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FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz – April 18, 2025

By FOSS Force on April 18, 2025 |

Did you have time to keep up with the news this week? Here’s your chance to brag… or not. This week there are 11 questions. Good luck!

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#1. On Sunday, FOSS Force reported this about ArcoLinux.

That DOGE has pulled its funding.

That it has been accepted as the first Linux distribution in the Linux Foundations new Desktop Linux Incubation Project.

That it is named after a brand of gasoline.

That the project is in the process of shutting down.

#2. Which of the following was an actual headline on Thursday?

Google Loses Online Advertising Monopoly Case

Microsoft Shutters Windows

Oracle Threatens a Return to Silicon Valley

Wall Street Turns Bearish on AI

#3. What did chipmaker Nvidia announce on Monday

That Trump's tariff policy will force it to raise its prices.

That it plans to start manufacturing some AI chips in the US.

That it sees tariffs against China as necessary to thwart cheap knockoffs of its chips.

That it is moving its headquarters to China to be close to where its chips are manufactured.

#4. Elon Musk’s xAI on Wednesday announced that what feature has been added to it’s Grok chatbox?

The ability to remember conversation it had with users on previous days.

The ability to convincingly flirt.

A feature that recommends streaming television shows based on what it's learned about the user.

A feature that picks stock that will increase in value with nearly 90% accuracy.

#5. This week, How-To Geek reported that GoboLinux is different from other distributions in what way?

It's a theme for Windows, for users who want Windows to be more like Linux.

It's the first distribution to be accepted into the Linux Foundation's new Desktop Linux Project.

It's only available in the Klingon language.

It has a radically different file system.

#6. The source code of what project became available this week that could change drastically change phones going forward?

Linux code that has been entirely rewritten my Microsoft so that it can release a proprietary version of Linux.

An app designed by Google that will make your car invisible to radar.

A new type of cryptocurrency designed by Elon Musk that Trump plans to use to replace the dollar.

An operating system from Google that might replace Android.

#7. What did Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey post on X this week that prompted Elon Musk to quickly post back, “I agree”?

they've ruined bluesky.

Zukerberg for the win!

delete all IP law

Trump sucks

#8. What organization is evidently to blame for Zoom going offline for about two hours on Wednesday?

Microsoft

DOGE

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

GoDaddy

#9. Uber is telling its customers it plans to do what in Atlanta this summer?

Start a new surcharge for trips to and from Atlanta's airport.

Launch a service with Alphabet's Waymo to offer driverless robotaxis.

Offer free rides home from the city's bars to people who drank too much on Friday and Saturday nights only.

Throw a downtown festival to thank its many customers.

#10. Archer Aviation has announced that it plans to do what in New York City?

Quit flying helicopters in the five boroughs due to the danger they pose to people on the ground.

Offer free medevac services to the city's publicly operated hospitals.

Start a service using electric air taxis to cut the commute time to the city's airports.

Start a new airline that will offer hourly non-stop flights from JFK to Miami.

#11. This week the China-based ecommerce platforms Shein and Temu announced that the plan to do what?

Will quit shipping to the US.

Move to the United States in attempt to avoid Trump's tariffs.

Will pay the tariffs themselves in order to continue to offer US consumers low prices.

Will raise their prices to compensate for the tariffs.

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