Episode Details

First up in the news: Mint Monthly News – January 2026,

In security and privacy: Theres an SSH Stalker

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

The News:

Mint Monthly News – January 2026

Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally. Face scan or I.D. needed?

Firefox Announces ‘A.I. Controls’ To Block Its Upcoming A.I. Features

AppManager offers drag-and-drop AppImage management.

Sony Will Ship Its Final Blu-ray Recorders This Month

The Memory Crisis Is Taking No Prisoners

RaspberyPi goes Dual RAM

Linux 6.19

KDE 6.6 & Gnome 50 Betas out

Ubuntu getting rid of the Software & Updater tool

Libreoffice 26.2 released

Security and Privacy:

SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits

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 podcast I am on,

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