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Privacy Notes: Markdown Editor With Built-in Encrypted Vault

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1503+ words) There is no dearth of note taking apps for Linux. There are tools like Obsidian that are local first, tools like Joplin that are both local and cloud but not encrypted. There are also collaborative tools like Etherpad that put…...

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itsfoss.com > news > ikey-doherty-barney

Ikey Doherty vs Omarchy: Why He’s Building Barney Instead of Another Distro

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (494+ words) Ikey Doherty is out of retirement, and Omarchy's funding is why. Omarchy's Omacom Foundation has already crossed $13 million in pledges since its August launch, when eight tech executives, including Michael Dell, put in a million each. The run has drawn…...

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itsfoss.com > news > linux-kernel-repo-ai-overrun

AI Crawlers Are Bleeding The Linux Kernel Repo's Compute Power

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (722+ words) If the past few weeks are any indication, more and more open source projects are drawing lines around how much AI they will let into their workflow and codebases before it's too much. Debian just voted to allow generative AI…...

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itsfoss.com > news > debian-allows-ai-contribution

Debian AI Vote has Divided the Community

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (609+ words) Debian has now officially voted to allow the use of generative AI in project contributions. And as you can expect, such a decision doesn't go well with everyone. There are people who are indifferent to the decision, and then there…...

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itsfoss.com > ultimate-ai-guide-for-linux-engineers-review

Book Review: The Ultimate AI Guide for Linux Engineers

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (903+ words) Even Linus Torvalds is fine with AI being used in Linux kernel development these days, and it's everywhere else in the Linux and tech world too. The time has come to stop ignoring AI and start using it as a…...

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itsfoss.com > stillos-review

This Solo Dev Already Built a Popular Distro. Now He's Trying It Again

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (953+ words) Atomic distros work differently from the Fedora or Ubuntu install you're probably used to. Instead of layering individual packages on top of each other, the entire base system ships as one image, and updates land as a whole swap rather…...