398 – I Hear A Leak, Must Be Android

OGG – mintCast

First up in the news: Debian carries buffer patches, IceWM 3, Wireshark 4, free Ubuntu Pro for all, KDE winds down Plasma 5, VirtualBox 7, Proton drives prices, and dreams of Forky;

In security and privacy: New Chinese malware for everything, Intel springs a leak, and Android’s leak exposed;

Then in our Wanderings: Joe futzes with his 3D printer, while Moss continues to fight with Mint 21;

In our Innards section, we begin a historical journey through Linux distros;

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.

The News

• Debian to carry patches for GNOME triple buffering
• IceWM 3.0 Released for speedy and simple X11 Window Manager
• Wireshark 4.0 Network Protocol Analyzer Released
• Canonical Launches Free Ubuntu Pro Subscription for Everyone
• KDE Plasma 5.27 Plans to be the Last Plasma 5 Feature Release
• Virtual Box 7.0 Released with DXVK and Secure Boot Support, Encryption
• Proton Drive Launches, New Subscription Prices
• Debian 14 to be codenamed “Forky”

Security and Privacy Update

• New Chinese Malware attacks Windows, Mac and Linux
• Intel Confirms Leak of Alder Lake BIOS Source Code
• Android leaks some traffic even when Always-On VPN is enabled

Wrap-up

• Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, [e-mail], Buy Joe a coffee
• Norbert – [e-mail]
• Josh T – [e-mail], Josh Thacker on Discord, and @Metal_FOSS on Twitter
• Moss – [e-mail], you can hear me on Distrohoppers’ Digest and Full Circle Weekly News, and you can find more contact information for me on It’s MOSS.
• Bill – [e-mail], @wchouser3 on Twitter,and Bill_H on Discord

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible:

• Norbert, Tony H, and all others for our audio production
• Leo for timestamps and publishing
• Josh Lowe, and Bill Houser for all his work on the website
• Hobstar for our logo
• initrd for the animated Discord logo
• Londoner for our time sync
• Linode for hosting mintcast.org
• Archive.org for hosting our audio files
• The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about.Thanks, Clem!