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434.5 – 3.2.1…Backup!!

April 10, 2024 20:32 - 42 minutes - 39.9 MB

In our Innards section: Using the Linux Mint Backup Tool and backing up applet settings And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

434 – Open Source, Close Malware

April 02, 2024 03:59 - 1 hour - 91.6 MB

First up in the news: Red Hat Announces Nova Graphics Driver for NVIDIA GPUs, Blender 4.1 released, MakuluLinux brings LinDoz back this time with AI, the end of EXT2 In security and privacy: Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections, Suspected Russian Data-Wiping 'AcidPour' Malware Targeting Linux x86 Devices Then in our Wanderings: Moss needs some salt for his new battery, Bill goes vrroom vrroom in a big truck, Joe is getting Steamed, Majid chillaxes, ...

They’re All Out To Get You!

March 27, 2024 14:55 - 2 hours - 144 MB

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February 2024, Linux market share passes 4% for first time, SerpentOS makes progress, AMD is told hands off HDMI 2.1, Google blocks RCS on rooted devices, AMDGPU has limits, ProtonMail comes to all desktops, and NVidia bans translation layers In security and privacy: Avast is fined bigly for selling browser data Then in our Wanderings: Joe plays a lot of games, Majid does mirrors In our Innards section: We discuss scams and trying to protect the ...

433 – They’re All Out To Get You!

March 27, 2024 14:55 - 2 hours - 144 MB

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February 2024, Linux market share passes 4% for first time, SerpentOS makes progress, AMD is told hands off HDMI 2.1, Google blocks RCS on rooted devices, AMDGPU has limits, ProtonMail comes to all desktops, and NVidia bans translation layers In security and privacy: Avast is fined bigly for selling browser data Then in our Wanderings: Joe plays a lot of games, Majid does mirrors In our Innards section: We discuss scams and trying to protect the ...

432.5 – Ears Deep

March 13, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

In our Innards section we have an impromptu discussion about audio editing - some things to think about when editing for a podcast. And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Right Click Here To Download

432 – “Podcasts Are Better”

March 06, 2024 04:53 - 1 hour - 104 MB

First up in the news: KDE MegaRelease 6, No open source HDMI 2.1 driver In security and privacy: New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Expose Android and Linux Devices to Hackers Then in our Wanderings: Bill stops rolling, Joe surprises people by fixing things, Majid needs audio files to become an audiophile Right Click Here To Download

431 – Artificially Intelligent

February 21, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 95.7 MB

First up in the news: Linux Mint Monthly News, Google Is Dying News, Samsung defends GenAI, India bans Protonmail, NGINX Core Dev Quits and Forks In security and privacy: Critical bootkit vulnerability affects most Linux distros, BitLocker smashed in minutes with pico SBC, and Mozilla helps you wipe your data Then in our Wanderings: Joe plays games, Moss survives, and Majid finally “gets” Arch In our Innards section: we discuss the current mintCast infrastructure And finally, the feedba...

430.5 – Infrastructure Bill

February 14, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 47 MB

In our Innards section: Bill explains the current mintCast infrastructure In "Check This Out" we share a call for new shows by Hacker Public Radio And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions. Download

430 – Darn Small(er) Linux

February 07, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 91.8 MB

First up in the news: Mint 21.3 "Edge" is out, Ubuntu taking heat over Pro packages, Bazzite 2.2 is out, BunsenLabs Boron is out, Parrot 6.0 is out, we say Goodbye to Ginny, RPi Compute Module 5 is in the works, Say Hello to Wilma, RH causes issues for CentOS, and DSL Linux makes a resurgence In security and privacy: Ring will stop giving video to police, and AnyDesk responds to a major hack Then in our Wanderings: Bill is moving gear around, Joe upgrades, Moss takes a new tablet, and Maj...

429 – Do You Desktop?

January 31, 2024 00:51 - 1 hour - 96.1 MB

First up in the news: Mint 21.3 released, Linux kernel 4.14 goes EOL, Google sued over patent infringement, OpenSSH phases out DSA keys, Canonical snap steams Valve In security and privacy: NoaBot worms its way into Linux; Pixieboot vulnerabilities show up in UEFI, and SlippyBook rears its head Then in our Wanderings: Joe buys things cheap, and Eric talks audio production In our Innards section: We talk about whether there’s a need for desktop computers anymore. And finally, the feedbac...

428.5 – 2024 Predictions

January 17, 2024 05:00 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MB

In our Innards section: Predictions: 2023 mistakes and 2024 attempts In "Check This Out" Bill Talks a little about Ventoy - again And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions. Download

428 – 32 bit’s Days Are Numbered

January 13, 2024 00:46 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Fedora Asahi Remix Officially Released for Apple Silicon Macs In security and privacy: Nothin'. We got nothin'. Then in our Wanderings: Bill becomes “unstable”; Majid bricks and un-bricks; Moss is counting pixels; Joe …; and Eric does some Homebrewing Download

427.5 – Free Form or Free Fall

December 20, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MB

In our Innards section: We're a bit all over the place - a "free form" if you will. And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions. No, really – we've got feedback this time! Download

427 – “Virginia is For Lovers.”

December 13, 2023 03:32 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

First up in the news: Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” – BETAs released, Mint Monthly News – November 2023, Gnome shell updates on Ubuntu 23.10; Zorin has a new desktop; Calibre offers new formats; KDE fixes bugs ahead of Plasma 6; Intel does some driver code clean up; Canonical ports Multipass to Qt6; Linux 6.8 is Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers. In security and privacy: Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years Then in our Wanderings: Bill is m...

426.5 – Cry “Havoc!” and Bring Forth The Tablets of War.

December 06, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes - 47.4 MB

In our Innards section: Tablets. Linux tablets. In "Check This Out": Ubuntu Touch OTA, PineTab 2, and Enter Shikari - Anaesthetist Download

426 – Happy Birthday, mintCast!

November 30, 2023 04:34 - 2 hours - 115 MB

First up in the news: mintCast has a birthday, Mint 21.3 is named, Amazon works on a Linux fork for their devices, Ubuntu commits to Netplan, Firefox attempts Wayland, FreeBSD 14 is out, Endeavour releases Galileo, Vivaldi comes to Flathub, Google kills magazine content, OpenMandriva releases Rock 5.0, Pipewire reaches 1.0.0 In security and privacy: Google Chrome’s Privacy Washing Then in our Wanderings: Bill may just be losing his mind, (there are doubts?), Joe prints everything but mone...

425.5 – Infinitely Galactic, The Interview

November 22, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

In our innards section we have a wonderful interview with Blaine, AKA Infinity Galactic; a YouTuber who's been making videos about Linux. Recently, he's made a couple of awesome videos about Linux Mint. Download

425 – Firefox Down

November 19, 2023 03:17 - 1 hour - 95.2 MB

First up in the news: Ubuntu 24.04 gets a name, Mozilla Doubles Down on Firefox DEB Package, Discord is now official on Flathub, scrcpy gets an update, LXQt 1.4.0 is released, Firefox Accounts gets a Mozilla rename, Brave launches an AI, there is a new Audacity, OpenELA forms to preserve RHEL access, Element gets a new license, Proton has a new app, Fedora 39 is released, and OBS Studio 30 is out Then in our Wanderings: Bill gets things linked up, Joe plays with Nextcloud, Moss shuffles hi...

424 – Meh Snap

November 02, 2023 05:27 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News; Ubuntu 23.10 re-released; GNOME gets new CEO; new RaspPi Imager released; Plasma 6 Release Dates released; Matrix reaches 115 Million users; Bodhi Linux 7.0 AppPack released In security and privacy: BlackCat ransomware attacks Linux and VMs; 1Password Breach – no harm, no foul; new vulnerabilities found and patched in XWayland, X.org Then in our Wanderings: Bill shuffles cards; Joe tests more things; Moss keeps busy Then in our Innards section: We...

423.5 – It’s Elementary Or Nothing!

October 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MB

In our Innards section, we speak to Danielle Fore´ of Elementary OS about the 7.1 release, In "Check This Out" we share a video by "Explaining Computers" about some Tips and Tricks for Linux Mint. And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Download

423 – Lay Down A *buntu

October 21, 2023 21:27 - 1 hour - 92.6 MB

First up in the news: Mint 21.2 Cinnamon EDGE released, new version of Raspberry Pi OS released, new Ubuntu 23.10+flavours In security and privacy: Curl patches 'worst' security flaw in ages, Encrypted Client Hello Then in our Wanderings: Joe prints the D-handle, Moss tries out a new chair, Bill spends more money, Majid is finally Apple-free and Eric manages to stay alive for days without a smartphone. Download

422.5 – When In ROM

October 11, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB

In our Innards section we continue the conversation about Android, and the variants thereof In "Check This Out" GNU turns 40! And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Download

422 – Bit of a Hodgepodge

October 04, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB

First up in the news: LMDE 6 FAYE released, Mint 21.2 EDGE iso approved, Long-term support for Linux kernel to be cut In security and privacy: Update LibreOffice Now to Fix a Security Flaw, Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor Then in our Wanderings: Joe is Pining for Manjaro, Majid mixes his compartments, and Eric...well - you'll see. Download

421.5 – What Fecking Time Is It?

September 27, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

In our Innards section, Dale will take us back to the desktop And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Download

421 – Fun and Feckless

September 20, 2023 04:00 - 2 hours - 101 MB

First up in the news: LMDE 6 “Faye” BETA Released, Fedora and Asahi Linux revamp installation process, Plasma 6 release date is set, IBM raises cloud prices, Manjaro 23 released, Mozilla rushes out patches, and ZFS returns to Ubuntu In security and privacy, a huge security breach affects all browsers, and Google does user tracking Then in our Wanderings, Majid has been a busy bunny, Joe is having troubles with 3D, Dale has been driven crazy, Bill gears up for public education, and Eric ha...

420.5 – “I Don’t Inhale”

September 13, 2023 04:00 - 40 minutes - 32.5 MB

In our Innards section, we talk about Linux on mobile devices In "Check This Out" We discuss a CNN article about Ukraine's drone training. Download

420 – “Puff Puff Pass”

September 06, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 41.9 MB

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – August, New Asahi Linux Mac GPU beats Apple, Gnome improves Epiphany, Budgie 10.8 is out, Bodhi 7.0.0 is released, QEMU 8.1 released, LibreOffice gets a new number, Linux Turns 32, Mageia 9 released, Linux Kernel 6.5 is out, and Firefox loses users In security and privacy: Nothing. We have nothing. Then in our Wanderings: Joe and Moss return to the fold, and welcome Eric Adams to join us Download

419.5 – Bill & Majid’s Bogus Journey

August 30, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes - 41.2 MB

In our Innards section we talk about cloud storage solutions and attempt to demystify some of the procedures for hosting your own cloud storage. In "Check This Out" On August 12, 1981 IBM Introduces Personal Computer Download

419 – Bill & Majid’s Excellent Adventure

August 23, 2023 03:24 - 1 hour - 81.8 MB

First up in the news: LXD-Linux Containers Forks LXD Project as "Incus", Indian Defense Services are Switching to Linux, Mint’s birthday coming up, Messaging Layer Security, State of Solus, Alarm raised over MozillaVPN, EFF launches the TOR University Challenge, news on OpenZFS and ZFSBoot, and Devuan 5 is here In security and privacy: SkidMap and Downfall Then in our Wanderings: Bill and Majid have cloudy days Download

418 – In Memoriam: Kevin Mitnick

August 12, 2023 11:53 - 1 hour - 93.1 MB

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Fedora Asahi Remix debuts, Wine 8.13 releases, Debian makes RISC-V official, Inkscape 1.3 released, Canonical seizes LXD maintenance, Google will start deleting inactive accounts in December, Google does something “dangerous” to chromium, ChromeOS splits browser from OS, Derrick Wong leaves XFS, In security and privacy: Zenbleed: A new Flaw in AMD Zen 2 Processors Then in our Wanderings: Joe fixes a van, Moss just tries to keep up, Bill rants about ...

417.5 – Pick Me! Pick Me!

August 02, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MB

In our Innards section, we talk “ethical telemetry” And finally, the feedback In "Check This Out" Check out the new version and tell us what you think! Download

417 – All Hail Avrecon

July 29, 2023 02:23 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

First up in the news: Mint 21.2 Victoria released, Canonical’s Leading LXD Engineer Quits, Ubuntu Plans to Ditch its ‘Minimal’ Install Option, a new BlendOS v3, SUSE forks Red Hat In security and privacy, Avrecon malware affects 70,000 Linux servers, turns them into a botnet, and we meet RCE Flaw and PyLoose Malware Then in our Wanderings Joe has a bad reaction, Moss forgot to write something here, Bill more of the same, Majid pretends to be a socialist Download

416.5 – Browser Arousal

July 19, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MB

In our Innards section we talk browsers And finally, the feedback In "Check This Out" a link to a cool project and a YouTube video worth giving a look Download

416 – The Red Hat Diaries

July 12, 2023 19:21 - 1 hour - 91 MB

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Steam Deck exceeds 10,000 games, Red Hat fights public opinion, new LibreBoot is out, Google whines about their new AI search, Peppermint OS upgrades to Bookworm, a new KaOS, First Amendment fails at Supremes, and Solus 4 is released In security and privacy, StackRot is here, and so is ProtonPass Then in our Wanderings, Moss makes money, Joe goes 3D, Bill mics up, and Majid thumbs his nose at inflation Download

415.5 – Out There Somewhere

July 04, 2023 16:15 - 46 minutes - 34.9 MB

In our Innards section, we get all cloudy We also have some feedback! In "Check This Out" a new app to trim, crop, and mirror/flip videos on linux. Also: Diablo build for modern operating systems! Download

415 – Future Appears Cloudy

June 28, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

First up in the news, Mint 21.2 betas have been released, Debian 13 gets a name, Ardour 7.5 does remaps, RHEL goes closed-source, and Opera One ships with AI In security and privacy, Tsunami comes to SSH Then in our Wanderings Joe goes on a little trip, Moss musics, and Majid has toys Download

414 – Salt and Battery

June 14, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MB

First up in the news, Mint Monthly News, All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year, Red Hat Stops Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL & Fedora, Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta, Windows XP activation algorithm cracked - keygen now works on Linux In security and privacy, we meet Blacksuit Then in our Wanderings, Bill chases burning trucks, Moss is feeling the pressure, and Majid needs to stop spending money In our Innards section, we discuss laptop battery ...

413.5 – Git Some!

June 07, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MB

In our innards, we talk all things Git In "Check This Out" Londoner shared a cool tool for generating secure passwords; Joe sheres a couple links for getting started with Git No feedback this episode. Get in touch with us! Download

413 – Flying Wigs

May 31, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MB

First up in the news, Arch migrates Git, Ubuntu changes PPAs, Fedora Onyx is approved, Google to remove old accounts, Debian re-imposes a moratorium, Proton goes Family, Red Hat unveils a new Desktop, Fedora plans to drop X11, Thunderbird gets a new logo In security and privacy, Google’s 2FA isn’t private enough Then in our Wanderings, Majid is off to University, Joe is manacled to his office, Moss kicks the tires on the new Bodhi, and Bill migrates Download

412.5 – Gracias, Amiga!

May 24, 2023 02:36 - 52 minutes - 39.9 MB

In our Innards section we talk about Pimiga In Vibrations from the Ether, Joe interacts with a listener via email about some hardware subjects and other stuff Download

412 – Coldpause

May 17, 2023 03:45 - 1 hour - 81.5 MB

First up, in the news, Mint News for April, Mozilla Thunderbird is adding paid features and services, Raspberry Pi OS updates, sudo and su get Rusty, Flatseal gets GTK4, new Framework laptop gets Ryzen 7040 series, Kingston firmware contains lyrics, YouTube tests blocking adblock, Star5’s Vision 2 RISC-V gets Ubuntu, and Microsoft wants Firefox to switch to Bing In security and privacy, India bans open-source messaging apps “for security reasons”; Then in our Wanderings, Bill tells a story...

411.5 – Origins of The GUI

May 10, 2023 18:39 - 45 minutes - 34.9 MB

In our Innards section, we talk about the origins of the desktop We had no feedback this episode. Please email us! We'd love to hear from you! Download

411 – We Like It GUI

May 04, 2023 00:58 - 2 hours - 105 MB

First up in the news, Linux Kernel 6.3 Officially Released, blendOS 2 supports Android, new Vivaldi out, new Opera One Dev Release, GIMP completes GTK3 rewrite, QEMU drops 32-bit, Ryzens are burning, Proton launches a password app, Jetpack Announces the end of twitter auto-sharing, and Red Hat lays of 4% due to high profits; In security and privacy, Mullvad foils a search warrant, and RTM Locker targets NAS and ESXi; Then in our Wanderings, Joe goes 3D, Moss upgrades, Bill shuffles cards, ...

410 – The Rise of Dr. Majid

April 19, 2023 03:27 - 2 hours - 118 MB

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – March 2023, Ubuntu 23.04 beta released, updates in Tumbleweed, last 16.04-based Ubuntu Touch rolled out, Linux Lite 6.4 released, COSMIC DE updates, OpenBSD 7.3 & FreeBSD 13.2 announced, big changes in Firefox 113, Mullvad announces their own browser, and Solus sets sail once again; In security and privacy, Kodi leaks Then in our Wanderings, Bill catches up, Moss has more drive, Joe is such a prints, Majid iPads in In our Innards section, we mee...

409 – Calling All Podcasters!

April 05, 2023 03:36 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

First up in the news, Chrome does fractions with Wayland, new Framework laptops, Docker changes their mind, ARM needs more money, Midnight BSD released, GnuCash is updated, Cinnamon Remix goes official, and PineStar64 is announced; In security and privacy, Mélofée happens, and Linux Tech Tips gets hacked; Then in our Wanderings, Joe has been sick, and Moss replaces a hard drive. In our Innards section, we beg for new hosts and talk about our experiences with mintCast. Download

408 – Ffmpegged

March 22, 2023 09:03 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

First up in the news: Meet Ubuntu Flatpak Remix, KDE Plasma 6 Begins, No Peeking, Vanilla goes to Debian, LibreOffice 7.4.6, Nitrux goes “sh”, Elementary updates, DuckDuckGo goes AI on Wikipedia, Debian gets new APT, Proton joins the fight against censorship, Firefox 111 features, Kali 2023.1 released, and Wine 8.4 with old Wayland released. In security and privacy, Brave needs no permission to do Google, NordVPN open sources code; Then in our Wanderings, we are posting no Bills this epi...

407 – “There’s an App For That”

March 08, 2023 04:55 - 2 hours - 115 MB

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February, Ubuntu Flavors Agree to Stop Using Flatpak, Linux desktop powers consider uniting for an app store, Ubuntu Devs Working on ‘Mini’ Installer, Mesa 23 released, Mozilla narcs on Android apps, Fedora caught thinking, Linux supports Apple chips, OnlyOffice integrates, Falkon accelerates In security and privacy, LastPass Devs accounts get breached, NSA wants to help Then we have our usual Wanderings In our Innards section, we talk about the...

406 – It’s Elementary, Dear Listener

February 24, 2023 15:41 - 2 hours - 127 MB

First up in the news: Looks like the end for Mycroft, Proton offers Drive for everybody, MidnightBSD takes on helloSystem, Fedora 38 now with full Flathub access, new Transmission, Android 14 Preview, Framework has new SSDs, new versions of KaOS and Parrot, Ardour and Clonezilla have new releases, and systemd is the future; In security and privacy, several PyPI packages steal crypto; Then in our Wanderings, Joe’s back hurts, Moss is underworked, and Bill is not. In our Innards section, ...

405 – Method Not Allowed

February 08, 2023 14:29 - 1 hour - 92.5 MB

First up in the news, Mint 21.2 has the codename Victoria, OpenSuse updates, helloSystem says hello for the 0.8th time, new Firefox allows imports, Xfce goes Waylanding, Cosmic DE speeds up, OBS Studio fixes Linux Wayland bug, and Elementary has a new release. In security and privacy, we report on after log4j, Boldmove, and Malvirt. Then in our Wanderings, Joe calls Texas for Icing, and Moss is having New Phone Fever; Bill is in Colorado doing a rescue and will be back next episode. In ...

404.5 – 2022 Distro Rundown

February 01, 2023 22:25 - 1 hour - 48.8 MB

This week in our Innards, We do a rundown of our favorite distros of 2022 In "Check This Out" we talk about a graphical tool Londoner shared that makes light work of scheduling a shutdown or reboot. Moss shares his experience with the Flatpak of a favorite game of his; and we share an article postulating the death of Unix. Download

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