New story! Speech Note – An Offline Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech and Translation App for Linux

Speech Note is an open-source, privacy-focused application that offers offline Speech to Text (STT), Text to Speech (TTS), and Machine Translation (MT) capabilities. With Speech Note, you can take, read, and translate notes in multiple languages.

New story! Steam On Linux Percentage Receded A Bit Further In September

Back in May Steam on Linux usage crossed the 2% threshold and remained that way until August when it dropped back below 2% for all Steam gamers. The September 2024 Steam Survey results were just published and point to another downward bump for Steam on Linux gaming.

New story! Raspberry Pi takes a shot at AI with a camera and on-device processing

Raspberry Pi has joined the world of AI with a new camera that processes visual data with AI models on the device. The $70 Raspberry Pi AI Camera was built in collaboration with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (SSS).

New story! How To Secure SSH Access on Ubuntu Servers (Video Tutorial)

SSH (Secure Shell) is a powerful tool for managing servers remotely, but it can be vulnerable to attacks without proper security measures. Follow these 10 steps to secure SSH access on Ubuntu servers.

New story! Nitrux 3.7 ‘ub’ Brings the Latest Software and Security Fixes

Systemd-free Linux distro Nitrux 3.7 is now available for download bringing the latest software, bug fixes, and Liquorix kernel 6.10.

New story! Fedora Linux Flatpak cool apps to try for October

This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions. Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution.

New story! 14 Best Free and Open Source Linux Logfile Viewers

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Oct 2, 2024 9:59 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 14 useful Linux logfile viewers. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone needing to examine and process logfile data.

New story! Manjaro 24.1 “Xahea” Released, Here’s What’s New

Manjaro 24.1 "Xahea" is now available, featuring KDE Plasma 6.1.5, GNOME 46, and the latest kernel enhancements.

New story! Try-Catch in Bash: Bash Script Error Handling

Bash scripting is a powerful tool for automating tasks on Linux systems. However, unlike high-level programming languages, Bash doesn’t have built-in try-catch blocks for error handling. Instead, you must implement different strategies to detect and manage errors during script execution. In this article, we will explore five methods for handling errors in Bash scripts, ranging from beginner-friendly to more advanced approaches.

New story! Audacious 4.4.1 Released with Assorted Minor Improvements

Audacious 4.4.1 builds on the changes introduced in Audacious 4.4 (a release that brought GTK3 and Qt6 UI choices, the return of a dedicated lyrics plugin, and better compatibility with PipeWire) rather than adding any huge new features of its own.

New story! Linux 6.13 To Bring Big/Super Pages For The Raspberry Pi Graphics Driver - Better Performance

While the Linux 6.12 merge window only ended this weekend and won't be out until November, already code is beginning to accumulate for DRM-Next of graphics driver improvements targeting the Linux 6.13 cycle that in turn will be the first major Linux kernel release of 2025.

New story! RISC-V-Based KVM Solution in PCIe Form Factor with Low/High Profile Compatibility

The NanoKVM-PCIe is a recent solution from Sipeed, designed to simplify remote management of ATX PC cases and 2U servers. Built on the RISC-V architecture, it offers low power consumption and easy installation, with compatibility for both low-profile and high-profile PCIe brackets.

New story! Firefox 132 Enters Beta with Support for Blocking Third-Party Cookie Access

With the Firefox 131 release rolling out today to all supported platforms, Mozilla promoted the next major version, Firefox 132, to the beta channel for public testing.

New story! This AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinator

There are plenty of people who do not actually understand AI and open-source (or its licensing). But, they choose to jump on using those terms to market their products somehow superior to others. It has been happening for a while, and it may not be a big deal if done ethically.

New story! Linux Candy: PyBonsai – generates procedural ASCII art trees

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Oct 2, 2024 12:08 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux, Python
PyBonsai is a Python script that generates procedural ASCII art trees in the comfort of your terminal. This is free and open source software.

New story! Rspamd 3.10 Released with Enhanced MIME UTF8 Support

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Oct 2, 2024 10:52 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Rspamd 3.10 spam filtering system brings enhanced MIME UTF8 support and negative score limits for improved email scanning.

New story! Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund throws cash at FreeBSD and Samba

Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund (STF), which is backed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, is funding open source work again. This time, the recipients are the FreeBSD Foundation and SerNet, which is one of the backers of the Samba Project.

New story! Mozilla Thunderbird Lands On Android With New Beta Release

The popular open-source email client, Mozilla Thunderbird, has launched a beta version of its Android app with a range of new features and improvements.

New story! Busd Taking Shape As A D-Bus Broker Written In Rust

Open-source developer Zeeshan Ali Khan presented at last week's systemd "All Systems Go" developer conference on busd as a new D-Bus broker written in the Rust programming language.

New story! How to install Arch Linux alongside Windows 11 (Dual Boot)

  • linuxconfig.org; By Korbin Brown (Posted by linuxer on Oct 2, 2024 5:13 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Arch
Arch Linux is a robust operating system often chosen by power users and IT professionals. While there is no doubt that it is an extremely powerful OS, the need to use other systems can also arise for users that are required to use a variety of applications and ecosystems that Arch Linux can’t always easily accommodate. This is when a dual boot system that runs both Arch Linux and Windows 11 proves useful.

New story! Minecraft is getting a real creepy new biome and mob, plus item bundles

Minecraft Live 2024 has been and gone and with it we've been given details on the next new biome and mob coming.

New story! Linux SED Command: Everything you Need to Know

  • RoseHosting Blog; By Jeff Wilson (Posted by RoseHosting on Oct 2, 2024 2:10 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
In this tutorial, we will explain the Linux SED command using some real examples. SED (Stream Editor) is one of the most used Linux commands in scripts and command lines. It searches, replaces, inserts, and deletes strings.

New story! Best Free and Open Source Software: September 2024 Updates

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Oct 2, 2024 12:40 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
September 2024 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

New story! Mozilla Firefox 131 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Mozilla published today the final release of the Firefox 131 web browser, which is now available for download from the project’s download server ahead of the official release on October 1st, 2024.

New story! Granite Rapids, AmpereOne & PREEMPT_RT Landing Made For An Exciting September

During the month of September on Phoronix there were 265 original news articles and 16 Linux hardware reviews / featured benchmark articles. Here's a look back at the most exciting content for September.

New story! How to Run Linux Commands without Typing Sudo Password

Learn how to eliminate the hassle of typing your password for every sudo command in Linux, whether you want to run specific commands or even all of them, with this step-by-step guide.

New story! 5 Reasons Why I Love and Use Emacs in Linux

  • Make Tech Easier; By Ramces Red (Posted by damien on Oct 1, 2024 7:37 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
Emacs is a free and open-source cross-platform text editor. Learn some of the reasons why I use Emacs in Linux and for productivity tasks.

New story! Cinnamon 6.4 Promises Pleasant Surprises for Desktop Users

Linux Mint unveils a darker, modern theme with rounded objects and redesigned dialogs for the upcoming Cinnamon 6.4 desktop environment.

New story! How to Attach an Executable File to Your Email (Works on Gmail)

Find out the File Smuggling technique to secretly share the executable file from an email provider, such as Gmail, without getting blocked.

New story! Audacious 4.4.1 Open-Source Audio Player Brings New Features and Improvements

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 1, 2024 5:01 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
The Audacious open-source audio player, a descendant of the XMMS media player, has been updated to version 4.4.1, a release that introduces several new features and improvements.

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