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June 23, 2022389.5 – The Martial Arts of Podcasting
1:04 Linux Innards
55:23 Vibrations from the Ether
58:20 Housekeeping and Announcements
In our Innards section, we interview Steve Seguin, creator of VDO.Ninja
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The Linux Innards
https://vdo.ninja/
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 7 min
June 16, 2022389 – The Out of Memory Daemon is Out of Control
2:15 The News
41:07 Security and Privacy
46.05 Bi-Weekly Wanderings
1:25:24 Housekeeping and Announcements
First up in the news, There are new Regolith and Cinnamon desktops, KDE has new gear, Telegram Premium to launch, Plex has new Linux apps, Atom editor gets nuked, noUbuntu works to tame a daemon, System76 goes to Europe, and Europe is all about the C;
In security, Symbiote malware discovered, and Apple M1 chips are found to be flawed;
Then in our Wanderings, Joe is fighting trees, Bill is editing shows from the cab of a truck, Moss is spending Jeff Bezos’ money, Norbert is in a galaxy far far away, and we get to meet our guest, Steve Seguin
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News
Cinnamon 5.4 Desktop Environment Released for Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa”
Regolith Desktop 2.0 is Out with Many Changes
KDE Gear 22.04.2 announced
Telegram to launch Premium plan at $4.99/month
Plex’s new Linux apps arrive on Flathub
Atom editor support ends in December
Asahi Linux Celebrates First Triangle On Apple M1 With Fully Open-Source Driver
System76 Hardware is Making its Way to Europe Soon
Ubuntu tries to tame systemd Out Of Memory Daemon
Europe Makes Type-C Charger Mandatory For All Phones
Security and Privacy Update
New Symbiote malware affects all running processes on Linux systems
MIT Researchers discover “unpatchable” flaw in Apple M1 chips
Announcements
Next Episode – 2 pm US Central time on June 26, 2022
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Next Live Stream – 2 pm US Central time on June 18, 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 34 min
June 15, 2022388 – Another One Writes the Rust
1:27 The News
12:56 Security and Privacy
21:51 Bi-Weekly Wanderings
40:01 Linux Innards
1:05:52 Announcements & Outro
First up in the news, we have some Gnome news, some new Intel on Linux 5.19, the kernel gets even more Rusty, Ubuntu loses its Pulse, and Proton unifies.
In security and privacy: Facebook has no clue where your data goes. LinuxFX dumps user data… where? Mozilla fixes a serious vulnerability.
Then in our Wanderings: Joe starts making videos, Moss’ wife starts Cruzeing, and Norbert starts his new laptop.
In our Innards section, we get some thoughts on Ubuntu 22.04.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Ubuntu 22.10 to switch to PipeWire by default and drop PulseAudio
Updates on Gnome development and new Gnome Circle apps
Linux 5.19 Will Be Super Exciting For Intel Customers
Rust For The Linux Kernel Updated, Uutils As Rust Version Of Coreutils Updated
ProtonMail is now just ‘Proton’, offering a privacy ecosystem
Security and Privacy
Facebook leaked document states that they have no control over where your data goes or what they do with it and cannot commit to regulatory requirements
LinuxFX 11 contains code which dumps all user data to … who?
Major security affecting Firefox and its derivatives has been patched
Wrap-up
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Norbert – [email protected]
The Other Other Josh – [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 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
1 hr 22 min
June 15, 2022387.5 – If you were to build a distro…
00:33 Linux Innards
33:47 Vibrations From the Ether
42:33 Announcements
In our Innards section we discuss how we would build our own distro
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
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!
50 min
June 15, 2022387 – The Curious Case of Debian Downloads
2:32 The News
13:25 Security and Privacy
22:10 Bi-Weekly Wanderings
1:05:28 Announcements
First up in the news: NVIDIA is transitioning, Debian talks non-free, Ubuntu has new ISOs and Docker news.
In security and privacy: Intel has more microcode
Then in our Wanderings: Joe lost the election, Norbert watches sci-fi and Bill sets up NextCloud.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News
NVIDIA Transitioning To Official, Open-Source Linux GPU Kernel Driver
Debian considers including nonfree drivers in their official ISOs
Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) Daily Build ISOs Are Now Available for Download
Docker Desktop is Now Here for Linux Users
Security and Privacy Update
Intel Releases New CPU Microcode For Latest Security Advisory
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 17 min
June 15, 2022386.5 – Interview with Flathub contributor Jorge Castro
1:00 Linux Innards
1:37:50 Vibrations From the Ether
1:51:02 Check This Out
1:52:58 Announcements
In our Innards section, we have an interview with Jorge Castro, community manager for Flatpak and former community manager for Canonical.
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Linux Innards
We have an interview today with Jorge Castro, community manager at stacklet.io
Former Community Manager at Canonical
Flathub volunteer.
https://opencollective.com/flatpak
https://coreos.github.io/rpm-ostree/
https://castrojo.github.io/awesome-immutable/
https://blog.verbum.org/2020/08/22/immutable-%E2%86%92-reprovisionable-anti-hysteresis/
Check This Out
Full Circle Magazine 15th Anniversary Issue and new site
TopGrade
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!
2 hr 1 min
June 15, 2022386 – Microsoft’s Redemption Arc
2:32 The News
13:25 Security and Privacy
22:10 Bi-Weekly Wanderings
1:05:28 Announcements
First up in the news, NTFS is orphaned, a hare-brained C alternative, and some new Pop!
In security and privacy, Microsoft found it, and Musk open sources
Then in our Wanderings, Jorge is steaming right along, Joe is destroying more stuff, Norbert had a little too much linux, Moss is redoing EVERYTHING, and Bill is pulling his hair out.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News
Microsoft finds Linux desktop Flaw that Gives Root to Untrusted Users
Elon Musk Wants to ‘Open Source’ Twitter’s Algorithms
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 5 min
June 12, 2022383.5 – Bootloader Boot Camp
0:32 Linux Innards
56:54 Check This Out
1:01:28 Announcements
In our Innards section we discuss tips and tricks around GRUB, as well as a couple alternatives.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Linux Innards
GRUB bootloader, troubleshooting, tips & tricks, alternatives
Lines in the standard configuration file for Grub:
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
the length of time in seconds that you will see the bootloader menu
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=“$(sed ‘s, release .*$,,g’ /etc/system-release)”
extracts the release information from the /etc/system-release file and makes names in the grub menu
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
can be used to set the default kernel that is booted, usually the most recent kernel but you can change it to a later number instead of 0 and that will be the default one to get loaded. If a new kernel is installed then your list is iterated
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=
not normally used, but if set to true, then every time you select a different kernel at boot then that will be the new default instead of just a one time load
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true
Submenus are used to pick things like a testing kernel or a safe mode kernel. Setting to false gets rid of this
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=”console”
can be used to redirect output to another terminal. I have never used this
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”rd.lvm.lv=fedora_fedora25vm/root rd.lvm.lv=fedora_fedora25vm/swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora_fedora25vm/usr rhgb quiet”
contains the cmd line arguments that will be passed to the kernel. Will be used for all installed kernels. Removing quiet gives terminal output to help diagnose issues in boot sequence
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=”true”
Set to true or false to add recovery entries
Source: https://opensource.com/article/17/3/introduction-grub2-configuration-linux#:~:text=GRUB%20stands%20for%20GRand%20Unified,it%20is%20no%20longer%20needed.
That is a broad overview of a standard grub setup.
GRUB troubleshooting
When grub can’t see any of your kernels and dumps you to a grub rescue prompt, it means that grub is working but it can’t find an actual linux distro anywhere.
You will need to find the vmlinuz and initrd files, which are usually in /boot.
Then enter the commands:
set root=*the drive you found*
linux “path to vmlinuz” root=/dev/”where its mounted”
initrd “path to initrd”
boot
Your system should boot. This is a one time fix and you will need to reinstall grub before rebooting or you will need to do it all again. You can do this using sudo grub-install /dev/”where its mounted”
With any manual changes to your grub always remember to use sudo update-grub
You may also need ‘echo GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false|sudo tee -a /etc/default/grub && sudo update-grub’
In order to re enable os prober
Londoner sent this video from “Thor” for fixing a Linux kernel panic, on Manjaro and Endeavour installations on a multiboot system with Mint controlling GRUB.
systemd-boot (alternative boot menu for UEFI systems)
These instructions are for replacing GRUB with systemd-boot.
First, execute the command “sudo bootctl install”
This will copy the systemd-boot boot loader to the ESP: on a x64 architecture system /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi will be copied to esp/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi and esp/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI, and systemd-boot will be set as the default EFI application.
If you have your EFI system partition mounted somewhere else other than the boot partition, you can specify these locations by executing the “sudo bootctl –esp-path=/efi –boot-path=/boot install” command.
Next, you need to enable the systemd service which will update the bootloader if and when there is an update to the systemd stack.
Execute “sudo bootctl update”
There are two types of tiny config files you have to write to get this to work, and on a single boot system there will only be two files total. You have to write a loader.conf, and an entry file for each operating system. As I said – if you only have one operating system, you’ll only have one entry file.
In the esp/loader/ directory, create the file loader.conf and add the following:
default name of your operating system.conf
timeout 4
console-mode max
editor no
In the esp/loader/entries/ folder, add the file name of your operating system.conf and add the following:
title – operating system name. Required.
version – kernel version, shown only when multiple entries with the same title exist. Optional.
machine-id – machine identifier from /etc/machine-id, shown only when multiple entries with the same title and version exist. Optional.
efi – EFI program to start, relative to your ESP (esp); e.g. /vmlinuz-linux. Either this parameter or linux (see below) is required.
options – space-separated command line options to pass to the EFI program or kernel parameters. Optional, but you will need at least root=dev if booting Linux. This parameter can be omitted if the root partition is assigned the correct Root Partition Type GUID as defined in
An example of a well written entry configuration would look like this:
title Linux Mint
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=”/dev/sda1″ rw quiet
Once these files are written, you can safely remove GRUB from your system, and it may be a good idea to delete the GRUB directory from the EFI system this way it removes possible confusion when telling the UEFI what boot entry to load.
As I said, consult online documentation and be sure you understand what you are doing before attempting to replace any bootloader, as a mistake can leave your machine in an unbootable state. I recommend practicing in a virtual machine, using the exact same operating system you have installed on bare metal several times before attempting to do it on your system.
rEFInd (alternative boot menu for UEFI systems)
Distros usually install GRUB to different directories, you might have multiple ones
GRUB is both a boot manager (presents menu) and a bootloader (loads kernel)
rEFInd is a boot manager, but not a boot loader
“In theory, EFI implementations should provide boot managers”
all EFI-capable OSes include one, so the above limitation isn’t a problem
since version 3.3.0, the kernel can function as an EFI boot loader for itself
Installing rEFInd: apt install refind and sudo refind-install
rEFInd fully lives on the EFI partition, once installed on it.
refind.conf – a single configuration file (timeout, log level, background, icons, text,font, custom menu entries are optional, not necessary)
Scans your drives at every boot, lists bootable entries (bootloaders, kernels)
refind_linux.conf – separate config file in the /boot dir of each distro, boot options
Check This Out
Audio Sharing (a new Gnome Circle app)
The “stat /” command lets you check when your system was installed
How to stop video tearing in XFCE without the use of an alternative compositing manager.
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/vblank_mode -s glx
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 6 min
June 11, 2022385.5 – The Debian Edition
0:48 Linux Innards
33:54 Check This Out
37:44 Announcements
In our Innards section we discuss Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 “Elsie”
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
Check This Out
10 minutes
VDO.ninja this is an open source tool for connecting video feeds and piping them directly into OBS Studio
Metadata Cleaner (Gnome Circle app)
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!
42 min
June 11, 2022385 – I like my desktop the way I like my drink
1:30 The News
20:10 Bi-Weekly Wanderings
47:57 Announcements
First up in the news, Mint 21 will have a new graphical upgrade tool; Fedora plans to remove BIOS and XOrg; Gnome43 reworks adwaita tools; a Sony engineer makes exFAT 73% faster; and Alibaba previews a 128-core Armv9 server processor.
Then in our Wanderings, Joe is Board of school runnings, Norbert is looking for a MATE, Moss blew up Kodi; and Bill is browsercasting.
Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.
The News
Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa” will have a new graphical tool to upgrade from Mint 20.3
Fedora plans to deprecate legacy BIOS support and remove legacy Xorg drivers
Plans for GNOME 43 and Beyond
Sony Engineer Speeds Linux exFAT Driver by 73%
Alibaba’s 128-core Armv9 Server Processor Is Ready For Preview
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!
53 min