Retro Gaming Distros, Deprecated Linux Commands, Vim 9.0, Changes to GNOME Web and More

[View in browser]( Weekly Newsletter #2022.23 Hi , As always, starting with the news first. [Vim 9.0 is released]( and it has a new scripting language. [Firefox]( and [Thunderbird]( released their version 102 and both have some good features in their latest releases. Spekaing of good features, GNOME is bringing back the 'add new document' option to right click context menu in the next release. It also has a [few other features planned](. [GNOME is also improving its web browser](, GNOME Web, with extensions. Red Hat has [hired a blind software engineer to improve accessibility on Linux desktop](. Good move. [Pine64 is working on a RISC-V single board computer](. Seems like plenty of good stuff coming to Linux. Too much of future stuff. Let's go back into the time and play some games. Just kidding. I am talking about retro gaming. If you still love them, you can [convert your (old) PC into a retro gaming console with these Linux distributions](. Retro reminds me that ther are [many old commands that have been deprecated]( but people still use them. You can use [modern commands to replace the legacy commands](. Take [ripgrep-all]( for example. It can grep search in so many different kind of files. Hiding files in Linux is easy but do you know you can [hide files without even renaming them](? Application highlight of this week is [Kuro](, an unofiicial Microsoft To-Do desktop client for Linux. In essential Linux learning, get yourself familiar with the [id command]( [type command](. That's it for this week. Enjoy Linux :) Your support is appreciated [Donate here]( DRM-free eBooks from Humble Bundle Software Development Books Build your base of coding & software engineering knowledge with this bundle of books from O’Reilly! Discover sound advice in the digital pages of The Art of Readable Code, Becoming a Better Programmer, and 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know—then delve deeper into cutting-edge topics like AI, machine learning, IoT, and more. Plus, your purchase helps support Code for America! [Get it from $1]( ls -a lists hidden files along with the regular ones. You can use ls -a | grep "^\." to show only the hidden files. Linux mascot was changed to Tuz from Tux in 2009. Tuz was a Tasmanian Devil disguised as a penguin. It was done to help raise awareness for the plight of real Tasmanian devils. Linux Humor [Follow us on Instagram]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( [youtube]( It's FOSS SA 14/96-55, Sarangnath Colony, Sarnath, Varanasi India You received this email because you signed up on our website. If you don't want to receive the emails anymore, click on the subscribe link below: [Unsubscribe](