MP3 – mintCast

398 – I Hear A Leak, Must Be Android

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First up in the news: Debian carries buffer patches, IceWM 3, Wireshark 4, free Ubuntu Pro for all, KDE winds down Plasma 5, VirtualBox 7, Proton drives prices, and dreams of Forky; 

In security and privacy: New Chinese malware for everything, Intel springs a leak, and Android’s leak exposed;

Then in our Wanderings: Joe futzes with his 3D printer, while Moss continues to fight with Mint 21;

In our Innards section, we begin a historical journey through Linux distros;

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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

The News
  • Debian to carry patches for GNOME triple buffering
  • IceWM 3.0 Released for speedy and simple X11 Window Manager
  • Wireshark 4.0 Network Protocol Analyzer Released
  • Canonical Launches Free Ubuntu Pro Subscription for Everyone
  • KDE Plasma 5.27 Plans to be the Last Plasma 5 Feature Release
  • Virtual Box 7.0 Released with DXVK and Secure Boot Support, Encryption
  • Proton Drive Launches, New Subscription Prices
  • Debian 14 to be codenamed “Forky”
    • Security and Privacy Update
    • New Chinese Malware attacks Windows, Mac and Linux
    • Intel Confirms Leak of Alder Lake BIOS Source Code
    • Android leaks some traffic even when Always-On VPN is enabled
      • 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
      • 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, Tony H, and all others for our audio production
        • Leo for timestamps and publishing
        • Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all his work on the website
        • Hobstar for our logo
        • initrd for the animated Discord logo
        • Londoner for our time sync
        • Linode for hosting mintcast.org
        • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
        • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
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