443 – Wilma Has Arrived

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First up in the news: Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” released, Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source, Intel suffers stock losses, Intel admits to damage on 13^th and 14^th gen processors, Funtoo calls it quits, and SerpentOS makes its first appearance

In security and privacy: SecureBoot is broken on over 200 computers from 5 major vendors, new Android malware drains bank accounts and wipes your device afterwards, and TGRat attacks Linux

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Full Show Notes Here

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• 00:00:00 – Intro
• 00:01:58 – News
• 00:49:19 – Security And Privacy
• 01:05:26 – Housekeeping and Announcemnts
• 01:06:23 – Wrap Up
• 01:08:34 – Special Thanks
• 01:09:30 – Outro

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The News:

Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” released

Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source

Intel Suffers Major Stock Loss Due to Workforce Restructuring

Proton Now Has a Bitcoin Wallet

Intel admits damage to unstable 14th-gen and 13th-gen CPUs is permanent – incoming patch is a preventative, not a cure

Funtoo Calls It Quits

The long-awaited Linux distro Serpent OS is finally here

Secuity and Privacy:

Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers

New Android malware wipes your device after draining bank accounts

Telegram-Controlled TgRat Attacking Linux Servers to Exfiltrate Data

Contact Info:

• Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, [e-mail], Buy Joe a coffee
• Moss – Full Circle Weekly News, [e-mail], Mastodon @[e-mail], occasionally on HPR
• Bill – [e-mail], Bill_H on Discord, @[e-mail] on Mastodon, also – checkout my other two podcasts Linux OTC and 3 Fat Truckers
• Majid – [e-mail] @[e-mail], AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC.
• Eric – You can also hear and see me on the Distrohoppers’ Digest and Linux OTC podcasts as well as the Linux Saloon and LinuxLUGCast streams. I can be reached by email at [e-mail].

Special Thanks:

• Bill for our audio editing
• 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
• Bill Houser for hosting the server which runs our website, website maintenance, and the NextCloud server on which we host our show notes and raw audio