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FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

Public Money? Public code. This movement is picking up in the European Union. The new Swiss law is a proof of that. Hope more states follow this 😍

Switzerland Makes Open Source Software Mandatory For Public Sector
A big boost to the open-source community and an inspiration to other public sectors!
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS NewsSourav Rudra
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

💬 Let’s see what else you get in this edition

  • Mint 22 features
  • A new OpenMandriva release.
  • CrowdStrike not sparing Linux distros.
  • Microsoft controlling software installs.
  • Firefox’s privacy-preserving ad plans backfiring.
  • And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes!

🛒 Don’t miss this ebook deal

Want to Improve Your Linux Skills? Don’t Miss This
Get multiple DRM-free Linux and DevOps ebooks from just $1 in this time sensitive deal. What else can you ask for?
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS NewsAbhishek
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

📰 Linux news

  • Netflix has open-sourced their secret sauce for recommending content.
  • Proton Mail has caved to the AI craze, introduces an AI writing assistant.
  • OpenMandriva ROME 24.07 was recently released with some important upgrades.
  • Google has introduced an open-source framework for creating AI agents with the goal of handling project maintenance.

Who would’ve expected CrowdStrike to take down the global IT infrastructure, that too in such scale. But, Linux too had to suffer, a few weeks prior.

CrowdStrike Didn’t Just Affect Windows But Linux Too! (Kind Of)
CrowdStrike wreaking havoc everywhere!
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS NewsSourav Rudra
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

Linux Mint 22 will be released in the next few days. Time to look at what new features it offers.

7 New Features in Linux Mint 22
Linux Mint 22 is right around the corner. Learn what it comes packed with.
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS NewsAnkush Das
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

🧠 What we’re thinking about

Another controversy that was the talk of the town, before the Friday blues happened, was the backfiring of Mozilla’s plan to introduce privacy-preserving adtech.

Firefox’s New Controversial Feature: Is it a problem?
The feature may be a necessary evil, but what do you think?
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS NewsSourav Rudra
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More

Is gaming on Linux really improved? My colleague Sourav, who has been a long time Windows gamer, tried games that are available officially on Linux. He shares his experience.

My 30-Day Experiment With Native Linux Games
Testing supported games on a Linux system from Steam. Here’s how it went.
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS NewsSourav Rudra
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

Want a cow in your Linux terminal?

Using Cowsay Linux Command Like a Pro
The cowsay is a fun little Linux command line utility that can be enjoyed in so many ways. Here are several examples.
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSSSreenath
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

Some robust alternatives to GitHub’s Copilot. 👇

GitHub Copilot Alternatives: Best Open Source LLMs for Coding
Looking to deploy an AI model for coding or just want an open-source GitHub Copilot replacement? We got you!
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSSCommunity
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

📹 What we are watching

Enjoying 90’s Linux on 90’s PC in 2024.

Though it’s not a video created by us, we also create videos regularly. Please join us on YouTube.

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✨ Project highlights

Battery life problems on your Android smartphone? Maybe this app can help.

Open-Source Battery Saver App for Android With Fine Controls
Your phone’s battery juice should last longer with these tweaks.
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS NewsAnkush Das
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

There are many Fedora-based distros out there, but this one focuses on a simple user experience.

Ultramarine Linux: A Pretty Fedora-Based Distribution For Easy User Experience
A Fedora-based distribution that features useful tools and tweaks by default.
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS NewsSourav Rudra
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

🧩 New quiz

Welcome to the Gentoo side.

The Gentoo Side of Linux: Quiz
Gentoo has a rich history as one of the oldest Linux distributions. Take this quiz to find out more about it.
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSSAnkush Das
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

💡 Quick handy tip

You can do some basic PDF manipulation in the Firefox browser. Like highlighting text with colors, drawing colorful lines, inserting text, inserting images, etc.

All these actions are available on the toolbar when you open a PDF file in Firefox.

FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

While it is not a comprehensive editor, you can use it for your basic PDF editing purposes. Don’t forget to save after editing!

🤣 Meme of the week

Arch Linux fans are easy to impress. 😝

FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

🗓️ Tech Trivia

An unholy alliance between IBM and Microsoft was born on July 22, 1980, and it continued to dominate the personal computer market in the 80s and 90s.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FOSSverse corner

FOSSer Paul is not impressed with how Microsoft tries to gatekeep anyone who wants to install software on Windows.

Microsoft controls installation of software. Store!
Ok i know we are a linux site and all is aimed at that but… for information! Computer came in yesterday with a virus on edge browser. User tried to install chrome but failed so was stuck could do nothing due to virus or lack of another browser. Ok talked into linux mint no problem, but as a learning process wanted to virus scan first. Malwarebytes and adwcleaner. My usual tools. Removed the virus as it was a extension issue on edge. No problem. Onto Malwarebytes site download but not able t…
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS Communitycallpaul.eu (Paul)
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

Some humor over the recent Windows outage by one of our regular FOSSers Dan.

Smug non-Microsoft users : Global outage for Windows users using Crowdstrike – global BSOD
(from The Chaser – a satirical “news” service in Austrlaia) Not just Mac users – also us Linux users 😃 – feel the smug… And here’s Bjork from Iceland with the weather 😃 : Posted from my Pop!_OS AMD Thinkpad… Can’t believe this stuff : Just read a bit more of it – some of my colleagues were getting BSOD’s on their corporate laptops with Windows 11 and Crowdstrike… But it seems the major thing was Microsoft owned infrastructure servers running Crowdstrike… In other n…
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and MoreIt’s FOSS Communitydaniel.m.tripp
FOSS Weekly #24.30: Mint 22 Features, Ultramarine Linux, CrowdStrike on Linux and More

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