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Ubuntu's official website is suffering from a new wave of DDoS attack. The attacks started on 8th Oct and continue even today. This is the second such wave in 2026. The first one was in May and Canonical suffered for over a week.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Quick Firefox Tip 💡 View your Firefox browsing history more neatly by sorting it by site.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Quick Linux Tip 💡 Name Brave or Chrome windows by right-clicking an empty space in the toolbar area, selecting “Name Window”, entering a name, and clicking “OK”. When you hover over the browser icon on the taskbar, the named windows are shown alphabetically.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Quick Firefox Tip 💡 Navigate back and forth through the current tab's history using ALT+Scroll.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tuxdle #21 6/6 Cleared at the lat row. Can you do better? ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Play at tuxdle.com

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Don't forget to play the Sunday special, extra-long Tuxdle challenge. 👉️ tuxdle.com

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Quick KDE Tip 💡 Dolphin's toolbar can sit at the top, bottom, left, or right. Right-click an empty toolbar area and uncheck “Lock Toolbar Positions.” Right-click the newly visible handle → “Orientation,” then choose a position. Re-enable “Lock Toolbar Positions” to keep it there.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October is here Linux users ... Time to get into Halloween spirit already 🍁 🎃 👻

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Quick GNOME Tip 💡 Keep a specific GNOME app window with you as you switch workspaces. Right-click an empty area in the window title and select “Always on Visible Workspace.” The app will then move to whichever workspace is currently visible.

Keep a GNOME window on the visible workspace

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Don't forget to test your Linux knowledge... 😎 Tuxdle #16 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Play at tuxdle.com

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Quick Ubuntu Tip 💡 Lost sight of the mouse pointer? Go to Settings → Accessibility → Pointing and Clicking, then turn on “Locate Pointer.” Press the Left Control key whenever you want an animation to reveal the pointer's location.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Quick Linux Tip 💡 Want to check how much memory an active tab uses in Brave? Hover the pointer over the tab to see its memory usage.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Quick GNOME Tip 💡 You can insert emojis directly in Gedit. Right-click inside the editor while editing a file, select “Insert Emoji,” then choose the emoji you want from the selection window.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Quick Firefox Tip 💡 Firefox can show how many times you have visited your bookmarks. Press Ctrl+Shift+O to open the Firefox Library (Bookmark Manager), then use the “Views” menu to toggle the view count.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Quick GNOME Tip 💡 Running different active commands across several terminal windows or tabs? Search for a command's name in GNOME Shell search to find and switch to the terminal window or tab where it is running.

Find running terminal commands from GNOME search

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There was a time when Ubuntu Linux could be installed inside Windows like this 👇️

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Quick GNOME Tip 💡 Press CTRL+L to jump straight to the location bar in Nautilus, just as you would focus a browser's address bar. The same shortcut works in the “Save As” dialog to access the filename field.

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Does it make sense to run a music player in the Linux terminal?

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

10 years ago, this little guy saved my eyes during long computing sessions at night. Do you remember him?

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Looking for some cool wallappers for your Linux desktop? Try this new project. Look for dark/light themed wallpaper with color of your choice. 👉️ bjarneo.github.io/wallpapers/?...

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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Quick GNOME Tip 💡 Want a click on an app's Dash to Dock icon to minimize its window? Ubuntu and other users of the Dash to Dock GNOME extension can enable it with: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock click-action 'minimize'