Rabu, 02 Oktober 2024

FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

Hacktoberfest is here and so is the time to contribute to open source projects. This guide will help you understand the importance of Hacktoberfest and how you can also give back to the community.

How to Contribute to Open Source in Hacktoberfest
Hacktoberfest is the best place to give back to open-source projects. Here’s everything you need to know about Hacktoberfest and how to participate in it…
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

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

  • FreeBSD making big strides.
  • A new open-source AI model family.
  • Two popular privacy FOSS projects merging.
  • Arch Linux partnering with a well-known name.
  • And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes!
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📰 Linux News

  • Brave browser has incorporated running local AI into the application.
  • The Tails and Tor Project have teamed up in a bid to streamline resources.
  • Linux Mint's new default Cinnamon theme looks like a much-needed revamp.
  • Arch Linux has entered into a collaboration with Valve for accomplishing some critical development tasks.
  • Molmo is a new family of open-source AI models that has beaten many proprietary options in benchmarks.
  • FreeBSD is going all in with a new initiative, set to focus on laptop users, both casual and corporate.
FreeBSD Wants More People Using It on Laptops and Here’s Their Plan
Do you want FreeBSD on your laptop? Maybe now is the perfect time to give it a try!
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

🧠 What We’re Thinking About

Can you get a million dollars in funding for cloning open source projects? Apparently, yes.

This AI Startup “Copied” an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinator
AI startups, and open-source forks with VC funding. A bad match.
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

The brain behind Archcraft, Aditya Shakya, shared some interesting insights with us in a recent interview.

From ‘Just for Fun’ to a Full-Fledged Distribution: Aditya Shakya’s Archcraft Journey
The Archcraft idea started as a passion project, and now it is a responsibility for the creator. Learn more about the journey here.
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

🛍️Deal You May Like

Learn the skills you need to become a pro on Raspberry Pi and explore the world of retro gaming with this expansive bundle. Purchase the bundle and support the Raspberry Pi Foundation!

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Learn how to use Raspberry Pi with this library of tech ebooks. Pay what you want and support charity!
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More

Spice up your Spotify experience on Ubuntu with Spicetify. It lets you install themes and extensions to customize the Spotify app's user experience.

Install and Use Spicetify on Ubuntu
The open source tool that lets you use extensions and themes in the Spotify app on Linux.
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

👷 Maker's Corner

Monitoring a network using a TP-Link WN722N is fun.

How I Used Monitor Mode on TP-Link WN722N for Fun
Here’s a little demo of using monitor mode to capture wireless traffic and use it to your advantage.
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

Deploying LLMs with llamafile is a breeze!

Exploring Llamafile: Mozilla’s Attempt in the World of Open Source AI
Now Mozilla tries to make running LLMs easier with Llamafile project. Here’s my experience with it.
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

📹 Videos We are Creating for You

Let me share how I made my 4K monitor look better with Raspberry Pi 5.


✨ Apps of the Week

Audacious is a no-nonsense music player for Linux that you should check out.

Audacious: A Simple Open-Source Music Player That You Can’t Ignore
This music player is straightforward to use, and yet versatile.
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

Downloading files on Android made better with Aria2App.

Aria2App is a Super Fast Versatile Open-Source Download Manager for Android
A useful open-source download manager for Android
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

🧩 Quiz Time

How much do you know about Linux automation? This quiz will jog your memory:

Linux Automation: Quiz
Are you an automation expert? Or, you want to be? This quiz should be interesting for you.
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

💡 Quick Handy Tip

On the Nautilus file manager, you can undo an action like “Move to Trash”, “Copy”, etc. For doing this, simply click on the three-ribbon button and select “Undo Move”.

FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

You can also use the keyboard shortcut “CTRL+Z” to do the same. To redo the undone action, use the shortcut “SHIFT + CTRL + Z”. Remember, you cannot undo if you deleted a file permanently.


🤣 Meme of the Week

That means you too! Hello friend. 🤗

FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

🗓️ Tech Trivia

The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, or ENIAC for short, was taken offline after eleven years of calculating and processing programs.


🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FOSSverse Corner

An interesting thread on Linux by one of our regular FOSSers.

Why Linux? What for that Linux? Which Linux? ...on What hardware?
This topic was inspired by @Skywalker71, his problems, and needs… As for start of the story, few words about me. I’m a freelancer, event videographer, occasionally photographer, but TBH the photo thingy is mainly for the church. I’m a Windows refugee, and I was strictly tied to Windows, but also was in the luck to find a hope and a way to get out. But that did not happen without any changes, and needed to learn a lot. So to answer the first question, why Linux? I was totally fed up with Wind…
FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

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