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First up in the news: Ubuntu 25.04 released, Ardour advances, Commodore OS 3.0 released, and OpenMandriva brings us TWO new releases

In security and privacy: US warns of new Zambian cybersecurity law, and Hackers can now imitate official Google mail

Then in our Wanderings: Joe gets recontained, Moss waits, Majid goes to Cambridge

In our Innards section: Open discussion!

In Bodhi Corner, we discuss the magic of modules

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Linux 6.16 To Add Asahi UAPI Header For Apple Silicon, Switzerland battles privacy intrusions, Firefox adds HEVC playback in Linux, Debian releases APT 3.0, Apple may add Mx GCC core support, Git turns 20, ProtonMail adds advanced features, ArcoLinux ends it all

Then in our Wanderings: Bill is having trouble on the road and won’t be here, Joe returns to us, Moss juggles tablets, Majid learns things, and Eric is AWOL

In our Innards section: we talk travel computing

In Bodhi Corner, Robert Wiley releases a script which can be used to install Moksha on any version of Debian, including Trixie

First up in the news: New GIMP, Debian comes to a RISC-V tablet, Google explains why the are putting Terminal on Android, Asahi Linux loses another top dev, Plex goes for the gold – yours, meet EU OS, Kernel 6.14 is released, Gnome 48 released, new GRUB updates, AerynOS is released with GNOME 48

In security and privacy: “MyTerms” wants to let the user dictate privacy

Then in our Wanderings: Moss plays Musical Tablets, Joe Moxes the Prox, Dale has a burpday, Majid is on holiday and Bill is off truckin’ somewhere...

In our Innards section: Dale takes us through Mobile Networks

In Bodhi Corner, Moss covers new translations and work on the next version.

In our Innards section: Media Streaming

In Bodhi Corner, Bodhi has added new themes and work has started on Bodhi 8, so far using Debian 12 base

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.

First up in the news: Firefox’s new terms aren’t that bad, uBlock Origin is the Most Popular Firefox Add-on, Cloudflare bounces browsers, and PocketCast goes free

In security and privacy: French government rejects security backdoors, and TAILS replaces balenaEtcher with Rufus as installer for Windows

Then in our Wanderings: Joe moxxes the prox, Bill goes deep in the heart of Texas, Moss sings again, and Majid finally learns Audacity...sort of

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February, Linus Torvalds make Linux Rust-ier, and Mozilla flounders with privacy policy

Then in our Wanderings: Bill is missing, Moss is still catching up, Joe works on his rack.

In our Innards section: We Discuss Linux dedicated hardware

In Bodhi Corner, work has begun on Bodhi Linux 8 with lots of changes under the hood;

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – January, Ubuntu 24.04.2 Delayed, Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Steps Down As Upstream Apple Silicon Maintainer, Serpent OS Rebrands as AerynOS, OBS Studio Threatens Fedora With Legal Action

Then in our Wanderings: Bill has been busy with work, Joe has been spending some quality time with Proxmox and Portainer, Moss tries to get up to speed with a long overdue update, and Eric has been have a great time with smartwatches and LLMs.

In our Innards section: Joe discusses his Proxmox setup

In our newest feature, Bodhi Corner: Moss discusses what the Bodhi team is working on for current and future versions of Bodhi Linux;

And finally in Check This Out, Eric covers a nice GUI tool named Pods, used to manage Podman containers.

In our innards section - we have a discussion about "nuke and pave" verses "update in place."

First up in the news: Solus 4.7 Released, Facebook bans Linux, WINE 10 released, RISC V stuff, and cursing at your AI is the way forward

In security and privacy: Judge Says Controversial FBI Searches Require a Warrant,

Then in our Wanderings: Joe builds things, Bill butters his Mint, Majid likes cursing at his computer

In our Innards section: A look at Docker

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions