448 – The Archive Is Breached!


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Oct 17 2024 110 mins   43

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – September, Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support, Archive.org is breached, Arch and Valve team up, WWWFoundation packs it in, More WordPress news, even MORE WordPress News, and Google adds Linux apps to future Android versions



Then in our Wanderings: Bill connects with the younger generation, Joe is still fixing things, Moss whines, and Majid folds some more













The News:




Mint Monthly News – September, 2024




Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support




Archive.org, a repository of the history of the Internet, has a data breach




Arch Linux and Valve team up to make Steam gaming even better




WWW Foundation packs it in




159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates




WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin




Google is preparing to let you run Linux apps on Android, just like Chrome OS




KDE neon upgrades to 24.04.1 Ubuntu base



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Special Thanks To:




  • 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


  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem … and co!>