Ready for another round of latest happenings in Linux world? Here, we go.
Vocalinux 0.14 beta adds custom recording shortcuts, fixes Wayland text injection on GNOME, and handles CPU usage better on hybrid laptops. It didn't run cleanly during testing, but it's pre-release software, so that's a given.
GNOME's entire security tracking operation has been one person since 2020. That person is leaving in December. There's space for a replacement, but they will have to modernize the current system. Nothing to panic about. GNOME Foundation should take care of it.
Speaking of GNOME, the GNOME OS' development is going on nicely, with the developers sharing that a safe mode is coming, allowing users to troubleshoot issues that prevent boot or optimal usage of the OS.
MPEG-4 Visual is now completely patent-free after the last remaining patent, held by Siemens AG in Brazil, expired a few days ago.
If you do a lot of video processing on a Zen 4 or newer AMD chip, FFmpeg's latest AVX-512 optimization is worth knowing about. RGB24 to RGBA conversion is now 1.372x faster.
The TDF has published a sharp piece on why DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX are Microsoft's most effective lock-in tool. These bind organizations not through contracts or bans, but via pesky formatting friction that makes anything outside Office look slightly wrong.
Elon says X's entire codebase is going open source once xAI finishes a security review. He's said things like this before, but his track record has been mixed so far.
Jellyfin is having a leadership crisis. I hope it gets sorted soon because Jellyfin is my favorite media server, and I would like to see the project being happily developed.
🧠 What We’re Thinking About
Three years ago Linus called AI "90 percent marketing." Last week he told critics inside the kernel project to fork it or walk away. He is not alone. People have accepted AI as a tool in the development kit.
🧮 Linux Tips, Tutorials, and Learnings
Sreenath, a Kitty user of several years, tried Alacritty for two months and came away with a temptation to switch. Features like Vi mode, scrollback search, bracket matching, and sensible defaults are what won him over.
Here are eight GNOME extensions that can make you more productive. A dropdown terminal, clipboard history with regex search, a proper tiling manager, Pomodoro timer, sticky notes that actually stick, and phone notifications on your desktop.
MangoWM does what Niri does but gives you many layout modes alongside a comprehensive tags system, per-tag layout switching, and a lean installation for you to tailor according to your preferences.
Tired of manually mounting your external drive every time? Adding a UUID entry to /etc/fstab handles it at boot, while udev rules combined with autofs take care of hot-plugged USB drives. I wrote this tutorial years ago and it is still valid.
Lastly, enjoy workspaces in Linux Mint.
⌛ Don't Miss: Last Week for Linux Books
Less than a week to go for the Humble Bundle O'Reilly collection. It 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.
And part of the money gets donated to Code for America.
👷 AI, Homelab and Hardware Corner
What if you could have aan intern sitting on your desk and help you with your work? That's what Intern 2 from Autonomous does. Be prepared to see a lot of such "AI gadgets" in the coming months.
Got an old PC gathering dust? It could be converted into a NAS. We have covered some pretty neat OS options that can complement your restoration efforts.
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✨ Apps and Projects Highlights
GNOME removed "Other Locations" tab from the sidebar in Nautilus so a developer created a "My Computer" style to show all the mounted drives in a beautiful overview.
If you share a lot of screenshots or images and want to stop routing them through Imgur or similar services, Slink is worth a look.
📽️ Videos for You
In the latest video, I show an e-paper clock that I built recently. The special thing is that it tells time in book quotes. The code is here for you to explore.
💡 Quick Handy Tip
This one is overlooked often, but Looking Glass is GNOME's integrated inspector tool and JavaScript console that is quite useful for debugging. First, you have to launch the Run a Command dialog with Alt+F2, then launch the tool by typing lg.
You can use it to troubleshoot issues with GNOME shell extensions or other interface snafus, and you can exit it by pressing Esc.
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🎋 Fun in the FOSSverse
How adept are you with Git? Our Git Command Knowledge puzzle will test you.
A riced-up Hyprland setup. 🤌
🗓️ Tech Trivia: On July 25, 1990, Microsoft became the first PC software company ever to top $1 billion in annual sales, reporting $1.18 billion for its fiscal year. Just 15 years after Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded it in 1975.
🧑🤝🧑 From the Community: A slightly different thread than usual, FOSSers are discussing whether the answer to EV charging issues is swappable batteries.
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