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Sudden increases in the size of Fedora's initramfs files have prompted the project to fast-track a proposal to increase the default size of the /boot partition for new installs of Fedora 43 and later. The project has also walked back a few changes that have contributed to larger initramfs files, but the ever-increasing size of firmware means that the need for more room is unavoidable. The Fedora Engineering Steering Council (FESCo) has approved a last-minute change just before the final freeze for Fedora 43 to increase the default size of the /boot partition from 1GB to 2GB; this will leave plenty of space for kernels and initramfs images if a user is installing from scratch, but it is of no help for users upgrading from Fedora 42.

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The third-party app store known as AltStore, one of the first companies to offer an alternative app marketplace in the European Union, is preparing to connect its platform with the open social web known as the fediverse.

The move would connect users on other open social apps, like Mastodon or Meta’s Threads, with updates from their favorite apps in a new way.

Using a open-weight model

The Shotcut 25.10 beta introduces text-to-speech support for the program's notes and subtitles functionality. Shotcut is making use of KokoroDoki for real-time text-to-speech support, which in turn is powered by the Kokoro 82M open-weight TTS model. KokoroDoki can leverage either CPUs or NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA for faster processing. KokoroDoki works with multiple languages and voices while all contained to the local device. The (American) English language support includes upwards of 20 different voices, eight for British English, and less coverage for other languages.