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mintCast 150: Podcasting With Jack

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News: [8:15] Linux Mint Debian 201303 RC released! (blog.linuxmint.com) The Unofficial LMDE KDE distro breaks away, becomes a real Official Distro – SolydXK. (solydxk.com) The Python Foundation provides an update on its trademark dispute while Simon Phipps offers a clear write-up of what happened. (pyfound.blogspot.co.uk) (infoworld.com) LG acquires WebOS, while HP introduces an Android powered [...]

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mintCast 137: Music in the Clouds

News: LInux mint has secured another hardware deal. (OMGUbuntu.co.uk) Linus switches to KDE. (Muktware.com) War of words heating up between two popular FLOSS Office Suites. (Ostatic.com) Fedora 18 beta slips, talks of becoming a rolling release. (Phoronix.com) Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons: Supreme Court Hears Contentious Copyright Case. (Huffingtonpost.com) The Main Topic: Cloud Music [...]

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mintCast 136: Linux an Apple Wannabe?

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News: Linux Mint breakdown by version an release. (linuxmint.com) Munich Begins Shipping LibreOffice. (gmane.org) Ubuntu 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal” takes flight with a bag full of Juju. (arstechnica.com) Raring community skunkworks. (markshuttleworth.com) Raspberry Pi display drivers go fully open-source. (pcadvisor.co.uk) Raspberry Pi display driver turns out to be crap. (phoronix.com) 1960s era computer restored to working [...]

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Episode 124: We Be Hammin’ Now

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News: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” Xfce released! (linuxmint.com) Linux Mint 13 “KDE” released! (linuxmint.com) Valve comes to Linux. (valvesoftware.com) (paranormal-entertainment.com) (freedesktop.org) The EFF becomes the first ever group in American history to challenge the FBI’s authority. (eff.org) The Main Topic: Russ — K5TUX Russ’s Other Blog. (bluecows.com) LHS on Black Sparrow Media. (blacksparrowmedia.net) Featured Website: [...]

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Episode 105: Ikey on SolusOS

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News: How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha). (liliputing.com) The Mint team has made the RC for Mint 12 LXDE available for download. (blog.linuxmint.com) (What’s New) (Release Notes) Phoronix benchmarks ext4 vs btrfs on the 3.3 kernel. (phoronix.com) Interesting benchmark measuring impact of desktop effects. (openbenchmarking.org) Linus rants against OpenSUSE. [...]

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Episode 96: TWWL Redux

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News: Did the LHC just find the Higgs? (discovery.com) Linux Mint adds a bit of Cinnamon to their mix! (cinnamon.linuxmint.com) (pcworld.com) (h-online.com) (blog.linuxmint.com) Android remerges with the Linux kernel. (h-online.com) The Dreckig OS. (osnews.com) Will Gnome 3.4 save the linux desktop? (internetnews.com) Open Sourcing Medicine. (ucsf.edu) Suicide Linux – for those who like to live [...]

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How Would You Change mintCast?

We have had a great 43 podcasts so far and we need your help to decide what it is you want to hear in the podcast. Please vote on the polls below to help us decide the future and direction of the podcast.

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