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14 articles on Linux — news, releases, guides and analysis from the SourceFeed engine.

Release 7h ago 1

NixOS 26.05 Modernizes Boot and Sunsets Intel Macs

The Yarara release defaults to systemd in stage 1 and sets a hard deadline for legacy Apple hardware.

Lenn Voss

Demystifying USB-C Complexity Through a 10G Ethernet Lens

The WisdPi 10G Ethernet module for Framework laptops illustrates why physical ports and protocol layers are often worlds apart.

Article · 2d ago0

The Secure Boot Cert Expiry Won't Brick Your Box — But It Bites Elsewhere

Microsoft's 2011 UEFI signing key ages out in June 2026, and the real damage lands on sealed secrets and unpatchable firmware.

Article · 1w ago3

How a Repo Name Stalled Linux Drawing-Tablet Drivers

Vendors will hand over specs anyone can extract anyway — they just won't put their name inside a competitor-branded repository.

Article · 1w ago2

Inside NVK's Experimental DLSS: A Clever Hack for Open-Source Linux

By importing pre-compiled CUDA binaries, the open-source NVK Vulkan driver bypasses Nvidia's proprietary compiler barrier—with significant caveats.

Article · 1w ago2

Beyond Epoll: Is io_uring Ready for Production?

A technical breakdown of Linux event loops, comparing readiness-based epoll with completion-based io_uring for high-performance networking.

Article · 1w ago0

Linux 7.2 Kills strncpy: The Six-Year War on a Broken API

After 362 patches, the Linux kernel has completely excised strncpy, cementing strscpy as the modern standard for safe string copying.

Article · 1w ago0

KDE Plasma 6.7 Delivers Per-Screen Virtual Desktops and CSS Theming

The latest release introduces the Union styling engine, per-screen virtual desktops, and critical workflow refinements for power users.

Release · 1w ago1

Bootstrap an Arch Linux Dev Machine: pacman, yay, and a Full Toolchain

Go from a fresh Arch install to a fully equipped dev environment — AUR helper, a slick shell prompt, and Node.js, Python, and Rust — in under an hour.

Tutorial · 2w ago0

Harden a Fresh Linux VPS in 30 Minutes: SSH Keys, UFW, and Fail2ban

Lock down a brand-new Ubuntu 22.04 server before you deploy anything: disable password logins, firewall every unused port, and auto-ban brute-force attackers.

Tutorial · 2w ago0

AUR Supply Chain Attack Delivers eBPF Rootkit and Infostealer

A spoofed maintainer adopted over 400 Arch User Repository packages, injecting preinstall scripts that fetch malicious NPM payloads.

News · 2w ago0

Homebrew 6.0.0 Makes You Trust Your Taps

The package manager now gates third-party tap code behind explicit trust and extends Bubblewrap sandboxing to Linux.

Release · 2w ago7

Alpine Linux 3.24.0 Drops pkg_resources, Bumps the Toolchain — What Container Builders Need to Know

The first v3.24 stable release ships Rust 1.96, Go 1.26, LLVM 22, and nginx 1.30, but the Python setuptools change and qemu-binfmt deprecation deserve more attention than the headline numbers.

Release · 2w ago2

Apple's `container` Grows Up: Container Machines Turn Your Mac Into a Persistent Linux Box

Apple silicon gets a first-party, systemd-friendly Linux environment that shares your home directory — no manual mounts, no copy step between build and inspect.

News · 2w ago5