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- LibreOffice working on a long-requested feature.
- Twitter’s original co-founder launching an open source project.
- A new app for transferring files between your Linux system and Android device.
- And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!
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📰 Linux and Open Source News
After Denmark, now the news is that French city Lyon is ditching Microsoft to set up a collaborative office with a few open source software. Now that calls for a ‘fest for the luminieries’ 😉
🧠 What We’re Thinking About
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🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials, and More
Packet offers a convenient method for wirelessly transferring files between Linux and Android and vice versa.
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👷 Homelab and Hardware Corner
A few tips on freeing up disk space on Ubuntu and Linux Mint distros.
Can you beat this command-themed memory challenge?
✨ Project Highlight
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📽️ Videos I am Creating for You
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🗓️ Tech Trivia
On July 8, 1946, the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania hosted the first-ever formal lecture series on electronic digital computers. These influential lectures on computer design directly inspired the development of some of the world’s earliest stored-program computers, including the groundbreaking EDSAC.
🧑🤝🧑 FOSSverse Corner
Weeks after weeks, Fedora comes up with its plan to drop support for aging technologies. This time, Fedora wants to drop UEFI boot support on MBR.
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