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

They're All Out To Get You!

23 days ago 2h 37m

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 des

Ears Deep

Mar 13th, 2024 1h 3m

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 suggestionsRight Click Here To Download

"Podcasts Are Better"

Mar 6th, 2024 1h 52m

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 fixi

Artificially Intelligent

Feb 21st, 2024 1h 43m

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 s

Infrastructure Bill

Feb 14th, 2024 49m 59s

In our Innards section: Bill explains the current mintCast infrastructureIn "Check This Out" we share a call for new shows by Hacker Public RadioAnd finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.Download

Darn Small(er) Linux

Feb 7th, 2024 1h 38m

First up in the news: Mint 21.3 "Edge" is out, Ubuntu taking heat over Pro packages, Bazzite 2.2 is out, BunsenLabs Boron is out, Parrot 6.0 is out, we say Goodbye to Ginny, RPi Compute Module 5 is in the works, Say Hello to Wilma, RH causes i

Do You Desktop?

Jan 31st, 2024 1h 43m

First up in the news: Mint 21.3 released, Linux kernel 4.14 goes EOL, Google sued over patent infringement, OpenSSH phases out DSA keys, Canonical snap steams ValveIn security and privacy: NoaBot worms its way into Linux; Pixieboot vulnerab

2024 Predictions

Jan 17th, 2024 57m 13s

In our Innards section: Predictions: 2023 mistakes and 2024 attemptsIn "Check This Out" Bill Talks a little about Ventoy - againAnd finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions.Download

32 bit's Days Are Numbered

Jan 13th, 2024 1h 27m

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News, Fedora Asahi Remix Officially Released for Apple Silicon MacsIn security and privacy: Nothin'. We got nothin'.Then in our Wanderings: Bill becomes “unstable”; Majid bricks and un-bricks; Moss is co

Free Form or Free Fall

Dec 20th, 2023 1h 18m

In our Innards section: We're a bit all over the place - a "free form" if you will.And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions. No, really – we've got feedback this time!Download

"Virginia is For Lovers."

Dec 13th, 2023 1h 5m

First up in the news: Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” – BETAs released, Mint Monthly News – November 2023, Gnome shell updates on Ubuntu 23.10; Zorin has a new desktop; Calibre offers new formats; KDE fixes bugs ahead of Plasma 6; Intel does some d

Cry "Havoc!" and Bring Forth The Tablets of War.

Dec 6th, 2023 50m 22s

In our Innards section: Tablets. Linux tablets.In "Check This Out": Ubuntu Touch OTA, PineTab 2, and Enter Shikari - AnaesthetistDownload

Happy Birthday, mintCast!

Nov 30th, 2023 2h 4m

First up in the news: mintCast has a birthday, Mint 21.3 is named, Amazon works on a Linux fork for their devices, Ubuntu commits to Netplan, Firefox attempts Wayland, FreeBSD 14 is out, Endeavour releases Galileo, Vivaldi comes to Flathub, Go

Infinitely Galactic, The Interview

Nov 22nd, 2023 1h 3m

In our innards section we have a wonderful interview with Blaine, AKA Infinity Galactic; a YouTuber who's been making videos about Linux. Recently, he's made a couple of awesome videos about Linux Mint.Download

Firefox Down

Nov 19th, 2023 1h 42m

First up in the news: Ubuntu 24.04 gets a name, Mozilla Doubles Down on Firefox DEB Package, Discord is now official on Flathub, scrcpy gets an update, LXQt 1.4.0 is released, Firefox Accounts gets a Mozilla rename, Brave launches an AI, there

Meh Snap

Nov 2nd, 2023 1h 25m

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News; Ubuntu 23.10 re-released; GNOME gets new CEO; new RaspPi Imager released; Plasma 6 Release Dates released; Matrix reaches 115 Million users; Bodhi Linux 7.0 AppPack releasedIn security and privacy: B

It's Elementary Or Nothing!

Oct 25th, 2023 1h 7m

In our Innards section, we speak to Danielle Fore´ of Elementary OS about the 7.1 release,In "Check This Out" we share a video by "Explaining Computers" about some Tips and Tricks for Linux Mint.And finally, the feedback and a couple of

423 – Lay Down A *buntu

Oct 21st, 2023 1h 54m

First up in the news: Mint 21.2 Cinnamon EDGE released, new version of Raspberry Pi OS released, new Ubuntu 23.10+flavoursIn security and privacy: Curl patches 'worst' security flaw in ages, Encrypted Client HelloThen in our Wanderings:

When In ROM

Oct 11th, 2023 1h 42m

In our Innards section we continue the conversation about Android, and the variants thereofIn "Check This Out" GNU turns 40!And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDownload

Bit Of A Hodgepodge

Oct 4th, 2023 1h 42m

First up in the news: LMDE 6 FAYE released, Mint 21.2 EDGE iso approved, Long-term support for Linux kernel to be cutIn security and privacy: Update LibreOffice Now to Fix a Security Flaw, Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen

What Fecking Time Is It?

Sep 27th, 2023 1h 12m

In our Innards section, Dale will take us back to the desktopAnd finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestionsDownload

Fun and Feckless

Sep 20th, 2023 2h 1m

First up in the news: LMDE 6 “Faye” BETA Released, Fedora and Asahi Linux revamp installation process, Plasma 6 release date is set, IBM raises cloud prices, Manjaro 23 released, Mozilla rushes out patches, and ZFS returns to UbuntuIn secur