FOSS Weekly #25.17: Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 Release Follow-ups, Logseq, ZimaBoard and More

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• New Ubuntu flavor release.
• Exploring pages, links, and tags in Logseq.
• Ubisoft doing something really unexpected.
• And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!
• This edition of FOSS Weekly is supported by Valkey.

❇️ Valkey – The Drop-in Alternative to Redis OSS

With the change of Redis licensing in March of 2024 came the end of Redis as an open source project. Enter Valkey – the community driven fork that preserves and improves the familiar high-performance, key-value datastore for improving application performance.

Stewarded by the Linux foundation, Valkey serves as an open source drop-in alternative to Redis OSS – no code changes needed, with the same developer-friendly experience. For your open source database, check out Valkey.

What is Valkey? – Valkey Datastore Explained - Amazon Web Services

Valkey is an open source, high performance, in-memory, key-value datastore. It is designed as a drop-in replacement for Redis OSS.

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

📰 Linux and Open Source News

• Ubisoft has surprised us with its open source move.
• Ubuntu 25.04 has arrived, delivering many upgrades.
• Similarly, Xubuntu 25.04 and Kubuntu 25.04 are here, offering up useful refinements.

ZimaBoard 2 crowdfunding campaign is live on Kickstarter. I had the early prototype sent a few days ago and I share my experience with ZimaBoard 2 in this article.

Initial Impressions of the ZimaBoard 2 Homelab Device

Apart from the silver exterior, I have nothing to complain about in ZimaBoard 2 even if it is a prototype at this stage.

It's FOSS NewsAbhishek

🧠 What We’re Thinking About

Android's Linux Terminal just got a noteworthy power up.

Android 16 lets the Linux Terminal use your phone’s entire storage

Android 16 Beta 4 uncaps the disk resizing slider, allowing you to allocate your phone’s entire storage to the Linux Terminal.

Android AuthorityMishaal Rahman

🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More

• It's easy to check which desktop environment your Linux distro has.
• Check out these 21 basic, yet essential Linux networking commands.
• Some tools you can use when you have to share files in GB over the internet.
• Continuing the Logseq series, learn how to tag, link, and reference in Logseq the right way, and when you are done with that, you can try customizing it.

If you just installed or upgraded to the Ubuntu 25.04 release, here are 13 things you should do right away:

13 Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 25.04

Just installed Ubuntu 25.04? Here are some neat tips for you.

It's FOSS NewsSourav Rudra

👷 Homelab and Maker's Corner

Build a real-time knowledge retrieval system with our step-by-step RAG guide.

Tuning Local LLMs With RAG Using Ollama and Langchain

Interested in taking your local AI set up to the next step? Here’s a sample PDF-based RAG project.

It's FOSSAbhishek Kumar

✨ Apps Highlight

Docs is a self-hostable document editor solution with many neat features.

Online Docs... but Sovereign: This is Europe’s Open Source Answer to Big Tech

Docs is an open source, self-hosted document editor that allows real-time collaboration and gives users control over their data.

It's FOSS NewsSourav Rudra

📽️ Videos I am Creating for You

See Fedora 42 in action in the latest video. By the way, that weird default wallpaper has a significance.

🧩 Quiz Time

Try your hand at our Essential Linux Commands crossword.

Guess the Popular Linux Command: Crossword

Test your Linux command line knowledge with this simple crossword puzzle. All you have to do is to correctly guess the essential Linux command.

It's FOSSAbhishek Prakash

Alternatively, can you match the Linux distros with their logos?

💡 Quick Handy Tip

In GNOME File Manager (Nautilus), you can invert the selection of items using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + I.

🤣 Meme of the Week

Hah, this couldn't be more true. 😆

🗓️ Tech Trivia

On April 20, 1998, during a demonstration of a beta version of Windows 98 by Microsoft's Bill Gates, at COMDEX, the system crashed in the live event. Gates jokingly said, "That must be why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet". If you ever used Windows 98, you know that it should have never been shipped 😉

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FOSSverse Corner

Can you help a newbie FOSSer with their search for a Linux distribution chart?

Looking for a Linux distribution chart

I’m wondering if there’s ever been a table/spreadsheet created to provide a basic breakdown of most, if not all, distros at a glance. I’m not talking about subjective metrics like some charts display (e.g. user friendliness, cutting edge, community, etc.), but about objective criteria like the following: Available architecture Desktop environments (possibly with individual categories for filing system, window manager, terminal, etc.) Shell Package manager Installation (e.g. CLI, Calamares, etc…

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