FOSS Weekly #25.23: Helwan Linux, Quarkdown, Konsole Tweaks, Keyboard Shortcuts and More Linux Stuff

There is some interesting news from this month's desktop Linux market share update.

Linux has reached an all-time high market share of 2.69% in the latest Steam Survey. Also, CachyOS has found itself a spot in Linux-specific desktop market share in Steam Survey.

💬 Let's see what else you get in this edition

• Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts.
• The World Bank open sourcing a tool.
• Swiss privacy debacle.
• Obsidian plugins suggestion.
• And other Linux news, tips, and, of course, memes!
• This edition of FOSS Weekly is supported by ANY.RUN.

🌟 OtterCookie: New Malware from North Korea Targets Tech and Finance Professionals

Lazarus Group is currently distributing a stealer malware in fake job offer attacks. Here's how it goes:

• Lure via LinkedIn: Attackers offer freelance work to fix a minor DApp bug.
• Triggered Failure: An intentional app error fetches and executes malicious code from external API
• Malware Execution: OtterCookie infects the system, stealing victims' browser data and crypto wallets.

Read detailed analysis on ANY.RUN's blog.

OtterCookie: Analysis of New Lazarus Group Malware

Explore in-depth technical analysis of OtterCookie, a new North Korean Lazarus APT malware that steals victims’ crypto and credentials.

ANY.RUN's Cybersecurity BlogMauro Eldritch

📰 Linux and Open Source News

• The World Bank has open sourced Metadata Editor.
• KDE is getting its own GNOME Boxes counterpart.
• Ubuntu is adopting the monthly snapshots approach.
• Organic Maps has been forked over governance concerns.
• PeerTube is raising funds for further development of its mobile app.
• /e/OS 3.0 has debuted with refined parental controls and new privacy tools.
• A recent kernel drama sees Linus Torvalds catch a string of suspicious pull requests.

Arch Linux is working on a way to handle sponsorships.

Sponsorships Seem to Be Coming to Arch Linux!

A proposal looks to introduce a transparent sponsorship process to Arch Linux.

It's FOSS NewsSourav Rudra

🧠 What We’re Thinking About

Switzerland is going down a very dystopian path. I hope the law doesn't pass.

No More Safe Haven for Privacy? Switzerland Drifts Toward a Surveillance State Due to New Controversial Laws

Proposed privacy law changes, if passed in parliament, threaten Switzerland’s reputation as a privacy haven.

It's FOSS NewsGourav Patnaik

🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials and More

• You can easily run JavaScript in VS Code.
• Here are 13 tips and tweaks to get more out of Konsole.
• Tweaks to get more out of Nautilus file manager.
• Plugins to enhance your Obsidian knowledge base.
• If you are up for an experiment, then you could try running macOS on Linux.

I Installed macOS on Linux in a VM (for fun sake)

Installing macOS as a virtual machine in a Linux system? Well, let’s do it for the sake of some ‘virtual fun’

It's FOSSPranav Krishna

👷 Homelab and Maker's Corner

Looks like a cyberdeck. Works like a classroom. The CrowPi 3 surprised me with its versatility.

CrowPi 3: An All-in-one AI Learning Kit With Cyberdeck Feel

A Swiss Army knife for coding education as this kit transforms the programming concepts into tangible experiences. Learn from more than a hundred interactive projects.

It's FOSSAbhishek Prakash

✨ Project Highlight

Markdown meets the power of LaTeX in this modern typesetting system with Quarkdown.

GitHub - iamgio/quarkdown: 🪐 Markdown with superpowers — from ideas to presentations, articles and books.

🪐 Markdown with superpowers — from ideas to presentations, articles and books. - iamgio/quarkdown

GitHubiamgio

Helwan Linux is a distro out of Egypt that feels quite nice.

Helwan Linux: A Made-in-Egypt Linux Distribution

Check out what this distro out of Egypt has to offer.

It's FOSS NewsGourav Patnaik

📽️ Videos I am Creating for You

Essential Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts in action in this week's video.

🧩 Quiz Time

This time, we have a puzzle for deciphering scrambled application names.

Decipher The Scrambled Words

Can you guess the scrambled words? Give it a try!

It's FOSSAnkush Das

💡 Quick Handy Tip

In VirtualBox, you can send keyboard shortcuts like CTRL+ALT+DEL to logout, and a bunch of other keyboard shortcuts to the guest (the virtual machine), without affecting the host (your computer).

To send CTRL+ALT+DEL, use Host+Delete. The Host key is usually the Right CTRL key on a keyboard. In the top menu, go to Input ⇾ Keyboard → Keyboard Settings to view and customize additional keyboard shortcuts for interacting with the virtual machine.

If you need more input options, you can use the Input ⇾ Keyboard → Soft Keyboard menu to open a virtual keyboard for the guest VM.

🤣 Meme of the Week

Linux users, together, strong! 🤜🤛

🗓️ Tech Trivia

Before Spotify or iTunes, there was Napster. Launched on June 1, 1999, by 18-year-old Shawn Fanning, who built it in his college dorm room, Napster quickly attracted over 20 million users (and viruses).

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FOSSverse Corner

One of our regular FOSSers, Laura, is looking to compare notes on building Linux and open source software from source.

Building Linux and FLOSS programs from source code

Starting a thread on discussion of building parts of Linux, LFS and various packages from source code. This is a spot to compare notes on building from source. We can also discuss pros and cons of various packages/projects to figure out which might be most useful to build from source and which might have less dependencies.

It's FOSS CommunityLaura_Michaels

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