Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 I’m incredibly thankful for this community. To our Plus members who support us financially, and to our free members who amplify our work by sharing it with the world — you all mean a lot to us. Your belief
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Nitrux has released a major new version, and it now uses Hyprland instead of KDE Plasma. Hyprland popularity is soaring, and I predict that more distros will start offering their Hyprland soon. Are we entering a Hyprland era of desktop Linux? Nitrux
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Here is the news. It’s FOSS News (news.itsfoss.com) doesn’t exist anymore, at least not as a separate entity. All news articles are now located under the main website: https://itsfoss.com/news/ I merged the two portals into one. Now, you just have to log
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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
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It’s Halloween so time to talk spooky stuff 👻 If solving Linux mysteries sounds thrilling, SadServers will be your new haunted playground. I came across this online platform that gives you real, misconfigured servers to fix and real-world inspired situations to deal
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Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) version 7 is available now. For people who like Debian more than Ubuntu and Linux Mint’s Cinnamon more than anything, this is the perfect choice. LMDE 7 “Gigi” Released: Linux Mint’s Debian-Based Alternative Gets Major Upgrade A
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In the previous newsletter, I asked what kind of advice someone looking to switch from Windows to Linux would have. I got so many responses that I am still replying to all the suggestions. I am also working on the ‘Windows to
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Microsoft is all set to kill existing methods to set up a local account on fresh Windows 11 installs. I am not really surprised. This is Microsoft being Microsoft. Microsoft Kills Windows 11 Local Account Setup Just as Windows 10 Reaches End
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Last month, Austria’s armed forces ditched Microsoft Office for LibreOffice. This is surely positive news, but it also makes us think about something crucial. The move to switch to open source is often driven by monetary benefits. Since these organizations often save
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There were two smartphone launches recently, both with hardware kill switches. One is the Murena-powered HIROH Phone, and the other is the Furi Labs FLX1s. FLX1s uses a Debian based operating system. Now, these are not necessarily for everyone, and they sure
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