{"id":290198,"date":"2026-07-16T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/foss-weekly-26-29-mint-goes-wayland-openbook-reader-terminal-shortcut-tips-linux-handheld-computers-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:55:06","slug":"foss-weekly-26-29-mint-goes-wayland-openbook-reader-terminal-shortcut-tips-linux-handheld-computers-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/foss-weekly-26-29-mint-goes-wayland-openbook-reader-terminal-shortcut-tips-linux-handheld-computers-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"FOSS Weekly #26.29: Mint Goes Wayland, OpenBook Reader, Terminal Shortcut Tips, Linux Handheld Computers and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOSS Weekly #26.29: Mint Goes Wayland, OpenBook Reader, Terminal Shortcut Tips, Linux Handheld Computers and More<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/newsletter\/foss-weekly-26-29\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-16 09:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: itsfoss.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Linux Mint has taken the slow road to Wayland while everyone else rushed ahead, and it looks like that paid off. Cinnamon’s Wayland session is dropping the experimental label with Mint 23 this Christmas, shipping alongside X11 as a fully supported option.<\/p>\n

And Wayland is not really as slow as some people think. That’s what a recent benchmark study found out.<\/p>\n

Most microcontroller boards support Lua as an afterthought. The ELM11-Feather from BrisbaneSilicon builds around it. A GOWIN FPGA runs the whole show with no separate CPU, giving you Lua at the application layer, C for drivers, and VHDL\/SystemVerilog for the hardware itself.<\/p>\n

Joey Castillo’s Open Book started as a DIY soldering project back in 2020. Six years later it’s back as Open Book Touch, a proper ready-to-use e-reader with a 4.26-inch touchscreen, ESP32-S3, microSD, user-replaceable battery, and no DRM.<\/p>\n

One developer, a few months of work, and Chatto is now open source under AGPL-3.0. It’s a self-hosted team chat built to be light and simple enough to run by just launching an executable.<\/p>\n

GNOME is working on an app called Test Center that would make trying experimental features less of a gamble.<\/p>\n

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There are a few offers I came across that will help you improve your Linux skills, personally or professionally.<\/p>\n

First is Linux Foundation offering upto 40% off on its training courses and certification exams. For people looking to make a career in the field of Linux and IT, a certification on Linux, Kubernetes and other related technologies can be of help. <\/p>\n

\"Linux<\/p>\n

Even if you don’t want to go for certifications, you should always thrive for learning more. Humble Bundle O’Reilly collection is packed with Linux and Unix books, covering everything from shell scripting to system administration and kernel internals. This should be of interest to most Linux users, professional or not.<\/p>\n

Humble Tech Book Bundle: Linux: All the Things by O\u2019Reilly<\/p>\n

All things are possible…<\/p>\n

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