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First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – September, Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support, Archive.org is breached, Arch and Valve team up, WWWFoundation packs it in, More WordPress news, even MORE WordPress News, and Google adds Linux apps to future Android versions Then in our Wanderings: Bill connects with the younger generation, Joe is still fixing things, Moss whines, and Majid folds some...

In our Innards section: we visit with author Ken McConnell And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:15 – Innards 00:35:35 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:36:18 – Check This Out 00:36:44 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 00:37:56 – Wrap Up 00:39:15 – Special Thanks 00:40:16 – Outro Contact Info: Jo...

First up in the news: Linux Kernel 6.11 released, Intel spins off its foundry business, Real Time comes to Linux, Qualcomm wants to buy Intel, WP Engine faces off against Automattic, Nvidia publishes open source Linux vGPU driver, Proton finishes open-sourcing all its apps In security and privacy: Kaspersky deletes itself and inserts UltraAV Then in our Wanderings: Bill goes loco(l), Majid folds,...

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – August 2024, Software Freedom Day, In security and privacy: Apple Suddenly Drops NSO Group Spyware Lawsuit; Then in our Wanderings: Bill flirts with Ladybird, Joe gets jiggy with his ports, Moss does something or other, Eric gets COSMIC; In our Innards section: we discuss DRM and digital media providers And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions...

First up in the news: KITE OS educational Linux developed in Kerala, India, Microsoft rolls out Windows Recall again, Linus regrets merging BCacheFS again, 4M Linux 46 released; In security and privacy: “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update, “sedxp” Linux malware avoids detection for two years; Then in our Wanderings: Majid is back from his travels, Mo...

In our Innards section: Home networking: tips, tricks, dos and don’ts And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:13 – Innards 00:58:27 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:59:04 – Check This Out 00:59:59 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:00:49 – Wrap Up 01:02:59 – Special Thanks 01:03:29 – Outro Conta...

First up in the news: Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code, Google Search is playing Monopoly, Wordstar7 is open sourced, SuSE goes way long, Chrome blocks uBlock, GitLab is on the market and Funtoo is back (sort of) In security and privacy: Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers, and there are lots of zeros attacking Mac and Linux browsers Then...

In our Wanderings: Bill loves the image, Joe works too hard, Moss does upgrades, Majid sells stuff and rants, and Eric wants to becomes one with AI. In our Innards section: We talk Mint 22 And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:18 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings 01:20:56 – Innards 01:56:18 – Vibrations From The Ether 01:56:4...

First up in the news: Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” released, Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source, Intel suffers stock losses, Intel admits to damage on 13 th and 14 th gen processors, Funtoo calls it quits, and SerpentOS makes its first appearance In security and privacy: SecureBoot is broken on over 200 computers from 5 major vendors, new Android malware drains bank accoun...

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 w...

In our Innards section: It’s all about the NAS And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:14 – Innards 00:36:29 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:49:07 – Check This Out 00:52:33 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 00:53:25 – Wrap Up 00:55:21 – Special Thanks 00:55:58 – Outro Contact Info: Joe – Tl...

First up in the news: Mint 22 Beta Released, Mint Monthly News – June, Firefox has a Weather tab, Seattle computer collection is being auctioned, Proton adds Docs to Proton Drive, Linux runs on Google Drive In security and privacy: KDE Plasma Flaw Opens Door to Unauthorized System Access Then in our Wanderings: Majid has overdosed on Schadenfreude, Bill screams at OnlyOffice, Joe has fun with his...

In our Innards section: We have a discussion about what distros we think are best for beginners And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:12 – Innards 00:35:30 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:46:06 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 00:47:17 – Wrap Up 00:48:48 – Special Thanks 00:49:15 – Outro Contact Inf...

First up in the news: Mint 22 Beta in testing, Cinnamon 6.2 Desktop Environment Released, Linux’s New DRM Panic “Blue Screen of Death” In Action, Ubuntu is Finally Adding DEB Installer Support to App Center, AlmaLinux comes to the RPi 5, Proton goes non-profit, and light-based chips are coming In security and privacy: nada Then in our Wanderings: Bill plays Pacman, Joe fixes more...

In our Innards section: Linux Pain Points: Why doesn’t Linux Just Work? And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:21 – Innards 01:07:06 – Vibrations From The Ether 01:07:28 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:08:18 – Wrap Up 01:10:07 – Special Thanks 01:10:39 – Outro “The Linux Experiment”...

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition, Internet Archive Hit With DDoS Attacks, ProtonPass is released for MacOS and Linux, and new features come to VLC In security and privacy: Linux Exploit found by US Federal agency Then in our Wanderings: Bill distro-hops, Moss has returned from his musical excursion, and Eric deals...

In our Innards section: We have a free-form discussion on AI utility, privacy and security And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 01:05:27 – Vibrations From The Ether 01:08:28 – Check This Out 01:09:27 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:10:17 – Wrap Up 01:12:57 – Outro Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org , &#1...

First up in the news: Mozilla Reveals New Features Coming to Firefox, Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users, KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta Released With Wayland Explicit Sync, Input Capture Portal & More, KDE Plasma 6.1 Lands Dynamic Triple Buffering Support, Btrfs Sends In Fixes For Linux 6.10 & Restores “norecovery” Mount Option, Turkey bans Distrowatch In security and pr...

In our Innards section: we’re going to discuss some best practices for good hygiene and safety when utilizing technology. And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:03 – Innards 01:00:08 – Vibrations From The Ether 01:00:43 – Check This Out 01:02:02 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:02:43 – Wrap Up 01:04:36...

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News for April, Ubuntu 24.04 released, Ubuntu 24.10 Codename Revealed, systemd introduces run0, Google threatens RISC-V support for Android, RISC-V OS arrives, and BitWarden launches MFA for Android & iOS In security and privacy: a new ransomware threat is found, and a GitLab maximum security flaw is found Then in our Wanderings: Majid Endeavours to Fail, Bil...

In our Innards section: We interview Alan Pope And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:00:57 – Innards 01:13:26 – Vibrations From The Ether 01:26:29 – Check This Out 01:27:10 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:27:50 – Wrap Up 01:30:42 – Outro Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org ,   linuxlugcast.co...

First up in the news: AlmaLinux restores some deprecated stuff, Nouveau dev joins the bigs, Linux runs cars, Microsoft sneaks MS-DOS 4.0 into their open source portfolio, Ubuntu 24.04 is out…. And you shouldn’t upgrade your system yet In security and privacy: nope, nada Then in our Wanderings: Joe preps for zombies, Bill migrates, Majid is starstruck, Moss is car swapping, Popey is job swapping Fu...

In our Innards section: Migrating Pihole and wireguard to an x86_64 system In Vibrations from the Ether , we have listener feedback about malicious Linux developer vulnerabilities And finally, in Check This Out , Bill discusses Fullup – The comprehensive update script for Arch Linux based systems 00:00:00 – Intro 00:04:47 – Innards 00:32:26 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:41:23 &#...

First up in the News : Mint Monthly News, Mint is testing new CDN setup for repositories, EndeavourOS ends ARM branch due to lack of help, Proton buys Standard Notes, Dynebolic portable Linux renewed after 10 year hiatus, APT 2.9 released, 3.0 announced In Security and Privacy : Over 92,000 DLink NAS devices exposed via backdoor, with no patch (out of service) Then in our Wanderings : Bill gets hi...

In our Innards section: Using the Linux Mint Backup Tool and backing up applet settings And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:00 – Innards 00:26:39 – Vibrations from the Ether 00:34:38 – Check This Out 00:36:38 – Housekeeping and Announcements 00:37:47 – Wrap Up 00:41:00 – Outtro Full Show Notes Here Contact Info: Joe...