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0:29 Linux Innards

In our Innards section we discuss some of the newer additions to Linux and what we think about them.

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Tech added to Linux

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• First up in the news,Google has an NVMe problem, Arch has a new installer, Deepin unlocks your face, Fedora and Ubuntu have betas and they both default to Wayland on Nvidia, and mintCast gets the April Fools treatment; 
• In security and privacy, Red Hat has an “I” patch, another kernel vulnerability found, and Lumen finds more threats in WSL;
• Then in our Wanderings, I’m in reconstruction again, Bill is driving himself crazy, Josh is getting Steamy, and Norbert did… something. Some things.

• In our Innards section we discuss some of the newer additions to Linux and what we think about them;
• And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions. We expected Joe here but he got called away at the last minute. Wish you were here, Joe.

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20 minutes

• Google Has A Problem With Linux Server Reboots Due To Too Many NVMe Drives
• Improved Arch Linux Installer Experience to come with archinstall 2.4
•  Deepin OS Becomes the First Linux Distro to Offer Face Unlock
• Fedora 36 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS betas have been released
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Will Default To Wayland With the NVIDIA Proprietary Driver
• mintCast April Fools

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10 minutes

• Red Hat released a patch for a recently discovered vulnerability that allowed for local privilege escalation, putting all manner of Linux systems potentially at risk.
  • Another vulnerability in the Linux Kernel
  • Lumen security research reveals threats still lurk in Windows Subsystem for Linux

Linux Innards

Tech added to Linux

30 minutes (~5-8 minutes each)

• Systemd
• Wireguard
• Snaps, Flatpak, and Appimage
• Wayland
• PulseAudio and PipeWire
• Btrfs and ZFS
• WINE-based tech (Bottles, Proton, Lutris, PlayOnLinux)

10 minutes

• Podcasts (Josh T) – Play, update, and manage your podcasts from a lightweight interface that seamlessly integrates with GNOME. Podcasts can play various audio formats and remember where you stopped listening. You can subscribe to shows via RSS/Atom, iTunes, and Soundcloud links. Subscriptions from other apps can be imported via OPML files.
• PeerGOS (Moss) – an open source replacement for Google Drive, able to be self-hosted, or hosted on the company’s servers, free to 500 Mb and decent prices for larger storage amounts.
• App Outlet (Norbert) – A universal Linux app store

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• Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee 
• Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], lots of ways to contact me can be found on It’s MOSS
• Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my new podcast 3ftpodcast.org
• Norbert – [email protected]
• Josh T – [email protected], Josh Thacker on Discord, and @Metal_FOSS on Twitter
• Josh H – [email protected], @joshontech on Twitter and most other social sites, Crowbar Kernel Panic.
• 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

• Josh Lowe for all his work on the website, Hobstar for our logo, initrd for the animated Discord logo, and Londoner for our time sync
• Norbert and Tony Hughes for audio editing of the show

• Byte mark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
• Archive.org for hosting our audio files
• The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about

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2:05 The News

First up in the news: Ubuntu is out-fedoring Fedora; Linux 5.18 brings new optimizations; the Budgie has landed; Debian 12 has a projected birthday, and Asahi has its first Alpha;

In security and privacy, a new Spectre has arisen;

Then in our Wanderings, Bill gets “Jitsi with it”, Moss goes down the “pi-hole”, and Norbert hops onto the Fedora bandwagon

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1:19 Linux Innards

In our Innards section we discuss our free and open source alternatives for proprietary software.

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Our FOSS alternatives to proprietary software:

10 minutes

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1:30 The News

First up in the news: Linux crosses the C; We look into Steam; Flatpak improves; Gnome gets more customizable.

In security and privacy: Bvp47 found after 10 years.

Then in our Wanderings: Moss is shaking in his boots and singing about it; Joe fixes more things; JoshT is back from the farm; Bill keeps trucking; and Norbert goes to Maui.

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1:16 Linux Innards

In our Innards section we talk about Raspberry Pis and other single-board computers.

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10 minutes

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1:44 The News

First up in the news: AMD builds brand new Linux graphics driver support and Ubuntu MATE to add native Flatpak support.

In security and privacy: Arch Linux packages are… outdated? Mozilla does something really Meta, the ‘EARN IT Act’ makes a return, and FLoC was a flop, but Google has some new ideas.

Then in our Wanderings Joe gets another new to me bike, Norbert defeats distro-hopping, Moss goes international, Josh tells us about running Manjaro, and Bill is truckcasting.

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1:16 Linux Innards

In our Innards section, we strive to become certified Linux administrators and discuss the LPIC-1 exam.

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10 minutes

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1:45 The News

First up in the news, Raspberry Pi OS has a 64-bit version, Nvidia has a release, System76 releases their scheduler, the This Week in Gnome blog, Slackware and Peppermint OS have new releases and Debian uses Arch.

In security, PolicyKit vulnerability lies dormant for a decade, GNU coreutils are being rewritten in Rust, Ubuntu improves low memory handling andSurfshark VPN jumps the shark.

Then in our Wanderings, Moss strikes a chord, Norbert further bodges his system, Bill gets more air time, Leo goes on an XL MX adventure, Joe runs for board and Nishant is distro hopping.

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20 minutes

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1:06 Linux Innards

In our Innards section, we talk about how much security is enough.

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