Security
Linux distros haunted by Polkit-geist for 12+ years: Bug grants root access to any user
What happens when argc is zero and a SUID program doesn't care? Let's find out!
26 Jan 2022 01:02 | 72
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They see us Cinnamon Rolling, they're rating: GeckoLinux incorporates kernel 5.16 with familiar installation experience
A nice, clean community distro that works well
24 Jan 2022 18:32 | 5
Personal Tech
Windows box won't boot? SystemRescue 9 may help
An ISO image you can burn or drop onto a USB key
24 Jan 2022 16:00 | 18
OSes
Desktop-deprived Linus Torvalds releases first release candidate of ‘not huge’ kernel 5.17
Life on the road increases reliance on cloudy tools instead of Emperor Penguin's preferred local tests
24 Jan 2022 01:15 | 5
OSes
Version 7 of WINE is better than ever at running Windows apps where they shouldn't
Improved graphics card, multi-monitor, Direct3D, and 64-bit support
19 Jan 2022 19:10 | 45
Bootnotes
Epoch-alypse now: BBC iPlayer flaunts 2038 cutoff date, gives infrastructure game away
Nobody expects the Linux malposition, do they, Michael Palin?
17 Jan 2022 11:34 | 102
OSes
Linux Mint 20.3 appears – now with more Mozilla flavor: Why this distro switched Firefox defaults back to Google
Oh, Snap
12 Jan 2022 10:14 | 83
OSes
BeOS rebuild / Haiku has a new feature / that runs Windows apps
Poetry and WINE – a heady combination
10 Jan 2022 10:47 | 33
Software
Technology can sometimes go from east to west: Ubuntu DDE 21.10 remix ships in 22.01
Deepin shows that good things come out of Wuhan, too
07 Jan 2022 11:04 | 28
Who, Me?
Wi-Fi not working? It's time to consult the lovely people on those fine Linux forums
It's all open source's fault! Or is it?
20 Dec 2021 09:30 | 221
OSes
Test this new Linux kernel – but don’t forget Christmas or that you have a family, says Linus Torvalds
Confirms version 5.16 will receive an eighth release candidate
20 Dec 2021 00:29 | 22
FOSS Fest
Fans of original gangster editors, look away now: It's Tilde, a text editor that doesn't work like it's 1976
Maybe you're not too cool for intuitive
17 Dec 2021 22:29 | 179
OSes
Pop!_OS 21.10: Radical distro shows potential but does not play nicely with others
You can really tell System76 is a hardware vendor
16 Dec 2021 19:02 | 27
OSes
Don't expect a new cut of Linux to ease your NYE hangovers
Penguinistas will get all the holiday fun of an extra release candidate instead
14 Dec 2021 05:54 | 1
Opinion
Intel's mystery Linux muckabout is a dangerous ploy at a dangerous time
Open source is no place for secrets
13 Dec 2021 09:27 | 131
OSes
CentOS Stream 9: Understanding the new Red Hat OS release for non-Red-Hat-type people
El Reg maps the tributaries
10 Dec 2021 23:04 | 58
OSes
Another Debian dust-up with Firefox dependencies – but there is an annoying and awkward workaround
El Reg, as ever, helps you to get back in the game
10 Dec 2021 17:02 | 78
Opinion
But why that VPN? How WireGuard made it into Linux
Even the best of ideas can take their own sweet time making it into the kernel
08 Dec 2021 10:01 | 32
Update
Intel updates mysterious 'software-defined silicon' code in the Linux kernel
Yeah, right, Chipzilla: we totally believe your line this isn't a real plan, even though PCI supports it
08 Dec 2021 06:59 | 51
Software
Rusty Linux kernel draws closer with new patch adding support for Rust as second language
Experimental – but good enough to start writing 'drivers and other modules'
07 Dec 2021 18:50 | 17
Analysis
NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems
As with packaging systems, lightweight efficient approaches look set to lose out
03 Dec 2021 11:25 | 111
Software
What a cluster fsck: New scheduling code plus Intel's Alder Lake CPU mix equals a slower Linux kernel 5.16
Can we just postpone these changes to next year?
01 Dec 2021 15:27 | 9
Software
Beijing wants to level up China's software industry, with an emphasis on FOSS
Plans to build 'two or three open source communities with international influence' in the next five years
01 Dec 2021 06:57 | 25
Analysis
The rocky road to better Linux software installation: Containers, containers, containers
Let's be real: Everyone is trying to catch up with Apple
26 Nov 2021 17:25 | 70
Software
Alpine Linux 3.15 bids a fond farewell to MIPS64 support
LTS Linux kernel – check. Once proud RISC contender? Nope
25 Nov 2021 15:29 | 8
OSes
AWS commits to update its own Linux every other year
Starting with a release called Amazon Linux 2022 that just hit preview
23 Nov 2021 05:53 | 7
OSes
Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should: Install Linux on NTFS – on the same partition as Windows
Never mind the practicality, feel the grief
22 Nov 2021 13:29 | 46
Software
Ubuntu desktop team teases 'proof of concept' systemd on Windows Subsystem for Linux
Stop the rock, can't stop the rock, we can't stop the rock
17 Nov 2021 18:59 | 115
Off-Prem
AWS adds Linux app streaming alongside Windows to 'greatly lower' cost
Savings are exaggerated, but there is more to this than price
17 Nov 2021 15:30 | 4
OSes
Alma and Rocky Linux release 8.5 builds, Rocky catches up with secure boot
CentOS 8.5 also available ... but with only 6 weeks before end of life
16 Nov 2021 19:20 | 7
OSes
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.16 rc1 with new performance-enhancing memory tech
Emperor Penguin rates Memory Folios tech – source of that performance bump – as most important new feature in 'not huge' release
15 Nov 2021 00:48 | 7
Personal Tech
HP's solution to running GPU-accelerated Linux apps on high-end Z workstations: Rely on Microsoft's WSL2
Because Windows is what Linux users really want, right?
12 Nov 2021 10:15 | 32
Opinion
Keep calm and learn Rust: We'll be seeing a lot more of the language in Linux very soon
It's another string to your bow
10 Nov 2021 09:30 | 138
OSes
Felt Qt (might delete later)*: Two non-Gtk Linux desktops have put out new versions
TDE releases 14.0.11 and LXQt hits 1.0
09 Nov 2021 18:45 | 23
Personal Tech
Linux 5.16 to bring mainline support to Raspberry Pi 4 Compute Module – and the nifty devices built around it
Plus further step toward a full desktop on Apple M1 Arm Macs
09 Nov 2021 08:07 | 10
OSes
Bullseye! Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS scores an update with 'less closed-source proprietary code'
Finding the hardware hard to come by? The software is just a download away
08 Nov 2021 17:16 | 21
OSes
Linux PC shop System76 is building a new desktop environment in Rust
'There are things we'd like to do that we can't simply achieve through extensions in GNOME'
08 Nov 2021 14:45 | 31
Databases
SQL Server on Linux: Canonical offers official support, AWS Babelfish helps users move to Postgres
Amazon tech requires fork of PostgreSQL, is not fully compatible with SQL Server
02 Nov 2021 10:01 | 33
Updated
Linux kernel 5.15 released with new NTFS driver plus an LTS sticker slapped on it
Also SMB3 server in the kernel, and new DAMON memory monitor
01 Nov 2021 14:31 | 10
OSes
Ex-org? Not at all! Three and a half years after X.Org Server 1.20, 1.21 is released
All thanks to Touchpad funding and a new maintainer – but X vs Wayland still a dilemma for community
28 Oct 2021 12:30 | 43
Legal
Software Freedom Conservancy sues TV maker Vizio for 'GPL infringement'
Companies using free-as-in-freedom software should meet their obligations, lawsuit says
20 Oct 2021 16:05 | 40
Security
Crims target telcos' Linux and Solaris boxes, which don't get enough infosec love
CrowdStrike says 'LightBasin' gang avoids Windows, and knows that telco networks run on badly-secured *nix
20 Oct 2021 05:40 | 23
OSes
Devuan debuts version 4.0 – as usual without a hint of the hated systemd
Three init systems offered – natch – plus lots of desktop love, and a warning of some
exim oddities15 Oct 2021 01:58 | 45
Opinion
How Windows NTFS finally made it into Linux
Microsoft's New Technology File System has been with us for decades and at long, long last it's going to be fully supported for penguins
13 Oct 2021 09:15 | 84
OSes
Microsoft turns Windows Subsystem for Linux into an app for Windows
WSL will still be baked in if you want it – but Redmond wants you to get it from the Store
12 Oct 2021 07:15 | 82
Applications
Progress report: Asahi Linux brings forth a usable basic desktop on Apple's M1
Drivers slip into the kernel as team ponders GPU hardware
06 Oct 2021 17:27 | 20
Review
CutefishOS: Unix-y development model? Check. macOS aesthetic? Check (if you like that sort of thing)
Also a range of homegrown apps. Still in beta, so plenty of rough edges, though
24 Sep 2021 10:01 | 68
Servers
More than three years after last release, X.Org Server 21.1.0 RC1 appears
Back from the brink with new features
22 Sep 2021 19:47 | 48
OSes
Ubuntu-on-a-phone folks UBports emit OTA-19, warn some devices face the chop in future
This could very well be the last release based on 16.04
22 Sep 2021 15:17 | 2
OSes
Canonical gives administrators the chance to drag their feet a bit more on Ubuntu upgrades
Two more years! Two more years!
21 Sep 2021 17:42 | 12
Review
A low-key good experience for Thor-oughly new penguins: Elementary OS 6, aka Odin
Flatpak-only app store, two-finger swiping for screen-fondlers... but it's not for the fiddlers
20 Sep 2021 08:30 | 16
OSes
-Werror pain persists as Linus Torvalds issues Linux 5.15rc2
And celebrates Linux's 'true anniversary' – 30 years since upload of version 0.01
20 Sep 2021 02:58 | 14
Updated
Yes, of course there's now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux
Once dismissed proof-of-concept attack on Microsoft OS through WSL detected in the wild
17 Sep 2021 22:06 | 59
Software
Linux kernel minimum compiler raised to GCC 5.1, allowing potential C11 use
Change also has handy side effect of fixing some warnings as errors
15 Sep 2021 12:43 | 27
OSes
Linus Torvalds admits to 'self-inflicted damage' with -Werror as Linux 5.15 rc1 debuts
'One of the messier merge windows' means the new stuff might sneak in next week
13 Sep 2021 02:09 | 72
Software
Compromise reached as Linux kernel community protests about treating compiler warnings as errors
'Years of pain' behind the change, said Torvalds, but with Clang a problem it has been weakened
08 Sep 2021 11:32 | 65
Opinion
Open-source software starts with developers, but there are other important contributors, too. Who exactly? Good question
Looking beyond the programmers
08 Sep 2021 08:29 | 40
Software
GitHub merges 'useless garbage' says Linus Torvalds as new NTFS support added to Linux kernel 5.15
Also: Compiler warnings now treated as errors by default in kernel builds
06 Sep 2021 12:31 | 99
OSes
When you finish celebrating Linux turning 30, try new Linux 5.14, says Linus Torvalds
'We have another 30 years to look forward to,' says Emperor Penguin – and less to worry about as Spectre-proofing code arrives
30 Aug 2021 00:11 | 21
Applications
'Apps for GNOME' site aims to improve discovery of the project's best applications
A sprinkling of Rust and presto! A new multi-language web site appears
27 Aug 2021 18:05 | 10
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