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August 31, 2022394.5 – A Distro of a Different Kaliber
1:00 Linux Innards
37:03 Vibrations from the Ether
39:56 Check This Out
41:10 Housekeeping & Announcements
In our Innards section, Bill falls down a rabbit hole called “pentesting.”
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.
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Linux Innards
This week we will be taking a look at Penetration Testing Distributions.
According to Wikipedia, A penetration test, colloquially known as a pen test or ethical hacking, is an authorized simulated cyberattack on a computer system, performed to evaluate the security of the system; this is not to be confused with a vulnerability assessment. The test is performed to identify weaknesses (also referred to as vulnerabilities), including the potential for unauthorized parties to gain access to the system’s features and data, as well as strengths, enabling a full risk assessment to be completed.
Let’s take a look at a couple of the more popular pen-testing offerings out there. For the sake of this show, I’ve installed two of those options in KVM virtual machines;
Kali Linux
BlackArch
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Linux Mint 21: The Best Distro. Better. (YouTube: ExplainingComputers)
Make any device your second display on Linux
Housekeeping & Announcements
Next Episode – 2 pm US Central time on September 4, 2022
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Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], other information found at It’s Moss dot com
Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org
Norbert – [email protected]
Nishant – [email protected], riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on Discord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Norbert and Tony H for our audio production
Leo for timestamps and publishing
Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
Hobstar for our logo
initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time sync
Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
HPR for our backup Mumble room
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
45 min
August 26, 2022394 – With music on our side to break the old hard drives
1:25 The News
16:15 Security and Privacy
26:03 Bi-Weekly Wanderings
1:22:59 Housekeeping and Announcements
First up in the news, The Kernel gets a bump, LibreOffice adds a point, Android 13 is out if you have a Pixel, and Gnome has a birthday,
In security and privacy, Discord and your passwords are pythoned, and hard drives apparently have a taste in music
Then in our Wanderings, Joe plays with his handheld, Bill is setting up a new server, Moss skips the assault and gets a couple batteries, and Norbert has had done some things.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News
The next kernel will be 6.0
LibreOffice 7.4 released
Android 13 is shipped to Pixels
There’s no place like GNOME: Project hits 25, going on 43
Security and Privacy Update
Malicious PyPi packages turn Discord into password-stealing nightmare
Janet Jackson’s music video is now a vulnerability for crashing hard disks
Announcements
Next Episode – 2 pm US Central time on September 4, 2022
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For 394: Next Live Stream – 2 pm US Central time on August 27, 2022
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Livestream information is at mintcast.org/livestream
Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Norbert – [email protected]
Josh T – [email protected], Josh Thacker on Discord, and @Metal_FOSS on Twitter
Nishant – [email protected],riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on DIscord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Moss – [email protected], you can hear me on Distrohoppers’ Digest and Full Circle Weekly News, and you can find more contact information for me on It’s MOSS.
Bill – [email protected], @wchouser3 on Twitter,and Bill_H on Discord
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Norbert, Londoner, Tony H, and all others for our audio editing
Leo for timestamps and publishing
Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
Hobstar for our logo
initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time sync
Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
HPR for our backup Mumble room
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
1 hr 27 min
August 18, 2022393.5 – $HOME Decor
0:48 Linux Innards
1:02:52 Check This Out
1:03:37 Housekeeping and Announcements
In our Innards section we discuss the changes we usually make to the systems and desktop environments we use to fit our workflows and to make them feel like home.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
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Surveillance Report (podcast)
Opt Out (podcast)
Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], other information found at It’s Moss dot com
Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org
Norbert – [email protected]
Nishant – [email protected], riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on Discord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Norbert and Tony H for our audio production
Leo for timestamps and publishing
Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
Hobstar for our logo
initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time sync
Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
HPR for our backup Mumble room
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
1 hr 9 min
August 12, 2022393 – Quantum of Solus
1:12 The News
16:00 Security and Privacy
49:28 Bi-Weekly Wanderings
1:30:48 Housekeeping and Announcements
First up in the news: Vanessa is finally here, so is the Linux kernel version 5.19, which was published from an M1 Mac by Linus Torvalds
In security and privacy, Sale of over a billion Chinese users’ data found, DuckDuckGo is (finally) blocking Microsoft trackers, and Linux 6.0 to have run-time verification for running on safety critical systems
Then in our Wanderings, Bill is hearing things, Moss is losing power, Joe is soldering on, and Norbert is taming the fox
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News
Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa” is out
Linux Kernel 5.19 Released With 7 New Features
Linus Torvalds released kernel 5.19 on M2 Macbook Air
Security and Privacy Update
Security Warning After Sale of Stolen Chinese Data
Single-Core CPU Cracked Post-Quantum Encryption Candidate Algorithm in Just an Hour
DuckDuckGo rolls out new Microsoft blockers after backlash
Linux 6.0 Adding Run-Time Verification For Running On Safety Critical Systems
Announcements
Next Episode – 2 pm US Central time on Sunday, August 21, 2022
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Next Live Stream – 2 pm US Central time on Saturday, August 13, 2022.
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Livestream information is at mintcast.org/livestream
Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Norbert – [email protected]
Josh T – [email protected], Josh Thacker on Discord, and @Metal_FOSS on Twitter
Nishant – [email protected],riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on DIscord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Moss – [email protected], you can hear me on Distrohoppers’ Digest and Full Circle Weekly News, and you can find more contact information for me on It’s MOSS.
Bill – [email protected], @wchouser3 on Twitter,and Bill_H on Discord
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Norbert and Tony H for our audio production
Leo for timestamps and publishing
Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
Hobstar for our logo
initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time sync
Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
HPR for our backup Mumble room
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
1 hr 36 min
August 06, 2022392.5 – Interview with Tom Murosky from Switched To Linux
1:19 Linux Innards
56:24 Vibrations from the Ether
1:00:08 Check This Out
1:04:00 Housekeeping and Announcements
In our Innards section Tom Murosky joins us for an interview
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Check This Out
AdwCustomizer
Nala
Pika backup
Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], other information found at It’s Moss dot com
Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org
Norbert – [email protected]
Nishant – [email protected], riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on Discord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Norbert and Tony H for our audio production
Leo for timestamps and publishing
Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
Hobstar for our logo
initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time sync
Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
HPR for our backup Mumble room
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
1 hr 9 min
August 06, 2022 392.5 – Interview with Tom Murowsky from Switched To Linux
In our Innards section, we discuss the subscription services we're using.

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1 hr 9 min
August 05, 2022392 – Return of the Trampolines
2:30 The News
29:46 Security and Privacy
42:06 Bi-Weekly Wanderings
1:30:26 Housekeeping and Announcements
First up in the news: Vanessa is almost here, Xfce flirts with Wayland, GNOME is touching up the touchscreen experience, and STAR protects data on Brave browsers;
In security and privacy, the Retbleed speculative exploit is more than just speculation, but the kernel team already have a fix, and Lightning Framework flashes our way;
Then in our Wanderings, Bill is back from Pennsylvania again and again, Norbert polishes his laptop, Moss is doing the Makulu Shift, Joe is working the mods, Josh T is fixing watches, and Tom is channeling.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News
Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa” Beta Released
Xfce’s window manager sees Wayland port based on wlroots
Gnome Shell 43 and Mutter 43 alphas have been released
STAR protects browser data on Brave
Security and Privacy Update
Retbleed is a newly disclosed speculative execution attack
Linux kernel team has sorted Retbleed chip flaw
New Linux Malware Framework Lets Attackers Install Rootkit on Targeted Systems
Announcements
Next Episode – 2 pm US Central time on Sunday, August 7, 2022
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Next Live Stream – 2 pm US Central time on Saturday, July 30, 2022.
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Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Norbert – [email protected]
Josh T – [email protected], Josh Thacker on Discord, and @Metal_FOSS on Twitter
Nishant – [email protected],riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on DIscord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Moss – [email protected], you can hear me on Distrohoppers’ Digest and Full Circle Weekly News, and you can find more contact information for me on It’s MOSS.
Bill – [email protected], @wchouser3 on Twitter,and Bill_H on Discord
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Norbert and Tony H for our audio production
Leo for timestamps and publishing
Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
Hobstar for our logo
initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time sync
Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
HPR for our backup Mumble room
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
1 hr 36 min
July 30, 2022391.5 – The Subscription Service Rabbit Hole
0:42 Linux Innards
1:24:06 Vibrations from the Ether
1:28:30 Check This Out
1:30:45 Housekeeping and Announcements
In our Innards section, we discuss the subscription services we’re using.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The Linux Innards
Bill
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Hulu
Disney+
Discovery+
Paramount+
HBO Max
Philo
Mozilla VPN
Trust.Zone VPN
ABC Mouse
Xbox Gamepass Ultimate x 3
Big Fish Games
Tutanota Email
Google Domains
GoDaddy
Linode
Bitwarden
Apple Podcasts
Github
Truckerpath
Pandora
Protonmail
Pluto
Tubi
Red Circle
Moss
Xfinity Internet
Amazon Prime
Protonmail
My-diary.org
Surfshark
Bitwarden
Namecheap
PurplePenguin
Paramount+ with ShowtimeDisney+/Hulu+/ESPN+
Peacock
Amazon Prime Video
PlutoTV
Tubi
Joe’s Plex
Bill’s Jellyfin
Hypnotix
Real Debrid
Trakt.TV
Norbert
Tidal
Google Drive
Netflix
ProtonMail
YouTube Premium
Windscribe VPN
Spotify
Patreon
Crunchyroll
Joe
Prime
Netflix
PIA VPN
Spectrum
T-mobile
Plex
Crackle
Google voice
Check This Out
PhotoGIMP
Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], other information found at It’s Moss dot com
Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org
Norbert – [email protected]
Nishant – [email protected], riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on Discord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Norbert and Tony H for our audio production
Leo for timestamps and publishing
Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
Hobstar for our logo
initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time sync
Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
HPR for our backup Mumble room
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!
1 hr 36 min
July 27, 2022391- Putting our Money where our mouths are
First up in the news, Mint is coming, Lennart Poettering has left the building, Vim speaks a new language, WebApps come to GNOME 43, Fedora lets Flatpak out of jail and wants to talk, GTK5 is dropping the X, Linux gets Siri, er, Cortana, er, Carola.
In security and privacy, CISA sounds the alarm, and Firefox strips,
Then in our Wanderings, Bill repaves his Omen, Moss goes back to school, Joe is still in 3D and Norbert is typing still
In our Innards section We talk subscription Services
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News
20 minutes
Linux Mint News
Lennart Poettering, creator of systemd and pulseaudio, has left Red Hat and joined Microsoft
VIM 9.0 drops bombshell with new scripting language
GNOME 43 adds support for WebApps and Flatpaks
GTK5 might drop X11 support, says GNOME dev
Fedora Proposing To Allow Unrestricted Access To Flathub
Fedora announces Carola, a smart assistant for Linux
Security and Privacy
CISA sound alarm about high-severity bug in all Linux distros
New Firefox privacy feature strips URLs of tracking parameters
Linux Innards
Subscription Services: Anything based on recurring payment: streaming, email, storage, VPNs, etc.
Check This Out
PhotoGIMP
Housekeeping & Announcements
Next Episode – 2 pm US Central time on Sunday, July 24, 2022
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Next Live Stream – 2 pm US Central time on Saturday, July 16, 2022.
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FOR 391.5 ONLY Next Live Stream – 2 pm US Central time on Saturday, July 30, 2022.
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Livestream information is at mintcast.org/livestream
Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], other information found at It’s Moss dot com391- Putting our Money where our mouths are
Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my podcast 3ftpodcast.org
Norbert – [email protected]
Nishant – [email protected], riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on Discord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
Our team of audio editors, including Norbert, Londoner, Tony Hughes, and others. We continue to need volunteers for our audio editing, please contact us.
Bill Houser and Josh Lowe for their work on the website, and Bill Houser for hosting the Linode which runs our website
Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time syncs
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about
1 hr 35 min
June 30, 2022390 – This is the Way(land)
1:20 The News
15:47 Security and Privacy
21:07 Bi-Weekly Wonderings
35:42 The Linux Innards
56:58 Vibrations from the Ether
1:03:45 Check This Out
1:04:20 Announcements
First up in the news, Gnome wins Microsoft money, Firefox translates offline, Rocky overtakes the Red Hat pack, apps on KDE look more klear, Debian gets the Gecko treatment, Zoom gets Wayland screen sharing, Photoshop is kind-of–but not-really coming to Linux, and Nvidia contributes.
In security and privacy, Hertzbleed is coming for your CPU, and the EU is going after deepfakes.
Then in our Wanderings, Moss goes Custom, Norbert emerges, and Joe is Florida Man
In our Innards section we discuss the various licenses in the world of open source software
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News
GNOME wins Microsoft’s FOSS Fund
Mozilla made a Firefox plugin for offline translation
Rocky Linux Shoots Ahead
This week in KDE: non-blurry XWayland apps!
SpiralLinux: It’s Debian, in the same way Gecko is openSUSE
Zoom Linux App Supports Screensharing on Wayland
Adobe Photoshop For Web Is Free For All Now
NVIDIA Lands AV1 VDPAU Hardware Acceleration In FFmpeg
Security and Privacy Update
Hertzbleed is a new family of side-channel attacks affecting Intel and AMD CPUs, making use of frequency side channels
The EU Is Asking Big Tech To Go After Deepfakes And Fake Accounts
Linux Innards
GNU General Public License (GPL)
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
BSD licenses
2-clause BSD license (BSD-2-Clause)
3-clause BSD license (BSD-3-Clause)
MIT license (MIT)
Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
WTFPL
Creative Commons
Announcements
Next Episode – 2 pm US Central time on Sunday, July 10, 2022
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Next Live Stream – 2 pm US Central time on Saturday, July 2, 2022.
Get the Live Stream converted to your time zone
Livestream information is at mintcast.org/livestream
Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Norbert – [email protected]
Josh T – [email protected], Josh Thacker on Discord, and @Metal_FOSS on Twitter
Nishant – [email protected],riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on DIscord, maverick00783 @ Steam
Moss – [email protected], you can hear me on Distrohoppers’ Digest and Full Circle Weekly News, and you can find more contact information for me on It’s MOSS.
Bill – [email protected], @wchouser3 on Twitter,and Bill_H on Discord
Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:
A cast of thousands for our audio editing, including Norbert, Londoner, Tony Hughes, and others. We continue to need volunteers for our audio editing, please contact us.
Bill Houser and Josh Lowe for their work on the website, and Bill Howser for hosting the Linode which runs our website
Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo
Londoner for our time syncs
Archive.org for hosting our audio files
The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about. Thanks, Clem!
1 hr 9 min