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[FOSS Weekly #24.05: Zed Editor, PrivateGPT AI, CPU Temperature in Linux and More]( By Abhishek Prakash ⢠1 Feb 2024 [View in browser](
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[FOSS Weekly #24.05] Hello, fellow FOSSer. I promised at the beginning of 2024 that you'll see more exploring, homelab and hobbyist open source AI stuff this year along with the regular beginner-friendly tutorials. In that regard, we have our first AI article published. It is about [setting up PrivateGPT AI]( to interact with PDF documents. It's not written by me, that's another Abhishek. With PrivateGPT, the data remains on your system and all the computation happens on your system. I have also received the latest Raspberry Pi 5. Be prepared to see some Raspberry Pi tutorials as well đ By the way, if you are on Instagram, [do follow us there]( as we are sharing plenty of reels (not the dancing ones, don't worry đ ) đŹ Let's see what else you get in this edition of FOSS Weekly: - A new Budgie release.
- Meta is betting big on its GitHub Copilot challenger.
- A guide on monitoring Raspberry Pi temperature.
- The creators of Atom have come up with something new.
- And other Linux news, videos and, of course, memes! --------------------------------------------------------------- đ° Linux news - Aircove VPN router is [now available]( to purchase in Canada.
- Vanilla OS 2 Orchid Beta [has been released]( for testing purposes.
- Meta's AI-powered rival to Github's Copilot has received a [major boost](.
- Budgie 10.9 [was released]( featuring a session manager and initial Wayland ports. The creators of Atom [have introduced]( a new open-source code editor. It's not available for Linux yet, though. [Creators of Atom Bring Another Open Source Code Editor
Zed is now open-source, with interesting features in the mix.
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--------------------------------------------------------------- đ§Ž Linux Tips, Tutorials and More I know I mentioned it in the intro of this newsletter but since some people just skip to respective sections, I included it again here. [Setting Up PrivateGPT to Use AI Chat With Your Documents
Set up the PrivateGPT AI tool and interact or summarize your documents with full control on your data.
It's FOSS â˘Abhishek Kumar]( Here's how you can keep an eye on the CPU and GPU temperature of your Raspberry Pi by using various methods. [Monitor CPU & GPU Temperature in Raspberry Pi [CLI and GUI]
Hereâs how to keep an eye on the CPU and GPU temperature of your Raspberry Pi in both GUI and command line.
It's FOSS â˘Abhishek Prakash]( You can also [check CPU temperature in your regular Linux desktop](. This week's Linux command highlight is the [paste command](. [Paste Command Examples
Merge file contents, and display output among other things with the paste command. Explore more here.
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Escuelas Linux is intended for use in a k-12 environment. I read about it in my current ZDNet newsletter This education-based Linux distro is designed for schools - and itâs free The part I find very interesting is that it provides three ways to ârestoreâ itself (see the coverage of these in the linked article) if things get bollixed up. 1. It can restore itself to its initial configuration/state, removing any user, files, or configuration changes that have been made since initial installationâŚ
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