Issue #313 / Dec 2026

This month in Linux Voice.

Part two of the most common reasons people give for why they can't use Linux and how they're no longer relevant – or maybe never were.

Process text, crunch data, and automate reporting with the GNU implementation of AWK.

A deep dive into Linux's "everything is a file" philosophy, exploring how file descriptors, VFS, /proc, and /sys turn complex hardware and kernel states into simple text.

This month we explore the top FOSS, including an offline website browser, a human-sounding set of AI skills, and a recently open sourced IDE.

Plain-text accounting is an easy and powerful way to track your finances, and hledger-textual makes it even easier.