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    FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff

    Hacktoberfest is here and so is the time to contribute to open source projects. This guide will help you understand the importance of Hacktoberfest and how you can also give back to the community.

    How to Contribute to Open Source in Hacktoberfest
    Hacktoberfest is the best place to give back to open-source projects. Here’s everything you need to know about Hacktoberfest and how to participate in it…
    It’s FOSSPratham Patel

    💬 Let’s see what else you get in this edition

    FreeBSD making big strides.A new open-source AI model family.Two popular privacy FOSS projects merging.Arch Linux partnering with a well-known name.And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes!This week’s newsletter is sponsored by ANY.RUN

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    📰 Linux News

    Brave browser has incorporated running local AI into the application.The Tails and Tor Project have teamed up in a bid to streamline resources.Linux Mint’s new default Cinnamon theme looks like a much-needed revamp.Arch Linux has entered into a collaboration with Valve for accomplishing some critical development tasks.Molmo is a new family of open-source AI models that has beaten many proprietary options in benchmarks.FreeBSD is going all in with a new initiative, set to focus on laptop users, both casual and corporate.

    FreeBSD Wants More People Using It on Laptops and Here’s Their Plan
    Do you want FreeBSD on your laptop? Maybe now is the perfect time to give it a try!
    It’s FOSS NewsSourav Rudra

    🧠 What We’re Thinking About

    Can you get a million dollars in funding for cloning open source projects? Apparently, yes.

    This AI Startup “Copied” an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinator
    AI startups, and open-source forks with VC funding. A bad match.
    It’s FOSS NewsAnkush Das

    The brain behind Archcraft, Aditya Shakya, shared some interesting insights with us in a recent interview.

    From ‘Just for Fun’ to a Full-Fledged Distribution: Aditya Shakya’s Archcraft Journey
    The Archcraft idea started as a passion project, and now it is a responsibility for the creator. Learn more about the journey here.
    It’s FOSS NewsAnkush Das

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    🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More

    Checking the temperature of an NVMe SSD is easy.Having icon size issues on Linux Mint? You can enable fractional scaling to fix that.Learn about some of the popular Linux commands that are being deprecated.If you dual boot Windows and Linux, it’s time to fix the time zone issue (pun intended)

    Spice up your Spotify experience on Ubuntu with Spicetify. It lets you install themes and extensions to customize the Spotify app’s user experience.

    Install and Use Spicetify on Ubuntu
    The open source tool that lets you use extensions and themes in the Spotify app on Linux.
    It’s FOSSAbhishek Prakash

    👷 Maker’s Corner

    Monitoring a network using a TP-Link WN722N is fun.

    How I Used Monitor Mode on TP-Link WN722N for Fun
    Here’s a little demo of using monitor mode to capture wireless traffic and use it to your advantage.
    It’s FOSSAbhishek Kumar

    Deploying LLMs with llamafile is a breeze!

    Hostinger

    Exploring Llamafile: Mozilla’s Attempt in the World of Open Source AI
    Now Mozilla tries to make running LLMs easier with Llamafile project. Here’s my experience with it.
    It’s FOSSAbhishek Kumar

    📹 Videos We are Creating for You

    Let me share how I made my 4K monitor look better with Raspberry Pi 5.

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    ✨ Apps of the Week

    Audacious is a no-nonsense music player for Linux that you should check out.

    Audacious: A Simple Open-Source Music Player That You Can’t Ignore
    This music player is straightforward to use, and yet versatile.
    It’s FOSS NewsSourav Rudra

    Downloading files on Android made better with Aria2App.

    Aria2App is a Super Fast Versatile Open-Source Download Manager for Android
    A useful open-source download manager for Android
    It’s FOSS NewsSourav Rudra

    🧩 Quiz Time

    How much do you know about Linux automation? This quiz will jog your memory:

    Linux Automation: Quiz
    Are you an automation expert? Or, you want to be? This quiz should be interesting for you.
    It’s FOSSAnkush Das

    💡 Quick Handy Tip

    On the Nautilus file manager, you can undo an action like “Move to Trash”, “Copy”, etc. For doing this, simply click on the three-ribbon button and select “Undo Move”.

    You can also use the keyboard shortcut “CTRL+Z” to do the same. To redo the undone action, use the shortcut “SHIFT + CTRL + Z”. Remember, you cannot undo if you deleted a file permanently.

    🤣 Meme of the Week

    That means you too! Hello friend. 🤗

    🗓️ Tech Trivia

    The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, or ENIAC for short, was taken offline after eleven years of calculating and processing programs.

    🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FOSSverse Corner

    An interesting thread on Linux by one of our regular FOSSers.

    Why Linux? What for that Linux? Which Linux? …on What hardware?
    This topic was inspired by @Skywalker71, his problems, and needs… As for start of the story, few words about me. I’m a freelancer, event videographer, occasionally photographer, but TBH the photo thingy is mainly for the church. I’m a Windows refugee, and I was strictly tied to Windows, but also was in the luck to find a hope and a way to get out. But that did not happen without any changes, and needed to learn a lot. So to answer the first question, why Linux? I was totally fed up with Wind…
    It’s FOSS Communitykovacslt

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