{"id":1343,"date":"2025-07-02T22:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2025-07-02T22:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:13:51","slug":"foss-weekly-25-27-system-info-retro-tools-fedora-32-bit-update-torvalds-vs-bcachefs-and-more-linux-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2025\/07\/foss-weekly-1-.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And we achieved the goal of 75 new <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/lifetime-membership\/\">lifetime members<\/a>. Thank you for that \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>I think I have activated it for everyone, even for members who didn&#8217;t explicitly notify me after the payment. But if anyone is still left out, just send me an email.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, all the logged-in Plus members can <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/plus-member-resources\/\">download the &#8216;Linux for DevOps&#8217; eBook from this page<\/a>. I&#8217;ll be adding a couple of more ebooks (created and extended from existing content) for the Plus members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcac Let&#8217;s see what else you get in this edition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bcachefs running into trouble.<\/li>\n<li>A new Rust-based GPU driver.<\/li>\n<li>Google giving the Linux Foundation a gift.<\/li>\n<li>And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\ud83d\udcf0 Linux and Open Source News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/digikam-8-7-release\/\">digiKam 8.7<\/a> is here with many upgrades.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/tyr-gpu-driver\/\">Tyr <\/a>is a new Rust-based driver for Arm Mali GPUs.<\/li>\n<li>Claudia is <a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/claudia\/\">an open source GUI solution<\/a> for Claude AI coding.<\/li>\n<li>Broadcom has been <a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/broadcom-bullying-enterprises\/\">bullying enterprises<\/a> with VMware audits.<\/li>\n<li>Google has donated <a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/linux-foundation-agent2agent-protocol\/\">the A2A protocol<\/a> to the Linux foundation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/murena-fairphone-6\/\">Murena Fairphone (Gen. 6)<\/a> has been introduced with some decent specs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/warp-terminal-2-0\/\">Warp 2.0<\/a> is here with AI agents, better terminal tools, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Cloudflare has released <a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/cloudflare-orange-me2eets\/\">Orange Me2eets<\/a>, an E2EE video calling solution.<\/li>\n<li>Bazzite was looking <a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/fedora-could-kill-bazzite\/\">at a grim future<\/a>. Luckily, the proposal to retire 32-bit support on Fedora <a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/fedora-32-bit-support-stays\/\">has been dropped<\/a>, for now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\ud83e\udde0 What We\u2019re Thinking About<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/linux-kernel-bcachefs-drop\/\">new Linux kernel drama<\/a> has unfolded, this time, it&#8217;s Bcachefs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/linux-kernel-bcachefs-drop\/\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">New Linux Kernel Drama: Torvalds Drops Bcachefs Support After Clash<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Things have taken a bad turn for Bcachefs as Linux supremo Linus Torvalds is not happy with their objections.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/android-chrome-192x192-517.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">It&#8217;s FOSS News<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Sourav Rudra<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/thumbnail\/bcachefs-booted-from-linux-kernel.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>When you are done with that, you can go through LibreOffice&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.documentfoundation.org\/blog\/2025\/06\/28\/a-technical-dive-into-odf\/\">technical dive<\/a> of the ODF file format.<\/p>\n<h2>\ud83e\uddee Linux Tips, Tutorials and More<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There are some superb <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/notion-alternatives\/\">privacy-focused Notion alternatives<\/a> out there.<\/li>\n<li>Learn a thing or two about <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/monitor-cpu-gpu-temp-linux\/\">monitoring CPU and GPU temperatures in your Linux system<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Although commands like <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/inxi-system-info-linux\/\">inxi<\/a> are there, this <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/hardinfo\/\">GUI tool gives you an easy way to list the hardware configuration<\/a> of your computer in Linux.<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/linux-system-monitoring-tools\/\">plenty of CLI tools for system monitoring<\/a>, but you also <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/gui-task-managers-linux\/\">have GUI-based task managers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Relive the nostalgia with these tools to <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/linux-retro-tools\/\">get a retro vibe on Linux<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/linux-retro-tools\/\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Relive the Golden Era: 5 Tools to Get Retro Feel on Linux<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Get retro vibe on Linux with these tools.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/android-chrome-192x192-522.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">It&#8217;s FOSS<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Abhishek Prakash<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/thumbnail\/retro-tools-for-linux.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Desktop Linux is mostly neglected by the industry but loved by the community. For the past 13 years, It&#8217;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. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you like what we do and would love to support our work, please become It&#8217;s FOSS Plus member. It costs $24 a year (less than the cost of a burger meal each month) and you get an ad-free reading experience with the satisfaction of helping the desktop Linux community.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/newsletter\/foss-weekly-25-27\/#\/portal\/account\/plans\" class=\"kg-cta-button \"><br \/>\n                            Join It&#8217;s FOSS Plus<br \/>\n                        <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\ud83d\udc77 Homelab and Hardware Corner<\/h2>\n<p>I have received the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/pironman-5-max\/\">Pironman Max case <\/a>for review and have assembled it too. I am looking forward to having a RAID setup for fun on it. I&#8217;ll keep you posted if I made it or not \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/pironman-5-max\/\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Pironman 5-Max: The Best Raspberry Pi 5 Case Just Got Upgraded<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">And the first 500 get a 25% pre-order discount offer. So hurry up with the purchase.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/android-chrome-192x192-523.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">It&#8217;s FOSS News<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Sourav Rudra<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/thumbnail\/pironman-5-max.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>\u2728 Project Highlight<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/anduin-os\/\">AnduinOS<\/a> is in the spotlight lately, have you checked it out?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/news.itsfoss.com\/anduin-os\/\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">A New Linux Distro Has Set Out To Look Like Windows 11: I Try AnduinOS!<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">We take a brief look at AnduinOS, trying to mimic the Windows 11 look. Is it worth it?<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/android-chrome-192x192-520.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">It&#8217;s FOSS News<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Sourav Rudra<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/thumbnail\/anduin-os-2.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f Videos I am Creating for You<\/h2>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZXClWDkOH3Q\">a better top in action<\/a> in the latest video.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-button-card kg-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@itsfoss\" class=\"kg-btn kg-btn-accent\">Subscribe to It&#8217;s FOSS YouTube Channel<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>\ud83e\udde9 Quiz Time<\/h2>\n<p>This quiz will test <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/quiz\/apt-command-quiz\/\">your knowledge of Apt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/quiz\/apt-command-quiz\/\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Apt Command Quiz<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Debian or Ubuntu user? This is the apt quiz for you. Pun intended, of course \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/android-chrome-192x192-521.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">It&#8217;s FOSS<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Abhishek Prakash<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/thumbnail\/apt-command-quiz.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>\ud83d\udca1 Quick Handy Tip<\/h2>\n<p>The Dolphin file manager offers you a selection mode. To activate it, press the <code>Space bar<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>In this view, you can single click on a file\/folder to select them. Here, you will notice that a quick access bar appears at the bottom when you select items, offering actions like Copy, Cut, Rename, Move to Trash, etc.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide\">\n<div class=\"kg-gallery-container\">\n<div class=\"kg-gallery-row\">\n<div class=\"kg-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2025\/07\/enable-selection-mode.png\" width=\"1040\" height=\"594\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2025\/07\/selection-mode-dolphin.gif\" width=\"836\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>\ud83e\udd23 Meme of the Week<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2025\/07\/meme17.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Tech Trivia<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_650\">IBM 650<\/a>, introduced on July 2, 1953, was one of the first widely used computers, featuring a magnetic drum for storage and using punch cards for programming. With a memory capacity of 20,000 decimal digits, it became a workhorse for businesses and universities throughout the 1950s.<\/p>\n<h2>\ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83e\udd1d\u200d\ud83e\uddd1 FOSSverse Corner<\/h2>\n<p>Canonical is making some serious bank, and <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.community\/t\/ubuntu-maker-canonical-generated-nearly-300m-in-revenue-last-year\/14069\">our FOSSers have noticed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.community\/t\/ubuntu-maker-canonical-generated-nearly-300m-in-revenue-last-year\/14069\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Ubuntu Maker Canonical Generated Nearly $300M In Revenue Last Year<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">How do they do this sum, its not from the desktop free version, can only guess its server technology<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/f274f9749e3fd8b4d6fbae1cf90c5c186d2f699c_2_180x180-55.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">It&#8217;s FOSS Community<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">callpaul.eu (Paul)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/thumbnail\/f274f9749e3fd8b4d6fbae1cf90c5c186d2f699c-46.png\" alt=\"FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More Linux Stuff\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>\u2764\ufe0f With love<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Please share it with your Linux-using friends<\/strong>\u00a0and encourage them to subscribe (hint:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/newsletter\/\">it&#8217;s here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Share the articles in Linux Subreddits and community forums.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiENHoh-T8yP9Q8Qywor2dwGkqFAgKIhDR6Ifk_Mj_UPEMsKK9ncBp?ref=itsfoss.com\">Follow us on Google News<\/a>\u00a0and stay updated in your News feed.<\/p>\n<p>Opt for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/membership\">It&#8217;s FOSS Plus membership<\/a>\u00a0and support us \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy FOSS \ud83d\ude04<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And we achieved the goal of 75 new lifetime members. Thank you for that \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f I think I have activated it for everyone, even for members who didn&#8217;t explicitly notify&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}