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, an…

In our Innards section, we talk a little about distrohopping. And Finally, The feedback and a couple of suggestions. Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:13 – Innards 00:33:46 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:38:22 – Check This Out 00:43:43 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 00:44:32 – Wrap Up 00:46:15 – Special Thanks 00:46:44 – Outro Contact In…

Awais Ahmed is the co-founder & CEO of Pixxel, a company building a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites. Unlike “traditional” cameras, these satellites can see across hundreds of bands, opening up a lot more applications. We talk about the engineering -and funding- required to pull this off and how Awais manages a company between Indi…

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: …

In our Innards section: We talk headphones And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:41 – Innards 01:10:52 – Vibrations From The Ether 01:18:18 – Check This Out 01:19:12 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 01:21:39 – Special Thanks 01:22:18 – Outro Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, …

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…

In our Innards section: we visit with author Ken McConnell And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Full Show Notes Here 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:15 – Innards 00:35:35 – Vibrations From The Ether 00:36:18 – Check This Out 00:36:44 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts 00:37:56 – Wrap Up 00:39:15 – Special Thanks 00:40:16 – Outro Contact Info: …

Sina Kashuk is the co-founder & CEO of Fused, who wants to make iterating & deploying in Python faster with serverless computing. We break down what that actually means, why it matters and what data science workflows could look like over the next few years. This also isn’t Sina’s first company, a few years ago he started Unfolded.ai, focused on mak…

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 i…

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…

Andrew Peterson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Array Labs, with a simple mission: Mapping the whole world in 3D, at 20cm in near real time. We peel the layers as to what it takes to get there: the engineering that’s required, how to build a constellation to do that, how you fund such a project. Sponsor: OpenCage Use OpenCage for your geocoding needs wi…

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 …

Jamie McMichael-Phillips is the Director of the Seabed 2030 Project, which aims to map all of the world's oceans, by 2030. For context, in 2024, we’re at 26.1%. This is conversation is about why, how we get to 100% and why it’s important in the first place. Sponsor: SatCamp SatCamp is a different kind of conference, from October 1st to October 3rd …

Check out Jed’s Techs on Text podcast Jed has also been on Minds Behind Maps before. We talked open data, AI, and the role of books for people building thingsDoor Jed Sundwall

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…

Jean-Martin Bauer has been working at the World Food Program for over 20years, and the author of the “The New Breadline”. Most recently he was the Country Director for Haiti, in charge of helping make sure the country doesn’t run out of food. Sponsor: SatCamp SatCamp is a different kind of conference, from October 1st to October 3rd 2024, in Boulde…

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 lot…

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 22And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDoor mintCast

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 appearanceIn security and privacy: SecureBoot is broken on over 200 computers from 5 major …

Ashlee Vance is a Tech Journalist, the author of Elon Musk's 1st biography in 2015, the host of "Hello World" on Youtube and the author of "When the Heavens Went on Sale" as well as the accompanying documentary "Wild Wild Space" following 4 New Space companies. We nerd out on rocket companies, 1 rogue NASA administrator, and the time I got to meet …

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 6.11In security and privacy: CrowdStrike broke Linux and nobody noticed, Firefox's New Controversial FeatureThen in our Wan…

Luke Fischer is the Co-Founder & CEO of SkyFi, a company that we'll describe in a few ways in this episode, but boils down to an Earth Observation marketplace. We talk about Luke's 20 year time in the military before getting into startups, why Luke is bullish on their approach and many more Sponsor: SatCamp SatCamp is a different kind of conference…

In our Innards section: It’s all about the NASAnd finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDoor mintCast

Ben Strong is the Science & Machine Learning Lead at Earth Genome, an NGO working on the intersection of data, science & digital design. Most recently they've been working on Earth Index, an application built on top of Earth embeddings from foundation models. This conversation is the "so what" of Earth foundational model Sponsor: OpenCage Use OpenC…

First up in the news: Mint 22 Beta Released, Mint Monthly News – June, Firefox has a Weather tab, Seattle computer collection is being auctioned, Proton adds Docs to Proton Drive, Linux runs on Google DriveIn security and privacy: KDE Plasma Flaw Opens Door to Unauthorized System AccessThen in our Wanderings: Majid has overdosed on Schadenfreude, B…

In our Innards section: We have a discussion about what distros we think are best for beginnersAnd finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDoor mintCast

First up in the news: Mint 22 Beta in testing, Cinnamon 6.2 Desktop Environment Released, Linux's New DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" In Action, Ubuntu is Finally Adding DEB Installer Support to App Center, AlmaLinux comes to the RPi 5, Proton goes non-profit, and light-based chips are comingIn security and privacy: nadaThen in our Wanderings: Bil…

In our Innards section: Linux Pain Points: Why doesn’t Linux Just Work?And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDoor mintCast

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition, Internet Archive Hit With DDoS Attacks, ProtonPass is released for MacOS and Linux, and new features come to VLCIn security and privacy: Linux Exploit found by US Federal agencyThen in our Wanderings: Bill distro-hops, Moss has retu…

In our Innards section: We have a free-form discussion on AI utility, privacy and securityAnd finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDoor mintCast

Ib Green led the development of 3D visualisation tools like for example Uber’s deck.gl and is now working at Foursquare, after having started Unfolded, which Foursquare acquired. During this conversation we touch on how browser based visualisations are changing This episode is supported by all the people on Patreon Access Behind the Scenes and supp…

First up in the news: Mozilla Reveals New Features Coming to Firefox, Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users, KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta Released With Wayland Explicit Sync, Input Capture Portal & More, KDE Plasma 6.1 Lands Dynamic Triple Buffering Support, Btrfs Sends In Fixes For Linux 6.10 & Restores "norecovery" Mount Option, Turkey bans …

Bruno Sanchez is the Executive Director of the Clay Foundation, which just released their v1 of a “Foundational Model of Earth”. We talk about what that means, building open source & non profits and can’t help but draw parallels to the not-so-open anymore OpenAI. Previously Bruno was the Program Director of the Microsoft Planetary Computer Sponsor:…

In our Innards section: we’re going to discuss some best practices for good hygiene and safety when utilizing technology.And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDoor mintCast

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News for April, Ubuntu 24.04 released, Ubuntu 24.10 Codename Revealed, systemd introduces run0, Google threatens RISC-V support for Android, RISC-V OS arrives, and BitWarden launches MFA for Android & iOSIn security and privacy: a new ransomware threat is found, and a GitLab maximum security flaw is foundThen in o…

In our Innards section: We interview Alan PopeAnd finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDoor mintCast

Dr Fred Calef III has the unofficial title of "Keeper of Maps" at NASA JPL, he's the Lead Mapping Specialist for most of JPL's Mars Rover missions, most recently that being Perseverance & Curiosity. But to land -and navigate- a rover, one needs maps, and Fred makes them. Sponsor: Nimbo by Kermap Try out Kermap's monthly mosaic viewer Nimbo for your…

First up in the news: AlmaLinux restores some deprecated stuff, Nouveau dev joins the bigs, Linux runs cars, Microsoft sneaks MS-DOS 4.0 into their open source portfolio, Ubuntu 24.04 is out…. And you shouldn’t upgrade your system yetIn security and privacy: nope, nadaThen in our Wanderings: Joe preps for zombies, Bill migrates, Majid is starstruck…

In our Innards section: Migrating Pihole and wireguard to an x86_64 systemIn Vibrations from the Ether, we have listener feedback about malicious Linux developer vulnerabilitiesAnd finally, in Check This Out, Bill discusses Fullup – The comprehensive update script for Arch Linux based systemsDoor mintCast

First up in the News: Mint Monthly News, Mint is testing new CDN setup for repositories, EndeavourOS ends ARM branch due to lack of help, Proton buys Standard Notes, Dynebolic portable Linux renewed after 10 year hiatus, APT 2.9 released, 3.0 announcedIn Security and Privacy: Over 92,000 DLink NAS devices exposed via backdoor, with no patch (out of…

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In our Innards section: Using the Linux Mint Backup Tool and backing up applet settingsAnd finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDoor mintCast

First up in the news: Red Hat Announces Nova Graphics Driver for NVIDIA GPUs, Blender 4.1 released, MakuluLinux brings LinDoz back this time with AI, the end of EXT2In security and privacy: Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections, Suspected Russian Data-Wiping 'AcidPour' Malware Targeting Linux x86 DevicesThen i…

Volodymyr Agafonkin is the creator of Leaflet, an open-source JS mapping library started in 2008 that is used pretty much everywhere on the Internet today. We end up nerding out on what makes building simple open source software & rendering maps online tricky but also so endlessly interesting. Volodymyr lives in Ukraine, a country shaken by a war f…

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – February 2024, Linux market share passes 4% for first time, SerpentOS makes progress, AMD is told hands off HDMI 2.1, Google blocks RCS on rooted devices, AMDGPU has limits, ProtonMail comes to all desktops, and NVidia bans translation layersIn security and privacy: Avast is fined bigly for selling browser …

Qiusheng Wu is an Associate Professor in Geography, an active open source contributor behind projects like geemap, leafmap or segment-geospatial also sharing tutorials on his popular Youtube channel. Qiusheng has a desire to teach, share and lower the barrier to entry to geospatial, all things I'm always curious to talk more about Sponsor: OpenCage…

In our Innards section we have an impromptu discussion about audio editing - some things to think about when editing for a podcast.And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDoor mintCast

First up in the news: KDE MegaRelease 6, No open source HDMI 2.1 driverIn security and privacy: New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Expose Android and Linux Devices to HackersThen in our Wanderings: Bill stops rolling, Joe surprises people by fixing things, Majid needs audio files to become an audiophileRight Click Here To Download…

Ryan Abernathey is a Climate Scientist, open-source software developer and the CEO & co-founder of Earthmover, a company trying to simplify how scientific computing is done. Ryan also co-founded the Pangeo project in 2016, one of the major efforts to build better tools for scientific computing today. Sponsor: Nimbo by Kermap Try out Kermap's monthl…

First up in the news: Linux Mint Monthly News, Google Is Dying News, Samsung defends GenAI, India bans Protonmail, NGINX Core Dev Quits and ForksIn security and privacy: Critical bootkit vulnerability affects most Linux distros, BitLocker smashed in minutes with pico SBC, and Mozilla helps you wipe your dataThen in our Wanderings: Joe plays games, …