FOSS Weekly #48 - Linux mini PC, Thunderbird 115, replaceable batteries, and more

Welcome to another edition of FOSS Weekly! In the last week, we have new hardware from Star Labs, new rules from the EU and more updates related to the Red Hat saga

📰 News

• Star Labs Linux mini PC with 11 ports starts at $452 [starlabs.systems]

• Thunderbird 115 now available with new UI [thunderbird.net]

• Raspberry Pi open sourced their code editor for kids [raspberrypi.org]

• Phones should have replaceable batteries by 2027: EU [androidauthority.com]

🐧 Linux updates

• SUSE is forking RHEL with a $10M investment [suse.com]

• Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” released [linuxmint.com]

• AlmaLinux is no longer 1:1 compatible with RHEL [almalinux.org]

• Linux desktop share is apparently above 3% [statcounter.com]

📝 Releases

• Rust 1.71.0 [rust-lang.org]

• MuseScore 4.1 [musescore.org]

• GRUB 2.12 RC [phoronix.com]

• Meson 1.2.0 [mesonbuild.com]

🔗 Also read

• This Week in GNOME [thisweek.gnome.org]

• Fedora weekly round up [fedoraproject.org]

• Oracle to IBM: “Keep Linux open and free” [oracle.com]

• Dutch government launches Mastodon server [fediversereport.com]

• Wikipedia’s value in the age of generative AI by Wikimedia CTO [medium.com]

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