Linux Mint 22.1 codenamed Xia is available now. I expected this point release to arrive around Christmas. But it got delayed a little, if I can call it a delay, as there are no fixed release schedule.
Wondering what’s new in Mint 22.1? Check this out 👇
Ankush Das
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💬 Let’s see what else you get in this edition
- A new Raspberry Pi 5 variant.
- AI coming to VLC media player.
- Nobara being the first one to introduce a release in 2025.
- And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes!
- This edition of FOSS Weekly is supported by PikaPods.
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📰 Linux and Open Source News
- Microsoft’s Phi-4 AI model has been made open source.
- The Raspberry Pi 5 now has a 16 GB variant for power users.
- COSMIC Alpha 5 serves as a reminder of how the desktop environment is progressing.
- Flatpak version 1.16 is released with new features
Earlier, Kdenlive introduced AI feature and now VLC is adding AI subtitles.
Sourav Rudra
🧠 What We’re Thinking About
Linus Torvalds is proposing to build a guitar effects pedal for one lucky kernel contributor.
Simon Sharwood
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More
- Level up your Gedit experience with these 10 tweaks.
- Using your phone’s camera and mic in Ubuntu is possible.
- You can run Windows apps on Linux by following this beginner’s guide.
Ankush Das
👷 Maker’s and AI Corner
ArmSoM AIM7 sets the stage for cutting-edge AI applications.
Abhishek Kumar
Usenet was where conversations took place before social media came about.
Bill Dyer
📹 Videos we are watching
✨ Apps of the Week
What’s so clever about KleverNotes? Find out:
Sourav Rudra
🛍️Deal You Would Love
Challenge your brain and have a blast learning with these acclaimed logic and puzzle games exploring key concepts of programming and machine learning.
🧩 Quiz Time
Here’s a fun crossword for correctly guessing the full forms of the mentioned acronyms.
Ankush Das
💡 Quick Handy Tip
You can search for free icons from Font Awesome or Nerd Fonts to add to panels and terminal tools like Fastfetch.
Ensure that you install the respective fonts, font-awesome and firacode-nerd on your system before using. Otherwise, they won’t appear properly.
On Font Awesome, click on Copy Glyph to copy the icon to the clipboard. And in Nerd Fonts, click on the Icons button to copy the icon to the clipboard.
🤣 Meme of the Week
Yep, that happens. 😆
🗓️ Tech Trivia
Wikipedia launched on January 15, 2001, as a free, collaborative encyclopedia. Created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, it grew to host millions of articles in multiple languages.
Today, it’s one of the most visited websites globally, embodying the spirit of open knowledge.
🧑🤝🧑 FOSSverse Corner
Would it be possible to learn to code after 50? Community members share their views and experience.
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