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481 – Change For The Sake of Jim

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First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, March 2026; Major Redesign for Firefox: Chrome getting an upgrade; Debian 13.4; SUSE for sale – again; ASUS says MacBook Neo is “shock”; HBO, Paramount Merge; Xfwl4 coming to XFCE, and more.

In security and privacy: Age Verification coming to your Linux PC?; Anthropic turns Claud loose on Firefox code.

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The News:

Mint Monthly News for March 2026

Firefox Is Getting a Major Redesign After 5 Years

Google Chrome on Linux is Getting the Much Awaited Upgrade

Debian 13.4 Released With Dozens Of Fixes

Xfwl4 – The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor

SUSE May Undergo Another Ownership Change in Potential $6 Billion Sale

Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a ‘Shock’ to the PC Industry

HBO Max and Paramount+ will soon merge into one mega streaming service — here’s what you need to know

Security and Privacy:

Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next

Anthropic found a heap of Firefox security flaws using new Claude tools

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  • 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 podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid).
  • Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], Atypical.doctor on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest.
  • Eric – I can be reached by email at [email protected].
  • Charles – [email protected], Mr PDX on Discord
  • Jim– [email protected], GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube
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