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Sourav Rudra

  • Journalist and Community Manager, It's FOSS
India
As seen in: It's FOSS, ACS Publications, Flipboard, Science Magazine, Physical Review B, LXer Linux News
Covers:  Open Source, Linux, AI, Hardware, DIY
Enthusiast of various interests, always curious, never oblivious. Journalist & Community Manager @itsfoss2

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A nerd with a passion for open source software, building custom gaming rigs/workstations, motorsports, and more.

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Become More Productive With These GNOME Extensions

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By Sourav Rudra
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Our brains are not meant to be locked in for eight straight hours during a work/school day. That's not how these little pink sponges work, no matter what hack productivity gurus on YouTube might try to sell you. What works is cutting the friction around your workflow, and staying on top of the mental nerfs you already carry, plus the ones that pile up over the day.
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Linus Torvalds Spent Years Dismissing AI, Only to Vouch for It

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By Sourav Rudra
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By now, you must know that Linus Torvalds, the leader of the Penguin army, uh, I mean the Linux kernel project, does not shy away from being blunt, especially when it comes to making a point. When he has one, the Linux kernel mailing list hears about it, and so do we, the ones who use Linux. For the past few years, his opinion on AI was quite simple, being that it was mostly noise, and he was not interested.
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X (Formerly Twitter) is Going Open Source

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By Sourav Rudra
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No! It will take quite some time, and you will perish before that happens. Elon Musk has announced that X's entire codebase will go open source once xAI wraps up an internal review for security vulnerabilities. He says they will publish the whole thing without holding anything back. Further stating that they are inviting third-party reviewers to confirm that what gets published actually matches what's running in production.
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What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Mostly Open Source ones, my articles mention some of those.

What's your favorite social network?

It used to be Instagram, but now it's nothing.

What's your favorite drink?

Water