First up in the news, Mint Monthly News, All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year, Red Hat Stops Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL & Fedora, Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta, Windows XP activation algorithm cracked – keygen now works on Linux;
In security and privacy, we meet Blacksuit;
Then in our Wanderings, Bill chases burning trucks, Moss is feeling the pressure, and Majid needs to stop spending money
In our Innards section, we discuss laptop battery life;
And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

The News
Mint Monthly News – May 2023
All-Snap Ubuntu Desktop Will Be Available Next Year
Red Hat Will Stop Packaging LibreOffice as RPM for RHEL, Fedora
Mozilla Thunderbird’s Next Big Update Is Now in Beta
Windows XP activation algorithm cracked – keygen now works on Linux

Security and Privacy
New Linux Ransomware “Blacksuit”, looks like “Royal”

Full Show Notes Can Be Found Here
Wrap Up

Joe – Tllts.org,  linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, Distrohoppers’ Digest, [email protected], I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected], and other contact information can be found at It’s Moss dot com
Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, @wchouser3 on Twitter, and wchouser3 on Facebook also – checkout my other podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers
Majid – [email protected] @atypicaldoctor on twitter, AtypicalAnaesthetist on instagram and The Atypical Anaesthetist Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uo4DsJE8fJmvo8npljbmx)

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