The Retro Millennial Podcast

Retro gaming, vintage computing, and sweet nostalgia… and maybe some modern tech news as well. retropunk.substack.com

The Retro Millennial Podcast is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 57 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Retro Millennial Podcast, a news show with 57 episodes published.

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  RMP 053 — Progress on the Digital Exit Strategy

  May 30, 202648 minS0

  <p>Episode Notes</p><p>Apple News</p><p>* 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/</p><p>Microsoft News</p><p>* 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/</p><p>Linux/FOSS News</p><p>* Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) Patches Released —https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-05-01-cve-2026-31431-copy-fail/</p><p>* Canonical to shut Ubuntu Pastebin after 18 years of service — https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/canonical-ubuntu-pastebin-shutdown</p><p>* Devuan Developer Working On Reviving GTK2 With Modern Fixes — https://www.phoronix.com/news/G...

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  RMP 052 — Apple’s Most Significant Products of the Last Half Century

  Apr 25, 202653 minS0

  <p>Episode Notes</p><p>Apple News</p><p>* April 1: Apple Computer 50th Anniversary — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-to-celebrate-50-years-of-thinking-different/</p><p>* The Mac Pro is officially discontinued— https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-the-mac-pro/</p><p>* WWDC26 announced for June 8-12 — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-returns-the-week-of-june-8/</p><p>* 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.html</p><p>Linux/FOSS News</p><p>* Gnome 50 released — https://release.gnome.org/50/</p><p>* Manjaro 2.0 manifesto — https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-2-0-manifesto/186171</p><p>* Ubuntu 26.04 “Resolute Racco...

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  RMP 051 — Mid-MARCHintosh Check In

  Mar 20, 202647 minS0

  <p>Episode Notes</p><p>Apple News</p><p>* Details on every new Apple hardware product announced in March (https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/apple-march-2026-product-releases/)</p><p>Microsoft News</p><p>* 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)</p><p>Other Tech News</p><p>* 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)</p><p>* Mad Lad, Carl Does Tech Things gets online co-op Super Mario 64...

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  RMP 050 — The State of Retro Gaming in 2026

  Feb 15, 20261h 15mS0

  <p>Episode Notes</p><p>* My personal newsletter with 2026 Experiment updates</p><p>Apple News</p><p>* Apple releases the new Apple Creator Studio subscription bundle (https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/hands-on-with-apple-creator-studio-a-bittersweet-bundle/)</p><p>Linux/FOSS News</p><p>* 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)</p><p>* Mesa 26.0 released bringing improved graphics support (https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/26.0.0.html)</p><p>* 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/)</p><p>...

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  RMP 049 — 2026 Predictions

  Jan 13, 20261h 6mS0

  <p>Episode Notes</p><p>* My personal newsletter with 2026 Experiment updates</p><p>Apple News</p><p>* 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/)</p><p>Linux/FOSS News</p><p>* 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…)</p><p>* Only known copy of Unix v4 recovered from tape (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/only-known-copy-of-unix-v4-recovered-from-tape/)</p><p>* FreeBSD 15.0 released (https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/)</p><p>Microsoft News</p><p>* December Patch Tuesday feature updates (https://www.windowscentral.com/mi...

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