Notices tagged with linux

I guess a VollaPhone with Ubuntu Touch is the current best option to get away from Android and have a fully supported, modern device? 🤔
#LinuxMobile #UbuntuTouch #Linux

VimWiki Was Always The Correct Choice #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/Juve_3_84Ko

Linux Turns 34

#LinusTorvalds #OSHistory #OperatingSystem #Linux #TechHistory

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/08/25/2149223/linux-turns-34

Today is the official 34th birthday of Linux!
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Happy-Birthday-Linux?utm_source=mlm
#OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #OperatingSystem #kernel

34 years ago, August 25, 1991: Finnish university student Linus Torvalds announced he would post source code of an experimental OS kernel he wrote. It was posted to the university's FTP server in September where the sysadmin nicknamed it #Linux. Torvalds thought it was done. But code contributions started arriving and never stopped. He still leads #kernel development today from his home near Portland, Oregon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux #OpenSource #software #engineering #tech #TDIH #history #PNW

We need open source phones to thrive now more than ever as Android continues its quest to be completely locked down and be more like iOS.

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/

Hot off the heels of Calyx OS effectively shutting down, marking the likely end of a era when it comes to custom ROM development on Android.

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-rom-calyxos-support-freeze-google-blame-3590268/

I do hope the EU can do something about this before it's too late.

#android #lockdown #customrom #phones #opensource #linux

Happy 34th birthday, Linux!
#OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #OperatingSystem

@joojmachine
Oh my god, Pied JUST WORKS!
I can't believe my ears! :psyduck:

I just installed Pied's flatpak package, let it install Piper, then downloaded the best English voice I could find ("Lessac", the basis for most other voices), and told Pied to set it as the Speech Dispatcher voice…

Now Orca sounds natural, and I can stand using it, for the first time in 20 years. :blobmiou:

Video below demonstrates reading this post.

#Orca #SpeechDispatcher #accessibility #Pied #Linux #texttospeech

My eyes are so itchy and watery (presumably due to seasonal allergies) that I haven't been able to get much work done in the past few days. I'm writing this toot with my eyes closed most of the time. 😑

Dear #accessibility hivemind, is there an easy way to have #Orca working with a natural-sounding text-to-speech voice, that is not eSpeak, but rather something like #MyCroft's Mimic3 ?

What's the state of the art for screenreader TTS voices on #Linux and how do I get it in #Fedora?

#a11y

Match Shot Chimera blends together a shoot 'em up with clever match-3 mechanics https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/match-shot-chimera-blends-together-a-shoot-em-up-with-clever-match-3-mechanics/

#MatchShotChimera #IndieGames #Demo #Linux #Gaming

Check out the new demo for Frogspin, a platformer all about mayhem where you spin to win https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/check-out-the-new-demo-for-frogspin-a-platformer-all-about-mayhem-where-you-spin-to-win/

#Frogspin #Demo #IndieGames #Linux #PCGaming #SteamDeck

Moonlight Pulse is a metroidvania set inside an immense interstellar organism now with a Linux version https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/moonlight-pulse-is-a-metroidvania-set-inside-an-immense-interstellar-organism-now-with-a-linux-version/

#MoonlightPulse #IndieGames #Linux #Metroidvania #SteamDeck

Half-Life: Cross Product Multiplayer gets a Steam release https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/half-life-cross-product-multiplayer-gets-a-steam-release/

#HalfLife #PCGaming #Gaming #Steam #Linux

KDE Plasma 6.5 gains an OEM ready system setup tool and KDE Linux is progressing https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/kde-plasma-6-5-gains-an-oem-ready-system-setup-tool-and-kde-linux-is-progressing/

#KDE #Linux #KDELinux #OpenSource

Hola, os dejo una pequeña guía que he hecho para migrar a #xmpp con servidor ubicado en españa y una app alemana que consuma estos datos @monocles

🍊¿Porqué? Para evitar el uso de whattsapp en la medida de lo posible y reducir la vigilancia y la filtracion de datos a los conglomerados tecnológicos estadounidenses.

🍋¿Porqué no Signal? Es una fundación estadounidense. Sus creadores ya vendieron whattsapp en el pasado. Fue financiada por la CIA. EEUU tiene una legislacion en proteccion de datos menos estricta que Europa y siempre existe el peligro de que el gobierno les obligie a facilitarles datos.

🍐¿Es mejor lo que propones? Xmpp es un protocolo público y distribuido, puedes registrarte en el servidor que mas te guste y luego usar la app de tu elección construida para consumir xmpp. No hay una macroempresa controlando todo, vigilando y robando datos.

1.te puedes registrar en este servidor XMPP
https://www.suchat.org/crear-una-cuenta/

2. Android. pulsar en este enlace https://f-droid.org/F-Droid.apk
Permitir instalacion desde origenes desconocidos (es completamente seguro)
instalar f-droid

3. Buscar en f-droid la app monocles https://f-droid.org/packages/de.monocles.chat

4. Hacer login en monocles usando tu usuario y el servidor xmpp sera algo del estilo usuario@suchat.org

5. Puedes tener la misma cuenta en ptros dispositivos
Puedes consultar los clientes aquí https://www.suchat.org/clientes-xmpp/
Tambien se puede usar el chat web https://webchat.suchat.org/

#FLOSS #monocles #signal #whattsapp #vigilancia #surveillance #vamonosjuntas #tecnofeudalistas #android #ios #windows #linux

Bottles devs give more info on their funding from NLnet https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/bottles-devs-give-more-info-on-their-funding-from-nlnet/

#Bottles #OpenSource #Linux

GE-Proton 10-13 released with video fixes for various games and new options https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/ge-proton-10-13-released-with-video-fixes-for-various-games-and-new-options/

#GEProton #Linux #Gaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS

I've been using wget for years, but until today I didn't know that you can resume a failed download just by adding the -c variable, i.e., wget -c url.

A new tip for the collection.

#Linuxtipsandtricks #linux

Here's a #ShellScripting puzzle. Suppose you have a shell script run with the "-e" flag, i.e., it's supposed to exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero exit status. But there's one particular command you want to capture the exit status of so you can check if it's a particular failure code and ignore it if so. What's the cleanest way to do that?
I ended up using

set +e
command-to-check
ret=$?
set -e

This seems gross. Is there a cleaner way?
#Linux #UNIX #scripting

The new openSUSE website is live, yet the redesign leaves much to be desired, with noticeable gaps and improvements still needed across the board.
https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-launches-revamped-website/

#opensuse #linux