Highlights:

SERVICE: Welcome

Secret Light

I guess we all know the world is getting scary: ideological news bubbles, Internet trackers, social media's "emotional manipulation for dollars" business model. One of the things that scares me the most is the rise of deepfake videos.

SERVICE: This Month's DVD

antiX 23.2 Full and Ubuntu MATE 25.04

NEWS: News

In the news: Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Available for Testing, Debian 13.0 Officially Released, Upcoming Changes for MXLinux, A New Linux AI Assistant in Town, Linux Kernel 6.16 Released with Minor Fixes, EU Sovereign Tech Fund Gains Traction, FreeBSD Promises a Full Desktop Installer, Linux Hits an Important Milestone, Plasma Bigscreen Returns.

NEWS: Kernel News

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on isolating patch submissions by type, and quantum security.

: auditctl

Monitor your system using kernel auditing and auditctl

Use the kernel auditing system to set watches on critical files and system calls and log the activity for later anaylsis.

: Light a Spark!

A rolling release for Debian

From its considered basics to its flavor varieties, SparkyLinux is an interesting Debian-based OS.

IN-DEPTH: strace by Example

Troubleshooting with strace

The strace command-line utility helps you diagnose complex problems by revealing details about the interaction between applications and the Linux kernel.

IN-DEPTH: Falco

Monitoring Linux system calls with Falco

Create your own rules to detect threats by monitoring system calls.

IN-DEPTH: CSV Processing

Useful tricks for processing CSV files

With a few tools, you can harness the data available in even the most troublesome CSV files.

IN-DEPTH: People Gotta Mmv

Selecting the right command to move and rename files

Linux offers three main commands for moving and renaming. Which you choose depends on your purpose and knowledge.

IN-DEPTH: Nix Flakes

Building reproducible development environments

Nix flakes modernize the Nix package manager's promise of reproducible builds with structured project definitions and built-in dependency locking, making Nix code more shareable across projects.

IN-DEPTH: Meshtastic

Messaging off the grid with Meshtastic

Want to communicate without relying on mobile networks? Meshtastic lets you create your own off-the-grid wireless mesh network with an inexpensive LoRa device and an Android phone.

IN-DEPTH: Spotlight

Highlight screenshots with Go and the Fyne framework

Before sharing screenshots, you may want to highlight points of interest. Mike Schilli whips up a Go app with the Fyne framework that acts like a highlighter pen.

IN-DEPTH: Python Chat

Real-time communication with Python

A beginner-friendly guide to building a chat client-server with sockets and multithreading.

IN-DEPTH: PipeWire

The de facto Linux sound-mixing system

PipeWire lets you transparently handle ALSA, JACK, and PulseAudio applications, making it useful for both general and professional audio users.

: PictoBlox

Program the ESP32 with PictoBlox

Block coding is not exactly new, but block programming of a microcontroller is more exciting than you might think.

: Commodore OS Vision 3

Run your Commodore emulators on a C64-lookalike PC

The Commodore home computer is back with new hardware and software options, including a new Commodore 64 machine from the classic brand.

LINUX VOICE: Introduction

This month in Linux Voice.

LINUX VOICE: maddog's Doghouse

Fifty years of USENIX ATC

While USENIX continues with its many conferences, its Annual Technical Conference will be missed.

LINUX VOICE: t-prot

Improve email readability with t-prot

T-prot trims – or removes – long quotes and signatures to neatly simplify emails.

LINUX VOICE: FOSSPicks

Nate explores the top FOSS, including a secure file-sharing program, a visual Sudoku game, and useful tools for setting reminders and checking DNS records.

LINUX VOICE: Sound Control

Open source streaming server

Music is great. Getting it from your own completely private streaming server is even better.