MP3 – mintCast

479 – Bill’s Bash Scripts Bring All The Boys To The Yard

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First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – January 2026,

In security and privacy: Theres an SSH Stalker


And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

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The News:


Mint Monthly News – January 2026


Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally. Face scan or I.D. needed?


Firefox Announces ‘A.I. Controls’ To Block Its Upcoming A.I. Features


AppManager offers drag-and-drop AppImage management.


Sony Will Ship Its Final Blu-ray Recorders This Month


The Memory Crisis Is Taking No Prisoners


RaspberyPi goes Dual RAM


Linux 6.19


KDE 6.6 & Gnome 50 Betas out


Ubuntu getting rid of the Software & Updater tool


Libreoffice 26.2 released

Security and Privacy:


SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits

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