What if any process could handle SIGKILL?

An interesting question, and a detailed technical rundown of how to make this happen, which involved building a custom Linux kernel, of course.

I really, really enjoy the conclusion.

And you know? It turned out fine. Nothing exploded on my system. As I could predict, because this was otherwise impossible, nobody did it. The signal system was setup i

https://www.osnews.com/story/146346/what-if-any-process-could-handle-sigkill/

#Linux

Using #NetBSD feels a lot like using #Linux in 2001. There's almost no hand-holding, things don't always work the way you expect them to, and it's easy to screw up.

En ole vuosiin seurannut kun joku muu asentaa Linuxia PChen. Mutta jos se pelastaa toimivia koneita jätteeseen joutumiselta, voisin osallistua Linuxin asentamistalkoisiin tai opettaa asentamista, jos joku järjestää tilaisuuden.

En kuitenkaan aellaisen Linuxin, joka tekee riippuvaiseksi Googlen palveluista, jota Ylen jutissa haastateltu firma puffaa.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20256050

#Linux #Windows11 #SER

Over the past few days, I've been working on some Linux-based setups, bringing back some of my old solutions (with a few adaptations) to make them work the way I like. Mostly inspired by some of the ideas of simplicity that come from the BSD world.

I'm using Alpine Linux as a base, and I've been testing these setups on both proper servers and SBCs, for various reasons.

And, all things considered, some distributions (like Alpine, for example) have remained fairly true to the original ideas of simplicity and predictability. I still enjoy using Linux when it’s logical and predictable.

And this got me thinking: some distributions have gone from:

"Hey, we're a solid, simple, and reliable alternative to Windows. Give us a try!"

to:

"Hey, we support practically all your hardware, just like Windows" (which, to be fair, was a real achievement)

to:

"Hey, Windows! I’ve become just like you!"

As if complexity automatically meant "enterprise-grade", and being "enterprise-grade" were something everyone should aspire to - even on a laptop or a small SBC.

There's nothing wrong with solving complex problems. Some complexity is unavoidable, and sometimes even necessary. But complexity should be the price we sometimes have to pay to solve problems, not something we proudly advertise as a feature.

Otherwise, we end up exactly where we started: just like Windows. Or perhaps even worse.

#Linux

@TheEvilSkeleton For transparency, this is what I received. Both the Board and the Code of Conduct Committee passed the tests of being ignorant of struggles queer people face every single day. Calling someone a bigot is now apparently a "personal accusation" as well as "misrepresenting other community members", and punishable under GNOME's CoC.

Both the GNOME Foundation and CoCC decided to protect bigots that were ruining the community for a long time now. Ladies and gentlemen and they/them, this is how you cause active contributors to leave the project.

#Linux #GNOME

Alt...

Dear Victoria, I am writing to you on behalf of the GNOME Foundation in my capacity as Interim Executive Director. The Foundation’s Code of Conduct Committee received a report about comments you made in a Mastodon thread [1] in September. It has considered your comments in that thread, in particular the following posts: https://mastodon.com.pl/@tragivictoria/117337378449476600 https://mastodon.com.pl/@tragivictoria/117395557262542397 https://mastodon.com.pl/@tragivictoria/117342879218467707 https://mastodon.com.pl/@tragivictoria/117337458845253721 While the committee agreed that Nirbheek’s comment on Charlie Kirk was in extremely bad taste, and a bad way to make an argument, it also felt that the repeated misquoting of those comments was wrong and inflammatory, and against the principles of the Code of Conduct. The Committee additionally concluded that your comments misrepresented the project and were unnecessarily divisive. The comments contributed to a situation which caused upset to individuals and harm to the community as a whole. As a result, the Committee has voted to suspend your participation in the GNOME project for a period of 10 days, and to remove your moderator rights on GNOME platforms. We understand that you have removed yourself from the GNOME project already, and that this decision therefore may not impact you. However, you should be aware that you will be unable to access our platforms between 10 and 19 November. We want to emphasize that the Code of Conduct prioritizes the safety marginalized groups in GNOME, and allows those whose safety is threatened to speak out in opposition to oppressive behavior. This is something that we take very seriously. Should you return to the GNOME project, you can communicate your boundaries and need for safety when you feel that they are threatened. You can also oppose discriminatory and oppressive behaviors by others. However, if you do, we recommend that you avoid misrepresenting other community members, stick to the issues when disagreements do arise, and avoid making personal accusations. Other members of the community are also receiving Code of Conduct decisions today, as part of our response to reports that we received about the Mastodon thread. In each case, the Committee has endeavored to make decisions in a fair and impartial manner, and to follow the intent of the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct Committee is only able to respond to incidents that it receives reports about, so if you are aware of incidents that have not been responded to in the past, it is likely that the Committee did not receive a report about them. Often incidents go unreported, so we strongly encourage people to report incidents if they experience or observe them. However, we have also unfortunately experienced a technical issue that meant that some incoming reports have been lost this year [2] (this issue has now been resolved). Please let us know if you have any questions or uncertainty about this decision or its consequences. Regards, Allan [1] https://hachyderm.io/@nirbheek/117336879990076586 [2] https://blogs.gnome.org/conduct/2026/09/29/announcement-missed-coc-reports/ -- Interim Executive Director, GNOME Foundation

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Skillz: Linux, Python, Ansible, Docker, CI/CD, Forgejo, PostgreSQL, infrastructure automation.

Open Source contributor, maintainer, author and trainer.

Based in France, working remotely across Europe.

Freelance contracts, ideally 10 or more hours/week.

I enjoy solving technical challenges, modernising infrastructure and helping small teams get things done. Hands-on engineering is where I'm happiest.

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Boosts appreciated!

#GetFediHired #FediHire #DevOps #Linux #OpenSource #RemoteWork

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟭/𝟬𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/11/09) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/11/09/valuable-news-2026-11-09/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

I think more people should know about #reflinks, which I learned about from @leah years ago.

(100% human-written prose. I use em dashes and bulleted lists because they make the prose clearer. Also, I like them.)

Immutable copy-on-write snapshots of things are kind of a superpower for computer systems design. (FP folks call this "persistence.") An awfully large fraction of computers' time is spent copying things from one place to another to keep them from changing. In a lot of cases, this is unnecessary, because they weren't actually going to change in the first place, but it can be hard to be sure in advance. If you have some kind of system that will copy *only* the things that get modified — or the *parts* of those things that get modified — it will often be much more efficient. So, in Linux, we use this a lot in copy-on-write memory mappings of files, process memory following a fork(), and things like that. rsync has a --link-dest option that allows multiple backups to share space while being just as convenient to use as regular non-incremental backups. There are many other examples.

Some OSes and some filesystems support making a copy-on-write "copy" of a file, sharing the space between the original file and the "copy" until and unless one of them change. This feature is usually called "reflinks" after the Solaris system call that supports it.

In particular:

On #Linux:
- Bcachefs,
- btrfs,
- XFS, and
- OCFS2.

But *not* OpenZFS.

On #FreeBSD, neither OpenZFS nor #ZFS.

On Solaris, ZFS (with `cp -z`).

On MacOS, APFS (which Apple is switching to; with `cp -c` or the `clonefile` system call)

And, on Microsoft Windows, NTFS and its DUPLICATE_EXTENTS_TO_FILE.

These are from Daniel Aleksandersen's 02020 blog post https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/file-cloning/. I don't think anything has changed on that front since then, which is sad, if true.

Wow, #Swift on #Linux needs a lot of processing power to compile 😱

On my workstation at home, I don't even notice it. But here on my old laptop... it's noticable 😅

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟭/𝟬𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/11/09) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/11/09/valuable-news-2026-11-09/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

What have I done without a TV.

I have learned, to watercolour, to play guitar, to make jewelry, to make sourdough and learn linux.

I have my own VPN running on a Raspberry pi. I use deluge to download films and TV shows that are of interest.

I write my own bash scripts for downloading and upgrading packages from git and codeberg and created an l2ping bluetooth dos script to kill my neighbours 900W bluetooth speaker at 2am.

not bad for a 69 year old script kiddie

#linux #art #RaspberryPi

I gave three talks at the Cambridge minidebconf this weekend.

1. Ambient CI.
2. Obnam.
3. Early days od Linux.

Also two lightning talks:

A. Clothing.
B. v-i, my Debian installer.

Giving the Early Linux one tomorrow, for two London Linux groups.

Would love to give any of them to other interested parties. Ask me privately.

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2026/MiniDebConfCambridge

#debian #linux #talks

The Rust OpenPGP card stack is now on Fedora 🎉 oct, oct-git and openpgp-card-ssh-agent are in my COPR for F44, F45 and Rawhide (x86_64 + aarch64). Card admin, Git signing and SSH with your Nitrokey/YubiKey, no GnuPG needed.

https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/larvitz/openpgp-card/

sudo dnf copr enable larvitz/openpgp-card

sudo dnf install openpgp-card-tools openpgp-card-tools-git openpgp-card-ssh-agent

All credit to @hko and @wiktor. Sorry for flooding your notifications lately, I promise I'll run out of operating systems eventually 😅

#Fedora #OpenPGP #Rust #Crypto #Linux

#AlpineBSD announced – an #AI-free #FOSS OS

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/30/alpinebsd-announced-an-ai-free-foss-os/5306589

#BSD #privacy #NetBSD #AlpineLinux #Linux

Making musl and proprietary NVIDIA drivers work together

Creator and lead developer of Chimera Linux, Nina "q66", write about their efforts to get NVIDIA drivers to work properly on musl-based distributions.

As you may be aware, one of the limitations of musl-based distributions is that they will not function to their proper extent when used in computers with various NVIDIA gra

https://www.osnews.com/story/146335/making-musl-and-proprietary-nvidia-drivers-work-together/

#Linux

Hi Mastodon! I'm Denys, a Ukrainian developer living in Spain. I'm building Vilna OS, a GNOME-based Linux for people who want privacy without the setup, and Gloxi, an open-source assistant that runs on your own computer. The cloud is optional, and text is masked and sent to EU servers only. Building in the open: github.com/StDenis1980/VilnaOS
#introduction #linux #gnome #opensource #privacy

When friendships are ended unilaterally:

"When #Asahi #Linux was first started, it was with the intent that we develop a Free Software ecosystem for the Apple Silicon platform. To facilitate and encourage the participation of our friends at the BSDs and other Free Software operating systems, we endeavoured to licence as much of our code as possible under the permissive MIT licence."

-- https://github.com/AsahiLinux/m1n1/commit/ce2b8a4

Wording matters.

"Alternative Betriebssysteme" klingt nach kompliziert, speziell und irgendwie nur etwas für Techies ...

Wer kein technisches Wissen hat, bekommt da doch kaum Lust, es auszuprobieren 🤷‍♂️

Dabei sind es keine "alternativen Betriebssysteme". Es sind ganz normale Betriebssysteme. Sie sind nur weniger bekannt und weniger verbreitet als die paar grossen Player.

Vielleicht sollten wir anfangen, sie auch so zu nennen. Denn Sprache prägt Wahrnehmung!

#OpenSource #Linux #Betriebssysteme #DigitaleSouveränität #SpracheSchafftRealität

This week's Linux and FOSS news

LINUX NEWS

Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives hit by APT flaw that could give attackers root access:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/debian-ubuntu-and-derivatives-hit-by-apt-flaw-that-could-give-attackers-root-access/

Ubuntu users blast Canonical for slow kernel security fix:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/ubuntu-fix-tcp-bug-criticism
(Well, what else to expect from a company, which makes a mistake basically every week)

What's New in Fedora 45:
https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-45-features/

Fedora Asahi Remix 45 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.8:
https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-45-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-8

Asahi Linux Makes Progress On Gaming, More Apple Silicon Upstreaming:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-7.3-Report

Ubuntu refreshes time zone data for Canadian clock changes:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/ubuntu-canada-timezone-changes-2026

Ubuntu Moving Ahead With Plans For Splitting Up Linux-Firmware, HWE Option:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Going-With-Firmware-HWE

openSUSE Leap 16.1 Officially Released with Immutable Mode, Based on SLES 16.1:
https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-leap-16-1-officially-released-with-immutable-mode-based-on-sles-16-1

Arch Linux 2026.11.01 Released With Linux 7.2.11 Kernel:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/arch-linux-20261101-released-with-linux-7211-kernel/

Omarchy 4.5 adds floating desktop mode, Apple Silicon support, and major AI agent upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/11/omarchy-4-5-adds-floating-desktop-mode-apple-silicon-support-and-major-ai-agent-upgrades/

"AMD Loves Omarchy" Linux With More Collaboration Coming:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Loves-Omarchy

Alpine Linux 3.21.10, 3.22.8, 3.23.8 and 3.24.4 Patches Critical SSH Password Bypass:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/alpine-linux-32110-3228-3238-and-3244-patches-critical-ssh-password-bypass/

KDE Linux Nearing Its Beta Milestone, Now Ships With NTSYNC By Default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Linux-October-2026

PorteuX 2.9 Released with Linux 7.3, KDE Plasma 6.8, GNOME 51, and COSMIC 1.11:
https://9to5linux.com/porteux-2-9-released-with-linux-7-3-kde-plasma-6-8-gnome-51-and-cosmic-1-11

Systemd-Free Artix Linux 2026.11 Is Out with Wayland-Only KDE Plasma Desktop:
https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-artix-linux-2026-11-is-out-with-wayland-only-kde-plasma-desktop

aerynOS 2026.11 Is Out with GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, COSMIC 1.11, and Budgie 10.10:
https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-11-is-out-with-gnome-51-kde-plasma-6-8-cosmic-1-11-and-budgie-10-10

IPFire Core Update 205 Patches Critical Linux Kernel TCP Flaw:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/ipfire-core-update-205-patches-critical-linux-kernel-tcp-flaw/

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 206 Opens to Testing with WIO Command-Injection Fixes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/ipfire-229-core-update-206-opens-to-testing-with-wio-commandinjection-fixes/

Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.2022 Ships With More Than 470 Security Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Azure-Linux-3.0.2022

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#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Ubuntu #Debian #Fedora #FosseryTech

System76 Teases COSMIC Theme Constellations for Its COSMIC Desktop:
https://9to5linux.com/system76-teases-cosmic-theme-constellations-for-its-cosmic-desktop

KDE Plasma 6.7.6 Desktop Environment Is Now Available with More Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-6-desktop-environment-is-now-available-with-more-improvements

KDE Plasma 6.9 Will Stop Leaking Memory When Right Clicking Files/Folders On Desktop:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.9-Leak-Desktop

KDE Gear 26.08.3 Released as the Last Update in the KDE Gear 26.08 Series:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-08-3-released-as-the-last-update-in-the-kde-gear-26-08-series

Cinnamon 6.8 Desktop Environment Released with Hibernation Support:
https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-8-desktop-environment-released-with-hibernation-support

Global menu extension puts app menus in GNOME’s top panel:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/global-menu-gnome-extension

Simple Taskbar 7.2.0 Adds Settings Search and Panel Fixes to GNOME:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/simple-taskbar-720-adds-settings-search-and-panel-fixes-to-gnome/

Budgie 10.10.4 Desktop Environment Released with More Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/budgie-10-10-4-desktop-environment-released-with-more-improvements

LXQt 2.5 Desktop Environment Released, Drops Its Last LXDE Dependency:
https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-5-desktop-environment-released-drops-its-last-lxde-dependency

Enlightenment desktop 0.28 released with better networking:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/enlightenment-0-28-features

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.7 Is Out with Support for Ubuntu 26.10:
https://9to5linux.com/trinity-desktop-environment-r14-1-7-is-out-with-support-for-ubuntu-26-10

Mir 2.28.1 Release Candidate Announced:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/mir-2281-release-candidate-announced/

Canonical Ships Mir 2.31.0 in a Stability-Focused Release:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/canonical-ships-mir-2310-in-a-stabilityfocused-release/

MangoWC 0.18.5 Release: dwl-Based Wayland Compositor Ships Patches Under a Bare Version Bump:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/mangowc-0185-release-dwlbased-wayland-compositor-ships-patches-under-a-bare-version-bump/

Hyprland 0.57.1 Releases Stability Patch Fixing NVIDIA Black Screens and Keybindings:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/hyprland-0571-releases-stability-patch-fixing-nvidia-black-screens-and-keybindings/

ML4W OS 2.17 Adds macOS-Style App Switcher and Wallpaper Carousel to Hyprland:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/ml4w-os-217-adds-macosstyle-app-switcher-and-wallpaper-carousel-to-hyprland/

Weston 15.0.2 Releases, Fixing the YUV Video Regression from 15.0.1 and Unblocking lua-shell:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/weston-1502-releases-fixing-the-yuv-video-regression-from-1501-and-unblocking-luashell/

Hate Chromium? Well, There’s a Linux Desktop Based on it Now:
https://itsfoss.com/news/domicile-desktop-overview/

AM 10.7 AppImage Package Manager Surpasses 9,000 Apps Amid Developer Rift with Upstream:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/am-107-appimage-package-manager-surpasses-9000-apps-amid-developer-rift-with-upstream/

Shelly 3.2 Brings Multi-Package Downgrades, Flatpak and AppImage Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/shelly-3-2-brings-multi-package-downgrades-flatpak-and-appimage-improvements

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#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #COSMIC #Cinnamon #LXQt #FosseryTech

Valve Releases SteamOS 0.5.7 Beta for the Steam Frame: Tracking Fix, WebXR, and a Surprising Removal:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/valve-releases-steamos-057-beta-for-the-steam-frame-tracking-fix-webxr-and-a-surprising-removal/

Valve Ships SteamOS 0.5.8 and SteamVR 2.19.2 Betas for Steam Frame, Adds Room View:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/valve-ships-steamos-058-and-steamvr-2192-betas-for-steam-frame-adds-room-view/

SteamVR Beta 2.19.1 Delivers Sharper VR Streaming for Steam Frame and Linux Users:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/steamvr-beta-2191-delivers-sharper-vr-streaming-for-steam-frame-and-linux-users/

Steam On Linux Just Under 4% For October 2026:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-October-2026

Bazzite 45 arrives powered by Fedora Linux 45 for gamers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/bazzite-45-arrives-powered-by-fedora-linux-45-for-gamers/

Bottles 67.6 Adds Bottle Organization, UMU-Proton Controls, and Stability Fixes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/bottles-676-adds-bottle-organization-umuproton-controls-and-stability-fixes/

Amethyst Mod Manager v2.6.1 Fixes Flatpak Launch Bug:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/amethyst-mod-manager-v261-fixes-flatpak-launch-bug/

Amethyst Mod Manager v2.6.2 Release: New Features and Fixes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/amethyst-mod-manager-v262-release-new-features-and-fixes/

Amethyst Mod Manager v2.6.3 Releases With a Two-Line Changelog for Steam Deck Users:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/amethyst-mod-manager-v263-releases-with-a-twoline-changelog-for-steam-deck-users/

Faugus 2.5.6 Adds Discord Rich Presence to Linux Game Launcher:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/faugus-256-adds-discord-rich-presence-to-linux-game-launcher/

Faugus Launcher 2.5.7 Ships Day-Before World of Warcraft: Forever, Dev Promises Reduced Activity:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/faugus-launcher-257-ships-daybefore-world-of-warcraft-forever-dev-promises-reduced-activity/

GE-Proton 11-12 is another big release with lots of game fixes for Linux / SteamOS:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/ge-proton-11-12-is-another-big-release-with-lots-of-game-fixes-for-linux-steamos/

DWProton 11.0-16 brings fixes for NIKKE and Arknights: Endfield:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/dwproton-11-0-16-brings-fixes-for-nikke-and-arknights-endfield/

FEX-2611 Release: Valve-Funded x86-on-ARM64 Emulator Gains AVX-NE-CONVERT, Necesse Fix:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/fex2611-release-valvefunded-x86onarm64-emulator-gains-avxneconvert-necesse-fix/

Mesa Merges A Common Vulkan Layer For Working Around Cross-Driver Game Bugs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Common-Layer-Game-Bugs

NVIDIA 620 Linux Graphics Driver Released with Wayland Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-620-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-wayland-improvements

DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.3 adds initial ARM64 support, DirectX Raytracing (DXR) upgrades:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/dxvk-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/

Affinity is coming to Linux (but there’s no ETA yet):
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/affinity-linux-release-confirmed

This Tool Lets You Install Linux Without a USB Key, Straight From Windows:
https://itsfoss.com/libertix/

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#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #SteamOS #SteamVR #Bazzite #Bottles #AmethystModManager #FaugusLauncher #FEX #Gaming #LinuxGaming #FosseryTech

Linux Kernel 7.2 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 7.3:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-2-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-7-3

Linux 7.3 Will More Than Likely Be This Year's LTS Kernel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Likely-LTS

OpenAI Finds 948 Local Privilege Escalation Bugs In The Linux Kernel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenAI-948-Linux-LPE-Bugs

Linux 7.4’s Merge Window is Huge, and Linus Says it Might Not Just Be AI:
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-7-4-huge-merge-window/

GStreamer 1.28.9 Multimedia Framework Adds Support for mpph264enc Encoder:
https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-28-9-multimedia-framework-adds-support-for-the-mpph264enc-encoder

Systemd Wants Rust in, But its Core Will Have to Wait:
https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-rust-support/

Systemd 260.7 and 259.11 Release: Security Fixes for Stable Branches:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/systemd-2607-and-25911-release-security-fixes-for-stable-branches/

Systemd v261.5 Released: Stabilizes IMDS, Live-Update, and Measured-Boot Features:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/systemd-v2615-released-stabilizes-imds-liveupdate-and-measuredboot-features/

Systemd 262.2 Release: Security Fixes and Hardening Land in Latest Patch:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/systemd-2622-release-security-fixes-and-hardening-land-in-latest-patch/

Liquorix Linux Kernel 7.2-23 Released: Merges Linux 7.2.14 Into Low-Latency Kernel:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/liquorix-linux-kernel-7223-released-merges-linux-7214-into-lowlatency-kernel/

Liquorix Linux Kernel 7.2-24 Ships as the Final Linux 7.2 Kernel:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/liquorix-linux-kernel-7224-ships-as-the-final-linux-72-kernel/

Liquorix Linux Kernel 7.2-25 Drops with Scheduler Refinements:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/liquorix-linux-kernel-7225-drops-with-scheduler-refinements/

XanMod 7.2.15 Released, But It's Built on an End-of-Life Linux Kernel:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/xanmod-7215-released-but-its-built-on-an-endoflife-linux-kernel/

XanMod Releases 7.3.3 and 6.18.62 Kernels with Major Security Fixes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/xanmod-releases-733-and-61862-kernels-with-major-security-fixes/

A RISC-V Based TEE With AMD Zen 6 CPUs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-6-TEE-RISC-V-Based

yserver 1.9.0 Adds Native Windows Support to From-Scratch Rust X11 Server:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/yserver-190-adds-native-windows-support-to-fromscratch-rust-x11-server/

Kmorph Aims To Provide Rebootless Linux Kernel Crash Recovery:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kmorph-Linux-Crash-Recovery

Synaptics Appears To Use Legal Threats To Block Open-Source DisplayLink Driver:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Synaptics-Blocks-Vino-Driver

SUSE Laying Off 10% Of Its Workforce Due To AI & Automation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Layoffs-10p-AI

(Post 4/7)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #LinuxKernel #GStreamer #Systemd #LiquorixKernel #XanMod #yserver #Kmorph #DisplayLink #SUSE #FosseryTech

Namespace Devbox : des machines cloud isolées sous Linux, macOS et Windows pour exécuter le code généré par vos agents sans toucher à votre infra.

Les Devboxes, les runners GitHub Actions et le remote execution Bazel tournent sur les mêmes instances. ⬇️
https://namespace.so/

#Linux #macOS #Programming #WebDev

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"This is the best way to install #Linux: Linus comes to your house and does it for you" ~ @liw — The Early Days of Linux at MiniDebConf Cambridge

When I'm asked why OpenBSD is good and that I want to reply honestly, I have no argument.

From a technical point of view, I can't tell any strong benefits using OpenBSD, NetBSD or FreeBSD over Linux, although this doesn't mean they are bad.

It would be easy for me to be "cargo-culting" facts, being a "fanboy" or enumerating features that are exclusive to one (and they are rare, except if you are looking for the very very same feature!).

The truth is that what one OS will do better than an other, it will also do worse in another area.

It's important that we keep the BSD systems as relevant Linux alternatives: for software diversity, innovation and freedom of choice.

#linux #openbsd #foss #opensource #netbsd #freebsd

#OpenSSH flaw lets attackers log into password-disabled #Linux accounts

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openssh-flaw-lets-attackers-log-into-password-disabled-linux-accounts/

#sshole #SSH #cybersecurity

Nanolathe : un moteur RTS open source qui fait tourner Total Annihilation sur Windows, Mac et Linux, avec vos fichiers du jeu. Licence MIT, rendu GPU moderne ou mode Classic.

Démo de trois missions dans le navigateur. Multijoueur de 2 à 10 en skirmish ⬇️
https://nanolathe.gg/

#Linux #OpenSource #Gaming #GameDev

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#getfedihired #boston #linux #debian #macos #nomicrosoft

I'm hiring.

https://www.smartleaf.com/systems-administrator-2026

(And I have to revise the wording of the job ad, because it got filtered through other fingers.)

This one: we are starting to separate our the IT function from the general-purpose-sysadmin model. Enjoy not being on-call! Work with clueful people! Be mostly remote unless you really want to sit in the office! (You must be able to come in to the office when needed, though. We're on top of the Bowdoin T.)

Questions? email me at my initials (between the dashes) at the company domain.

Node64 vereint sechs Homelab-Dienste in einem Container
https://linuxnews.de/node64-vereint-sechs-homelab-dienste-in-einem-container/ #homelab #selfhosting #linux #opensource #linuxnews

This week, I had to do some work with Linux, so I found myself working with Alpine Linux again. And, of course, one of the worst and most absurd security vulnerabilities in recent times popped up. 😆
Fortunately, none of my setups met the conditions required for exploitation.

That said, I've been running some interesting experiments on a Raspberry Pi 4, the same one that has been running FreeBSD for quite some years, hosting a Time Machine service in a jail and handling backups from other servers.

Long story short, I installed Alpine Linux on the Raspberry Pi and moved FreeBSD into a KVM virtual machine, with the disks passed through directly to it.

The result? The VM runs beautifully with 3 GB of RAM (possibly even 2 GB), and I still have the rest of the Raspberry Pi available to run OpenBSD, NetBSD, and other systems I need for different setups.

It's a sad that bhyve doesn't (yet) support virtualization on that device. Or at least, that was still the case the last time I checked.

#Linux #AlpineLinux #FreeBSD

What Search Engine do you all use? It seems to be harder and harder to do a normal search for info online in different browsers, and search engines, without going through Ai in some way.

Like, how would you go about getting an answer to a question about a Terminal command on Linux if you have some driver issue, or about Python code or something similar? #mastodon #fedivers #linux

But after reading the feedback, I thought: why not keep them all?

Minimal, Default, Classic, and Bob!

All four options will be available in the next slackfetch update. Coming soon!

Thanks everyone for the feedback!

Original poll:
https://snac.bsd.cafe/r1w1s1/p/1793800361.950633

#Slackware #Linux

Ubuntus Myna speech to text is awesome. It's still labeled experimental, but it works perfectly for me, both in English and German and mixed sentences. Spoken text is streamed and fully transcribed the moment I stop talking. And I am talking quite fast and sometimes mumbly.

#Ubuntu #Myna #Linux

"OpenSSH flaw lets attackers log into password-disabled Linux accounts"

"[...] A newly disclosed OpenSSH vulnerability dubbed "*sshole" allows attackers to log in to certain Alpine Linux and other musl-based Linux accounts that are configured to block password authentication, simply by entering an oversized password."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openssh-flaw-lets-attackers-log-into-password-disabled-linux-accounts/

#Linux

Sur Alpine Linux, tapez entre 257 et 1024 caractères, n'importe lesquels, et vous êtes root.
La faille dormait dans SSH depuis 2016, y compris sur les images officielles AWS et Azure.
Mettez à jour OpenSSH ou coupez la connexion par mot de passe. ⬇️
https://sshhole.com/

#Linux #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

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Bande dessinée humoristique retraçant l'histoire d'une faille de sécurité SSH sur musl Linux depuis 2016, montrant comment des administrateurs système ont involontairement créé des accès non sécurisés à travers différentes méthodes (daemon accounts, NULL returns, salt borrowing) avant que le problème ne soit finalement découvert en 2026.

OpenSSH 10.6p2 released https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261105104042 #openbsd #openssh #ssh #linux #savethepenguins #security #freesoftware #libresoftware

Linux Mint 27 arrives next month, and I like it already
https://www.zdnet.com/tech/linux-mint-27-release-date/ via @ZDNet & @sjvn

My favorite #Linux desktop distribution does a top-to-bottom code cleanup and adds numerous new features.

RE: https://fedi.lwn.net/@lwn/117563639434510411

If you're using Alpine Linux "then stop reading and set PasswordAuthentication=no or disable SSH for these systems IMMEDIATELY".

Affects any Linux system that uses musl libc without PAM.

#security #alpine #linux #ssh #openssh

Big release for us at @Vivaldi. This release is for your computer and includes a rather big update to the tracker and ad blocker.

Are you ready to move away from Big Tech? It is time.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-8-3/

#Windows #MacOS #Linux #Technology #Computer #EU #Europa #Iceland #Norway

@mathzy @Tutanota @protonprivacy I understand.

I feel that it is a shame that we are looking for the "least worst" alternatives in so many areas of tech.

I mean, I am comfortable with debian based Linuxes but AI code is now in the #Linux kernel.

Maybe that is the way it has to be but it spurs me on to try to get to grips with #NetBSD.

I'm looking for a "craft beer" operating system. Conforming to the tech equivalent of the Bavarian beer purity laws.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot

Which one should be the default?

Vote below! 👇

#Slackware #Linux #Unix

Debian Linux apt security update: man-in-the-middle arbitrary code execution. Apply updates as soon as possible.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00526.html

#linux #security #debian

@Haikyoneko I've found #NetBSD to be a bit rocky but doable if you have patience. However, driver support is much less universal than what #Linux provides.

So I think you should check first what hardware you have, and if NetBSD can do what you need on it.

Example: 3d acceleration for games isn't available for as many #GPU options as on Linux, or may be less stable. I currently run my system entirely without 3d acceleration, since I don't really need it.

Hex : une app de dictée vocale qui transcrit votre voix en local et colle le texte dans n'importe quelle app. Vous maintenez Option, parlez, relâchez.

Le modèle tourne sur votre machine, sans cloud.

Disponible sur macOS (Apple silicon), via Homebrew. ⬇️
https://github.com/anomalyco/hex

#Rust #Linux #macOS #Apps #Software

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Page GitHub du projet Hex, une application de dictée vocale locale pour macOS développée en Rust natif. Le projet compte 26 contributeurs, 22 problèmes ouverts, 2 000 étoiles et 113 forks.

Is there a better way to get values out of Linux /proc than grep e.g.:

# grep size /proc/spl/kstat/zfs/arcstats

#linux #sysadmin

So many people ask, "What should I run, and does it work on x, y, z?"

The answer is almost always, "There aren't enough of us with the same exact hardware and use cases to tell you."

If you're not in a position to do a bunch of installs of all the OSes you're considering, be they #BSD or #Linux, it's pretty hard to figure out what's going to work.

I probably did 15 #NetBSD, #FreeBSD and #OpenBSD installs in the past couple of weeks to get here.

Tor Browser 16.0 refait les Settings de votre navigateur et peut remplacer tous les titres de fenêtre par « Tor Browser », pour empêcher les autres applications de lire votre historique.

Elle passe sur Firefox ESR 153 et ajoute le support natif de Linux ARM 64 bits. ⬇️
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-160/

#Linux #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

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Affiche de présentation du numéro de version 16.0 sur un arrière-plan dégradé pastel rose, bleu et vert avec des formes géométriques arrondies. Le texte en blanc annonce la nouvelle version du navigateur Tor.

Hi, if you have not done the KDE desktop icon system survey yet, please do so <3 I will be writing blogpost this friday about all the data, and then I will start planning to get rid of these bugs for once and for all!

https://survey.kde.org/355778

#KDE #Plasma #Linux