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· First up in the news: PlayStation and Microsoft goes fully digital, Amazon blames piracy, Brave goes “containerized”, and Immich has “Big Upgrades.” · Then in our Wanderings: Joe does more with the mini rack and plans ahead, Jim drops Fire TV like a hot potato, · In Check this Out: Myna lets you talk instead of type in Ubuntu Link To Full Show Notes The News: What PlayStation going fully digital...

In our Wanderings: Joe Takes a trip, Bill’s got nothing and Jim likes Indiana And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org ,   linuxlugcast.com , jb@mintcast.org , Buy Joe a coffee , @jeboylan:matrix.org on Matrix Moss – Full Circle Weekly News , moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR Bill...

First up the news We have a great little tool in the “Check This Section” Link To Full Show Notes The News: Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado DuckDuckGo Installs Up 30% After Google Announced AI Search New social features further Plex’s evolution from media server business Euro-Office: General availability set for June 9 Acer Launching Streaming-Only Handh...

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – May Then in our Wanderings: Bill pays the bills, Joe solders the irons and Jim fins the jelly Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Monthly News 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...

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – April, In security and privacy: Proton Mail now supports post-quantum encryption, Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Monthly News – April 2026 NHS to close-source hundreds of GitHub repos over AI, security concerns After Days of DDoS, Now Ubuntu’s Twitter Account Seems to be Compromised Linux Kernel 7.0 is Out With Improvements Across the Board f...

First up in the news: Updated Mint ISOs Then in our Wanderings: Majid explore Tailscale, Joe does it all again. Jim, Charlie, and Charles got some stuff too. And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes The News: Updated Mint ISOs Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org ,   linuxlugcast.com , jb@mintcast.org , Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News , mos...

First up in the news: Mint 23 is named, Ubuntu 26.04 coming up and its already causing controversy, Firefox gets more features, big tech making some changes, and the governments of the world are meddling, in good and bad ways… and we welcome another host! In security and privacy: Flatpak getting more secure allegedly Link To Full Show Notes The News: The code name for Mint 23 is “Alfa”...

First up in the news: The fight against enshittification starts In security and privacy: Shock-horror, Chinese government spies Then in our Wanderings: Joe rambles, Bill drives himself crazy, Majid actually has fun! Charles, and Jim explores notes apps. Link To Full Show Notes The News: Norway’s Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification Security And Privacy: China Upgrades the Backdoor...

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 Ne...

First up in the news: California is doing its thing again Then in our Wanderings: Bill does it while sick, Joe does a lot, Jim plays with ghost And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes The News: California introduces age verification law for all operating systems MidnightBSD excludes California users Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org ,   linuxlugcast.com , jb...

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – January 2026, In security and privacy: Theres an SSH Stalker And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Monthly News – January 2026 Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally. Face scan or I.D. needed? Firefox Announces ‘A.I. Controls’ To Block Its Upcoming A.I. Features AppManager offer...

First up in security and privacy: Euro firms ditch American Clouds and systemd stuff Then in our Wanderings: Joe, Majid does yoga with his distros, Charles is our security guru, Jim explores the new Mint release And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes The News: Systemd daddy quits Microsoft to prove Linux can be trusted We are building cryptographically verifi...

First up in the news: Mint 22.3 “Zena” released. Then lots of drivers news, new distros, AI and Apple getting sued (again) And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint 22.3 “Zena” released EndeavourOS 2026.01.12 Released With Linux 6.18 LTS Kernel, NVIDIA Open Modules Ubuntu 26.04 Aims To Deliver Better NVIDIA Wayland Performance Atop GNOME Big GPU &...

First up in the news: A retraction Review of our predictions for last year, and what we predict for 2026 Then our much anticipated Wanderings Link To Full Show Notes Retraction from episode 475: The first is from the mint monthly blog where we said there would be a way to upgrade to the beta of 22.3 directly from 22.2. This was a misunderstanding of the information, and is in fact not true. There...

In this episode of mintCast, we kick things off with Mint Monthly News for December, covering what’s new and noteworthy in the Linux Mint world. In Security and Privacy, Charles breaks down two fresh vulnerabilities, React2Shell and Tarmageddon-Flaw, explaining what they are, why they matter, and how they could impact Linux users. Then, in the Innards segment, Dale joins us for a deep dive into Sy...

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...

First up in the news: Theres and initiative in protecting OTA TV from DRM Then in our Wanderings: Joe does a lot, Bill plays magical video cards, Majid is trying to resist Black Friday, Charles goes to a Linux conference, and Jim eschews the mouse. And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes The News: FCC Seeks Comment on ATSC 3.0 DRM – Protect OTA TV! Conta...

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 Immu...

First up in the news: LMDE 7 “Gigi” released Then in our Wanderings: Bill suffers an outage, Joe’s Jellyfin is “ok”, Majid is back to “full time”, and Jim has a lot of extensions And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes The News: LMDE 7 “Gigi” released Amazon appears to be suppressing Fire TV 4K Select reviews and calling negative reviewers NewPipe, alternate Y...

First up in the news: LMDE 7 ‘Gigi” release imminent, Mint Monthly News, Ubuntu 25.10 is out and breaking stuff, Firefox shaking is loved by TIME, Windows 10 is officially dead and lots more! In security and privacy: Charles has some interesting news on AI and new laws in Spain And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes The News: LMDE 7 Release Imminent Mint Mont...

First up in the news: LMDE 7 ‘Gigi” BETA released In security and privacy: Mississippi enforces Age Assurance Law, NPM suffers a security breach. Then in our Wanderings, Joe works with Proxmox, and Openmediavault, Jim Troubleshoots hard disks, Majid goes back to work, and Bill works on his “Immich.” And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes The News:...

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First up in the news: Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” released, Mint Monthly News – August In security and privacy: Plex is a problem again And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:44 – News 01:16:45 – Security And Privacy 01:35:11 – Bodhi Corner 01:38:37 – Vibrations From The Ether 01:42:31 – Check This Out 01:51:48 – Housekeepi...

A Saturday Livestream about everything and nothing.

First up in the Mint news: Another birthday for Mint!, Mint 22.2 final ISOs now being tested In security and privacy: Arch is Ddossed and malware abounds Then in our Wanderings: Joe does a lot, Majid achieves very little, Charles, Bill falls off the ARC and Jim is a photographic genius And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:33 &#8...