FOSS Weekly #25.14: Fedora 42 COSMIC, OnePackage, AppImage Tools and More Linux Stuff

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No Snap or FlatPak! Linux Distros Agreed to Have Only One Universal PackagingIs this the end of fragmentation for Linux?

Can you solve this riddle?

• Vivaldi offering free built-in VPN.
• Tools to enhance AppImage experience.
• Serpent OS going through a rebranding.
• And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!
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🧠 What We’re Thinking About

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New Windows 11 build makes mandatory Microsoft Account sign-in even more mandatory“Bypassnro” is an easy MS Account workaround for Home and Pro Windows editions.

🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More

This pioneering electromechanical computer, conceived by Howard Aiken, interpreted instructions from paper tape and data from punch cards, playing a significant role in World War II calculations.

5 Tools to Enhance Your AppImage Experience on LinuxLove using AppImages but hate the mess? Check out these handy tools that make it super easy to organize, update, and manage AppImages on your Linux system.

👷 Homelab and Maker’s Corner

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Taking Knowledge in My Own Hands By Self Hosting Wikipedia and Arch WikiDoomsday or not, knowledge should be preserved.

✨ Apps Highlight

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Ditch Proprietary Reminder Apps, Try Tasks.org InsteadStay organized with Tasks.org, an open source to-do and reminders app that doesn’t sell your data.

📽️ Videos I am Creating for You

On March 31, 1939, Harvard and IBM signed an agreement to build the Mark I, also known as the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC).

🧩 Quiz Time

Such a nice vanity plate. 😮

Riddler’s Back: Open-Source App QuizGuess the open-source applications following the riddles.

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💡 Quick Handy Tip

Then, edit the contents and click on Save to store it as a new clipboard item.

In KDE Plasma, you can edit copied texts in the Clipboard. First, launch the clipboard using the shortcut CTRL+V. Now, click on the Edit button, which looks like a pencil.

🤣 Meme of the Week

I tested COSMIC alpha on Fedora 42 beta in the latest video. And I have taken some of the feedback to improve the audio quality in this one.

🗓️ Tech Trivia

FOSSers are discussing which is the most underrated Linux distribution out there. Care to share your views?Follow us on Google News and stay updated in your News feed.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FOSSverse Corner

After you are done with that, you can try your hand at matching Linux apps with their roles.

What is the most underrated Linux distribution?There are some distros like Debian, Ubuntu and Mint that are commonly used and everyone knows how good they are. but There are others that are used only by a few people and perform equally as well. Would you like to nominate your choice for the most underrated Linux distro? I will nominate Void Linux… it is No 93 on distrowatch and performs for me as well as MX Linux or Debian.

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Love AppImage? These tools will help you improve your AppImage experience.Find yourself often forgetting things? Then you might need a reminder app like Tasks.org.It’s been a tradition of sort to prank readers on 1st of April with a humorous article. Since we are already past the 1st April in all time zones, let me share this year’s April Fool article with you. I hope you find it as amusing as I did while writing it 😄Don’t lose knowledge! Self-host your own Wikipedia or Arch Wiki:Share the articles in Linux Subreddits and community forums.