#Linux

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 · 1mo 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 · 1mo 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 · 1mo 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 · 2mos 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 · 2mos 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 · 2mos 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 · 2mos 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 · 2mos ago5