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Researchers dropped a reliable root exploit and it didn’t sit idle for long CISA is warning that a newly-disclosed Linux kernel bug dubbed "CopyFail" is already being exploited, just days after researchers dropped a working root-level exploit.…

The Linux 7.1 development kernel that amounts to nearly 40 million lines has a lot of new features and changes in tow. While Linux 7.1 stable won't be out until mid-June, here is a look at the interesting changes coming with this next stable version of the Linux kernel.

Users submitting bug reports about GNOME packages to Fedora have received an auto-reply saying that the reports were not actively monitored. The practice seems to go against Fedora policy; FESCo has decided the auto-reply has to change, but has not decided about actual monitoring.

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.9 has been released today as the latest stable release of this user-friendly tool for creating bootable media for Raspberry Pi devices, introducing support for Raspberry Pi Connect for Organizations.

Shuttle’s new XPC cube SB860R8 is a 14-liter barebone system supporting Intel Core Ultra 200 series processors. Key features include up to 192 GB DDR5 memory, four 3.5-inch drive bays, PCIe Gen5 expansion, dual 2.5 GbE, and multiple display outputs including HDMI 2.1 with 8K support. The system is built around the LGA1851 socket for […]

In this article, you will learn about the special file /dev/zero and its various use cases, such as creating a swap file, a dummy file for testing, and formatting the drive for security reasons.

Amazon has launched Rex, an Apache 2.0-licensed runtime that enforces policy-based access controls for script execution on host systems.

For those eager to get their hands on Valve's new Steam Controller, the gaming controller is now shipping...

Calibre 9.8 open-source e-book management software is now available for download with the ability to reset the zoom to 100% by right-clicking in the preview panel.

CachyOS is a very fast out-of-the-box Linux distribution and for those concerned about Python performance, the newest updates to this Arch Linux based distribution will provide even better performance...

Warp opens its client code at last, though its broader AI ambitions for Oz orchestration remain firmly proprietary.

NVIDIA compiler engineers are looking to develop a standalone tool that could be upstreamed into the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) codebase for generating AutoFDO profiles for consumption by GCC in turn for better benefiting from automatic feedback directed optimizations (FDO) in the name of better performance...

AlmaLinux 10.2 Beta released today as their next AlmaLinux 10 release coming down the pipe and derived from the upstream Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 state. Plus this AlmaLinux release continues adding more changes on their own...

Omarchy as the Arch Linux based desktop distribution using the Hyprland compositor and led by David Heinemeier Hansson "DHH" is out with a big OS update...

Omarchy 3.7 arrives as The Gaming Edition, adding Steam, RetroArch, Lutris, Heroic, Moonlight, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and more.

The growing number of file-systems within the Linux kernel source tree is causing an ongoing burden for upstream developers maintaining the virtual file-system (VFS) code around it and associated code. As a result of the continuing rise of new file-systems being proposed for the Linux kernel, documentation is being introduced to establish clear guidelines for getting new file-systems accepted into the mainline kernel...

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Fedora 44, EndeavourOS Titan Neo, APT 3.3, Arch Linux May ISO, Wine 11.8, GCC 16, Copy Fail Linux kernel flaw, and more.

Following earlier platforms such as the MS-CF16 V3.0 and MS-CF19, MSI has introduced a new 3.5-inch SBC based on Intel Alder Lake-N, Twin Lake-N, and Amston Lake processors, continuing its focus on fanless, low-power, wide-voltage embedded systems with expanded connectivity and I/O. Processor options include the Intel Processor N97, Core i3-N305, Amston Lake x7433RE, and […]

VideoLAN releases dav2d 0.0.1 “Merbanan,” an early preview AV2 decoder and successor to its widely used dav1d AV1 project.

Linux 7.1-rc2 is out for testing with its accumulation of initial bug and regression fixes that have been collected over the past week since the Linux 7.1 merge window was capped off...