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First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – October 2024, Xfce 4.20 Pre1 Pre-Release Published For Testing, KDE’s New Distro, Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off

In security and privacy: We are secure in our ignorance

Then in our Wanderings: Bill upgrades fast, and breaks things, Joe fixes even more things, Moss goes paperwhite, and Majid headbangs.

In our Innards section: We talk digital Hygene

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Mint Monthly News – October 2024

Xfce 4.20 Pre1 Pre-Release Published For Testing

KDE’s New Distro: Btrfs-Based, Immutable Linux OS, with Flatpak and Snap

Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off

In our Innards section, we talk a little about distrohopping.

And Finally, The feedback and a couple of suggestions.

First up in the news: Ubuntu 25.04 gets perfect name, WinAmp deletes entire Github code, Ubuntu 24.10 released for Snapdragon X Elite, Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, Paranoia and Fear inhabit Automattic, Internet Archive breached again, Rand removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

In security and privacy: Concerns raised over Bitwarden, Fortigate Admins Report Active Zero-Day Exploit

Then in our Wanderings: Joe mods, Moss gets edumacated, and Eric times out

Ubuntu 25.04 Codename is Revealed – And It’s Pretty Perfect

Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks

Ubuntu 24.10 Developer Preview Released For Snapdragon X1 Elite Laptops

Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license

Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic Over WordPress Chaos

Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens

Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

Bitwarden Open Source Concerns

Fortigate Admins Report Active Zero-Day Exploit

In our Innards section: We talk headphones

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – September, Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support, Archive.org is breached, Arch and Valve team up, WWWFoundation packs it in, More WordPress news, even MORE WordPress News, and Google adds Linux apps to future Android versions

Then in our Wanderings: Bill connects with the younger generation, Joe is still fixing things, Moss whines, and Majid folds some more

Mint Monthly News – September, 2024

Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support

Archive.org, a repository of the history of the Internet, has a data breach

Arch Linux and Valve team up to make Steam gaming even better

WWW Foundation packs it in

159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates

WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin

Google is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OS

KDE neon upgrades to 24.04.1 Ubuntu base

In our Innards section: we visit with author Ken McConnell

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

First up in the news: Linux Kernel 6.11 released, Intel spins off its foundry business, Real Time comes to Linux, Qualcomm wants to buy Intel, WP Engine faces off against Automattic, Nvidia publishes open source Linux vGPU driver, Proton finishes open-sourcing all its apps

In security and privacy: Kaspersky deletes itself and inserts UltraAV

Then in our Wanderings: Bill goes loco(l), Majid folds, Moss goes Full Circle, Joe modifies something, Eric dodges another bullet, and Ken uses all the words

Happy 41st Birthday GNU!

Linux Kernel 6.11 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Intel frees its Foundry biz

Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernel after decades of debate

Qualcomm wants to buy Intel

WP Engine Filed Legal Action Against WordPress

NVIDIA Publishes Open-Source Linux Driver Code For GPU Virtualization “vGPU” Support

All Proton Drive apps are now open source

Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – August 2024, Software Freedom Day,

In security and privacy: Apple Suddenly Drops NSO Group Spyware Lawsuit;

Then in our Wanderings: Bill flirts with Ladybird, Joe gets jiggy with his ports, Moss does something or other, Eric gets COSMIC;

In our Innards section: we discuss DRM and digital media providers

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Mint Monthly News – August 2024

Software Freedom Day

Mozilla Firefox 130 Released with Labs, Overscroll & Web Codecs API

ArchBang Calls It Quits

Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Paused [Update: Now Resolved]

Linux Mint Tease ‘Improved’ Default Cinnamon Theme

Linux Mint Tease ‘Improved’ Default Cinnamon Theme

Apple Suddenly Drops NSO Group Spyware Lawsuit

First up in the news: KITE OS educational Linux developed in Kerala, India, Microsoft rolls out Windows Recall again, Linus regrets merging BCacheFS again, 4M Linux 46 released;

In security and privacy: “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update, “sedxp” Linux malware avoids detection for two years;

Then in our Wanderings: Majid is back from his travels, Moss, Joe, Eric gets his PineTime

In our Innards section: we do wearables

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

KITE develops FOSS-based OS for public schools

Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Paused Due to ‘Critical Bug’

Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October

Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs

4MLinux 46 Mini Linux Distro Released with New Apps, Integrated LAMP Server

“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update

Stealthy ‘sedexp’ Linux malware evaded detection for two years

In our Innards section: Home networking: tips, tricks, dos and don’ts

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions