The holidays are over and so do the Tuxmas Days. 12 days of 12 new features, changes and announcements.
As mentioned on Tuxmas Day 11, It’s FOSS Lifetime membership now also gets you lifetime Reader-level membership of Linux Handbook, our other portal focused on sysadmin, DevOps and self-hosting.
If you are one of the 73 people (so far) who opted for the Lifetime plan, you’ll get a separate email on Linux Handbook’s membership. Meanwhile, please download the ‘Linux for DevOps’ book for free as part of your Plus membership.
Please note that this combined benefit of free lifetime Linux Handbook Reader level membership (usually costs $18 per year) is only available till 11th January. Thereafter, it will cost $99 and won’t include Linux Handbook’s membership. Get the additional advantage before the time runs out.
💬 Let’s see what else you get in this edition
- SteamOS rolling out
- Kdenlive working on a new AI-powered feature.
- Nobara being the first one to introduce a release in 2025.
- And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes!
Table of Contents
📰 Linux and Open Source News
Did you know there is a dedicated Linux distribution for wiping disks?
🧠 What We’re Thinking About
Sourav switched to Proton VPN after going through many other VPN services, here’s what he thinks of it:
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More
And an analogy to explain why there are so many Linux distributions.
👷 Maker’s and AI Corner
Did you know you could run LLMs locally on a Raspberry Pi?
📹 Videos we are watching
Do you really need a media server software?
✨ Apps of the Week
Mullvad Browser is a very solid privacy-focused alternative to the likes of Google Chrome.
If you are looking for a change in file management on Android, then you could go for Fossify File Manager.
🧩 Quiz Time
Have some fun finding the logos of distros and open source projects.
💡 Quick Handy Tip
If you are a Xfce user with a multi-monitor setup, then you can span the Xfce panel across monitors. First, right-click on the panel you want to span and then go to Panel → Panel Preferences. Here, in the Display tab, set Output as Automatic and enable the “Span monitors” checkbox.
🤣 Meme of the Week
The pain is real. 😥
🗓️ Tech Trivia
Hitachi announced the first 1 MB memory chip on January 6, 1984. At the time, this was a revolutionary leap in storage technology. Today, we carry more memory in our pockets than entire systems from that era!
🧑🤝🧑 FOSSverse Corner
Pro FOSSer Neville shares his experience with Chimera Linux on virt-manager. This is a detailed write-up, so be prepared for a lengthy read.
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