/...

Episode Notes * My personal newsletter with 2026 Experiment updates Apple News * Rumors are circulating about a possible new 12.9 inch MacBook ( https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/05/these-four-apple-products-could-launch-as-soon-as-next-month/ ) Linux/FOSS News * System76 COSMIC desktop 1.0 finally released with PopOS 24.04 LTS ( https://en.ubunlog.com/Cosmic-Desktop-1.0-release-Rust-Pop-OS-Wayland/#:~:...

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Episode Notes FOSS News * Muse contributor Tantacrul released a nearly hour-long video covering the development of Audacity 4 Microsoft News * Microsoft revamps Xbox Game Pass plans and hikes Ultimate to $29.99 a month * Europe forces Microsoft into free extended support for Windows 10 * Microsoft removes even more Microsoft account workarounds from Windows 11 build * Windows 7 market share jumps...

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Episode Notes News Apple News * US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, claimed the UK is ceasing efforts to gain backdoor access to Apple devices * Apple announced a new “Awe Dropping” event on September 9th * Two new Apple Stores opening in India Linux/FOSS News * LibreOffice 25.8 released * Release Notes: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.8 * Firefox 142 released...

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Episode Notes News Apple News * New device announced * New iPhone 5e * M3 iPad Air * M3 Ultra chip * M4 MacBook Air * M4 Mac Studio Linux/FOSS News * Firefox Terms of Use controversy — See NOS 035: The Firefox Situation is Crazy * Firefox FINALLY adds vertical tabs * Ubuntu 25.10 Looks To Make Use Of Rust Coreutils & Other Rust System Components * Pipewire 1.4 now supported on RISC-V systems * Thu...

Episode Notes News Linux/FOSS News * Year Of The BSD Desktop? There's Going To Be A BSD Desktop Conference At Least * DeepSeek outperforms OpenAI's reasoning model at just 3% of the cost * Sam Altman says DeepSeek's R1 cost-effective AI is impressive, but OpenAI will "obviously deliver much better models" than it…. * Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella touts DeepSeek's open-source AI as "super impressive"...

Episode Notes Housekeeping * Chat thread for this episode is located here: * RM Quarterly vol. I is now available for all non-paid subscribers on itch.io for $1.50 USD * RM Quarterly vol. II is coming soon! Recent Articles * Doorbusted: the Demise of Black Friday * Let's Install Windows XP Delta Edition on a Toshiba Netbook * Daily Driving a Netbook in 2024: Better than You'd Think! * HARDWARE REV...

The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Episode Notes Housekeeping * RM Quarterly vol 1 is now available for all paid subscribers! News Apple News * Last iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano added to Obsolete List * New Macs Announced in Late October “Week of Mac” Series of Video Announcements * macOS 15.1...

Episode Notes News Apple News * Speculation about an October event * iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, watchOS 11 released Linux/FOSS news * A 9.9/10 severity Linux vulnerability disclosed in the CUPS project * Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” (plus flavors) are expected to release on October 10 * 20th Anniversary Features Microsoft News * Microsoft, Google, and Amazon buying up Nuclear Power for their A...

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A friend of mine recently picked up a huge lot (6 crates) of broken, or otherwise non-functional, retro game consoles and dropped them off with me for repair. There’s a lot of work ahead, but I’m hopeful we’ll be able to save a good many of these gems from e-waste so they can be enjoyed for another several decades! The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and su...

The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Episode Notes News * Mac Mini redesign rumors — https://www.macrumors.com/guide/m4-mac-mini/ * Apple applying 30% fee to in app purchases of Patreon subscriptions — https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon * Framework i...

Episode Notes News * The Lunduke Computer Operating System: Politics Free. Old-School. Private. A Linux-based Operating System for Everyone. * Wiki * Discord * Proton is Transitioning Towards a Non-Profit Structure * Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers * US Bans Sale of Kaspersky Software Citing Security Risk from Russia * Google Nest Wants Your Frien...

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The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Episode Notes News * Apple Slashes Vision Pro Shipment Projections By 50% As Demand For $3,500 Headset Craters * Apple Releases Open Source AI Models That Run On-Device * Windows 11 Start Menu Ads are Now Rolling Out to Everyone * CentOS 7 EOL is June 30, 2...

Episode Notes Apple News * NOS 023 — United States v. Apple * Apple Silicon Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Extract Encryption Keys Linux/FOSS News * What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world Other Tech News * AT&T Data Breach Update: 51 Million Customers Impacted Retro Gaming News * Halo 2 now available in beta on Insignia * NES Hub announced for Nintendo NES expansi...

Episode Notes Apple News * Apple Car: Apple’s now-cancelled car project — https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-car/ * Apple CEO Tim Cook sends clear message about AI to Wall Street — https://www.thestreet.com/technology/apple-ceo-tim-cook-artificial-intelligence-technology-openai-siri-chatgpt-wwdc * iMessage with PQ3: The new state of the art in quantum-secure messaging at scale — https://secur...

NOTICE: In this episode I mention that Billy Mitchell seems to have perjured himself in his trial with Twin Galaxies over his Donkey Kong record. Going back to get the link for the show notes, I can no longer find it and the only article relating to it is two years old saying he was “flirting with perjury”. It is very possible that I misread it and was wrong in the episode and I don’t have time to...