Linux NewsThis month in Linux Voice and Elvie.
Go App Analyzes Sharpness Levels
Which image in a series is the sharpest? Mike Schilli explores the depths of sharpness physics with homemade Go tools.
Sparkling Gems and News from the World of Free and Open Source Software
This month, we explore the top FOSS, including a powerful video downloader, a command-line torrent client, and a privacy-focused grammar checker.
Testing the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2
Chatbots are all the rage. A new AI HAT+ 2 for the Raspberry Pi 5 lets you run large language models.
Mastering ePub Editing on Linux
A comprehensive guide to building, editing, and perfecting ebooks with the Sigil open source ePub editor.
10 Reasons Resolved
The most common reasons people give for not using Linux don't hold up any more (if they ever did!).
In the news: Ubuntu Stonking Stingray Gets Even Rustier; AI Fixes Linux Bottlenecks Using "Hideous" Code; Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent; 2,000 Vulnerabilities per Linux Release; Linux Exempt from California's Age Verification Law; China Switching from Windows to Linux; Pine64 Halts Production of Linux Devices; and The Bullet-Proof KDE Software Initiative Is Coming.
Chronicler Zack Brown reports on process play in the Linux kernel community.
Mastering ASCII Art with Python
Transform images into terminal-friendly masterpieces using the Pillow library and custom Python scripts.
KDE for People Initiative Calls for AI Ban in Plasma
A new community of KDE wants the project to adopt a strict no-AI policy for KDE Plasma.
KDE Sets Ambitious Goals for 2026 and Beyond
KDE Connect reveals the goals for the Linux desktop darling, with one of those goals long overdue.
It’s Time to Test Fedora 45 Beta
Fedora 45 beta has been released with updated Gnome, KDE Plasma, and kernel.
Ubuntu Stonking Stingray Gets Even Rustier
Ubuntu 26.10 has completed its migration to the Rust-based coreutils.
AI Fixes Linux Bottlenecks Using “Hideous” Code
A Linux developer used AI to fix bottlenecks that caused problems when building the kernel. The resulting AI-generated code needed a lot of work.
Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
Brazilian patent BRPI0109962B1 has expired, which means that DivX and Xvid are no longer problematic for Linux, but it doesn’t mean that video is all of a sudden fully unleashed.