Switched to Arch! (Story about my linux journey through this year, read the denoscription)
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It's great how much TTS in Linux has evolved
The 2015 article "An In-Depth Look at Text-to-Speech in Linux" discusses the challenges and shortcomings of text-to-speech (TTS) technology in the Linux environment. The author, who is preparing for a life without a voice due to throat cancer, explores various TTS solutions available in Linux and highlights their limitations.
Key points from the article include:
The author's personal journey and the reasons for investigating TTS solutions, including scenarios where verbal communication is crucial for safety and convenience. The state of TTS in Linux is described as "next to worthless" due to the lack of quality tools and the difficulty in integrating better voices. The article concludes by emphasizing the need for better TTS solutions in the Linux ecosystem, particularly for those who rely on such technology due to disabilities.
>Source: https://fossforce.com/2015/04/an-in-depth-look-at-text-to-speech-in-linux/
Now, jump forward to 2025, and Piper TTS has significantly improved the quality of TTS on Linux systems. It offers natural-sounding voices that are comparable to commercial services like Google TTS, making it a preferred choice over older, less accurate engines like espeak as discussed in the 2015 article. I'm using Piper TTS via the flatpak Speech Note, and I use it to read Wikipedia articles for me.
For comparison, here's a sample of espeak TTS. And here's a sample of Piper TTS.
Very impressive that it evolved from robotic sounding to natural sounding in the last decade since that article was written. I remember back in 2012, when I installed Xubuntu 12.04, when I first started Linux, I had to install WINE so I could install my SAPI5 voices from my Windows machine in order to get decent sounding TTS, now, with Piper TTS, I don't have to do that anymore. Thank you developers of Piper TTS for improving a part of the Linux ecoystem that has been stagnant since the early 2000s and 2010s.
I'm pretty sure Ken Starks, the author of that article from 2015, is quite happy now that Linux TTS has improved this much.
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The 2015 article "An In-Depth Look at Text-to-Speech in Linux" discusses the challenges and shortcomings of text-to-speech (TTS) technology in the Linux environment. The author, who is preparing for a life without a voice due to throat cancer, explores various TTS solutions available in Linux and highlights their limitations.
Key points from the article include:
The author's personal journey and the reasons for investigating TTS solutions, including scenarios where verbal communication is crucial for safety and convenience. The state of TTS in Linux is described as "next to worthless" due to the lack of quality tools and the difficulty in integrating better voices. The article concludes by emphasizing the need for better TTS solutions in the Linux ecosystem, particularly for those who rely on such technology due to disabilities.
>Source: https://fossforce.com/2015/04/an-in-depth-look-at-text-to-speech-in-linux/
Now, jump forward to 2025, and Piper TTS has significantly improved the quality of TTS on Linux systems. It offers natural-sounding voices that are comparable to commercial services like Google TTS, making it a preferred choice over older, less accurate engines like espeak as discussed in the 2015 article. I'm using Piper TTS via the flatpak Speech Note, and I use it to read Wikipedia articles for me.
For comparison, here's a sample of espeak TTS. And here's a sample of Piper TTS.
Very impressive that it evolved from robotic sounding to natural sounding in the last decade since that article was written. I remember back in 2012, when I installed Xubuntu 12.04, when I first started Linux, I had to install WINE so I could install my SAPI5 voices from my Windows machine in order to get decent sounding TTS, now, with Piper TTS, I don't have to do that anymore. Thank you developers of Piper TTS for improving a part of the Linux ecoystem that has been stagnant since the early 2000s and 2010s.
I'm pretty sure Ken Starks, the author of that article from 2015, is quite happy now that Linux TTS has improved this much.
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An In-Depth Look at Text-to-Speech in Linux - FOSS Force
It’s been an interesting two weeks, talking about and looking into why text-to-speech (TTS) is such a mess in Linux. I’ve spoken with seventeen of…
Serbian student activist’s phone hacked using Cellebrite zero-day exploit
https://securityaffairs.com/174822/breaking-news/serbian-student-activists-phone-hacked-using-cellebrite-zero-day-exploit.html
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Serbian student activist’s phone hacked using Cellebrite zero-day exploit - Security Affairs
Amnesty International reports that a Cellebrite zero-day exploit was used to unlock a Serbian activist's Android phone.
KDE Gear 25.04 is out with new exciting features and improvements landing in Dolphin, Kdenlive, Okular, Itinerary, KDE Connect, Tokodon and many, many more.
https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.04.0/
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KDE ⚙️ Gear 25.04
System Tools Dolphin KDE’s flexible file and folder browser/manager gets a makeover, starting with its new icon including an actual dolphin!
The Document Foundation's activities in 2024
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/17/annual-report-2024-the-document-foundations-activities/
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Annual Report 2024: The Document Foundation's activities - The Document Foundation Blog
The Document Foundation is the non-profit entity that coordinates the LibreOffice project and community. In 2024 we had with elections for the foundation’s Membership Committee, along with regular Advisory Board calls, and support for other projects and activities…
What size monitor + resolution to get for perfect Linux compatibility?
Hello,
out of curiosity, I'd like to find out what monitor size and resolution combination would be considered perfect for the best Linux compatibility
I've been thinking about 4K monitors and how they would scale at 27" vs 32" on Linux, but those would probably have to use fractional scaling to be usable, which is better avoided for perfect compatibility.
Which specific size/resolutions would grant perfect scaling?
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Hello,
out of curiosity, I'd like to find out what monitor size and resolution combination would be considered perfect for the best Linux compatibility
I've been thinking about 4K monitors and how they would scale at 27" vs 32" on Linux, but those would probably have to use fractional scaling to be usable, which is better avoided for perfect compatibility.
Which specific size/resolutions would grant perfect scaling?
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Canonical Releases Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin
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Canonical Releases Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin | Canonical
The latest interim release of Ubuntu introduces “devpacks” for popular frameworks like Spring, along with performance enhancements across a broad range of hardware. April 17, 2025 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed “Plucky Puffin…
Linux is for running a business
In the process of buying a business. I have used different POS programs in the past but they have all been windows based. Looking for OS distros and programs that are beneficial for running a business. POS, budgeting, payroll, all the things like that. I have used Linux off and on for 15 years but just for fun and personal use.
Also, I envision setting up 3-10 computers as I grow and would like to have them mesh together well. There is a lot of stuff in this arena that I know nothing about and will need professional help/tutoring to figure it out for sure. Even when I have ran more than one linux machine at a time they were always completely separate and never linked in any way.
Any input would be appreciated. Any laptop recommendations for longevity would be appreciated.
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In the process of buying a business. I have used different POS programs in the past but they have all been windows based. Looking for OS distros and programs that are beneficial for running a business. POS, budgeting, payroll, all the things like that. I have used Linux off and on for 15 years but just for fun and personal use.
Also, I envision setting up 3-10 computers as I grow and would like to have them mesh together well. There is a lot of stuff in this arena that I know nothing about and will need professional help/tutoring to figure it out for sure. Even when I have ran more than one linux machine at a time they were always completely separate and never linked in any way.
Any input would be appreciated. Any laptop recommendations for longevity would be appreciated.
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Foot (a terminal emulator for wayland) 1.22.0
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foot
A fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator
Software crying to have better interfaces
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Buried Toggles Begging to be Brought to Light
Throughout the countless years of research on this blog a common thread always comes up: Some features and toggles are often hidden under mountains of hubris that nobody understands. It could be because the software is under-or-badly documented, that it's…
Perfect Linux Setup - How Do You Port It?
Imagine you have your setup just how you like it. All your configs, apps, etc...
Now imagine you get a new PC and would like it to have the exact same setup, how do you usually do it?
I used to simply start from scratch, incrementally installing the apps I need onto my Debian minimal until I got the previous state. Then I'd just pull my dotfiles to configure what I could and do the rest manually. For obvious reasons, this is not optimal and I always forget something.
As a pragmatist, I use my PC to work and, while I don't mind playing around with my setup, I don't want to lose hours setting it up every time just to realize I forgot half of the things.
This got me into trying NixOS and while I can appreciate it's capabilities, the learning curve is really steep and I'm not hardcore enough to learn all of this stuff to just get a consistent setup.
So how do you guys do it? What are your approaches for a reliable, consistent setup across machines?
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Imagine you have your setup just how you like it. All your configs, apps, etc...
Now imagine you get a new PC and would like it to have the exact same setup, how do you usually do it?
I used to simply start from scratch, incrementally installing the apps I need onto my Debian minimal until I got the previous state. Then I'd just pull my dotfiles to configure what I could and do the rest manually. For obvious reasons, this is not optimal and I always forget something.
As a pragmatist, I use my PC to work and, while I don't mind playing around with my setup, I don't want to lose hours setting it up every time just to realize I forgot half of the things.
This got me into trying NixOS and while I can appreciate it's capabilities, the learning curve is really steep and I'm not hardcore enough to learn all of this stuff to just get a consistent setup.
So how do you guys do it? What are your approaches for a reliable, consistent setup across machines?
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What caused you to finally ditch Windows/MacOS and switch to Linux?
I became fed up with Windows 11 because of bloatware, AI crapware, and my concern of telemetry and my privacy. Around November/December 2024, I finally made the decision to switch. I ended up choosing Linux Mint, and stayed on Linux ever since. I'm using Arch as of now, and it's somehow much stabler then Windows. I will never make the switch back, under any circumstances. What what was the last straw for you?
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I became fed up with Windows 11 because of bloatware, AI crapware, and my concern of telemetry and my privacy. Around November/December 2024, I finally made the decision to switch. I ended up choosing Linux Mint, and stayed on Linux ever since. I'm using Arch as of now, and it's somehow much stabler then Windows. I will never make the switch back, under any circumstances. What what was the last straw for you?
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Arch Linux replacing Redis with Valkey
Talk about a backfire from the Redis decision on licensing. Instead, the companies that they were making the change to go against, fork it, pre-change, into what is now called Valkey, and now distros are moving to it and dropping support because of the license change.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Going-Valkey
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Talk about a backfire from the Redis decision on licensing. Instead, the companies that they were making the change to go against, fork it, pre-change, into what is now called Valkey, and now distros are moving to it and dropping support because of the license change.
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Arch Linux Is The Latest Distribution Replacing Redis With Valkey
Arch Linux is the latest Linux distribution replacing its Redis packages with the Valkey fork.