About this episode

The episode discusses open source in the context of AI, recent supply-chain attacks, and features community feedback on Linux Mint.

Welcome to Destination Linux, Episode 475! Jill is your Pal Master today, guiding you through an episode filled with privacy insights, supply‑chain surprises, AI security shakeups, and a dash of Linux nostalgia. Ryan is here, Craig Rowland from Sandfly Security joins us, and Zeb will be back next week! We kick things off with community feedback about resurrecting old hardware with Linux Mint, then dive into how a persistent Windows device ID helped investigators identify a ransomware operator despite VPNs and IP hopping. We explore a new PyPI supply‑chain attack, discuss whether open source can keep up in the age of AI, celebrate the re‑release of GIMP 0.54, and even talk a little Palworld. Grab your favorite Pal and your Pal Spheres, this isn’t Pokémon, but you’ll want to collect every moment of this episode. Stop breaking your own servers. Go to deviantairwaves.com/sandfly to see how agentless security actually respects your uptime. And for the home lab warriors out there, you can secure your own fortress with the Sandfly Home Edition. Use the code DESTINATION50 for 50% off right now. That’s $50 for the first YEAR! That's deviantairwaves.com/sandfly. Go get your uptime back…

People in this episode

Host: Jill

Guest: Craig Rowland

Topics covered

• open source
• AI
• supply-chain attacks
• privacy
• Linux nostalgia

Keywords

• open source
• AI security
• PyPI attack
• Linux Mint
• GIMP
• Palworld

Sponsors

Sandfly

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sandfly Security, EFF

Products: Linux Mint, GIMP 0.54, Palworld

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