FOSS Weekly #23.36: De-Googled Fairphone 5, GNOME 45 Features, Pacman Commands and More

Several distributions released their new versions this week. GNOME 45 is nearing its release with devastating news for the extensions.   [It's FOSS]( [It's FOSS]( [FOSS Weekly #23.36: De-Googled Fairphone 5, GNOME 45 Features, Pacman Commands and More]( By Abhishek Prakash • 7 Sept 2023 [View in browser]( [View in browser]( [FOSS Weekly Newsletter 23.36] Hello, fellow FOSSer. The month of September seems to be steaming with new releases. It's just the first week and we already have many new distro version releases. On top of that, GNOME 45 will be coming in the next two weeks. By the way, have you looked at the resources section on the [It's FOSS homepage]( I am trying to make the homepage more useful by listing content organized in chapters, micro-courses and in-depth guides. I hope you like this approach :) 💬 Let's see what else you get in this edition of FOSS Weekly: - Wayland support for IntelliJ IDEs - Using the Additional Drivers utility in Ubuntu - Various new distro version releases - And other Linux news, videos, Puzzles and, of course, memes! --------------------------------------------------------------- 📰 Linux news - Murena Fairphone 5 [is here]( featuring /e/OS. - PyCharm and Android Studio [to feature]( Wayland support for Linux. - Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 was released with [many improvements](. - Regolith Desktop 3.0 [introduced]( with improved Fractional Scaling. - Nitrux 3.0 has arrived with an improved update tool [and more](. - [Linux Lite 6.6]( also released with a new welcome app. - [Manjaro 23.0 Uranos]( is also available now. Excited about the upcoming GNOME 45? Take a look at the proposed new features. [GNOME 45 Packs in Exciting Upgrades: Here’s What’s New The features and improvements that you can expect with GNOME 45. We’ve listed them here. It's FOSS News•Ankush Das]( Not really a feature as GNOME 45 will negatively impact extensions. [Linux Users Beware! GNOME 45 is Bad News for Extensions GNOME 45 is an impressive upgrade. But this development on extensions does not sound great! It's FOSS News•Ankush Das]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🌐 Follow us on Google News By the way, if you use Google, [follow It's FOSS on Google News]( to get trusted It's FOSS content before other websites in Google search. [It’s FOSS - Google News Read full articles from It’s FOSS and explore endless topics, magazines and more on your phone or tablet with Google News. Google News]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🧠 What we’re thinking about Well, well, well. Microsoft is at it AGAIN, it seems. [Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing The Verge’s Tom Warren was one of those who feared his PC had been infected when a pop-up appeared asking him to switch his default search engine… TechSpot•Rob Thubron]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🧮 Tips and Tutorials Testing live USB without rebooting the system? With a little effort, you can do it in VirtualBox itself. [Boot From a USB Drive in VirtualBox in Linux You can use a live Linux USB with virtual machines in VirtualBox. It saves you the annoyance of rebooting your host machine. It's FOSS•Sagar Sharma]( A guide to using pacman commands in [Arch-based distros](. [Using pacman Commands in Arch Linux [Beginner’s Guide] Learn what you can do with pacman commands in Linux, how to use them to find new packages, install and upgrade new packages, and clean your system. It's FOSS•Dimitrios]( Your Linux system should normally handle the drivers well (if there are any). If there are more than one available for your system, you should see it in the Additional Drivers tool in Ubuntu. [How to Install Additional Drivers in Ubuntu Ubuntu provides an easy way to find and install proprietary drivers. This quick tutorial shows you how to install additional drivers in Ubuntu including Nvidia proprietary drivers. It's FOSS•Abhishek Prakash]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft spends millions on the marketing of Windows. We at It's FOSS help the growth of desktop Linux for FREE.  Want to help us? 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[Flarum: An Open-Source Community Platform Like Discourse Flarum can be a better, simpler, or an innovative alternative to Discourse. Learn more about it here. It's FOSS News•Sourav Rudra]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🧩 Puzzle (for Pro members only) Test your knowledge and intuition as you decipher clues, solve brain-teasing riddles, and uncover the names of popular Linux applications. [Puzzle of The Week: Riddle #2: Linux Applications Exercise those ‘little gray cells’ of yours and solve this puzzle. It's FOSS•Abhishek Prakash]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 💡 Quick handy tip If you are running multiple terminal windows with different active commands (active means those that are not stopped after execution but running continuously, like top, less, etc.). Then, you can move between windows that are running separate commands by searching for the command name in the GNOME shell search. This also works for multiple tabs in one terminal window, where we can switch between tabs by entering the name of the command that is running in a particular tab. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🤣 Meme of the week We can't be doing this any more Rick, it's too much! -Morty --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗓️ Tech Trivia [Dennis Ritchie] Dennis Ritchie, the creator of C programming language and UNIX operating system, was born on September 9, 1941. He also created a lesser-known B programming language. Ritchie died on October 12, 2011. This computing legend's death did not get the due coverage as the media was busy mourning the recent demise of Steve Jobs. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🧑 🤝 🧑 FOSSverse corner A fascinating thread on Hyperbola Linux by one of our regulars. [What can we learn from Hyperbola Linux? 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