It is time to embrace the AI 🤖 While the world can gush over the likes of proprietary ChatGPT, we Linux users should look for its open source alternatives. The thing is that running an AI server on your system locally has
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It seems my rant on Ubuntu 24.04’s handling of third-party deb files rattled many in the community. While many people agreed with me, some think it’s a non-issue. A few crass comments are there telling me ‘to just use the command line’.
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The two big releases of the year are here; Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Fedora 40. I deferred sending the newsletter by a day so that I could provide you with all the coverage. Although, Ubuntu 24.04 comes with several new features and
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Do you like short videos and reels? Lately, we have been posting some real cool ones on our Instagram account. There are lit video memes and interesting bytes of old interviews of computing legends like Torvalds, Stallman, Ritchie, Thompson etc. Take this
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Here’s positive news that should delight most Linux and open-source supporters. German state Schleswig-Holstein has decided to replace Microsoft Office with LibreOffice on over 30,000 employees’ PCs. Wow! German State Ditches Microsoft for Open-Source Software The end of dominance for Microsoft in
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This is a special FOSS Weekly edition as it focuses on Homelab. Wondering what is a homelab? Basically, it’s a dedicated computer(s) set up which resides in your home and serves various open source software on your local network. So, you run
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It’s FOSS has around 2000 articles and it is difficult to find the interesting ones just from browsing the website. This is what prompted me to consolidate articles based on topics. So, you get pages like Fedora guides, Rust series etc. I
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It seems Microsoft is nagging Windows users more frequently to switch to Windows 11. Time to upgrade to Linux? Perhaps. When support for Windows XP and 7 ended, it prompted many people to explore Linux on their personal computer. Will the demise
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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
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Not sure if you have noticed it already, we are doing more Linux book reviews this year. It’s a way to introduce you to interesting new Linux books that you may want to explore. Take Linux Kernel Programming book, for example. It’s
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