FOSS Weekly #22.41: Zorin OS 16.2, CLI Tools, Discord Bots and More

This week's issue shares some interesting command line tools among other things.   [It's FOSS News]( [It's FOSS News]( [FOSS Weekly #22.41: Zorin OS 16.2, CLI Tools, Discord Bots and More]( By Abhishek – 04 Nov 2022 – [View online →]( [FOSS Weekly Newsletter 22.41] Hello fellow FOSSer, As promised a few weeks ago, the [newsletter landing page is now ready](. It highlights the features of the FOSS Weekly newsletter and testimonials from regular readers among other stuff. You can now share it in various Linux communities you are part of and encourage them to subscribe. Also, I am collecting more testimonials about It's FOSS as a complete portal and they will be listed on a dedicated page. You can send yours by replying to this email :) With that aside, let's see what's new. 💬 In this week's issue: - CLI tools: Interesting command line tools for various purposes - Lates: Tips and tutorials published on It's FOSS - News round-up: Latest from the Linux world - Puzzle: Solution to previous crossword and a new word search puzzle - And all the regular but exclusive elements like trivia, memes, deals, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗞 Linux News Round-up - KDE's feature-packed text editor [Kate is getting better]( and more useful - All-in-one open-source privacy tool [Portmaster release version 1.0]( - Linux Mint's [update manager will also support updating Flatpak]( packages - Lightweight Ubuntu-based [Linux Lite released version 6.2]( - Nitrux Linux [released version 2.5.0]( There is a new release from Zorin as well. [Zorin OS 16.2 Released, It’s All About Useful Refinements Zorin OS 16.2 is a sweet upgrade with essential refinements across the board. It's FOSS News•Ankush Das]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🤝 Sponsor - Internxt [Internxt logo] This edition of FOSS Weekly is sponsored by Internxt, a decentralized, Web3 cloud storage service. They are [running their Black Friday deal]( and if you use ITSFOSS50 code at checkout, you can get 50% off on the annual plans --------------------------------------------------------------- 🌱 Fresh on It's FOSS Here are open source bots to pump up your Discord server (if you have any). [10 Best Open Source Bots for Your Discord Server Looking for open-source Discord bots to boost the functionality of your Discord server? We have curated this list for you. It's FOSS•Ankush Das]( Like WebP, AVIF is a new image format created for a better web experience. [How to View AVIF Images in Ubuntu and Other Linux Distros Can’t open AVIF images in Linux? AVIF is a new image file format for the web and here is what you can do to view AVIF images on Linux desktop. It's FOSS•Abhishek Prakash]( A popular tool of the previous decade, WoeUSB has been resurrected into WoeUSB-NG. [Install WoeUSB on Ubuntu to Create Bootable Windows USB Learn to install WoeUSB tool on Ubuntu and other Linux distros for creating a bootable Windows USB on Linux systems in this in-depth tutorial. It's FOSS•Sreenath]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Want to show your love and appreciation for It's FOSS? Consider [opting for a premium membership](. It costs just $55 a year and you get an ad-free reading experience as a Pro member. If you do not want to commit to the Pro membership, you can always make a one-time donation. [Donate to It's FOSS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🧠 What we’re thinking about I don't think open source, decentralized Mastodon will upset Twitter. It may see a sudden increase in its user base though. [Could Mastodon be the new Twitter now that Musk is in charge? Mastodon is an open-source, decentralised microblogging platform that is now pitching itself as an alternative to Twitter. Silicon Republic•Vish Gain]( 🗓️ Fedora project turns 19 this November 6. --------------------------------------------------------------- 👩 💻 CLI tools to explore Get essential system info at a glance. [Get All Kind of System Information in Linux Terminal With inxi - It’s FOSS inxi is a handy script that provides you with the system hardware and software information about the Linux system it is executed on. Learn more about using it. It's FOSS•Pratham Patel]( Properly view the Markdown files in the terminal. [Read and Organize Markdown Files in Linux Terminal With Glow - It’s FOSS Glow is a CLI tool that lets you render Markdown files in the Linux terminal. You can also organize Markdown files with it. It's FOSS•Abhishek Prakash]( Make your grep powerful. [pdfgrep: Use Grep Like Search on PDF Files in Linux Command Line - It’s FOSS The grep command works only on plain text file, not on PDF files. pdfgrep is similar to grep but for pdf files. It's FOSS•Pratham Patel]( Or take it to the next level with ripgrep-all. [ripgrep-all Command in Linux: One grep to Rule Them All The ripgrep-all is grep on steroids. Apart from searching in text files, it can also search in PDFs, Word documents, E-Books, Zip, Tar archives files and more. It's FOSS•Pratham Patel]( Vim is cool but Helix is awesome. [Helix: A Terminal Based Text Editor for Power Linux Users - It’s FOSS Move over Vim and Emacs. Here’s a modern terminal-based editor written in Rust which is faster and has features a power user may like. 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[GitHub - abba23/spotify-adblock: Adblocker for Spotify Adblocker for Spotify. Contribute to abba23/spotify-adblock development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHub•abba23]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🧩 Puzzle Take a pencil and try finding all the famous open source tools mentioned in this week's word search puzzle. [Word Search Puzzle: Popular Open Source Tools]( [Can you find all the listed tools?]( [popular-open-source-tools-word-search.pdf • 28 KB]( The solution to the last week's crossword puzzle. [Answer to Computing Legends Crossword]( [Solution for last week's Computing Legends Crossword]( [Answer-to-Computing-Legends-Crossword.pdf • 49 KB]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🤣 Linux Humor Relatable? [Linux meme by It's FOSS] --------------------------------------------------------------- ❤️ Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to Linux-using friends and encourage them subscribe (hint: [it's here](. 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