Privacy Tools Rise Against Big Tech, Dock Customization, Linux Mint 20.1 and More Linux Stuff

[View in browser]( Weekly Newsletter #2021.02 Hello WhatsApp recently announced that they will start sharing user data with Facebook. This started a sort of revolt against WhatsApp with more people looking for [privacy centric messaging apps](. That's not it. People are also not happy with the handling of their data by the 'Big Tech' companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google and Amazon. Privacy centric services like [Tutanota](, [ProtonMail]( and [Signal]( saw a huge surge in their user base in the last few days. I wrote about [installing Signal on Linux](, in the hope that it helps you in switching to Signal. There are several [decentralized and open source alternatives to mainstream social media platforms]( for those interested. I created a [detailed guide on customizing the dock in Ubuntu](. My plan is to cover more such guides in the future, if you like it. Open source software [highlight of the week is Super Productivity](. Let's move to the news now. - [Linux Mint 20.1 is released]( with new tools and features. - [Ubuntu 21.04 will have home directories private]( by default. - [Mozilla VPN released its Linux client.]( - A [new Linux distribution working to bring Linux to Apple's M1 MacBook](. - [80% off on Cloud Engineer Bootcamp]( by Linux Foundation (for people seeking a career in Linux). You may follow more news published this week on [It's FOSS News portal](. P.S. Did you notice the new dark mode on the website? :) Show some love and support for It's FOSS [Donate Here]( DRM-free eBook Bundle HUMBLE BOOK BUNDLE: LINUX BY APRESS Get ebooks like The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Using and Administering Linux: Volume 1, and Linux Sound Programming. Plus, your purchase will support Khan Academy and Jane Goodall Foundation! [Get it now]( To re-use a certain command from the history, use it like this: !command. For example, !find will run the last find command you had run earlier. One of the proposed mascot for the Linux project was a fox. However, Linux creator Linus Torvalds preferred a penguin and thus we have our beloved Tux as the identity of Linux. [It's FOSS - Linux Portal]( [It's FOSS - Linux Portal]( [@itsfoss2]( [View on Twitter]( Accurately depicted 😄 Follow [@itsfoss2]( for more [#Linux]( fun and learning 🐧 [3:50 PM - Dec 18, 2020](#) [391]( [See itsfoss2's other Tweets]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( [youtube]( It's FOSS SA 14/96-55, Sarangnath Colony, Sarnath, Varanasi India You received this email because you signed up on our website. If you don't want to receive the emails anymore, click on the unsubscribe link below: [Unsubscribe](