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The podcast by the Linux Mint community for all users of Linux.

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  • Yesterday · 1 hr 19 min

    494 – Good Vibes

    This week the hosts discussing recent developments in the Linux Mint community, with a primary focus on the concept and execution of “vibe coding.” Key Highlights Linux Mint Naming Conventions: The hosts discuss reports suggesting a shift in naming conventions, potentially moving to Linux Mint 27 for the next release. Kernel Troubleshooting: The team provides a detailed segment on using the Update Manager in Linux Mint to manage kernels and check bug reports for specific issues. Vibe Coding with Charlie: The main segment explores “vibe coding,” where a user leverages AI agents (like Claude) to generate code by describing intentions rather than writing manual code. Charlie demonstrates this by creating a “Mint Radio” app image. Workflow & Best Practices: Charlie explains the importance of using “skills” or routines to refine prompts and ensure code quality, emphasizing that while anyone can vibe code, doing it well requires clear articulation and security checks. Future Outlook: The hosts and Charlie discuss how AI integration is changing software development, shopping, and everyday tasks. The episode concludes with community announcements, including upcoming roundtable and news-wandering episodes. Ogg Vorbis Version

  • September 19 · 1 hr 25 min

    493 – Mintinator

    This episode of mintCast (Episode 493) features the team—Joe, Bill, Charles, and Jim—discussing various Linux-related news and personal tech projects. Key Highlights from the Discussion: Linux Mint & XApp Updates : The team explores updates to the XApp project, including a redesigned Library for document management, the new Xpub e-pub reader, and Clockenstein, a new calendar application designed to synchronize with local, Google, and NextCloud calendars. Security & AI: The hosts discuss recent industry concerns regarding self-improving AI, the “existential risk” warnings from researchers, and the practical reality behind “kill switches” and sandbox escapes. Tech Wanderings & Self-Hosting: Joe shares his setup using Heimdoll for local service organization, troubleshooting OpenMediaVault via Proxmox, and using TAR for video file re-encoding to save space. Joe also details his custom-built tool, RTC Intercept, which he “vibe-coded” with Claude to record separate audio streams from VDO.Ninja meetings (similar to the old Craig bot for Discord). Web Content & Tools (54:43 – 1:18:53): The hosts discuss their experiences using tools like X cancel (backed by Nitter), YT-DLP (including taking a stand against piracy sites), the Cat Catch browser extension for downloading media, and SimpleScreenRecorder for capturing content when other tools fail. Link To Full Show Notes

  • September 6 · 1 hr 21 min

    492 – Episode 492

    First up in the news: Mint has a birthday. AI writes a third of all the websites. Desktop market share is all over the place. Someone is trying to switch the rest of us to AI No security and privacy this episode, but we do have our “Wanderings.” Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Has a Birthday! One-Third of Web Pages are Now Written With A.I., Says Pew Research Linux did not in fact hit 10% market share, according to PCWorld RAISE US! Check This Out: Mecha Comet-handheld Linux computer that’s truly yours to own, build and mod. Contact Info: Joe – jeboylan on Matrix, jb@mintcast.org, & The Linux Link Podcast, The Linux Lug Cast, Buy him coffee on Ko-fi as Joeeb. Bill – Bill_H on Matrix, bill@mintcast.org, wchouser3 on fosstodon.org. Majid – AtypicalDoctor on Matrix, drmajid@mintcast.org, & The Atypical Doctor Podcast. Jim – GNU2Linux on Matrix, jim@mintcast.org, & The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Eric – esa1975 on Matrix, eric@mintcast.org. Charles – Mr PDX on Matrix, charles@mintcast.org Special Thanks To: Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible: Bill for our audio editing, hosting & maintaining our Nextcloud & web servers. Londoner for his contributions, from News to Time Syncs. The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about. Thanks Clem & Team.

  • August 23 · 53 min

    491 – PROXMOX, According To Joe

    First up in the News: Mint Monthly News, July 2026 This is a rare Innards episode, where Joe will dig deep into Proxmox. Link To Full Show Notes THE nEWS: Mint Monthly News, July 2026 Contact Info: Joe – jeboylan on Matrix, jb@mintcast.org, & The Linux Link Podcast, The Linux Lug Cast, Buy him coffee on Ko-fi as Joeeb. Bill – Bill_H on Matrix, bill@mintcast.org, wchouser3 on fosstodon.org. Majid – AtypicalDoctor on Matrix, drmajid@mintcast.org, & The Atypical Doctor Podcast. Jim – GNU2Linux on Matrix, jim@mintcast.org, & The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Eric – esa1975 on Matrix, eric@mintcast.org. Charles – Mr PDX on Matrix, charles@mintcast.org Special Thanks To: Joe – jeboylan on Matrix, jb@mintcast.org, & The Linux Link Podcast, The Linux Lug Cast, Buy him coffee on Ko-fi as Joeeb. Bill – Bill_H on Matrix, bill@mintcast.org, wchouser3 on fosstodon.org. Majid – AtypicalDoctor on Matrix, drmajid@mintcast.org, & The Atypical Doctor Podcast. Jim – GNU2Linux on Matrix, jim@mintcast.org, & The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Eric – esa1975 on Matrix, eric@mintcast.org. Charles – Mr PDX on Matrix, charles@mintcast.org

  • August 3 · 2 hr 8 min

    490 – Not archCast

    First up in the news: Mint monthly news, The AUR gets hit… again, And a new AI generated Desktop. In Security and Privacy, “The death of privacy online”, and Automatic firmware updates becomes mandatory. We then get into our “Wanderings”, there’s some feedback, and more! Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Monthly News – June 2026 Arch Linux’s AUR under attack for the second time in less than two months Starling is a new Linux desktop built using AI in six months Security and Privacy: The death of privacy online “Automatic firmware/software updates for network infrastructure have gone from “nice to have” to “mandatory” because the threat landscape has changed.”

  • July 8 · 2 hr 26 min

    489 – You’ll Own Nothing, And Like It!

    · First up in the news: PlayStation and Microsoft goes fully digital, Amazon blames piracy, Brave goes “containerized”, and Immich has “Big Upgrades.” · Then in our Wanderings: Joe does more with the mini rack and plans ahead, Jim drops Fire TV like a hot potato, · In Check this Out: Myna lets you talk instead of type in Ubuntu Link To Full Show Notes The News: What PlayStation going fully digital tells us about the PS6 Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox Could Be Digital-Only With New Disc-to-Digital Support Amazon Blames Piracy Apps With Malware For Killing New Fire Stick Sideloading Brave Says This is Not a Privacy Feature, But Using Containers Has Its Perks Immich 3.0 Released with Big Upgrades for Self-Hosted Photo Libraries Check This Out: Ubuntu’s new ‘Myna’ AI lets you talk instead of type – here’s how Listen to other Podcasts of the Linux Syndicate Family: Join Bill, Majid, Eric and Charlie on Linux OTC, Linux Off The Cuff, for an unscripted and unpredictable conversation about all things Linux, Open Source and more. Join Dale and Majid on Distrohoppers’ Digest to hear about their experiences and challenges with trying out different Linux distros. Contact Info: Joe – jeboylan on Matrix, jb@mintcast.org, & The Linux Link Tech Show tllts, The Linux Lug Cast, Buy him coffee on Ko-fi as Joeeb. Bill – Bill_H on Matrix, bill@mintcast.org, wchouser3 on fosstodon.org. Majid – AtypicalDoctor on Matrix, drmajid@mintcast.org, & The Atypical Doctor Podcast. Eric – esa1975 on Matrix, eric@mintcast.org. Charles – Mr PDX on Matrix, charles@mintcast.org Jim – GNU2Linux on Matrix, jim@mintcast.org, & The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing, hosting & maintaining our Nextcloud & web servers. Londoner for his contributions, from News to Time Syncs. The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about. Thanks Clem & Team.

  • June 26 · 1 hr 25 min

    488 – Hardware Woes

    In our Wanderings: Joe Takes a trip, Bill’s got nothing and Jim likes Indiana And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee , @jeboylan:matrix.org on Matrix Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR Bill – bill@mintcast.org, @wchouser3:matrix.org on Matrix,Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor:matrix.org on Matrix, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org, @esa1975:matrix.org on Matrix. Charles – charles@mintcast.org, @jupiterfan2022_1:matrix.org on Matrix, Mr PDX on Discord Jim– jim@mintcast.org, @bokehphilia:matrix.org on Matrix, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio Archive.org for hosting our audio files Hobstar for our logo, .initrd for the animated logo on Discord Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

  • June 9 · 59 min

    487 – Goodbye US Office, Hello Euro Office

    First up the news We have a great little tool in the “Check This Section” Link To Full Show Notes The News: Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado DuckDuckGo Installs Up 30% After Google Announced AI Search New social features further Plex’s evolution from media server business Euro-Office: General availability set for June 9 Acer Launching Streaming-Only Handheld Gaming PC Running Debian Microsoft cut its engineers off from AI because the bill got too big — why AI might not take your job after all EU plots long game against US digital supremacy Brave Software inc releases a stable version of the Brave Origin Browser Check This Out Handy is a free, private, local AI speech-to-text app. Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord Jim – jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Charlie – ImmutableCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org. Also on the Linux OTC podcast. Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio Archive.org for hosting our audio files Hobstar for our logo, .initrd for the animated logo on Discord Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

  • May 24 · 1 hr 26 min

    486 – HTPC Like It’s 2003!

    First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – May Then in our Wanderings: Bill pays the bills, Joe solders the irons and Jim fins the jelly Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Monthly News Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord Jim– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Charlie– ImmutableCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio Archive.org for hosting our audio files Hobstar for our logo, Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

  • May 17 · 1 hr 3 min

    485 – We’re All Ninjas Now

    First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – April, In security and privacy: Proton Mail now supports post-quantum encryption, Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Monthly News – April 2026 NHS to close-source hundreds of GitHub repos over AI, security concerns After Days of DDoS, Now Ubuntu’s Twitter Account Seems to be Compromised Linux Kernel 7.0 is Out With Improvements Across the Board for Intel, AMD, and Storage Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory Chrome Silently Installs a 4GB A.I. Model On Your Device Without Consent Oh No! Now A Federal Bill Wants OS-Level Age Verification for Everyone in the USA Kids Bypass Age Verification With Fake Moustaches The Audio Industry Is Grappling With the Rise of ‘Podslop’ Will Euro-Office be using ODF? Dell and Lenovo Sponsoring LVFS Security And Privacy: ‘Dirty Frag’ Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit Proton Mail now supports post-quantum encryption Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR Bill – bill@mintcast.org, Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest. Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org. Charles – charles@mintcast.org, Mr PDX on Discord Jim– jim@mintcast.org, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Charlie– ImmutableCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org Special Thanks To: Bill for our audio editing and for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio Archive.org for hosting our audio files Hobstar for our logo, Londoner for our time syncs and various other contributions The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>

  • April 29 · 2 hr 35 min

    484 – Chuck x 2

    First up in the news: Updated Mint ISOs Then in our Wanderings: Majid explore Tailscale, Joe does it all again. Jim, Charlie, and Charles got some stuff too. And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

  • April 15 · 1 hr 47 min

    483 – Chucking at Charlie

    First up in the news: Mint 23 is named, Ubuntu 26.04 coming up and its already causing controversy, Firefox gets more features, big tech making some changes, and the governments of the world are meddling, in good and bad ways… and we welcome another host! In security and privacy: Flatpak getting more secure allegedly

  • March 30 · 2 hr 26 min

    482 – Noteworthy Stuff

    First up in the news: The fight against enshittification starts In security and privacy: Shock-horror, Chinese government spies Then in our Wanderings: Joe rambles, Bill drives himself crazy, Majid actually has fun! Charles, and Jim explores notes apps.

  • March 17 · length unknown

    481 – Change For The Sake of Jim

    First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, March 2026; Major Redesign for Firefox: Chrome getting an upgrade; Debian 13.4; SUSE for sale - again; ASUS says MacBook Neo is “shock”; HBO, Paramount Merge; Xfwl4 coming to XFCE, and more. In security and privacy: Age Verification coming to your Linux PC?; Anthropic turns Claud loose on Firefox code.

  • March 8 · 1 hr 32 min

    480 – All Except California

    First up in the news: California is doing its thing again Then in our Wanderings: Bill does it while sick, Joe does a lot, Jim plays with ghost And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

  • February 14 · 1 hr 47 min

    478 – The Anti-Windows Cast

    First up in security and privacy: Euro firms ditch American Clouds and systemd stuff Then in our Wanderings: Joe, Majid does yoga with his distros, Charles is our security guru, Jim explores the new Mint release And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

  • January 18 · 1 hr 21 min

    477 – Driving AI Mad

    First up in the news: Mint 22.3 “Zena” released. Then lots of drivers news, new distros, AI and Apple getting sued (again) And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

  • #476
    January 11 · 2 hr 40 min

    476 – New Year of the Linux Desktop

    First up in the news: A retraction Review of our predictions for last year, and what we predict for 2026 Then our much anticipated Wanderings

  • #475
    Dec 21, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min

    475 – From Tarmageddon to Tranquility

    In this episode of mintCast, we kick things off with Mint Monthly News for December, covering what’s new and noteworthy in the Linux Mint world. In Security and Privacy, Charles breaks down two fresh vulnerabilities, React2Shell and Tarmageddon-Flaw, explaining what they are, why they matter, and how they could impact Linux users. Then, in the Innards segment, Dale joins us for a deep dive into Syncthing. We explore what it is, how it works, and why it’s such a powerful, privacy-friendly tool for keeping your files in sync across devices—without relying on the cloud.

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