FOSS Weekly #23.46: Linux YouTube Channels, GNOME Extensions, elementary OS 8 and More
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💬 Let’s see what you get in this edition of FOSS Weekly:
- A new Steam Deck variant.
- Important details regarding elementary OS 8.
- Linux YouTube Channels you may follow
- And other Linux news, videos, Puzzles and, of course, memes!
📰 Linux news
- Some crucial details regarding elementary OS 8 were revealed, no major updates for OS 7 going forward.
- Valve recently introduced a new Steam Deck variant with an OLED display.
- OBS Studio 30 was introduced, sadly, it is dropping support for Ubuntu 20.04.
- Blender 4.0 is also available now.
- The modern eBook reader Foliate sees a major version release.
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🧠 What we’re thinking about
Take a look at the past of your favorite email client.
Ryan Sipes
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More
Here are our recommended Linux YouTube channels.
Ankush Das
Here’s how you can solve the ‘target not found’ error in Arch Linux.
Abhishek Prakash
A complete guide on using GNOME Shell Extensions.
Abhishek Prakash
📹 What we are watching
Do you ever wonder; are there any music streaming options that don’t collect my data?
✨ Application highlights
On the note of music streaming, why not give one of the apps listed below a try?
MusicPod is a neat flutter-based app with support for streaming internet radio.
Sourav Rudra
Or, you could go for BlackHole, an interesting Spotify-like music player for smartphones.
Sourav Rudra
🧩 New quizzes
From C to Python, can you correctly guess these creators of famous programming languages?
Abhishek Prakash
How well do you know the common directories and their structure? Test your knowledge.
Abhishek Prakash
💡 Quick handy tip
If your Qt apps look different on a Wayland session in Ubuntu, enter the following line on the ~/.profile:
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb🤣 Meme of the week
I will get on it, ….. soon. 🫣
🗓️ Tech Trivia
On November 11, 1973, the Ethernet network functioned for the first time. Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs created it at the Xerox PARC.
🧑🤝🧑 FOSSverse corner
FOSSers are discussing the recently launched Raspberry Pi 5, and how they intend to use it.
daniel.m.tripp
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