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Introduction
This month in Linux Voice.
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Text-based menus and information pages
Whiptail interfaces add menus and information pages to your Raspberry Pi projects.
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Kernel News
Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the little links that bring us closer within the Linux kernel community.
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A Deep Dive into the ELF File Format
Linux and other Unix-based systems use the ELF file format for executables, object code, and shared libraries. Take a peek inside to learn how an ELF file is organized.
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FOSS Picks
Graham has finally taken delivery of a couple of RISC-V development boards for Linux experimentation. Expect plenty of cross-build tools in future issues!
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Booting up the coreboot firmware alternative
Coreboot is an open source firmware alternative with an emphasis on speed and simplicity.
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Analyze network traffic with Sniffnet
Network traffic remains a closed book for many users. Sniffnet lets less experienced users monitor their network traffic with ease.
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DuckDuckGo from the Terminal [Ed: Linux Magazine shilling MICROSOFT SPYWARE in your UNIX/GNU/Linux terminal]
Since 2008, DuckDuckGo has been making waves as an efficient and much more private search engine alternative to Google. The unaffiliated command-line tool ddgr is designed to make running DuckDuckGo searches from the terminal a breeze.
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Find files and directories with FSearch
In a crowded field of search applications, FSearch offers many interesting functions for quickly searching files and folders, with more promised in the future.
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Flatpak updates with systemd
You can automate Flatpak updates without a package manager using systemd's services and timers.
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Historical Record
A new effort to record the history of open source is underway.
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Better Boundaries
Is the whole high-tech scene imploding? If so, it won't be the first time, but every time it implodes, it comes back a little different, so even temporary implosions are relevant.
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This Month's DVD
Fedora 37 Workstation and TUXEDO OS 2
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Bookmark organization with floccus and LinkAce
LinkAce and floccus synchronize and manage bookmarks while storing your data locally.
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News
In the news: Gnome 44 Release Candidate; Flathub Vying to Become the Standard Linux App Store; Debian 12 to Ship with KDE Plasma 5.27; Planet Computers Launches ARM-Based Linux Desktop PCs; Ubuntu No Longer Shipping with Flatpak; openSUSE Leap 15.5 Beta; Linux Kernel 6.2 Released with NewHardware Support; Kubuntu Focus Team Releases NewMini Desktop; and US National Cybersecurity Strategy Released.
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A simpler packet filter
Filter rules for firewalls can be tricky. As the successor to iptables, nftables simplifies the process of creating and maintaining firewall rules.
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Repositories for energy-saving software
A number of open source projects offer tools for analyzing energy usage in software.
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TUXEDO OS 2 Preview in test
The popular Linux PC forge TUXEDO extends Ubuntu to include the latest KDE packages and says goodbye to Snap for its in-house TUXEDO OS distribution. The latest version is suitable for any PC.
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The disaster of MIPI cameras on Linux
Linux users have long gotten used to the standard hardware in their systems working perfectly. Recently, however, things have gotten dicey for webcams supporting the MIPI specification. We'll tell you why and what to do about it.
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Viewing wildlife with a Pi Zero photo trap
Armed with no more than a Raspberry Pi photo trap, you can discover who pays a visit to your garden at night.
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A command-line dictionary tool
With the dict client, you can quickly search dozens of natural language dictionary databases for the perfect word.
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Energy-efficient programming with Go and beyond
Go has a reputation for producing energy-saving applications, but you still have to know what you are doing.
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Let an AI chatbot do the work
The electronic brain behind ChatGPT from OpenAI is amazingly capable when it comes to chatting with human partners. Mike Schilli picked up an API token and has set about coding some small practical applications.