FOSS Weekly #24.11: Kernel 6.8, VLC Streaming, LVM Guide, UPT and More

I hope you're having a fantastic week! Welcome to another edition of FOSS Weekly newsletter.

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

Fedora dropping X11 support.
Beginner's guide to Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
A major Linux kernel release.
And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes!
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📰 Linux news

Fedora's GNOME session is all set to drop X11 support.
PostmarketOS is bringing systemd support to Linux phones.
VLC may introduce support for online media streaming for FAST channels.
Elon Musk says that xAI's Grok chatbot will be going open-source this week.
Firefox will finally get a tab grouping feature after it was removed from it in the past.

A major release is here in the form of Linux kernel 6.8, it will be offered on the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release too.

🧠 What we’re thinking about

Another product joins the Microsoft graveyard, but it is still not as big as Google's.

🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More

Our guide will take you through the basics of the Logical Volume Manager (LVM).

Not in the mood? Then you can refer to our list of the best productivity tools that can help your workflow.

📹 What we are watching

A YT video from It's FOSS after a long pause.

✨ Project highlights

UPT is a frontend for APT, DNF, APK, Zypper and many more package managers.

Practice your typing in the terminal ⌨️

🧩 New quiz unit

This week's quiz is for the Linux gaming enthusiasts.

💡 Quick handy tip

In Dolphin File Manager, you can bring the Toolbar to the top, bottom, left or right. To do this, right-click on an empty space on the toolbar and uncheck the “Lock Toolbar Positions” button.

Now, right-click on the newly appearing handle on the left, and then select Orientation > Your required orientation.

You can lock it again by re-enabling the “Lock Toolbar Positions” option, to make it lock on the new position.

🤣 Meme of the week

Open-source is the foundation, never let it go weak!

🗓️ Tech Trivia

Kali Linux turned 11 on 13 March. Originally, Kali Linux was called BackTrack Linux and it was based on Ubuntu. In 2013, the project revamped into Kali Linux, using Debian as base.