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There is a new player in the market. A UK based startup is making beautiful Linux systems.

Talking about beautiful, have you heard about Deepin Linux? This Debian based beginner friendly distribution is gorgeous. Have a look at it in our latest YouTube video.

Also, subscribe to the YouTube channel as we add more Linux videos in coming days.

This month is special for Linux users. GNOME turned 20 on 15th August and Debian turned 24 on 16th August. Next week, Linux itself will celebrate its 26th birthday. On 2nd September, SUSE Linux will be 25 years old. Too many anniversaries, isn't it?

Since I told you the dates, perhaps you can plan a party with your local Linux group. And if you do, feel free to send me a picture on Twitter.

From Linux gatherings, I just remembered that Ubuntu Europe Convention will be happening in Paris this year. I plan to attend it. How about you?

You can find the details about it here. And yes, it's free for anyone to attend so if you are in Paris or nearby, maybe take some time to meet Ubuntu biggies and some fellow Ubuntu lovers.

On the website, these are the new articles this week:

I let you read and comment on the articles. See you next week :)

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Use ‘maybe’ to See What a Command or Script Will Do, Without Running It

maybe is a small tool that allows you to run a command to see what it does to your filesystem without actually letting it do anything. It will show you a list of operations that was supposed to be performed by that command and then you can decide whether you want to permit those operations or not.