FOSS Weekly #23.28: China's Linux OS, Linux Exit Codes, Btrfs Origins and More

I have a feeling that we've been covering more commands and terminal-based tutorials than desktop-focused tutorials.

Do you also think the same? If yes, let me know so that we can put the focus back where you, our readers, want it.

💬 Let's see what you get in this edition of FOSS Weekly:

SUSE plans to fork Red Hat
Get familiar with exit codes in Linux
Continuation learning with Bash Basics series and Linux command examples
Birthday wishes in ASCII format
And other Linux news, videos, Puzzles and, of course, memes!

📰 Linux news

The LXD project has found a new home at Canonical.
Fedora Workstation 40 might feature privacy-preserving telemetry.
blendOS v3 was recently released with significant upgrades.
Solus received a new release after almost two years.
Geary 44 was released with two nifty additions.
A new release of Q4OS is here.
SUSE has landed a blow to IBM with plans to fork RHEL into a new distro without restrictions.
GIMP 2.99.16 was released, making it closer to the 3.0 release.

Thunderbird 115 was released, featuring the long-awaited redesign.

🧠 What we’re thinking about

Here's a detailed brief history of the btrfs file system that I came across recently although the article is more than a decade old.

A short history of btrfs

You probably have heard of the cool new kid on the file system block,btrfs (pronounced“butter-eff-ess”) - after all, Linus Torvalds is using it as his rootfile system on one of his laptops. But you might not know muchabout it beyond a few high-level keywords - copy-on-write, checksums,writabl…

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🧮 Tutorials

Let's a-raise your bash skills with arrays.

Unravel the mystery behind exit codes in Linux.

Continue exploring essential Linux commands.

Learn to create an animated ASCII birthday animation in the Linux terminal! 🎂

📹 What we are watching

One of our followers on Mastodon shared an interesting take on what to do if your favorite free software is on the brink of being shut down.

✨ Project highlights

openKylin can be a game-changer for the Linux ecosystem in China.

🧩 Puzzle (for Pro members only)

There are five Wordle. They can be software programs, desktops, distributions etc. Try to complete it in as fewer steps as possible.

🛍️ Interesting deal for you

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💡 Quick handy tip

If you are bothered by the title-bar taking extra space in Firefox, you can easily hide it. Right-click on the tab bar and choose Customize Toolbar.

Firefox opens the customization menu in a new tab. Move to this new Customize tab and look at the bottom. You’ll see Title Bar option checked.

You just need to uncheck this Title Bar option. That’s it.

🤣 Meme of the week

Once you enter Vim, it's either all or nothing!

🗓️ Tech Trivia

On July 9, 1981, Nintendo released the hit video game Donkey Kong in Japan. The game features the first-ever appearance of the Mario character. The game was launched in the USA a few weeks later.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FOSSverse corner

Recently, a reader noticed that CopyQ clipboard application was not working as intended in Ubuntu 23.04. I shared the possible fix for the problem in the Community.