You own nothing in this digital age. Your ebooks, your games, your movies. Nothing belongs to you if you rely on a third-party streaming/storage/service provider.
In a bizarre turn of events, Amazon Web Services deleted the 10-year old account of an open source developer who lost all the data.
This again is a reminder why self-hosting and homelab are important to own your data and attain digital freedom.
💬 Let’s see what else you get in this edition
- Arch Linux users being at risk again with another AUR infestation.
- Removal of wget from Ubuntu Server.
- Cisco gifting a project to the Linux Foundation.
- Teaching coding to kids.
- And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!
📰 Linux and Open Source News
Another RAT hits the Arch User Repository (AUR); what’s going on?
🧠 What We’re Thinking About
Linux Foundatio is exploring different geographical territories. Outside the US, it started a Europe chapter, established Asia chapter and now it has a dedicated India chapter.
The first Open Source Summit India event was just concluded, and It’s FOSS was one of its official media partner, like many other Linux Foundation events in the past.
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials, and Learnings
Watching my 4-year-old get excited about computers and coding is wonderful. ☺️
👷 AI, Homelab and Hardware Corner
A bachelor’s thesis has turned out to be an alternative to Amazon Kindle.
Lofree mechanical keyboards are the new favorite these days. They are working on the new Flow 2 keyboard. Its Void variant is suprisngly silent for a mechanical keyboard.
I love my Keychron keyboard, but this is something I am looking forward to.
✨ Project Highlight
This AI-powered visual editor will surprise you.
Proton is taking the fight to Microsoft Authenticator with its new offering.
📽️ Videos I am Creating for You
See how you customize the new tab look in Firefox.
🧩 Quiz Time
Wondering which desktop environment matches your vibe?
💡 Quick Handy Tip
In GNOME, you can arrange the order of appearance of search results. Open Settings and go into the “Search” section. Here, make sure that “App Search” is enabled, and then reorder the items according to your needs.
In the screenshot above, the Files result made it to the top as I had changed its priority.
🤣 Meme of the Week
The suspense always gets me. 😑
🗓️ Tech Trivia
Radio Shack unveiled the TRS-80, one of the first mass-market personal computers. With just 4KB of RAM and cassette storage, it helped launch the home computing revolution alongside the Apple II and Commodore PET. 💾💡
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