Issue #309 / Aug 2026

bitVox, a small voice assistant built on a 2011 Raspberry Pi Model B, separates hardware control, speech processing, intent routing, and skills into plain Linux processes, allowing you to read, test, and modify one piece at a time.

A conventional PC and the Raspberry Pi have many things in common, but the single-board computer does not natively support UEFI boot. For some models, you can change that.

This month in Linux Voice.

A good plan – and FOSS – can pave the way to the security, simplicity, and local financial benefit of tech sovereignty.

Turn simple commands into complex pipelines to process files and automate tasks in seconds.

This simple dashboard tool keeps you up to date on everything from system information to soccer scores.

This month we explore the top FOSS, including one of the great ebook managers, an anarcho-pacifist Doom clone, and a Monero CPU miner.

Use Meld to visually compare files and directories, resolve complex three-way merge conflicts, and audit your code repositories via a visually appealing, color-coded, side-by-side interface.