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36 Years in Making, GNU's Very Own Kernel Project Hurd is Anything But Dead Better late than never!

GNU Hurd is not dead, btw.

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Windows 11 May Introduce a Linux-like Feature for its Power Users This sure does feel familiar to any Linux user. And it is for Windows power users.

Look who's looking towards Linux for inspiration. 🙃

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This screenshot shows a itsfoss.gitlab.io webpage that is an obvious imposter of itsfoss.com. Also, sometimes, the color green is used by imposters, keep that in mind.

A quick reminder that itsfoss.com is the only URL for our publication. Sometimes, green is the impostor (IYKYK).

Exactly 😆

Linux's Second-in-Command Greg Kroah-Hartman Bestowed With The European Open Source Award Linux kernel maintainer honored at Brussels ceremony for decades of critical infrastructure work.

A worthy recipient. 💯💪

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Creating a bootable Windows 11 USB on Linux can be frustrating but it is extremely simple with the magnificent Ventoy tool. Amazed? In this video, I show you how to create a Windows 11 bootable USB… How to Create a Bootable Windows 11 USB on Linux in Just 5 Minutes (Simple AF)

A simple way to create a bootable drive. ⚙️👇

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Bill Gates was friends with Jeffrey Epstein. Guess who wasn't? There is a picture of Linus Torvalds below, wearing a black sweatshirt.

Well, well, well. 😑

$69 in 2026 Gets You a Tool to Rejuvenate Old Computers PicoIDE is a device that turns microSD cards into working hard drives and CD-ROMs for retro PCs.

A new toy for tinkerers to play around with.

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Your eBooks Don't Have to Look Boring, Calibre 9.0 Now has Shelves The eBook manager gets a visual upgrade with bookshelves and in-viewer editing.

Calibre lets you have a virtual bookshelf. 📚

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Nano Feels Complicated? Try These 5 Easier Terminal Editors The Linux terminal has come a long way from supporting only the keyboard to having software that can be navigated fully using a mouse.

Do you like nano, but want to try something different? 🤔

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This picture shows an Uno-themed meme where a card says, "remove snap from ubuntu," to which a bald man named Canonical holds all of his cards. I still don't understand how this game works, so pardon me if this alt text came out jank af.

True story 🤣

Every Linux user's secret weapon: the ArchWiki and the man command! 🐧💯

Comment your picks! 🐧

France Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Teams and Zoom Not only for them, but any other non-European videoconferencing software.

France is ditching Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Will they be able to succeed? 🤔

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Systemd Creator Quits Microsoft to Form His Own Linux-focused Start Up Based in Germany, the company is made up of open source veteran developers.

This new org looks to improve Linux security.

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A Bunch of Developers Have Come Together to Make Linux Gaming Great The people behind Bazzite, Fyra Labs, Nobara, ChimeraOS, and a few other projects have teamed up to improve Linux gaming for everyone.

The OGC looks to take Linux gaming to the next level.

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What Happens to Linux After Linus Torvalds? We Finally Have the Answer to This Uncomfortable Question They finally set this in stone.

Linux won't go away even if Linus isn't around.

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When you're a Windows user and you want to slide into a Linux conversation. There is a picture of a group of penguins with a tuxedo cat among them.

I sense an impostor among us. 🧐

Lovely! 🥰

FOSS Weekly #26.05: Clawdbot Mania, NexPhone, Things We No Longer Use Terminal for and More Linux Stuff When was the last time you were forced to use the terminal?

Our latest newsletter drop is here. 🗞

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What is this Clawdbot, Err Moltbot, Everyone's Screaming About? This open source project has survived Anthropic's trademark lawyers, crypto scammers hijacking its identity, and security holes exposing users.

Clawdbot is no more, under that name, that is. 🦞😉

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When you try Windows 11 after using Linux for years: The image depicts a bald, bespectacled man in a white lab coat leaning toward the camera in what appears to be a hospital or medical examination room. He wears a green shirt and tie and has a serious, clinical expression, as if addressing someone lying down. Behind him, slightly out of focus, stands a nurse in a white uniform near pale green privacy curtains. The low, tilted camera angle makes the viewer feel like the patient, giving the scene a sterile, tense, and mildly unsettling atmosphere, as though difficult news is being delivered. (this text via LLM) The doc says this: I'm afraid it's been 9 years.

Wait, did I wake up just in time for Year of the Linux Desktop? ⁉️😱

Yep

Not the Linux You Remember: 16 Every Day Tasks That No Longer Need the Terminal It's not that Linux became “GUI only”, but that the Linux desktop has become far more complete. The modern desktop we know today ships graphical tools that cover almost every common task in ways that...

The modern Linux desktop doesn’t force you into the terminal. 🙃

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Meet Roomy: An Open-Source Discord Alternative for the Decentralized Web Looking for a Discord alternative? Roomy is an open-source, decentralized platform built for communities that value privacy and control.

Looking for a self-hosted alternative to Discord? Roomy is worth a look. 👇

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Not the Linux You Remember: 16 Every Day Tasks That No Longer Need the Terminal It's not that Linux became “GUI only”, but that the Linux desktop has become far more complete. The modern desktop we know today ships graphical tools that cover almost every common task in ways that...

The modern Linux desktop doesn’t force you into the terminal. 🙃

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That someone got you on the right path!

lol

Yep, it is quite polished at the moment.