MP3 – mintCast

This episode of mintCast (Episode 493) features the team—Joe, Bill, Charles, and Jim—discussing various Linux-related news and personal tech projects. 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.

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."

First up in the News: Mint Monthly News, July 2026 This is a rare Innards episode, where Joe will dig deep into Proxmox.

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!

· 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