The Retro Millennial Podcast

Episode Notes Check out The Retro Millennial on the small web! Surprise & Shine Event The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct 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 Check out The Retro Millennial on the small web! News Apple News * Apple Maps has Ads Now * M6 and M5 Ultra Announced * Fall “Surprise & Shine” Event Announced for September 9 Linux/FOSS News * Xbox PC and Game Pass titles are coming to Linux through ‘Xodus’ * Linux Turns 35-Years-Old * Haiku Turns 25-Years-Old * Haiku R1 Beta 6 Release Notes Microsoft News * Microsoft ported the Xbox One’s, Xbox 360 emulator, to PC to allow support for 360 and OG XBOX games * Xbox Series X 25th Anniversary Edition pre-orders are open; console costs $900 * Xbox Disc-to-Digital program announced AI News * AI Content Is Everywhere on Social Media, Especially LinkedIn * Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones * Bryan Lunduke - “They’re Watching You” (LinuxFest NW 2017) * All DRAM production already claimed through 2028 * Ethiopian Bible AI Scam Underway Other Tech News * Columbia House shutting down after 71 years Retro Gaming News * Doom ported to Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Vectrex * Doom for C64 * Doom for ZX Spectrum * Doom for Vectrex * The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind ported to Google Chrome * RPCS3 now emulates PS3 cellSysmodule without Sony code * Claude Code and Fable 5 ported the 2003 PC game Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour to native iOS in “a few hours” * Pokémon Snap 3DS - New Nintendo 3DS - ESP/ENG/IT/FR/PT/DE/JAP - beta v0.3.6 Command Line Tool of the Month: cliamp cliamp is a retro TUI music player inspired by Winamp. Play local files, streams, podcasts, YouTube, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, Spotify, Plex, Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, and more. Use the spectrum visualizer, parametric EQ, and playlist manager. 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 Check out The Retro Millennial on the small web! News Apple News * iOS and macOS 27 public beta released in mid-July * Not advised to run on your main devices Microsoft News * Microsoft lays off another 4,900 people -- approx 2.1% of total workforce * Windows 11 Patch Tuesday for July was the largest ever with 570 vulnerabilities fixed * Includes 428 bugs in Edge, WebView2, and Chrome’s Chromium engine * Also included fixes for multiple zero days including some actively exploited ones targeting Active Directory Federated Services and SharePoint Linux/FOSS News * Linux Mint Cinnamon DE version 6.8 move Wayland support out of “Experimental” while still fully supporting X11 * The Lunduke Computer Operating System release 0.1 out now * Hannah Montana Linux has been reborn * COSMIC 1.3 introduces translucent “Frosted Glass” UI option * AppImages get a package manager called “AppManager” Retro Gaming News * Bobby Prince, composer of Doom, Doom 2, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem has passed away at 81 * Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Unreal Engine Remake ends development for obvious reasons * iam8bit releasing transluscent reproduction carts of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 for the 35th aniversary * Complete games on playable cartridges, in matching reproduction clamshell boxes with a manual * Each costs $99 * GameInformer magazine has made every issue of the magazine available for free on their website Other Tech News * Sony removed purchased digital movies from customer accounts * Sony going fully digital in January in 2028; no new disks will be made * Sony considering PlayStation Plus price increase * “We want to make sure that Customer LTV (Customer Lifetime Value) for every new user is profitable,” Sony told investors. “We aim to achieve this by driving higher Customer LTV, increasing recurring revenue, and implementing operational discipline and efficiency. By balancing growth in these areas, we can achieve our aim for profitable growth.” * So we can’t by physical in the future * The physical games we get now aren’t actaully physical * They’ll take away our digital purchases * And charge us more for the licenses on a monthly basis * I think it’s just time to start saying no to these companies and stop giving them any of our money * But no one wants to do that and not be entertained... Command Line Tool of the Month: Basalt Basalt is a TUI application -- written in Rust -- designed to manage Obsidian vaults from the terminal. It is available for Mac, Windows and Linux via Cargo and Aqua. 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 Big changes to The Retro Millennial on the small web! Apple News * MacSurf, a modern web browser for Mac OS 9 Microsoft 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 days Retro Gaming News * Ecco the Dolphin Complete announced Command Line Tool of the Month: neo Neo 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 Notes Apple 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-NG AI 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.html Command Line Tool of the Month: Tock Tock 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