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Oct 2026

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The podcast by the Linux Mint community for all users of Linux.

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October 14, 20261 hr 35 min

495 – More Vibrations, Please!

First up in the news: Firefox gets a big update; more great news from Reddit; PC sales suffer; and the Adobe Suite gets “Vibe Coded”. Then in our Wanderings, Joe Tinkers, Bill prints with Brother, and Jim dips his toes. We actually have a lot of Vibrations From the Ether this week, which is really exciting. Link To Full Show Notes The News: Firefox 157 Nova Reddit Enshittification PC shipments crash Adobe Creative Suite Vibe Coded 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: 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.

October 2, 20261 hr 19 min

494 – Good Vibes

This week the hosts discussing recent developments in the Linux Mint community, with a primary focus on the concept and execution of “vibe coding.” Key Highlights Linux Mint Naming Conventions: The hosts discuss reports suggesting a shift in naming conventions, potentially moving to Linux Mint 27 for the next release. Kernel Troubleshooting: The team provides a detailed segment on using the Update Manager in Linux Mint to manage kernels and check bug reports for specific issues. Vibe Coding with Charlie: The main segment explores “vibe coding,” where a user leverages AI agents (like Claude ) to generate code by describing intentions rather than writing manual code. Charlie demonstrates this by creating a “Mint Radio” app image. Workflow & Best Practices: Charlie explains the importance of using “skills” or routines to refine prompts and ensure code quality, emphasizing that while anyone can vibe code, doing it well requires clear articulation and security checks. Future Outlook: The hosts and Charlie discuss how AI integration is changing software development, shopping, and everyday tasks. The episode concludes with community announcements, including upcoming roundtable and news-wandering episodes. Ogg Vorbis Version

September 19, 20261 hr 25 min

493 – Mintinator

This episode of mintCast (Episode 493) features the team— Joe , Bill , Charles , and Jim —discussing various Linux-related news and personal tech projects. Key Highlights from the Discussion: Linux Mint & XApp Updates : The team explores updates to the XApp project, including a redesigned Library for document management, the new Xpub e-pub reader, and Clockenstein , a new calendar application designed to synchronize with local, Google, and NextCloud calendars. Security & AI: The hosts discuss recent industry concerns regarding self-improving AI, the “existential risk” warnings from researchers, and the practical reality behind “kill switches” and sandbox escapes. Tech Wanderings & Self-Hosting: Joe shares his setup using Heimdoll for local service organization, troubleshooting OpenMediaVault via Proxmox , and using TAR for video file re-encoding to save space. Joe also details his custom-built tool, RTC Intercept , which he “vibe-coded” with Claude to record separate audio streams from VDO.Ninja meetings (similar to the old Craig bot for Discord ). Web Content & Tools (54:43 – 1:18:53): The hosts discuss their experiences using tools like X cancel (backed by Nitter ), YT-DLP (including taking a stand against piracy sites), the Cat Catch browser extension for downloading media, and SimpleScreenRecorder for capturing content when other tools fail. Link To Full Show Notes

September 6, 20261 hr 21 min

492 – Episode 492

First up in the news: Mint has a birthday. AI writes a third of all the websites. Desktop market share is all over the place. Someone is trying to switch the rest of us to AI No security and privacy this episode, but we do have our “Wanderings.” Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Has a Birthday! One-Third of Web Pages are Now Written With A.I., Says Pew Research Linux did not in fact hit 10% market share, according to PCWorld RAISE US! Check This Out: Mecha Come t-handheld Linux computer that’s truly yours to own, build and mod. 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.

August 23, 202653 min

491 – PROXMOX, According To Joe

First up in the News: Mint Monthly News, July 2026 This is a rare Innards episode, where Joe will dig deep into Proxmox. Link To Full Show Notes THE nEWS: Mint Monthly News, July 2026 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: 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

August 3, 20262 hr 8 min

490 – Not archCast

First up in the news: Mint monthly news, The AUR gets hit… again, And a new AI generated Desktop. In Security and Privacy, “The death of privacy online”, and Automatic firmware updates becomes mandatory. We then get into our “Wanderings”, there’s some feedback, and more! Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Monthly News – June 2026 Arch Linux’s AUR under attack for the second time in less than two months Starling is a new Linux desktop built using AI in six months Security and Privacy: The death of privacy online “Automatic firmware/software updates for network infrastructure have gone from “nice to have” to “mandatory” because the threat landscape has changed.”

July 8, 20262 hr 26 min

489 – You’ll Own Nothing, And Like It!

· First up in the news: PlayStation and Microsoft goes fully digital, Amazon blames piracy, Brave goes “containerized”, and Immich has “Big Upgrades.” · Then in our Wanderings: Joe does more with the mini rack and plans ahead, Jim drops Fire TV like a hot potato, · In Check this Out: Myna lets you talk instead of type in Ubuntu Link To Full Show Notes The News: What PlayStation going fully digital tells us about the PS6 Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox Could Be Digital-Only With New Disc-to-Digital Support Amazon Blames Piracy Apps With Malware For Killing New Fire Stick Sideloading Brave Says This is Not a Privacy Feature, But Using Containers Has Its Perks Immich 3.0 Released with Big Upgrades for Self-Hosted Photo Libraries Check This Out: Ubuntu’s new ‘Myna’ AI lets you talk instead of type – here’s how Listen to other Podcasts of the Linux Syndicate Family : Join Bill, Majid, Eric and Charlie on Linux OTC, Linux Off The Cuff, for an unscripted and unpredictable conversation about all things Linux, Open Source and more. Join Dale and Majid on Distrohoppers’ Digest to hear about their experiences and challenges with trying out different Linux distros. Contact Info: Joe – jeboylan on Matrix, jb@mintcast.org , & The Linux Link Tech Show tllts , 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 – AtypicalD octor on Matrix, drmajid@mintcast.org , & The Atypical Doctor Podcast . Eric – esa1975 on Matrix, eric@mintcast.org . Charles – Mr PDX on Matrix, charles@mintcast.org Jim – GNU2Linux on Matrix, jim@mintcast.org , & The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Special Thanks To: 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 .

June 26, 20261 hr 25 min

488 – Hardware Woes

In our Wanderings: Joe Takes a trip, Bill’s got nothing and Jim likes Indiana And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions Link To Full Show Notes Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org , linuxlugcast.com , jb@mintcast.org , Buy Joe a coffee , @jeboylan:matrix.org on Matrix Moss – Full Circle Weekly News , moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR Bill – bill@mintcast.org , @wchouser3:matrix.org on Matrix,Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, @atypicaldoctor:matrix.org on Matrix, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest . Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org , @esa1975:matrix.org on Matrix. Charles – charles@mintcast.org , @jupiterfan2022_1:matrix.org on Matrix, Mr PDX on Discord Jim – jim@mintcast.org , @bokehphilia:matrix.org on Matrix, GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube 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 logo on Discord 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!>

June 9, 202659 min

487 – Goodbye US Office, Hello Euro Office

First up the news We have a great little tool in the “Check This Section” Link To Full Show Notes The News: Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado DuckDuckGo Installs Up 30% After Google Announced AI Search New social features further Plex’s evolution from media server business Euro-Office: General availability set for June 9 Acer Launching Streaming-Only Handheld Gaming PC Running Debian Microsoft cut its engineers off from AI because the bill got too big — why AI might not take your job after all EU plots long game against US digital supremacy Brave Software inc releases a stable version of the Brave Origin Browser Check This Out Handy is a free, private, local AI speech-to-text app. Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org , linuxlugcast.com , jb@mintcast.org , Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News , moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR Bill – bill@mintcast.org , Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest . Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . Charles – charles@mintcast.org , Mr PDX on Discord Jim – jim@mintcast.org , GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Charlie – ImmutableCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org . Also on the Linux OTC podcast. 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 logo on Discord 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!>

May 24, 20261 hr 26 min

486 – HTPC Like It’s 2003!

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – May Then in our Wanderings: Bill pays the bills, Joe solders the irons and Jim fins the jelly Link To Full Show Notes The News: Mint Monthly News Contact Info: Joe – Tllts.org , linuxlugcast.com , jb@mintcast.org , Buy Joe a coffee Moss – Full Circle Weekly News , moss@bodhilinux.com, Mastodon @zaivala@hostux.social, occasionally on HPR Bill – bill@mintcast.org , Bill_H on Discord, @wchouser3@fosstodon.org on Mastodon, also checkout the other podcast I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric, Majid & Charlie). Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org, AtypicalDoctor on Discord, and The Atypical Doctor Podcast and also Linux OTC and Distrohoppers Digest . Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@mintcast.org . Charles – charles@mintcast.org , Mr PDX on Discord Jim – jim@mintcast.org , GNU2Linux on Discord, The Linux Shortcut on YouTube Charlie – ImmutableCharlie on Discord, charlie@mintcast.org 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, 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!>