Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text
While many people will stay with the LTS version, there’s some interesting stuff in there.There are already some release notes, but like the OS itself, they aren’t final yet, and there are still some gaps. This isn’t installed by default, but you can add it, and a choice of speech-recognition models. We found various sets of instructions, including the unofficial “Ubuntu Handbook”.
- ▪While many people will stay with the LTS version, there’s some interesting stuff in there.There are already some release notes, but like the OS itself, they aren’t final yet, and there are still some gaps.
- ▪This isn’t installed by default, but you can add it, and a choice of speech-recognition models.
- ▪We found various sets of instructions, including the unofficial “Ubuntu Handbook”.
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