So, if you haven’t already, please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and if possible, encourage others in your Linux communities. Follow us on Google News and stay updated in your News feed.Who knew a Raspberry Pi could be turned into a Wi-Fi extender? 😳We tried SimpleX Chat, a private, decentralized communications app.If you are fed up tracking down AppImages on your system, then you can use a utility like Gear Lever to organize and manage those better.
- A new Xfce release after years
- Using a Raspberry Pi as a Wi-Fi extender
- Terminal tools to pretend hacking
- An open source app for managing AppImages
- And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes!
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Table of Contents
- 1 ❇️ PikaPods: Self-hosting Without Hassle
- 2 📰 Linux and Open Source News
- 3 🧠 What We’re Thinking About
- 4 🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More
- 5 👷 Maker’s and AI Corner
- 6 📹 Videos We are Creating for You
- 7 ✨ Apps of the Week
- 8 🧩 Quiz Time
- 9 💡 Quick Handy Tip
- 10 🤣 Meme of the Week
- 11 🗓️ Tech Trivia
- 12 🧑🤝🧑 FOSSverse Corner
- 13 ❤️ With love
❇️ PikaPods: Self-hosting Without Hassle
Enjoy using Linux 😄PikaPods allows you to quickly deploy your favorite open source software. All future updates are handled automatically by PikaPods while you enjoy using the software. Did I tell you that they also share revenue with the original developers of the software?
📰 Linux and Open Source News
Impress your kids and nephews with these fun CLI tools this Christmas 🎄
🧠 What We’re Thinking About
The Kali Linux 2024.4 release marks the final major version for Kali in 2024.
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More
👷 Maker’s and AI Corner
Share it with your Linux-using friends and encourage them to subscribe (hint: it’s here).In December 1991, IBM and Siemens AG unveiled a prototype 64-megabyte DRAM chip, a significant step in semiconductor development. This innovation followed Moore’s Law, which predicts that the number of transistors on a chip doubles roughly every 18 months.And I stumbled across this open source software that can be used for creating online quizzes and test by educators.
📹 Videos We are Creating for You
With your help, we can achieve this. And if we did, there will be a new video tutorial series on NixOS 😎
✨ Apps of the Week
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FOSSers are debating the topic of power off vs. suspend in Linux systems. Which side do you stand on?You can subscribe and listen to podcasts using Rhythmbox. Just enter a Podcast RSS URL in the text box inside the “Podcasts” category and click on “Search”, then “Subscribe”.
🧩 Quiz Time
Can spot all the Tuxes in this fun game?
💡 Quick Handy Tip
Want to access the services running on your local network from anywhere? The free Cloudflare Tunnels feature can help you with that.
🤣 Meme of the Week
And I would appreciate your love and support in helping us achieve our goal of 60,000 subscribers on YouTube before 2024 ends. We need 3,600 more people.
🗓️ Tech Trivia
💬 Let’s see what else you get in this edition
🧑🤝🧑 FOSSverse Corner
My favorite Linux humor in this season
❤️ With love
And a list of interesting Linux apps discovered by us in 2024.Here is a thought: There’s no compelling reason to remain on Windows in 2025. 🙂Opt for It’s FOSS Plus membership and support us 🙏’Tis the season for ❤️Share the articles in Linux Subreddits and community forums.
