Desktop Linux is mostly neglected by the industry but loved by the community. For the past 13 years, It’s FOSS has been helping people use Linux on their personal computers. And we are now facing the existential threat from AI models stealing our content. 🧑🤝🧑 From the Community: Windows 10 has reached end of life, and our FOSSers are discussing the event.Hope to see more people coming to Linux as Windows 10 support has ended now.A new, open source personal finance application.
- Mastering alias command.
- A bug that broke Flatpaks on Ubuntu 25.10.
- Controversy over Framework supporting Hyprland project.
- New Flatpak software center.
- Open source game development arriving on iPhone.
- And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!
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📰 Linux and Open Source News
In KDE Plasma, open settings and go into Colors & Themes → Window Decorations → Configure Titlebar.
🧠 What We’re Thinking About
Bhuwan tried them all but llama.cpp finally nailed the local LLM experience.
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🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials, and Learnings
👷 AI, Homelab and Hardware Corner
We have a Pironman alternative for you that saves your wallet and desk space.
Can memory match terminal shortcuts with their actions?Here, add the “On all desktops” and “Keep above other windows” options to the title bar by dragging and dropping. Click on “Apply” to confirm the changes.Follow us on Google News and stay updated in your News feed.
🎫 Event Alert: First Ever UbuCon in India
I am also working on the ‘Windows to Linux migration’ page. Hopefully, we will have that up by next week.
Now, you can use:
✨ Project Highlights
🗓️ Tech Trivia: On October 16, 1959, Control Data Corporation introduced the CDC 1604, one of the first fully transistorized computers. It was designed by Seymour Cray, who later became known as the father of supercomputing. The CDC 1604 was among the fastest machines of its time and was used for scientific research, weapons control, and commercial data processing.
🤣 Meme of the Week: Windows 10 will be missed by many, but there are much better Linux choices to replace it with.
📽️ Videos I Am Creating for You
Proprietary ecosystems are great at keeping creative people locked in, but you can break free with the power of FOSS.
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💡 Quick Handy Tip
Enjoy FOSS 😄Telegram banned our community group without reasons. It’s a deja vu moment, as Facebook was also banning links to Linux websites some months ago.
Proprietary ecosystems are great at keeping creative people locked in, but
- The On all desktops button to pin an app to all your desktops.
- The Keep above other windows button to keep a selected window always on top.
🎋 Fun in the FOSSverse
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Ubo Pod is an open source AI assistant that works for you, not for your data. It is based on Raspberry Pi.
Your Linux Mint setup deserves a stunning makeover!The Ubuntu India LoCo is hosting the first ever UbuCon event in India, and we are the official media partners for it!
❤️ With love
In the previous newsletter, I asked what kind of advice someone looking to switch from Windows to Linux would have. I got so many responses that I am still replying to all the suggestions. I have been using Keychron mechanical keyboard for two years now. I recently came across their upcoming product that has ceramic mechanical keyboards. Interesting materials choice, right?Please share it with your Linux-using friends and encourage them to subscribe (hint: it’s here).Framework has found itself in a controversy over its recent endorsements of Hyprland project.💬 Let’s see what you get in this edition:
