mintCast

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Fedora Asahi Remix debuts, Wine 8.13 releases, Debian makes RISC-V official, Inkscape 1.3 released, Canonical seizes LXD maintenance, Google will start deleting inactive accounts in December, Google does something “dangerous” to chromium, ChromeOS splits browser from OS, Derrick Wong leaves XFS,

In security and privacy: Zenbleed: A new Flaw in AMD Zen 2 Processors,

Then in our Wanderings: Joe fixes a van, Moss just tries to keep up, Bill rants about Audacity, and Majid joins in the heatwave

In our Innards section, we discuss the passing of Kevin Mitnick and a few of its repercussions to the Linux and security communities

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Mint Monthly News – July 2023

Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix

RISC-V Is Now An Official Debian Architecture

Inkscape 1.3 Released As Latest Open-Source Software To Compete With Adobe Illustrator

LXD Maintainership Being Limited To Canonical Employees

Google warns again it will start deleting inactive accounts in December

Unpacking Google’s new “dangerous” Web-Environment-Integrity specification

ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y

In our Innards section, we talk “ethical telemetry”

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Check out the new version and tell us what you think!

https://linuxmint.com/download.php

First up in the news: Mint 21.2 Victoria released, Canonical’s Leading LXD Engineer Quits, Ubuntu Plans to Ditch its ‘Minimal’ Install Option, a new BlendOS v3, SUSE forks Red Hat

In security and privacy, Avrecon malware affects 70,000 Linux servers, turns them into a botnet, and we meet RCE Flaw and PyLoose Malware

Then in our Wanderings Joe has a bad reaction, Moss forgot to write something here, Bill more of the same, Majid pretends to be a socialist

Mint 21.2 Victoria released

Canonical’s Leading LXD Engineer Quits

Ubuntu Plans to Ditch its ‘Minimal’ Install Option

Blend OS v3 Bhatura released

In a Blow to IBM, SUSE is Forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Avrecon infects 70,000 Linux Servers, turns them into a botnet

OpenSSH Agent RCE Flaw Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Commands

PyLoose Linux Malware Mines Crypto Directly From Memory

In our Innards section we talk browsers

And finally, the feedback

A link to a cool project and a YouTube video worth giving a look.

https://openscad.org/downloads.html

https://youtu.be/KyADkmRVe0U

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Steam Deck exceeds 10,000 games, Red Hat fights public opinion, new LibreBoot is out, Google whines about their new AI search, Peppermint OS upgrades to Bookworm, a new KaOS, First Amendment fails at Supremes, and Solus 4 is released

In security and privacy, StackRot is here, and so is ProtonPass

Then in our Wanderings, Moss makes money, Joe goes 3D, Bill mics up, and Majid thumbs his nose at inflation

Mint Monthly News

Steam Deck hits over 10,000 verified and playable games

Red Hat tried to address criticism over their new source code restrictions

LibreBoot, FOSS BIOS replacement, sees new release

Google Admits Users “Not Quite Happy” With New Search Engine

New Peppermint OS is out, based on Debian 12

New version of KaOS is out, Arch-“inspired” with Plasma

Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “suppress free speech”

Solus 4 is released

StackRot, a new Linux Kernel privilege escalation vulnerability

Introducing Proton Pass

In our Innards section, we get all cloudy

We also have some feedback!

New App to Trim, Crop, Mirror & Flip Videos on Linux

Diablo build for modern operating systems

First up in the news, Mint 21.2 betas have been released, Debian 13 gets a name, Ardour 7.5 does remaps, RHEL goes closed-source, and Opera One ships with AI

In security and privacy, Tsunami comes to SSH

Then in our Wanderings Joe goes on a little trip, Moss musics, and Majid has toys

Mint 21.2 betas have been released

Debian 13 gets a name

Ardour 7.5 Remaps Tempo Maps Editing, more

Red Hat now limited RHEL sources to CentOS Stream

Now Shipping: Opera One, first browser with AI

Hackers infect Linux SSH servers with Tsunami Botnet Malware

First up in the news, Mint Monthly News, All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year, Red Hat Stops Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL & Fedora, Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta, Windows XP activation algorithm cracked – keygen now works on Linux;

In security and privacy, we meet Blacksuit;

Then in our Wanderings, Bill chases burning trucks, Moss is feeling the pressure, and Majid needs to stop spending money

In our Innards section, we discuss laptop battery life;

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Mint Monthly News – May 2023

All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year

Red Hat Will Stop Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL, Fedora

Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta

Windows XP activation algorithm cracked – keygen now works on Linux

New Linux Ransomware “Blacksuit”, looks like “Royal”

In our Innards section, we talk all things Git …

Generate Secure Passwords on Linux Fast with ‘Key Cutter’

Git Beginner Projects

Top 8 Open Source GitHub Projects to Level-Up Your Coding

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

First up in the news, Arch migrates Git, Ubuntu changes PPAs, Fedora Onyx is approved, Google to remove old accounts, Debian re-imposes a moratorium, Proton goes Family, Red Hat unveils a new Desktop, Fedora plans to drop X11, Thunderbird gets a new logo;

In security and privacy, Google’s 2FA isn’t private enough;

Then in our Wanderings, I’m off to University, Joe is manacled to his office, Moss kicks the tires on the new Bodhi, and Bill migrates

Arch Migrates Git

Ubuntu Makes “Significant Changes” to PPAs for 23.10

Fedora Onyx, Immutable and with Budgie, approved for Fedora 39

Google To Start Removing Inactive Accounts After 2 Years

Google Chrome’s 2023 UI Refresh on Ubuntu

Debian Votes to Reinstate Merged-usr File Movement Moratorium

Proton Unveils Family Plan

Red Hat Reveals Podman Desktop 1.0

Fedora Intends To Completely Drop X11 in Plasma 6

Thunderbird Gets a Brand New Logo

Google’s New 2FA Isn’t End-to-End Encrypted