After Denmark, now the news is that French city Lyon is ditching Microsoft to set up a collaborative office with a few open source software. Now that calls for a 'fest for the luminieries' 😉
Sourav Rudra
💬 Let's see what else you get in this edition
- A new Google Maps alternative.
- LibreOffice working on a long-requested feature.
- Twitter's original co-founder launching an open source project.
- A new app for transferring files between your Linux system and Android device.
- And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!
📰 Linux and Open Source News
- CoMaps has been officially launched, and its looking good.
- bitchat is Jack Dorsey's new open source venture.
- I am happy that LibreOffice is finally working on bringing Markdown support.
- HDR support is coming to the Linux version of Blender soon.
Weeks after weeks, Fedora comes up with its plan to drop support for aging technologies. This time, Fedora wants to drop UEFI boot support on MBR.
Sourav Rudra
🧠 What We’re Thinking About
AI has reduced the cost of adding new software to almost zero but the price of understanding, testing, and trusting that code is higher than ever.
Pedro Tavares
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials, and More
- Start avoiding these deprecated Linux commands!
- I faced this 'failed to synchronize all databases' error in Pacman on the weekend and shared a quick fix for it.
- This is my favorite article that explains the concept of Linux distributions in an easy to understand way by using an interesting anology. I have shared it a few times in the past newsletters too.
- Here's another explainer on sources.list concept in Ubuntu. Although, I have to update it as things have changed with Ubuntu 24.04.
A few tips on freeing up disk space on Ubuntu and Linux Mint distros.
Abhishek Prakash
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👷 Homelab and Hardware Corner
It is important to keep a tab on the CPU temperature on your Raspberry Pi.
Abhishek Prakash
Spotted this new GaN charging station on Kickstarter. The real time visuals on power output is excellent for people who like to keep track of data on all things possible.
✨ Project Highlight
Packet offers a convenient method for wirelessly transferring files between Linux and Android and vice versa.
Sourav Rudra
📽️ Videos I am Creating for You
You won't believe Xfce can look this beautiful. Detailed Xfce customization video is the latest on our YouTube channel.
🧩 Quiz Time
Can you beat this command-themed memory challenge?
Abhishek Prakash
💡 Quick Handy Tip
In Xfce, you can minimize all other windows except the current one. For doing this, right-click on the titlebar and then select "Minimize Other Windows".
🤣 Meme of the Week
🗓️ Tech Trivia
On July 8, 1946, the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania hosted the first-ever formal lecture series on electronic digital computers. These influential lectures on computer design directly inspired the development of some of the world’s earliest stored-program computers, including the groundbreaking EDSAC.
🧑🤝🧑 FOSSverse Corner
Can you help this FOSSer pick a GPU that works well with Kubuntu 24.04?
phlag311
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