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And some people try to take advantage of the trial period by creating new accounts with new email addresses.<\/p>\n But imagine if a multi-million dollar enterprise does the same<\/a>. And it does so for an open source software that they could have managed on their own.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n \ud83d\udcac Let’s see what else you get in this edition<\/strong><\/p>\n Analyze, investigate, and detect cyber threats with unmatched speed and depth.<\/p>\n Interactive Sandbox licenses<\/a> for your team: <\/p>\n <\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n Speed up alert triage and response in your SOC. The offers are active until May 31.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ubuntu 25.10 will feature new terminal and image viewer apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n Are we finally entering the Xorg-less era? Fedora has taken the bold move to go for Wayland-only<\/a> desktop offering in the upcoming version 43.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n Try Sausage<\/a>, and enjoy the classic Bookworm game like experience in the terminal.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n Remember your favorite tech websites like Anand Tech or magazines like Linux Voice? They don’t exist anymore. <\/span><\/p>\n In the age of AI Overview in search engines, more and more people are not even reaching the websites from where AI is ‘copying’ the text. As a result, your favorite websites continue to shut down.<\/span><\/p>\n More than ever, now is the most crucial time to save your favorite websites from AI onslaught. <\/span><\/p>\n If you like what we do and would love to support our work, please become It’s FOSS Plus member. It costs $24 a year, i.e. $2 a month. Even a burger costs more than $2. For skipping a burger a month, you get an ad-free reading experience with the satisfaction of helping the desktop Linux community.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Troubleshooting your Pi? Don\u2019t ignore those blinking LEDs<\/a>! They are a powerful diagnostic tool that are super handy in headless setup.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n Doodle lets you pixelify your Android smartphone<\/a> with its cool wallpaper collection.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n How about an open source, decentralized alternative to the likes of Discord and Slack? Peersuite<\/a> is a self-hostable peer-to-peer workspace that isn’t user data hungry.<\/p>\n Man pages are good but not easy to follow, specially for new Linux users. Here are some alternatives to the man pages in Linux<\/a>. See them in action.<\/p>\n Can you beat the Essential Ubuntu Shortcuts<\/a> puzzle?<\/p>\n <\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n In file managers like Nemo, Nautilus, etc., you can easily create file duplicates by pressing the CTRL<\/em> key and dragging the file to a blank space in the window.<\/p>\n If you drop a file while pressing the CTRL<\/em> key when in another folder, the file will be copied to that directory.<\/p>\n Use CTRL+Z<\/em> to undo the file duplication. During this, your file manager will ask you whether you want to delete the copied file.<\/p>\n The man’s got a Debian-flavored beard. \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n On May 18, 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Microsoft<\/a>, alleging that the company was illegally monopolizing the web browser market by integrating its Internet Explorer browser into its Windows operating system.<\/p>\n Pro FOSSer Neville has compiled a table of Linux distros for beginners<\/a> that is really well-made. I am so proud of our active community members \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n <\/p><\/a><\/figure>\n Share it with your Linux-using friends<\/strong>\u00a0and encourage them to subscribe (hint:\u00a0it’s here<\/a>).<\/p>\n Share the articles in Linux Subreddits and community forums.<\/p>\n Follow us on Google News<\/a>\u00a0and stay updated in your News feed.<\/p>\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/2025\/05\/image-1.png\")
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\nUbuntu 25.10 will Have a Brand New Terminal (and Image Viewer)<\/div>\nUbuntu 25.10 replaces its default terminal and image viewer with modern apps.<\/div>\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/android-chrome-192x192-466.png\")
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\nNo More Xorg! Fedora 43 Will Be Wayland-only<\/div>\nA bold move by Fedora. Will everyone be onboard?<\/div>\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/android-chrome-192x192-467.png\")
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\nPlay With Words in Linux Terminal With With Bookworm Style Game<\/div>\nRemember the classic Bookworm game? You can have similar fun in the terminal with Sausage.<\/div>\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/android-chrome-192x192-469.png\")
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\nTable of Linux Distros by Difficulty for Beginners<\/div>\nThe outcome of discussion in the forum topic was a table representing collective experience of forum members regarding Linux distros which are easy or difficult for beginners. @Tech_JA suggested that we place the final table in a fresh topic where it is not buried among 130 replies. Thanks Jorge. In future our table will be updated here. Last revision 17\/5\/25 Difficulty Systemd distros Non-systemd distros Beginner Mint LMDE MX\/Systemd MX\/sysVinit Peppermint\/Debian Pepp\u2026<\/div>\n![\"FOSS](\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/content\/images\/icon\/f274f9749e3fd8b4d6fbae1cf90c5c186d2f699c_2_180x180-47.png\")
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