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Is the move away from Windows difficult? My colleague Sourav was a lifelong Windows user until he started working with us. He shared his experience of completely switching to Linux. Does his story resonate with yours?

Is Linux Really Difficult For a Windows User? My Personal Journey Answers It!As a Windows user, I switched to Linux successfully. And, you can too. Here’s what I think.

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

  • New Zorin OS and GNOME releases.
  • Fixing webcam app in Ubuntu 24.04
  • Getting hardware details graphically
  • Valve reportedly working on ARM support.
  • Flappy Bird making an open-source comeback.
  • And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes!

📰 Linux News

GNOME 47: The Update That Lets You Change Colors — Literally!GNOME 47 has finally arrived with accent colors, new UI changes, and more. Here’s how it looks!

🧠 What We’re Thinking About

A worrying trend has emerged, and we think open-source maintainers deserve better.

60% of Open-Source Maintainers Are Unpaid: It’s Concerning & What We Can Do About itOpen-source is not the problem. There’s something else.

“Fair Source” is the new term in the software industry.

More Companies Are Opting for ‘Fair Source’ Instead of ‘Open Source’: Here’s WhyFair Source is a new license approach trying to find a middle ground between proprietary and open-source benefits.

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🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More

For long, I ignored the Camera app issue in Ubuntu 24.04. I should not have.

[Fixed] No Camera Found Issue in Ubuntu 24.04Making the Camera app work on Ubuntu 24.04 because Canonical seems to be not bothered by it even after the first point release of the latest LTS version.

Spacedrive is a new Rust-based file manager that seems to be doing things quite different from other more traditional options.

Spacedrive: A Dreamy Rust-Based Open-Source File Manager to Fix Your File MessMy search for the perfect file manager ends with Spacedrive.

👷 Maker’s Corner

Read moreHow to Upload a Shell in WordPress [A Beginner's Guide]

Know what a compute module is? Fret not, we explain it here:

What is Raspberry Pi Compute Module? What is it used for?In a nutshell, Compute Module is the brain but without much of the body.

📹 Videos we are creating for you

✨ Apps Of The Week

Zen Browser is the latest App Of The Week, it is an interesting Firefox-based web browser which takes a novel approach to tab management.

I tried this non-Chrome Open-Source Web Browser (And You Should Too!)It’s time we got to try an open-source browser not based on Chrome. Zen Browser is the hero we didn’t know we needed.

Screen Time is a simple FOSS app for Android which tracks screen usage times.

Screen Time: This Open-Source Android App is a Simple Solution to Your Digital WellbeingThis app does exactly what it is supposed to do.

🧩 Quiz Time

This time, we have a crossword that focuses on governance in open source.

Governance in Open-Source Projects: CrosswordA crossword to help you figure out governance in the open-source world.

💡 Quick Handy Tip

On GNOME Files (Nautilus), you can show additional details for each folder in Icon view. First, go to Menu ➝ Preferences.

Here, scroll down and set the three levels of details from the corresponding drop-down menus.

Now, when you zoom the icon view to a particular level, you can view all of those selected details. You can also choose to go for showing only one or two additional details.

🤣 Meme of the Week

We already know that they can be valued more. 🥹

🗓️ Tech Trivia

Copyrighting computer code became a thing on September 22, 1986, after a federal judge ruled in favor. Imagine how open things would’ve been if that hadn’t happened.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FOSSverse Corner

Regular FOSSer Paul wonders if tracking someone from their IP address is possible.

Do join our friendly and helpful community for such discussions around Linux, open source and tech in general.

Tracking activity through ip addressI have just finished reading a police detective fiction book, nkt important who wrote it or any more details. But it had a section where the detective traced the bad guy through his ip address, which made me think and wonder… I know my IP address at home and have had on rare occasions a need to find it. I know if i try to access a uk web site and watch a video on the news, some sites will come up and say, you are not in the uk so cannot see this content. I am not sure if they get that from my…

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