First up in the news: Ubuntu 25.04 released, Ardour advances, Commodore OS 3.0 released, and OpenMandriva brings us TWO new releases;

In security and privacy: US warns of new Zambian cybersecurity law, and Hackers can now imitate official Google mail

Then in our Wanderings: Joe gets recontained, Moss waits, Majid goes to Cambridge

In our Innards section: Open discussion!

In Bodhi Corner, we discuss the magic of modules

The News:

Ubuntu 25.04 Release Now Available for Download

Ardour, the free and open DAW, is better than ever – and Ardour 9 is coming

Commodore OS Vision 3.0 released

OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Rock The Spring Release

Security and Privacy

US issues warning over new Zambian cyber-security law

Beware, hackers can apparently now send phishing emails from “no-reply@google.com”

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 two podcasts I am on, Linux OTC (with Eric & Majid) and 3 Fat Truckers





• Majid – drmajid@mintcast.org @atypical_dr@mastodon.social, AtypicalDr on Instagram and Threads and The Atypical Doctor Podcast on Spotify and also Linux OTC.





• Eric – I can be reached by email at eric@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, initrd for the animated Discord 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!>