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Submission + - GNOME Radio 49.0 Released: Real-Time Freedom on the Airwaves (gnomeradio.org)

Submitted by ole on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:55AM

ole writes: GNOME Radio 49.0 has officially launched, bringing a powerful and privacy-respecting radio experience to GNU/Linux users on Fedora Core 42 and beyond.

Developed by Ole Aamot, GNOME Radio is a GTK-based radio application that combines freedom-focused software design with the simplicity of the GNOME desktop. Whether you're tuning in for news, music, or research, this release promises zero-buffered audio streaming, a refreshed UI, and improved station discovery via GeoClue2.

What’s New in GNOME Radio 49.0?

GTK4 Modernization: A fully updated user interface with better accessibility and integration into GNOME Shell environments.

Zerobuffer Streaming Engine: Eliminates lag for near-instant audio, useful for live commentary and urgent broadcasts.

Station Search Rewritten: Faster browsing, cleaner lists, and fewer UI hiccups when loading large radio databases.

Geo-Aware Tuning: Uses your location (with permission) to suggest local radio stations — a major step for fieldwork and mobile users.

Cross-Distro Compatibility: Runs on Debian 12, Ubuntu GNOME 24.04, and Fedora Core 40+ with minimal setup.

“GNOME Radio is for journalists, researchers, and anyone who wants to listen without being listened to,” says developer Ole Aamot.

With source code on GitLab, the project invites developers and tinkerers to contribute — especially those interested in real-time media, GStreamer pipelines, and accessible audio UX.

How to Install

git clone https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.stud.idi.ntnu.n...
cd radio ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local
make
make install
$HOME/.local/bin/gnome-radio

No Snap, no telemetry, no fluff — just free software under the GNU GPLv3+.

As broadcast technologies become increasingly proprietary and centralized, GNOME Radio 49.0 offers a timely reminder: the airwaves still belong to everyone.

Homepage: olekaa.wordpress.com
License: GNU GPLv3+
Project Status: Actively maintained and ready for patches.

Discussion:
Would you use a desktop radio app in 2025? Are decentralized and FOSS audio tools making a comeback, or is this just a nostalgic nod to the past? Let us know in the comments.

Submission + - GNOME Audio Locator 4.0.0 Released — Open-Source Geo-Tagged Audio Recordin (www.gnome.audio)

Submitted by ole on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:45AM

ole writes: GNOME Audio Locator 4.0.0 is now officially released — a major step forward in the evolution of free, open-source tools for geolocated audio recording under GNU/Linux. Built with journalists, archivists, researchers, and sound artists in mind, this version introduces real-time geotagging and support for standardized metadata export to public archives.

What’s New in GNOME Audio Locator 4.0.0?

Multiple Location Audio Recording (MLAR) support

GEO-MLAR-2025 metadata for precise archival geolocation

Real-time GPS positioning via GeoClue2

Modern GTK4-based interface for GNOME environments

Noark5-compatible XML export, ready for use in public sector archives

Academic Roots

This release is based on ongoing academic work at NTNU:

“Multiple Location Audio Recording og GEO-MLAR-2025: Spesifikasjon og Implementasjon i GNOME Audio Locator 2.0.0”
by Ole Kristian Aamot, Aamot Research

Project Resources

Git: gitlab.stud.idi.ntnu.no/olekaam/gnome-audio-locator.git

Website: gnome.audio

How to Build and Install

git clone https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.stud.idi.ntnu.n...

cd gnome-audio-locator ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local

make install

$HOME/.local/bin/gnome-audio-locator

About the Project

GNOME Audio Locator is part of a broader initiative by Aamot Research to empower audio documentation through digital freedom and open standards. From documenting soundscapes and endangered dialects to archiving interviews and protest recordings — this tool is built for anyone working at the intersection of sound and society.

IBM's Teri-is-a-Girl-and-Terry-is-a-Boy Patent 277

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @06:29PM from the how-about-lee-and-robin dept.

theodp writes "The USPTO has granted IBM a patent for utilizing naming conventions to assign gender-based avatars for instant messaging. A user named Teri, IBM explains, would be given a girl avatar, while a user named Terry would be provided with a boy avatar. The three IBM 'inventors' were stymied by users named Pat, who as a result will be assigned a 'generic, genderless human figure image as his or her avatar.' Way to honor that significant-technical-content patent pledge, Big Blue!"

Submission + - Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL (informationweek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @01:09PM

An anonymous reader writes: Diebold Inc. and its subsidiary, Premier Election Solutions, is using Ghostscript in its electronic election systems even though Diebold and PES "have not been granted a license to modify, copy or distribute any of Artifex's copyrighted works," Artifex claims in court papers filed late last month in U.S. District Court for Northern California. See the gs-devel list for details.

Comment If you value Linux' freedom, please mention GNU (Score 1) 619

by ole on Friday March 12, 1999 @03:54AM (#1984484) Attached to: MS Office for Linux

Even if you don't find yourself sympatizing with the Free Software Foundation, please mention the GNU project, http://www.gnu.org/ when you talk about the whole system, not just the Linux kernel, http://www.kernel.org/.

Linus Torvalds licensed the Linux kernel under the GNU General Public License (GPL). http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl, and used free GNU tools, when he wrote it.

The C library (libc) is part of the GNU project.

Microsoft can't destroy our platform, because of the pragmatic idealistic development work, and the GPL license that is the essential effect and part of the GNU Project.

I value freedom, so I call the free system GNU/Linux, because it gives shared credit, to those whom credit is due.

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