MP3 – mintCast

462 – Wistful Nostalgia

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First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – May 2025, controversy around the Nintendo Switch 2, Fedora 43 Workstation (GNOME) to remove X11 session, end of Linux Format, and we have a new format and new co-host!

In our Innards section: Dale discusses mobile internet devices and networks

In Check This Out, we cover Packet, a new file transfer utility that integrates with Android’s Quick Share

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Full Show Notes Here
The News:


Mint Monthly News – May 2025


Nintendo Switch 2 Controversy


Fedora 43 Workstation (GNOME) to remove X11 session


After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine is No More

Check This Out:
  • Packet – https://github.com/nozwock/packet (Eric)
    • A partial implementation of Google’s Quick Share protocol that lets you send and receive files wirelessly from Android devices using Quick Share, or another device with Packet.
    • Yes, there are a plethora of file transfer apps but this one is interesting for a few reasons.
      • It integrates with an inbuilt Android feature making transferring files more straightforward than installing yet another app.
      • The speed seems to be very good based on the testing I’ve done.
      • Perhaps not important to some, the UI is very well done and the app is easy to use.
        • Contact Info:
        • Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
        • Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], occasionally on HPR
        • Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers
        • Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC.
        • Eric – I can be reached by email at [email protected].
        • Dale – Dale_CDL on Telegram and Discord. [email protected], Distrohoppers’Digest
          • Special Thanks To:
          • Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio
          • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
          • Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
          • Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions
          • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about

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