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Episode Synopsis
First up in the news: Ubuntu 25.04 released, Ardour advances, Commodore OS 3.0 released, and OpenMandriva brings us TWO new releases;
In security and privacy: US warns of new Zambian cybersecurity law, and Hackers can now imitate official Google mail
Then in our Wanderings: Joe gets recontained, Moss waits, Majid goes to Cambridge
In our Innards section: Open discussion!
In Bodhi Corner, we discuss the magic of modules
Full Show Notes Here
The News:
Ubuntu 25.04 Release Now Available for Download
Ardour, the free and open DAW, is better than ever – and Ardour 9 is coming
Commodore OS Vision 3.0 released
OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Rock The Spring Release
Security and Privacy
US issues warning over new Zambian cyber-security law
Beware, hackers can apparently now send phishing emails from “[email protected]”
Contact Info:
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], occasionally on HPR
Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers
Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC.
Eric – I can be reached by email at [email protected].
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 Discord 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!>
In security and privacy: US warns of new Zambian cybersecurity law, and Hackers can now imitate official Google mail
Then in our Wanderings: Joe gets recontained, Moss waits, Majid goes to Cambridge
In our Innards section: Open discussion!
In Bodhi Corner, we discuss the magic of modules
Full Show Notes Here
The News:
Ubuntu 25.04 Release Now Available for Download
Ardour, the free and open DAW, is better than ever – and Ardour 9 is coming
Commodore OS Vision 3.0 released
OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Rock The Spring Release
Security and Privacy
US issues warning over new Zambian cyber-security law
Beware, hackers can apparently now send phishing emails from “[email protected]”
Contact Info:
Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, [email protected], Buy Joe a coffee
Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [email protected], Mastodon @[email protected], occasionally on HPR
Bill – [email protected], Bill_H on Discord, @[email protected] on Mastodon, also checkout the other two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers
Majid – [email protected] @[email protected], AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC.
Eric – I can be reached by email at [email protected].
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 Discord 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!>
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