393 – Quantum of Solus

First up in the news: Vanessa is finally here, so is the Linux kernel version 5.19, which was published from an M1 Mac by Linus Torvalds


In security and privacy, Sale of over a billion Chinese users’ data found, DuckDuckGo is (finally) blocking Microsoft trackers, and Linux 6.0 to have run-time verification for running on safety critical systems


Then in our Wanderings, Bill is hearing things, Moss is losing power, Joe is soldering on, and Norbert is taming the fox


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1:12 The News

16:00 Security and Privacy

49:28 Bi-Weekly Wanderings

1:30:48 Housekeeping and Announcements

First up in the news: Vanessa is finally here, so is the Linux kernel version 5.19, which was published from an M1 Mac by Linus Torvalds

In security and privacy, Sale of over a billion Chinese users’ data found, DuckDuckGo is (finally) blocking Microsoft trackers, and Linux 6.0 to have run-time verification for running on safety critical systems

Then in our Wanderings, Bill is hearing things, Moss is losing power, Joe is soldering on, and Norbert is taming the fox

Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.

Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa” is out
Linux Kernel 5.19 Released With 7 New Features
Linus Torvalds released  kernel 5.19 on M2 Macbook Air

Security and Privacy Update

Security Warning After Sale of Stolen Chinese Data
Single-Core CPU Cracked Post-Quantum Encryption Candidate Algorithm in Just an Hour
DuckDuckGo rolls out new Microsoft blockers after backlash
Linux 6.0 Adding Run-Time Verification For Running On Safety Critical Systems

Announcements

Next Episode – 2 pm US Central time on Sunday, August 21, 2022

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Wrap-up

Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Norbert – [email protected]
Josh T – [email protected], Josh Thacker on Discord, and @Metal_FOSS on Twitter
Nishant – [email protected],riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on DIscord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Moss – [email protected], you can hear me on Distrohoppers’ Digest and Full Circle Weekly News, and you can find more contact information for me on It’s MOSS.
Bill – [email protected], @wchouser3 on Twitter,and Bill_H on Discord

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

Norbert and Tony H for our audio production
Leo for timestamps and publishing
Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
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The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!