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First up in the news, “Mint Monthy News” – October, 2026. Ubuntu Core accelerates development. Linux 7.4 is packed with new features. In Security and Privacy, Brave sells out to AI. In our “Wanderings” Joe is puzzled over some hardware outages, Majid is frustrated with tablets, and Jim continues his new found passion for software development. Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Monthly News – October 2026 Ubuntu Core Desktop ‘accelerating’ development ahead of 27.04 Linux 7.4 Features Steam Frame VR Headset, More AMD Zen 6 Enablement & Initial Apple M4 / A18 Pro Bring-Up Security and Privacy: Brave Sells Its Search Index To AI, And Your Website Is Probably In It 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.