Issue #304 / Mar 2026

The world moves quickly and you have to keep on making choices. I guess we all know that, but in the high tech industry, those choices move billions of dollars and affect thousands of lives.

In the news: Linux Mint 22.3 Now Available with New Tools; New Linux Malware Targets Cloud-Based Linux Installations; Say Goodbye to Middle-Mouse Paste; Manjaro 26.0 Primary Desktop Environments Default to Wayland; Mozilla Plans to AI-ify Firefox; Gnome Says No to AI-Generated Extensions; Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop; and TUXEDO Announces Gemini 17.

If you like sharing music but don't want to give up your independence, try Navidrome, an open source, web-based music collection server and streamer, or Funkwhale, a platform for uploading, sharing, and publishing audio content across the federated web.

Nate explores Kicksecure 18.0.8.7, Rhino Linux 2025.4, Kali Linux 2025.4, and Mabox Linux 25.12.

The newest generation TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 delivers a "premium business ultrabook" with Linux support out-of-the-box.

Scary things can happen if you don't keep your CMS up to date. We'll show you how an unpatched vulnerability can lead to privilege escalation and root access.

Parse arguments at the command line with this powerful Python module.

Cryptomator lets you encrypt your files on your computer before syncing to the cloud, keeping your data private even from your storage provider.

Almost all Linux graphical desktop environments integrate programs that provide users with system information. Fastfetch lets you route important system information to the terminal.

Before doing his laundry, Mike Schilli checks the activity in the laundry room using a Go program that queries a Tapo motion detector.