The Retro Millennial Podcast

Episode NotesBig changes to The Retro Millennial on the small web!Apple News* MacSurf, a modern web browser for Mac OS 9Microsoft News* Microsoft caught revoking perpetual licenses for Office 2019 for Mac* June 2026 Patch Tuesday update fixes approx. 200 vulnerabilities including 33 critical CVEs and 3 zero daysRetro Gaming News* Ecco the Dolphin Complete announcedCommand Line Tool of the Month: neoNeo recreates the digital rain effect from The Matrix. Streams of random characters will endlessly scroll down your terminal screen.Ways to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesApple News* Apple has five new products coming that could launch at WWDC — https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/29/apple-has-five-new-products-coming-that-could-launch-at-wwdc/Microsoft News* Microsoft Releases Mitigation for Windows BitLocker Security Bypass 0-Day Vulnerability — https://www.cryptika.com/microsoft-releases-mitigation-for-windows-bitlocker-security-bypass-0-day-vulnerability/Linux/FOSS News* Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) Patches Released —https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-01-cve-2026-31431-copy-fail/* Canonical to shut Ubuntu Pastebin after 18 years of service — https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/canonical-ubuntu-pastebin-shutdown* Devuan Developer Working On Reviving GTK2 With Modern Fixes — https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK2-NGAI News* Normies are showing signs of AI fatigue* Harvard University commencement address — https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/05/funny-but-serious-chieng-issues-an-ai-warning-to-grads/* University of Arizona commencement address — * Middle Tennessee State University commencement address — https://www.facebook.com/usatoday/videos/middle-tennessee-state-universitys-graduation-erupted-in-boos-after-a-commenceme/1518072166330084/* University of Central Florida commencement address — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/style/ucf-commencement-ai-booed-gloria-caulfield.htmlCommand Line Tool of the Month: TockTock is a powerful time tracking tool, written in Go, for the command line. It saves activity logs as plaintext files and provides an interactive terminal UI for viewing your time.Features include:* Activities stored in human-readable files (default)* Support for flat files, TodoTXT, TimeWarrior, and SQLite databases* Attach detailed notes and tags to activities* No dependencies* Reads/writes data files in many different formats* Multiple color themes and custom color support* Export reports to text, CSV, or JSON* Generate .ics files for calendar integration, or sync with system calendars (macOS only)Available for macOS via Homebrew, or build on Linux and Windows using Go.Ways to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesApple News* April 1: Apple Computer 50th Anniversary — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-to-celebrate-50-years-of-thinking-different/* The Mac Pro is officially discontinued— https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-the-mac-pro/* WWDC26 announced for June 8-12 — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-returns-the-week-of-june-8/* Tim Cook steps down as CEO; John Ternus (senior VP of hardware engineering) named as successor — https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-ceo-tim-cook-stepping-down-to-be-succeeded-by-john-ternus-204237479.htmlLinux/FOSS News* Gnome 50 released — https://release.gnome.org/50/* Manjaro 2.0 manifesto — https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-2-0-manifesto/186171* Ubuntu 26.04 “Resolute Raccoon” released — https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/* Fedora Asahi Remix 43 — https://asahilinux.org/fedora/Microsoft News* Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price went up last month, now drops — https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/04/21/xbox-game-pass-update/* April “Patch Tuesday” was the second largest security update in it’s history — https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/patch-tuesday-analysis-april-2026/Other Tech News* Anthropic’s Claude “Mythos” LLM released to select companies — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/anthropic-claude-mythos-ai-hackers-cyberattacks.html* NationStates game data breach — https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=2747770Retro Gaming News* Fans make a 2.5D side-scrolling action platformer version of Tomb Raider — https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/a-fan-project-not-to-be-missed-this-new-project-reimagines-the-classic-tomb-raider-games-as-a-2-5d-sidescroller* Commodore International backs down amid customer frustration over FPGA custom firmware — https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/we-listened-we-agree-no-fpga-lockdown-commodore-backpedals-on-unofficial-c64-ultimate-firmwareCommand Line Tool of the Month: quote-cliMIT licensed, Javascript app to get a random quote of the day in your terminal.npm install -g quote-cliWays to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesApple News* Details on every new Apple hardware product announced in March (https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/apple-march-2026-product-releases/)Microsoft News* Mozilla announces plans to sunset Firefox ESR on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-users-windows-7-8-and-81-moving-extended-support)Other Tech News* Software engineer Crait is crowd sourcing help to reverse engineer the 1998 Tiger Electronics Pokedex to extract the ROM to an Arduino-based Arduboy (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/hacker-appeals-for-help-to-preserve-this-1998-pokemon-pokedex)* Mad Lad, Carl Does Tech Things gets online co-op Super Mario 64 cross play working before a Nintendo 64 and a PlayStation 2Retro Gaming News* Sega legend, Hideki Sato, passes away at 77 (https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sega-console-designer-hideki-sato-has-passed-away)* Tomb Raider 2 is receiving a fan port to the Sega Saturn; demo is available now (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/02/lara-is-coming-back-home-tomb-raider-ii-is-coming-to-sega-saturn-30-years-after-sony-blocked-it)* Game preservation site Myrient is shutting down March 26; cites rising hardware costs and more (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/02/this-is-what-ai-and-greed-does-video-game-preservation-service-myrient-is-shutting-down)* Console port of Rave Racer (sequel to Ridge Racer) is out on Switch 1/2, PS4/5, Xbox Series S/X (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/02/arcade-only-ridge-racer-sequel-rave-racer-is-finally-making-its-home-console-debut-31-years-on)* New 8-bit “GameTank” console has met its $30,000 funding goal; first units set to ship on July 12, 2026 (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/02/gametank-is-an-entirely-new-breed-of-hardware-for-the-next-generation-of-8-bit-games)Command Line Tool of the Month: Ledger* https://ledger-cli.org* Ledger is a powerful, double-entry accounting system that is accessed from the UNIX command-line. Ledger, begun in 2003, is written by John Wiegley and released under the BSD license.* Available on BSD, Linux, Mac, and WindowsWays to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode Notes* My personal newsletter with 2026 Experiment updatesApple News* Apple releases the new Apple Creator Studio subscription bundle (https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/hands-on-with-apple-creator-studio-a-bittersweet-bundle/)Linux/FOSS News* Linux Kernel 7.0 announced as the upcoming version number, dropping support for some legacy hardware (https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-kernel-7-0-finally-abandons-intel-440bx-edac-driver-removal-marks-another-goodbye-to-the-legendary-motherboard-chipset)* Mesa 26.0 released bringing improved graphics support (https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/26.0.0.html)* Open Gaming Collective formed to try and help unify the fragmented Linux gaming community (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open-gaming-collective-ogc-formed-to-push-linux-gaming-even-further/)Microsoft News* Microsoft aims to fix Windows 11 (https://www.theverge.com/tech/870045/microsoft-windows-11-issues-rebuilding-trust-notepad?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6Iko1OUJXTUtYYXAiLCJwIjoiL3RlY2gvODcwMDQ1L21pY3Jvc29mdC13aW5kb3dzLTExLWlzc3Vlcy1yZWJ1aWxkaW5nLXRydXN0LW5vdGVwYWQiLCJleHAiOjE3NzAxMzgwNTgsImlhdCI6MTc2OTcwNjA2MH0.B1Q1pSxcyezAfV7ItxPQeEO1P7fpvF6Xse-V2lrWSTc&utm_medium=gift-link)* Microsoft pumping the brakes on AI in Windows? (https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall)* Microsoft developing an Xbox cloud gaming tier that will be free with ads (https://www.theverge.com/report/791213/xbox-cloud-gaming-free-ad-supported-version)* Notepad.exe’s new markdown support allows for RCE vulnerability to be exploited (https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/windows-notepad-rce-flaw-exploits-markdown-files/)Other Tech News* Anthropic donates $1.5 million to the Python Software Foundation (https://discuss.python.org/t/anthropic-has-made-a-large-contribution-to-the-python-software-foundation-and-open-source-security/105694)* JMail.world set up to let you read Jeffrey Epstein’s emails* EpsteIn set up as LinkedIn clone to see who in your connections are in the files* Discord global age verification roll out (https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally)* PS5 jailbroken at the hardware level (https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/81092205)* Netflix dropping support for PS3 on March 2, 2026 (https://kotaku.com/netflix-remembers-it-never-shut-down-its-old-ps3-app-announces-it-is-doing-that-very-soon-2000665364#:~:text=Netflix%20Ending%20Support%20For%20PS3%20After%2015%20Years)Retro Gaming News* GOG announces plans for native Linux support for it’s store (https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-calls-linux-the-next-major-frontier-for-gaming-as-it-works-on-a-native-client/)* Metal Gear Solid Master Collection vol 2 announced, Guns of the Patriots finally freed from the PS3 (https://gameinformer.com/state-of-play/2026/02/12/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-2-finally-frees-guns-of-the)Command Line Tool of the Month: WinUtil & MicroWin* https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil* WinUtil is a compilation of Windows tasks meant to streamline installs, debloat with tweaks, troubleshoot with config, and fix Windows updates.* MicroWin is a component of WinUtil that will create a custom, debloated bootable Windows 11 USB that creates a local account and bypasses the OOBE, online sign in, and system checks.Ways to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode Notes* My personal newsletter with 2026 Experiment updatesApple News* Rumors are circulating about a possible new 12.9 inch MacBook (https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/05/these-four-apple-products-could-launch-as-soon-as-next-month/)Linux/FOSS News* System76 COSMIC desktop 1.0 finally released with PopOS 24.04 LTS (https://en.ubunlog.com/Cosmic-Desktop-1.0-release-Rust-Pop-OS-Wayland/#:~:text=Key%20points:,OS%20Linux%20distribution…)* Only known copy of Unix v4 recovered from tape (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/only-known-copy-of-unix-v4-recovered-from-tape/)* FreeBSD 15.0 released (https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/)Microsoft News* December Patch Tuesday feature updates (https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/top-16-features-on-windows-11s-december-9-2025-update-file-explorer-start-menu-virtual-workspaces-and-more)Creepy AI News* Humanoid Robots are Coming to Workplaces (https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/from-cloud-to-factory-humanoid-robots-coming-to-workplaces/)Other Tech News* Micron discontinuing consumer Crucial RAM, diverting production to supporting AI (https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business)* Federal judge blocks Texas app store age verification law from taking effect in the new year (https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/technology/2025/12/24/539606/federal-judge-blocks-texas-app-store-age-verification-law-from-taking-effect-in-the-new-year/#:~:text=Technology-,Federal%20judge%20blocks%20Texas%20app%20store%20age%20verification%20law%20from,and%20minors’%20First%20Amendment%20rights.)* Discord Data Breach – 1.5 TB of Data and 2 Million Government ID Photos Extorted (https://cybersecuritynews.com/discord-data-breach-sensitive-data/)Retro Gaming News* Aspyr Deus Ex remaster indefinitely delayed following backlash that the remaster was “ugly” (https://kotaku.com/that-ugly-deus-ex-remaster-just-got-indefinitely-delayed-2000652654)* Legendary classic Macintosh game ‘Dark Castle’ is coming back to the Mac (https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/01/09/legendary-classic-macintosh-game-dark-castle-is-coming-back-to-the-mac)Command Line Tool of the Month: LazyGit* https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit* A TUI interface for Git* MIT License* Written in Go* ReadMe contains installation guides for Linux, MacOS (via Homebrew or MacPorts), and Windows (via Chocolaty and WinGet), FreeBSD, and moreWays to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

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Episode NotesFOSS News* Muse contributor Tantacrul released a nearly hour-long video covering the development of Audacity 4Microsoft News* Microsoft revamps Xbox Game Pass plans and hikes Ultimate to $29.99 a month* Europe forces Microsoft into free extended support for Windows 10* Microsoft removes even more Microsoft account workarounds from Windows 11 build* Windows 7 market share jumps by 10x as Windows 10 EOL deadline looms and Windows 11 usage drops in September - spelling disaster for Microsoft’s campaign to get people upgradingOther Tech News* Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI* Techlore — The End of Android Freedom: Google’s 2026 Plan* Proton Relocates to Germany, Norway Over Swiss Surveillance Laws* Phishing training doesn’t stop your employees from clicking scam linksRetro Tech News* 86Box PC emulator version 5.0 releasedCommand Line Tool of the Month: tldr-pagesThe tldr-pages project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools, that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.Ways to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

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Episode NotesNewsApple News* US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, claimed the UK is ceasing efforts to gain backdoor access to Apple devices* Apple announced a new “Awe Dropping” event on September 9th* Two new Apple Stores opening in IndiaLinux/FOSS News* LibreOffice 25.8 released* Release Notes: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.8* Firefox 142 released* Thunderbird 142 released* Arch Linux and AUR still under DDOS attackMicrosoft News* 8/19 - Worker Intifada Occupies Microsoft Main Campus, Demands MS Cut All Ties With Israel* 8/20 - Microsoft "Intifada" Shut Down After 4 Hours* 8/21 - Microsoft “Worker Intifada” Escalates, 18 Arrested, More Violence Planned* 8/23 - Microsoft "Worker Intifada" says "Go Away, Jews!"* 8/24 - How Will Microsoft Solve Their Intifada Problem?* 8/26 - Video of "Worker Intifada" Occupying Microsoft President's Office* 8/27 - Microsoft Fires "Intifada" Employees* Microsoft Office NT for PPC found on eBay, demoed, and archived for community preservationOther Tech NewsNothing to see here this time…Creepy AI News* ChatGPT user creeped out after AI shares others’ info — in yet another eerie episode: ‘Very scary’* University of Colorado Boulder: AI ghosts are coming* Research paper: Generative Ghosts: Anticipating Benefits and Risks of AI AfterlivesRetro Gaming/Tech News* New Open Source GameCube ODE (optical drive emulator)* PicoLoader Github: https://github.com/makeo/PicoLoader* Atari and Limited Run Games have released the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection for Xbox Series, PS5, Switch and Switch 2Command Line Tool of the Month: SCLIscli is a simple terminal user interface for Signal. It uses signal-cli and urwid.Main Topic: My Top 10 Substacks Right NowTech & Tech History* The Video Game Library’s Substack* GoTo 10* Al’s Geek Lab* Abort, Retry, Fail* Obsolete Sony* Computer Ads from the Past* The Lunduke JournalChristianity* The Anglican Catholic* Christian Warrior TrainingTech & Culture* After BabelWays to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

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Episode NotesNewsApple News* New device announced* New iPhone 5e* M3 iPad Air * M3 Ultra chip * M4 MacBook Air * M4 Mac Studio Linux/FOSS News* Firefox Terms of Use controversy — See NOS 035: The Firefox Situation is Crazy* Firefox FINALLY adds vertical tabs* Ubuntu 25.10 Looks To Make Use Of Rust Coreutils & Other Rust System Components* Pipewire 1.4 now supported on RISC-V systems* Thunderbird 136 release notes* Orion browser is getting a Linux portMicrosoft News* Skype is shutting down* Windows 11 OOBE Microsoft Account bypass no longer availableOther Tech News* DOGE targets IRS’ COBOL and Assembly systems — see NOS 039: The IRS Modernization Problem* 23andMe files for chapter 11 bankruptcy — see NOS 039: The IRS Modernization Problem* Nintendo released their Switch 2 Direct — see NOS 042: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Review Retro Gaming/Tech News* Gamecube games coming to Nintendo Switch Online + ExpansionCommand Line Tool of the Month: edhita* Edhita is an open source text editor for iOSWays to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesNewsLinux/FOSS News* Year Of The BSD Desktop? There's Going To Be A BSD Desktop Conference At Least* DeepSeek outperforms OpenAI's reasoning model at just 3% of the cost* Sam Altman says DeepSeek's R1 cost-effective AI is impressive, but OpenAI will "obviously deliver much better models" than it….* Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella touts DeepSeek's open-source AI as "super impressive": "We should take the developments out of China very, very seriously* GOOGLE OPEN SOURCES PEBBLEOS: NEW PEBBLE DEVICE IN DEVELOPMENT* Netrunner 25 “Shockworm” ReleasedMicrosoft News* Trump says Microsoft is one of the companies eyeing TikTok* Microsoft is working on a smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Snapdragon X* Your Microsoft 365 subscription cost is going up for the first time in 12 years — but don't worry, it now includes a "monthly allotment" of CopilotCreepy AI News* Trump’s AI Push: Understanding The $500 Billion Stargate Initiative* Microsoft introduces “Muse” generative AI model for “gameplay ideation”Other Tech News* VLC Developers Working on AI-Powered Real-Time Subtitles* Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez Calls for Ending Online Anonymity, Linking Social Media to Digital ID* World Economic Forum White Paper Pushes Public-Private Collaboration to Accelerate Digital ID and Censorship Initiative* Players upset following two-day PSN outageRetro Gaming/Tech News* The prototype GameCube from Space World 2000 is being sold for $100,000* SuperStationOne, FPGA PlayStation 1 console now available for pre-order* 'Ninja Gaiden 2 Black' highlights a major on-going issue with Xbox / PC Game Pass* DINO CRISIS & DINO CRISIS 2 ARE BACK, AVAILABLE ON GOG!* The Sims 1 and 2 Legacy Collections launch to 'Mixed' reviews on Steam as EA investigates 'various issues'* The House of the Dead: Remake now available* DoomPDF - Play Doom Inside PDF DocumentsCommand Line Tool of the Month: aria2 — The Ultra fast download utility* aria2 is a utility for downloading files. The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. aria2 can download a file from multiple sources/protocols and tries to utilize your maximum download bandwidth. It supports downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP/SFTP and BitTorrent at the same time, while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP/SFTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent swarm. Using Metalink's chunk checksums, aria2 automatically validates chunks of data while downloading a file like BitTorrent.”Main Topic: Is Retro Gaming Still Worth It in 2025?* The original article from 2022Ways to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesHousekeeping* Chat thread for this episode is located here:* RM Quarterly vol. I is now available for all non-paid subscribers on itch.io for $1.50 USD* RM Quarterly vol. II is coming soon!Recent Articles* Doorbusted: the Demise of Black Friday* Let's Install Windows XP Delta Edition on a Toshiba Netbook* Daily Driving a Netbook in 2024: Better than You'd Think!* HARDWARE REVIEW: Kensington Orbit Fusion Wireless Trackball Mouse* RETRO REVIEW: Y2K The Movie (1999)* Y2K: A Retrospective of the End of TimeLatest New-Old Stock Episodes* NOS 033 — Let’s talk about the Meta Situation* NOS 034 — Year of the Linux Desktop: 9 Month UpdateThe Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.NewsApple News* Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdroppingLinux/FOSS News* Telegram reports spike in sharing user data with law enforcement* elementaryOS 8 now availableCreepy AI News* Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies* Introducing Social Profiles for Meta’s AIs (2023)Other Tech News* Everything you need to know about Florida's social media ban for minors* Adult content access in Florida is limited as new state law takes effect* Supreme Court Didn’t Rule On TikTok Ban Today—What To Know As Justices Signal They May Uphold Law* UPDATE: The US Supreme Court issued its decision to uphold the TikTok ban shortly after I recorded this episode.* Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail' alert, dies at 74* Michael MJD video reviewing AOL Desktop Gold in January 2025:Command Line Tool of the Month: epr* https://github.com/wustho/eprWays to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode NotesHousekeeping* RM Quarterly vol 1 is now available for all paid subscribers!NewsApple News* Last iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano added to Obsolete List* New Macs Announced in Late October “Week of Mac” Series of Video Announcements* macOS 15.1 update allegedly stops users from running unsigned applicationsLinux News* US Government sanctions Russian developers and maintainers in GPL software including the Linux kernel* Linus’ response* Bryan Lunduke’s Coverage* The PineNote — Pine64’s Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet — is Making a Return* Press Release* Ubuntu 25.04 codename revealed via Tweet on X to be “Plucky Puffin”* Linux boots in 4.76 days on the Intel 4004* Dmitry’s full write up* Fedora 41 Release Notes* The Miracle Window ManagerMicrosoft News* Windows Recall Delayed Again* Microsoft adding AI features to Notepad and PaintCreepy AI News* Tesla Reveals Optimus, a Walking Humanoid Robot You Could Buy in 2027Other Tech News* SpaceX Rocket Catch* Internet Archive Data Breach* Up to 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords stored in plain text* PayPal terms of service change to sell user data* NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesRetro Gaming/Vintage Computing News* Two Lost Sega Channel Games Have Been Found And Preserved* Epic Games Is Totally Chill About You Downloading Unreal And Unreal Tournament For Nothing* The ZX Spectrum Just Got An Amazing New Donkey Kong Port* An MSX Core Has Just Been Released For The Analogue Pocket* Atari ST Shoot 'Em Up 'Wings Of Death' Is Getting A Jaguar PortCommand Line Tool of the Month: play* https://github.com/paololazzari/play Ways to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesNewsApple News* Speculation about an October event* iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, watchOS 11 releasedLinux/FOSS news* A 9.9/10 severity Linux vulnerability disclosed in the CUPS project* Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” (plus flavors) are expected to release on October 10* 20th Anniversary FeaturesMicrosoft News* Microsoft, Google, and Amazon buying up Nuclear Power for their AI data centers* Microsoft set to reopen and utilize Three Mile Island facility* According to Ars Technica, Microsoft is also partnering with Blackrock and others to form a new initiative regarding the powering of AI datacenters* The Remote Desktop Connection application for Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS has been rebranded as Windows App with a new UI based on other Microsoft 365 applications. A web app is also available and Android support is in beta.Creepy AI News* Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison* Watch his presentation* Introducing SocialAI; a private social network where you only engage with LLM bots…Other Tech News* YouTuber ChromaLock modded a TI-84 calculator to access the web and ChatGPT* AI community platform, Hugging Face, has surpassed 1 million models* Nintendo shuts down another Switch emulator RyujinxRetro gaming/tech news* Starcraft and Starcraft II remasters coming to PC Game Pass on November 5* Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto indicates Nintendo’s future is not with AICommand line/FOSS tool of the week: CinecredCinecred is a FOSS tool licensed under GPLv3 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It lets you create a spreadsheet with credit information for films. Import the spreadsheet, edit the fonts, layout, and more then add the credit roll to your movie.The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode Notes* Watch the Event* RMP 035 — WWDC Review This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

A friend of mine recently picked up a huge lot (6 crates) of broken, or otherwise non-functional, retro game consoles and dropped them off with me for repair. There’s a lot of work ahead, but I’m hopeful we’ll be able to save a good many of these gems from e-waste so they can be enjoyed for another several decades!The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode NotesNews* Mac Mini redesign rumors — https://www.macrumors.com/guide/m4-mac-mini/* Apple applying 30% fee to in app purchases of Patreon subscriptions — https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon* Framework introducing a RISC-V mainboard — https://frame.work/blog/introducing-a-new-risc-v-mainboard-from-deepcomputing* Milk-V introduces Jupiter; a RISC-V powered mini ITX motherboard — https://milkv.io/jupiter* August 2024 Patch Tuesday includes fixes for 9 zero days (6 of which were actively exploited — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-2024-patch-tuesday-fixes-9-zero-days-6-exploited/* Google ruled to be a search monopoly — https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-rules-google-broke-antitrust-law-search-case-2024-08-05/* National Public Data breach exposed 4 terabytes of personal information for nearly every US, UK, and Canadian citizen — https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/nationalpublicdata-com-hack-exposes-a-nations-data/* MIT’s AI Risk Repository — https://airisk.mit.edu* Lost recordings of The Famous Computer Cafe found, restored, digitized, and archived for the public — https://blog.archive.org/2024/08/19/archiving-the-famous-computer-cafe/* Command Line Tool of the Month: WordGrinderWordGrinder is a simple, Unicode-aware word processor that runs on the console. It's designed to get the hell out of your way and let you write; it does very little, but what it does it does well. Main Topic: * DT’s video* ScreenZen app — https://www.screenzen.coWays to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesNews* The Lunduke Computer Operating System: Politics Free. Old-School. Private. A Linux-based Operating System for Everyone. * Wiki* Discord* Proton is Transitioning Towards a Non-Profit Structure* Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers* US Bans Sale of Kaspersky Software Citing Security Risk from Russia* Google Nest Wants Your Friends' Faces: Should You Give In?Command Line Tool of the Month: terminal-phase* terminal-phase is a terminal-based space shooterMain Topic — 5 Awesome Web Apps* Simplenote* CloudpilotEMU* Dos_deck* Dillinger* InfiniteMacThe Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

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The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode NotesNews* Apple Slashes Vision Pro Shipment Projections By 50% As Demand For $3,500 Headset Craters* Apple Releases Open Source AI Models That Run On-Device* Windows 11 Start Menu Ads are Now Rolling Out to Everyone* CentOS 7 EOL is June 30, 2024* Flamethrower manufacturer, Throwflame, offers a robotic dog with a flamethrower mounted on it's back* The Xbox 360 Store will Close July 2024Distro Release Notes* OpenBSD 7.5* Clonezilla 3.1.2* NetBSD 9.4* Fedora 40* EndeavourOS 2024.04.20* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | + flavors* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4* Oracle Linux 9.4* Rocky Linux 9.4* Alma Linux 9.4* Sparky Linux 2024.05* Manjaro 24.0* Endless OS 6.0Command Line Tool of the MonthGuake is a python based dropdown terminal made for the GNOME desktop environment. Guake's style of window is based on an FPS game, and one of its goals is to be easy to reach. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesApple News* NOS 023 — United States v. Apple* Apple Silicon Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Extract Encryption KeysLinux/FOSS News* What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the worldOther Tech News* AT&T Data Breach Update: 51 Million Customers ImpactedRetro Gaming News* Halo 2 now available in beta on Insignia* NES Hub announced for Nintendo NES expansion port with Bluetooth controller supportCommand Line Tool of the Month: TickerTicker is a terminal stock watcher and stock position tracker with features that include:* Live stock price quotes* Track value of your stock positions* Support for multiple cost basis lots* Support for pre and post market price quotesIt is available for Linux, MacOS (via Homebrew and MacPorts), and as a Docker image.The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesApple News* Apple Car: Apple’s now-cancelled car project — https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-car/* Apple CEO Tim Cook sends clear message about AI to Wall Street — https://www.thestreet.com/technology/apple-ceo-tim-cook-artificial-intelligence-technology-openai-siri-chatgpt-wwdc* iMessage with PQ3: The new state of the art in quantum-secure messaging at scale — https://security.apple.com/blog/imessage-pq3/Linux/FOSS News* Freenginx: A fork of Nginx — https://thenewstack.io/freenginx-a-fork-of-nginx/* Exodus Bitcoin Wallet: $490K Swindle — https://popey.com/blog/2024/02/exodus-bitcoin-wallet-490k-swindle/* Exodus Bitcoin Wallet: Follow up 2.0 — https://popey.com/blog/2024/02/exodus-bitcoin-wallet-follow-up/* Hexchat 2.16.2, The Final Release — https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html* Gnome 46 beta released — https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-46-beta-released/19505* LXQt 2.0 set for April release — https://lxqt-project.org/blog/2024/02/15/qt-6-and-wayland/* KDE Plasma 6 released — https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/* FreeBSD Continues Push Toward Deprecating 32-bit Platforms — https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-32-bit-Deprecation-Plan* TinyCore Linux 15 release notes — http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,26861.0.html* Tails 6.0 release notes — https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/release_notes/index.en.htmlMicrosoft News* Windows 11 version 24H2: New features, next-gen AI PCs, and everything we know so far — https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/windows-11-version-24h1-changelog-release-date-features-ai-2024-update* February 2024 Patch Tuesday: Two Zero-Days Amid 73 Vulnerabilities — https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/patch-tuesday-analysis-february-2024/Other Tech News* Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it — https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/8/24065940/funimation-shutdown-crunchyroll-digital-library* THE M&M’S MACHINES ARE WATCHING YOU — https://mathnews.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mathNEWS-154-3.pdf#page=6* Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes — https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/19/24077233/wyze-security-camera-breach-13000-customers-events* KeyTrap attack: Internet access disrupted with one DNS packet — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/keytrap-attack-internet-access-disrupted-with-one-dns-packet/* Security Now Podcast episode 962: The Internet Dodged a Bullet — https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/962* Security Now 962 Show Notes/Transcript — https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-962-notes.pdfRetro Gaming/Tech News* Luigi’s Mansion HD — https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/luigis-mansion-2-hd-switch/* 'Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection' blasts its way into our galaxy on March 14 — https://www.space.com/star-wars-battlefront-remastered-march-14* List of 2024 Leap Day Bugs — https://codeofmatt.com/list-of-2024-leap-day-bugs/* Red Viper: a Virtual Boy emulator for the 3DS — https://github.com/skyfloogle/red-viper* New PS3 firmware update keeps Sony’s console alive for another year — https://www.truetrophies.com/news/ps3-firmware-update-2024Command-Line Tool of the Week: musikcubemusikcube a cross-platform, terminal-based audio engine, library, player and server written in c++. Main Topic: The Year of the Linux Desktop!After a hard fought victory, I have installed Debian 12 with KDE Plasma 5.27.The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

NOTICE: In this episode I mention that Billy Mitchell seems to have perjured himself in his trial with Twin Galaxies over his Donkey Kong record. Going back to get the link for the show notes, I can no longer find it and the only article relating to it is two years old saying he was “flirting with perjury”. It is very possible that I misread it and was wrong in the episode and I don’t have time to go back and try to edit it. Many apologies. Mea culpa.Episode NotesApple News* Apple sells out of Vision Pro headsets after getting 200k pre-orders — https://nypost.com/2024/01/30/business/apple-sells-out-of-vision-pro-headsets-after-getting-200k-pre-orders/* Apple’s malicious compliance to the EU’s Digital Markets Act — https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-details-how-it-plans-to-comply-with-the-eus-digital-markets-act/* Apple says UK could ‘secretly veto’ global privacy tools — https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68128177Linux News* Asahi Fedora Remix launched — https://asahilinux.org/fedora/* Debian drops support for MIPSEL architecture — https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Dropping-MIPSEL* Speculation about Debian plans to end i386 support — https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/19/debian_to_drop_x86_32/* Linux Unplugged 547: Behind the Shelves — https://linuxunplugged.com/547* Zorin OS 17 release notes — https://blog.zorin.com/2023/12/20/zorin-os-17-has-arrived/* Alpine Linux 3.19 release notes — https://www.alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.19.0-released.html* Qubes OS 4.2.0 release notes — https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2023/12/18/qubes-os-4-2-0-has-been-released/* BunsenLabs “Boron” release notes — https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?pid=131604#p131604* Parrot OS 6.0 release notes — https://parrotsec.org/blog/2024-01-24-parrot-6.0-release-notes/Windows News* Microsoft data breach — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-reveals-how-hackers-breached-its-exchange-online-accounts/Retro Gaming News* 11 (Yes, Eleven) prototype builds and design documents for cancelled Vectorman PS2 sequel found and preserved — https://segabits.com/blog/2024/01/28/11-yes-eleven-prototype-builds-and-design-documents-for-cancelled-vectorman-ps2-sequel-found-and-preserved/* Sonic Heroes PS2 prototype discovered after 20 years — https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/games/sonic-heroes-ps2-prototype-discovered-after-20-years-r1800/* Square Enix intends to be “aggressive in implementing AI — https://www.ign.com/articles/square-enix-president-states-the-company-will-be-aggressive-in-applying-ai* 13-year-old beats NES Tetris; hits kill screen — https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/01/someone-has-finally-beaten-nes-tetris/* Alexey Pajitnov, being a real one, meets the kid — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tetris-creator-surprises-willis-gibson-teen-beat-game-rcna132387* Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for Sega Saturn gets quality of life hack in fan translation — https://gbatemp.net/threads/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night-for-the-sega-saturn-gets-an-advanced-qol-hack-and-english-translation.645688/* Homebrew port of Konami’s X-Men arcade game being worked on for Saturn; playable demo now available — https://segabits.com/blog/2024/01/06/homebrew-port-of-konamis-x-men-arcade-game-being-worked-on-for-saturn/* The Flippy Drive! — https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-rp2040-solderless-gamecube-modchip-flippydrive* Hyperkin Mega 95, Sega Nomad clone, announced — https://hothardware.com/news/hyperkin-mega-95-reveal* Valve requests take down of Portal 64 — https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/01/valve-request-takes-down-portal-64-due-to-concerns-over-nintendo-involvement/The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesNews* Surprise Apple “Scary Fast” event scheduled for Monday, 10/30 at 8:00 pm Eastern (5:00 Pacific) — Watch it here* What to expect from Apple's big Scary Fast event today | Digital Trends* Apple Rumored to Follow ChatGPT With Generative AI Features on iPhone as Soon as iOS 18 - MacRumors* Apple Boosts Spending to Develop Conversational AI — The Information* Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur” Release Notes - Release - Ubuntu Community Hub* Microsoft plans to kill off NTLM authentication in Windows 11 (bleepingcomputer.com)* People with CarPlay are mostly just listening to AM/FM radio - 9to5Mac* Nintendo Support: Announcement of Discontinuation of Online Services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software* CommodoreBlog: SNK vs CAPCOM for the Commodore 64/128 Released!Command Line Tool of the Week: daktilodaktilo ("typewriter" in Turkish, pronounced "duck-til-oh", derived from the Ancient Greek word δάκτυλος for "finger") is a small command-line program that plays typewriter sounds every time you press a key. It also offers the flexibility to customize keypress sounds to your liking. You can use the built-in sound presets to create an enjoyable typing experience, whether you're crafting emails or up to some prank on your boss.Download it from the projects GitHub repo.The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesIn this episode we look at some news from the last month and a half, and discuss an article by Terms of Service with Chris Martin in which he reviews the book Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities (full disclosure: this is an affiliate link if you want to support my work). NewsApple News* Apple held their annual Fall event titled Wonderlust on September 12, 2023 — https://www.apple.com/apple-events/* [Wired] Apple kills its plan to scan your photos for CSAM. Here’s what’s next — https://www.wired.com/story/apple-photo-scanning-csam-communication-safety-messages/* [Ars Technica] Apple details reasons to abandon CSAM-scanning tool, more controversy ensues — https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/apple-details-reasons-to-abandon-csam-scanning-tool-more-controversy-ensues/Other Tech News* [Ars Technica] WinRAR Zero Day that uses poisoned JPEG and TXT files under exploit since April — https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/winrar-0-day-that-uses-poisoned-jpg-and-txt-files-under-exploit-since-april/* [NIST Vulnerability Database] CVE-2023-38831 Details — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38831?ref=blog.ecoit.com.br* [AEI] US District Court rejects AI-generated content as non-copyrightable — https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/us-district-court-rejects-ai-generated-content-as-not-copyrightable/* [Nintendo Life] Nintendo Switch has surpassed the Wii’s lifetime Sales in the US — https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/08/nintendo-switch-has-surpassed-the-wiis-lifetime-sales-in-the-us#:~:text=Nintendo%27s%20official%20website%20says%20the,55.46%20million%20units%20to%20date.Command Line Tool of the Week: wegowego is an open source, terminal-based weather app that is customizable and uses cool ASCII art to visualize the weather. It’s available for many different platforms, is written in Go, and is ISC licensed. For installation instructions, check out the project’s GitHub page.Main Topic: Sowing Internet Chaos* [Substack] Can we fix the internet by introducing chaos? The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode Notes* Command Line Tool of the Week: try by binpashLinux/FOSS News* Linux Unplugged Podcast episode 514* Debian 12 “Bookworm” released* GNU/Hurd 2023 Released — Phoronix; GNU.org* Solus 4.4 released* Compare Thunderbird 102 to Thunderbird 115* Evolution mail client team seeking beta testers for project’s flatpakWindows News* Updates to ReactOS — the open source clone of Windows Server 2003* Windows 11 native support for 7z, RAR, TAR files, and moreOther Tech News* Avast Antivirus Class Action Lawsuit* Twitter rebranded to X, and the logo looks a lot like the Xorg logoRetro Gaming News* MGS3 remake announced as Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater* Metal Gear Solid Master Collection vol. 1 announced* Star Ocean: The Second Story remake announced* Super Mario RPG remake announcedThe Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

It’s that time of the year when Tim Apple comes out and shows us the new shiny that we can all expect to see in a coffee shop near us at some point soon. That’s right, it’s WWDC! This year, the keynote had a lot of hype surrounding it with rumors of a new VR/AR-type of headset, and they were right. I watched the full 2 hour, 7 minute announcement so you don’t have to (unless you want to, of course) and, boy, do I have some thoughts! There is also a casual chat going discussing our impressions and thoughts on what Apple presented (see below).Episode Notes* Watch the keynote — https://www.apple.com/apple-events/* Join the Chat The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesNews* KeePass Master Password Vulnerability — https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/keepass-exploit-allows-attackers-to.html?m=1* Declassified documents reveal FBI misuse of FISA surveillance powers — https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/4012650-fbi-misused-surveillance-tool-fisa-section-702/* Read the official document here — https://www.intelligence.gov/assets/documents/702%20Documents/declassified/21/2021_FISC_Certification_Opinion.pdf* Google’s TLD .zip and .mov Fail — https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/critics-say-googles-new-zip-and-mov-domains-will-be-a-boon-to-scammers/* File Archiver in the Browser Scam — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clever-file-archiver-in-the-browser-phishing-trick-uses-zip-domains/* Bobby Rausch’s Medium post about how unicode is used to trick browsers with maliciously crafted URLs — https://medium.com/@bobbyrsec/the-dangers-of-googles-zip-tld-5e1e675e59a5* Ubuntu 18.04 “Bionic Beaver” End of Life is here — https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/ubuntu-18-04-end-of-support* Windows XP keygen allows for serverless activation; has also been ported to Linux — https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/26/windows_xp_activation_keygen/Join the Chat!Command Line Tool of the Week: sl (steam locomotive)sl is a simple command line program for Linux, Mac, BSD, and WSL to cure your proneness to typos by displaying an ASCII steam locomotive running through your terminal.* GitHub: https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl* Install on Debian-based systems: sudo apt install sl* Install on RPM-based systems: * sudo yum install sl* sudo dnf install sl* Install on Arch-based systems: sudo pacman -S sl* Install on the BSDs:* OpenBSD — pkg_add -v sl* FreeBSD — pkg install sl* Install on macOS via Homebrew: brew install slThe Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode Notes* New-Old Stock 006: The Mandalorian Season 3 Review* Windowblinds 11 from Stardock Software - https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/* The Golden Girls Take Manhattan DX - https://www.jeoy.dev/projects/tggtmdxRecent Articles This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode we recap the notable parts of the Windows Vista Challenge and I share my final thoughts on one of the most maligned operating systems to date.Command Tool of the Week: DooitThe Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesIn this episode I explain what happened to cause me to move away from Linux as my daily use operating system. We also discuss the headlines regarding: * New deals between XBox, Nvidia, and Nintendo* Mercedes Benz’s absurd plans for the 2024 E Class* Windows 11’s Desktop as a Spyware Service* GPL violations by Voice.ai, and* One Plus’ anti-right to repair “battery encryption”News* Microsoft and Nvidia announce expansive new deal* Microsoft and Nintendo reach agreement to bring Xbox games to Switch* The Mercedes Benz E-Class is getting a giant touchscreen, TikTok, and a selfie camera (also Zoom)* The PC Security Channel - Has Windows Become Spyware?* Windows 11 sends tremendous amount of user data to third parties* Voice.ai - GPL violations with a side of DRM* Voice.ai denies claim it violated open source software license requirements* OnePlus takes on iPad with the OnePlus PadCommand Line Tool of the Week: Hugo!Hugo is a fantastic static website generator where you can use markdown files to build your website. Check out their documentation to learn more.* Hugo Home Page* Hugo Documentation* Hugo Themes This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesCommand Line Tools of the Week* CMatrix - Creates a Matrix-style feed in your terminal* Wikit - A command line program that can search for Wikipedia entriesNews* Google Confirms Stadia Shut Down* Raiden Voice Actor Sparks Wild Rumors for the Future of Metal Gear Solid* Microsoft makes Xbox Series X/S “Carbon Aware”* Apple caught scanning their users local files?* Twitch Streamers Violated by Deepfakes* Elementary OS 7.0 “Horus” released This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode Notes* EctoLife - The World’s First Artificial Womb* DistroTube - Five Very Popular Linux Distributions that are now DEAD!* Crunchbangplusplus - The Classic Minimal Crunchbang Feel, Now with Debian 11 Bullseye* Hannah Montana Linux - I’m sorry… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

The Retro Millennial is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new episodes and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode NotesHousekeeping & Recent Articles* Retro Finds of the Week Vol. 4 & Vol. 5 released* Introduced The Retro Millennial Chats; join and come discuss:* Your own retro finds* Retro gaming* Vintage computing* Nostalgia in the wild* A brief retrospective on Jamiroquai’s classic song “Virtual Insanity”* Announced the Windows Vista challenge. Join me if you dare!News* Critical Switch/3DS vulnerability known as ENLBufferPwn (CVE -2022-47949)* Final Fantasy XVI receives M rating from the ESRBCommand Line Tool of the Week: MicroMicro is a modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor with plugin and mouse support, syntax highlighting, and an interactive console.Install Micro* On a Mac via Homebrew* brew install micro* On Linux via Snap* snap install micro --classic* On Debian/Ubuntu-based systems* apt install micro* On Fedora* def install micro* On Arch* pacman -S micro* On Gentoo* emerge app-editors/micro* More options available on the project’s GitHubStart writing today. Use the button below to create your Substack and connect your publication with The Retro Millennial This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Just a quick wrap up of a busy year and a huge thank you to all of you for all of your support!The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesRecent ArticlesNews* Kickstarter for the Checkmate 19” IPS Modular Display* Trump’s NFT Silliness* Major breakthrough in fusion energy* Nuclear fusion: What does it mean for space exploration?Command Line Tool of the Week - exa“exa is an improved file lister with more features and better defaults. It uses colours to distinguish file types and metadata. It knows about symlinks, extended attributes, and Git. And it’s small, fast, and just one single binary.”* Exa Website* Exa GithubThe Retro Millennial is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new episodes and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

The Retro Millennial is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new episodes and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode NotesNews* The Epiphany web browser (Gnome Web) has been ported to Haiku* Infinite Mac: An Instant-Booting Quadra in Your Browser* Michael MJD - Running Mac OS in a Web BrowserCommand Line Tool of the Week: Deep-DazeDeep-Daze is a Python application that uses OpenAI’s CLIP and Siren to interpret text as an image. The results are a little… odd.imagine “a time traveler in a crowd.”imagine “life during the plague.”To install Deep-Daze, make sure Python is installed, then run the following:pip install deep-dazeMain Topic: A Few Ways to Enjoy Classic Mac OSBrowser-Based Options* Infinite Mac: System 7* Infinite Mac: Mac OS 8* Infinite Mac: Mac OS 9Macintosh.jshttps://github.com/felixrieseberg/macintosh.js/Emulation* Mini vMac* PCE & PCE.js* Basilisk II* SheepShaver* PearPC* QEMU This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesRecent Articles* How to Bypass “Pipe connection has been broken” Error in VMWare Fusion 12* RETRO REVIEW: Command & Conquer (1995)* Subscriber PollNews* All Over Windows - Installing Office XP Small Business* Scott Shafer - Established Titles Scam* Open Core Legacy Patcher version 0.5.2 Released* Mozilla Acquires Active Replica and PulseMain Topic - My 5 Favorite Laptops from the PastHONORABLE MENTION: Compaq Presario 12005. Dell Inspiron 60004. Apple iBook G33. Acer Aspire One D1502. 2009 Polycarbonate Unibody MacBookThe Retro Millennial is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new episodes and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesNews* AEW Fight Forever* Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Graphical Issues* Splinter Cell turns 20!* Jason David Frank Passes at 49* Batman Voice Actor, Kevin Conroy, Passes at 66The Retro Millennial is a listener-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesNews* Pokémon Scarlet & Violet release on Friday* New fix for Joy Con drift* YouTube | Stoic Financial - Crypto Companies Collapse & Massive Fraud Exposed* YouTube | Mental Outlaw - FTX Has Collapsed, Over $1 Billion in Customer Funds Lost* Forbes - FTX Declares Bankruptcy* Fortune - A Hacker Stole $400M from FTX this weekend. Here’s what we know so far* Reuters - At Least $1 Billion of client funds missing at failed crypto firm FTXMain Topic* YouTube | Retrontario - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (1991)* Right to RepairThe Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesNews* Slingbox servers are shutting down* LGR’s video on Slingbox* Mac84’s video on Slingbox* Twitter lays off 3,700 workers* Meta lays off 11,000 workers* Supply chain malware attack hits over 250 US news sites* Official Haiku website* Download Haiku R1 Beta 3* Download Haiku nightly buildsCommand Line Tool of the Week: saySyntaxsay “Text to be spoken.”Use say to speak the contents of a file.say -f example.txt Use say to record it’s output to an audio file.say “Text to be spoken.” -o test.aiffsay -f example.txt -o example.aiffMain Topic: A Case for Open Source Elections* Lessons from Virginia - A Comparative Forensic Analysis of WinVote Voting Machines* The Voting Village Report* Microsoft ElectionGuardThe Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

No big topic this week. I got a little sick last weekend and have been having trouble kicking it to the curb, so this week is just a news roundup! I’m planning to record again on Monday to get back on schedule.Episode NotesNews* iPhone 14 New Crash Detection Reportedly Goes Off on Roller Coasters* Open Core Legacy Patcher version 0.5.1 released* Ventura compatibility added* Working on machines going back to 2012* Updates for Big Sur and Monterrey as well* Mr. Macintosh* The Mac Application Compatibility Environment (MACE)* “[Creates a] runtime library and executing environment for old Mac applications, similar to Apple’s depricated Classic environment, but without needing any ROM images or system Software binaries by Apple.”* Screenshots of Photoshop v 1.0.7 from 1990, Sid Meyer’s Civilization, Mac OS Finder* Would be cool to see it evolve to also support PowerPC apps* Sega Genesis Mini 2* Sega asking what to do next* Elon buys TwitterThe Retro Millennial is a listener-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode NotesCommand Line Tool of the Week: Lotus 1-2-3 For Linux* https://github.com/taviso/123elfNews* Silent Hill Announcements: https://gamerant.com/silent-hill-transmission-october-2022-f-2-remake-ascension-townfall/* Apple’s October 2022 Announcements: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/10/apple-introduces-next-generation-ipad-pro-supercharged-by-the-m2-chip/* OpenBSD 7.2 Released: https://www.openbsd.org/72.htmlMain Topic* Packard Bell Legend 822CDTW Minitower: https://packardbellblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/packard-bell-legend-822cdtw-minitower.html?m=1* IBM NetVista M41 Type 6792: Exploring the IBM NetVista M41 Windows 98 PC - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com › watch* HP TouchSmart IQ524 All-in-One: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/597716-REG/HP_Hewlett_Packard_NC701AA_ABA_TouchSmart_IQ524_All_in_One_Desktop.html* Apple PowerMac G3: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g3/specs/powermac_g3_450_bl.html* Apple iMac G4: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_800_17_fp.htmlThanks for listening to The Retro Millennial! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

It’s been a wild week for gaming news. Razer’s new portable system, speculation about news for Silent Hill, Bayonetta 3 drama, and the final collapse of G4TV. Let’s talk about it, and what companies need to learn from it.Episode NotesCommand Line Tool of the Week: TildeTilde is a text based word processor/text editor much like MS-Edit on the old DOS systems. Install on Debian-based Linux Distros:sudo apt install tildeFor other distros, check out the download page on the project’s website.Thanks for listening to The Retro Millennial! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

A couple of days ago, a YouTuber published a video discussing a recent protest where high school students walked out over a new rule supposing to ban smartphones from campus. Let’s talk about the situation, and my response to his thoughts.Episode NotesCommand Line Tool of the Week: LinksInstall on Debian/Ubuntu/Windows (via WSL)sudo apt install linksInstall on macOS via Brewbrew install linksNews* Debian Chooses A Reasonable, Common Sense Solution To Dealing With Non-Free Firmware* No October Apple Event Expected Despite Upcoming Wave of New Devices* Apple announces macOS 13 Ventura and iPadOS 16 release dates* Github - gabe-on-github/tui-week This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Retro gaming is a fun hobby that I’ve been into for the last 6+ years. Let’s talk about it, and some tips on getting into it yourself.Episode NotesCOMMAND LINE TOOL OF THE WEEK: RANGERInstall on Linux (Debian-based) or Windows via WSL (Debian/Ubuntu):sudo apt install rangerInstall on macOS via Homebrew:brew install rangerNEWS* Nintendo 64’s Goldeneye 007 Confirmed for Switch Online and Xbox Game Pass* VM2 for Dreamcast* Creating an Operating System for the NES* Download NES-OS* The Lunduke Journal Podcast - 10/2/2022DOSWEEK FUNThanks for listening to The Retro Millennial podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Let’s have a chat about life, business, working in the IT industry, and some lessons I’ve learned along the way. Thanks for listening to The Retro Millennial podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Let’s talk about what Apple announced this week. Also, I finally dug out my old microphone, so enjoy the improved audio!Thanks for listening to The Retro Millennial podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe