The United States is socially, politically and economically in crisis. As an increasingly large number of people are priced out of the economy, fewer and fewer buy into the sham of electoral politics. On the world stage, too, the U.S. is suffering. Countries everywhere are beginning to drop the dollar as the standard unit of exchange, and Washingto…

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…

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…

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…

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…

It sometimes feels like the world is on the brink of war. Israel has just escalated the conflict in the Middle East with a massive attack on Lebanon, implanting bombs in hundreds of pagers and other electronic devices, killing many and injuring thousands. Around the world, the action has been condemned as an act of terror. Today’s guest, Scott Ritt…

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

In our Innards section: Home networking: tips, tricks, dos and don’ts And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:13 – Innards 00:58:27 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:59:04 – Check This Out 00:59:59 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:00:49 – Wrap Up 01:02:59 – Special Thanks 01:03:29 – Outro Con…

In our Innards section: Home networking: tips, tricks, dos and don’ts And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:13 – Innards 00:58:27 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:59:04 – Check This Out 00:59:59 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:00:49 – Wrap Up 01:02:59 – Special Thanks 01:03:29 – Outro Con…

In our Innards section: Home networking: tips, tricks, dos and don’ts And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:13 – Innards 00:58:27 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:59:04 – Check This Out 00:59:59 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:00:49 – Wrap Up 01:02:59 – Special Thanks 01:03:29 – Outro Con…

In our Innards section: Home networking: tips, tricks, dos and don’ts And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:13 – Innards 00:58:27 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:59:04 – Check This Out 00:59:59 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:00:49 – Wrap Up 01:02:59 – Special Thanks 01:03:29 – Outro Con…

First up in the news: Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code, Google Search is playing Monopoly, Wordstar7 is open sourced, SuSE goes way long, Chrome blocks uBlock, GitLab is on the market and Funtoo is back (sort of) In security and privacy: Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers, and there are lo…

First up in the news: Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code, Google Search is playing Monopoly, Wordstar7 is open sourced, SuSE goes way long, Chrome blocks uBlock, GitLab is on the market and Funtoo is back (sort of) In security and privacy: Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers, and there are lo…

First up in the news: Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code, Google Search is playing Monopoly, Wordstar7 is open sourced, SuSE goes way long, Chrome blocks uBlock, GitLab is on the market and Funtoo is back (sort of) In security and privacy: Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers, and there are lo…

First up in the news: Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code, Google Search is playing Monopoly, Wordstar7 is open sourced, SuSE goes way long, Chrome blocks uBlock, GitLab is on the market and Funtoo is back (sort of) In security and privacy: Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers, and there are lo…

In our Wanderings: Bill loves the image, Joe works too hard, Moss does upgrades, Majid sells stuff and rants, and Eric wants to becomes one with AI. In our Innards section: We talk Mint 22 And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:18 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings 01:20:56 – Innards 01:56:18 – Vibrati…

In our Wanderings: Bill loves the image, Joe works too hard, Moss does upgrades, Majid sells stuff and rants, and Eric wants to becomes one with AI. In our Innards section: We talk Mint 22 And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:18 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings 01:20:56 – Innards 01:56:18 – Vibrati…

In our Wanderings: Bill loves the image, Joe works too hard, Moss does upgrades, Majid sells stuff and rants, and Eric wants to becomes one with AI. In our Innards section: We talk Mint 22 And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:18 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings 01:20:56 – Innards 01:56:18 – Vibrati…

In our Wanderings: Bill loves the image, Joe works too hard, Moss does upgrades, Majid sells stuff and rants, and Eric wants to becomes one with AI. In our Innards section: We talk Mint 22 And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:18 – Bi-Weekly Wanderings 01:20:56 – Innards 01:56:18 – Vibrati…

No matter how bad the attack on Palestine gets, Israel seems to find a way to make it worse. With a series of high-profile assassinations that threaten to spark a regional war, Israel has raised the stakes once again. On July 30, it targeted Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr in Beirut. One day later, it killed Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ lead ceasefire negoti…

First up in the news: Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” released, Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source, Intel suffers stock losses, Intel admits to damage on 13th and 14th gen processors, Funtoo calls it quits, and SerpentOS makes its first appearance In security and privacy: SecureBoot is broken on over 200 computers from 5 major…

First up in the news: Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” released, Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source, Intel suffers stock losses, Intel admits to damage on 13th and 14th gen processors, Funtoo calls it quits, and SerpentOS makes its first appearance In security and privacy: SecureBoot is broken on over 200 computers from 5 major…

First up in the news: Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” released, Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source, Intel suffers stock losses, Intel admits to damage on 13th and 14th gen processors, Funtoo calls it quits, and SerpentOS makes its first appearance In security and privacy: SecureBoot is broken on over 200 computers from 5 major…

First up in the news: Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” released, Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source, Intel suffers stock losses, Intel admits to damage on 13th and 14th gen processors, Funtoo calls it quits, and SerpentOS makes its first appearance In security and privacy: SecureBoot is broken on over 200 computers from 5 major…

It is election season once again, and that means that the world’s eyes are drawn to our corrupt two-party duopoly. With a rapidly aging Biden decaying in front of us, Donald Trump is now a heavy favorite to become Commander-in-Chief of the US empire once more. Trump has chosen JD Vance as his running mate, a character made and financed by Silicon V…

First up in the news: Mint 22 update, Red Hat may replace GRUB, Fedora drops X11, CachyOS adds AMD support, Apple approves PC emulator, SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand, EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11 In security and privacy: CrowdStrike broke Linux and nobody noticed, Firefox’s New Controversial Feature Then in our W…

First up in the news: Mint 22 update, Red Hat may replace GRUB, Fedora drops X11, CachyOS adds AMD support, Apple approves PC emulator, SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand, EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11 In security and privacy: CrowdStrike broke Linux and nobody noticed, Firefox’s New Controversial Feature Then in our W…

First up in the news: Mint 22 update, Red Hat may replace GRUB, Fedora drops X11, CachyOS adds AMD support, Apple approves PC emulator, SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand, EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11 In security and privacy: CrowdStrike broke Linux and nobody noticed, Firefox’s New Controversial Feature Then in our W…

First up in the news: Mint 22 update, Red Hat may replace GRUB, Fedora drops X11, CachyOS adds AMD support, Apple approves PC emulator, SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand, EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11 In security and privacy: CrowdStrike broke Linux and nobody noticed, Firefox’s New Controversial Feature Then in our W…