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- Ubuntu ditching Xorg.
- Linux Mint 20.x reaching EOL.
- Nano editor tips.
- Tower cases for your Raspberry Pi.
- And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!
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It’s FOSS is turning 13 this week!
🧠 What We’re Thinking About
Like the terminal customization video, I made another detailed one about transforming the looks of Linux Mint.
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More
Arch users, can you beat the Pacman Command Quiz?
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👷 Homelab and Maker’s Corner
In the Dolphin file manager, you can open a folder while dragging a file to it. This is helpful if you want to drag and drop a file into a nested folder arrangement. To enable this, click on the Top-right Hamburger menu ⇾ Configure ⇾ Configure Dolphin.
In the 13 years, it’s been viewed over 200 million times and formed a community of hundreds of thousands of Linux lovers from all parts of the world, with the US, Germany, Russia, UK and India taking the top 5 spots.
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Linux Mint 20.x has reached end of life. Here’s what you can do about it.
📽️ Videos I am Creating for You
Big Tech doesn’t like self-hosting and media server content. Heck, even posting about it on social media results in post removal.
🧩 Quiz Time
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🤣 Meme of the Week
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🗓️ Tech Trivia
Here, go to the View section, select the General tab and toggle the Open folders during drag operations checkbox.
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It was created on 14th June, 2012 as a personal notebook where I shared my Linux discoveries. I didn’t know that it will become a force to reckon with, a place to look up to for suggestions and advice on using Linux.Please share it with your Linux-using friends and encourage them to subscribe (hint: it’s here).On June 10, 1977, Apple began shipping the Apple II, a home computer that quickly became a hit, especially in schools, thanks to its user-friendly design and color graphics.If that doesn’t interest you, how about an open source accessible keyboard that you can build.Share the articles in Linux Subreddits and community forums.
