There is a first time to everything. The first time you used Linux, the first time you visited It’s FOSS 😉 Why am I talking about first times? Because for the first time, I made a video with my ‘face’ in it.
Read More
Why do programmers always mix up Halloween and Christmas? “Because Oct 31 = Dec 25.” (Octal 31 and Decimal 25 are equivalent, in case you needed more clarification) I know that was a classic dad joke but since I am father of
Read More
Ubuntu 23.10 and its flavors have been released. A major identified issue is that a ‘bug’ is not allowing users to install deb files using the software center. To me, it’s not a bug but a feature introduced by Ubuntu to push
Read More
Ubuntu 23.10 is releasing today. More snaps and more experiments. This is an important release because it will set the course for the next 24.04 LTS release. While we’ll publish various release briefs in due time, you can take a look at
Read More
BTW, I use Arch Linux! No, I am not joking. I have (re)installed Arch on my TUXEDO InfinityBook and using it as my daily driver these days. My main system still has Ubuntu 23.04, though. The thing is that I had stopped
Read More
I have been hinting on introducing a ‘new feature’ in the last few newsletters. The wait (and the suspense) is finally over. Let me announce the quiz section 🎊 No, they are not necessarily school material. They are a mix of puzzles,
Read More
Maintaining a Linux kernel can be a daunting task. Developers are aware of it. That’s why they have decided to reduce the support for all LTS kernel versions to two years. Earlier, some LTS kernel versions were supported for six years. You
Read More
Not sure if you have noticed already, there is a ‘resources’ section at the lower half of the It’s FOSS homepage. It features some of the tutorial series and detailed guides that you might not have found otherwise. I have also added
Read More
The month of September seems to be steaming with new releases. It’s just the first week and we already have many new distro version releases. On top of that, GNOME 45 will be coming in the next two weeks. By the way,
Read More
Linux Kernel 6.5 is the obvious big release. However, there are two major browser releases this week. Firefox 117 teases a built-in translation tool and Vivaldi 6.2 which packs significant performance upgrades under the hood. By the way, if you use Google,
Read More