FOSS Weekly #25.45: Rust in Apt, Devuan 6, Modular Router, FSearch, Workspace Mastery and More Linux Stuff

AI and bots are everywhere. YouTube is filled with AI generated, low-quality videos; Facebook and other social media are no different. What is more concerning is the report that more than 50% of the internet traffic is by bots.

Gone are the days when the Internet connected humans. Are we heading towards the death of the internet? Theena explores what the world could look like in the near future.

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

GitHub's 2025 report.
A new Tor Browser released and so did systemd-free Debian in the form of Devuan.
Flatpak app center reviewed.
Proton's new dark web monitoring tool.
Debian/Ubuntu's APT package manager will have Rust code soon.
And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!
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📰 Linux and Open Source News

Tor Browser 15.0 is here with some impressive upgrades.
Whether you like it or not, Rust is coming to Debian's APT.
Devuan 6.0 looks like a solid release with all its refinements.
FFmpeg has received some much-needed support from India's FLOSS/fund.
Proton has launched the Data Breach Observatory to track dark web activity.
Proton VPN's new CLI client is finally here (a beta version), and it is looking promising.

🧠 What We’re Thinking About

GitHub's Octoverse 2025 report paints a great picture of the state of open source in 2025.

🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials, and Learnings

FSearch is a quick file search application for Linux that you should definitely check out.

Netflix who? Meet your personal streaming service. 😉

Master the workspace feature in Ubuntu with these tips.

👷 AI, Homelab and Hardware Corner

The Turris Omnia NG is an OpenWrt-powered Wi-Fi router that is upgradeable. But that pricing is a dealbreaker 💔

IBM Granite 4.0 Nano is here as IBM's smallest AI model yet.

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✨ Project Highlights

I have found an interesting Flatpak app store. Wrote about it in an article as well as made a video review to understand what it's all about.

Switching to terminal now. See how you can use Instagram straight from the terminal.

📽️ Videos I Am Creating for You

Fastfetch is super expandable and you can customize to give it a different look and display information of your choice or even images of your loved ones. Explore Fastfetch features in the latest video.

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💡 Quick Handy Tip

The Ubuntu system settings offer only limited settings to tweak the appearance of desktop icons. In fact, the desktop icons that come pre-installed in Ubuntu are achieved through an extension.

So, if you have GNOME Shell Extensions installed in Ubuntu, then you can access a lot more tweaking options for the desktop icons.

After installing it, open it and click on the cogwheel button near the "Desktop Icons NG (DING)" system extension. As you can see in the screenshot above, other Ubuntu features like Window Tiling, AppIndicators, etc. can also be tweaked from here.

🎋 Fun in the FOSSverse

The spooky never stops, even after Halloween is over. Can you match up spooky project names with their real names?

🤣 Meme of the Week: Things can get complicated very easily. 🫠

🗓️ Tech Trivia: On November 4, 1952, CBS News used the UNIVAC computer to predict the U.S. presidential election. Early data pointed to an easy win for Dwight D. Eisenhower, but skeptical anchors delayed announcing it. When the results came in, UNIVAC was right, marking the first time a computer accurately forecast a national election.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 From the Community: Regular FOSSer Rosika has come up with a download script for It's FOSS Community topics. This can be really handy if you want to keep a backup of any interesting topics.