Linux has a wealth of applications, but sometimes the smaller tools get overlooked. Here's a list of those I'd prefer never ...
Eighteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 30, 2026): apl-2.0: GNU APL is a free interpreter for the programming language APL. It is an implementation of the ISO stan ...
Is Linux Kernel 7.2 really 43 million lines? We verified the count with wc, cloc, tokei, and scc tools and explain why the ...
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Linux kernel privilege escalation exploit DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503) is publicly documented: JFrog published a working attack walkthrough Thursday showing how any local user can gain root on ...
The new kernel, Linux 7.1, brings a modern NTFS driver and activates Intel's FRED by default. Furthermore, the use of AI in development is causing a stir.
If you use Windows today and type ls, cat, grep, or awk in a terminal, there is a good chance something useful will happen. That was not always true. For most of the history of personal computing, ...
Abstract: Aiming at the problem that non-Linux RTOS systems lack a native epoll interface and are difficult to adapt to complex I/O applications, this paper proposes a method that supports epoll file ...
A nine-year-old logic flaw in the Linux kernel's process trace (ptrace) path has been discovered that could let unprivileged local users read sensitive files, including secure shell host (SSH) private ...
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A new security patch just released for the Linux kernel. This isn't a typical headline-grabbing "instant root" exploit. Instead, it's a clever "File Descriptor (FD) Theft" vulnerability that has been ...
The Windows Subsystem for Linux is an invaluable tool, but anyone wanting to run it on a Windows 9x system would find themselves out of luck until now. A self-described computer tinkerer and hacker ...