A new Linux kernel bug lets an ordinary, unprivileged user become root. It now hits Android too. Researchers have named it Bad Epoll. The Bad Epoll vulnerability carries the identifier CVE-2026-46242.

Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.

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 ...

Embracing the power of simplicity on Linux.

Running Windows programs on Linux can be complicated, but pairing Bottles with Wine makes things much easier and more ...

Linux is regarded as one of the best operating systems for productivity, and these keyboard shortcuts can help push that even ...

Learn how to install and configure ProxyChains on Linux. Set up chain types, enable DNS proxying, and route curl, nmap, and ...

Alpha Compute Corp. (Nasdaq: ALP) ("Alpha Compute" or the "Company") , a pioneering technology leader in AI GPU-as-a-service (GPUaaS) and AI Confidential Compute, today announced that its Chief ...

As attackers ramp up their AI exploit development, the search for software vulnerabilities is changing rapidly. “I’ve probably submitted three times more bugs than I did last year at this time—I would ...

I spend more time today than ever before interacting with terminal windows, which is something I don’t think Past Me would have believed in the early ’90s. Back then, poor MS-DOS was the staid ...

TL;DR: A PlayStation 5 running firmware up to version 4.5 can be modified to run Linux via a USB or M.2 SSD, enabling Steam-like gaming with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. While performance is comparable to native ...

Since Sony’s PlayStation 5 console is quite literally an AMD-based gaming PC with a custom mainboard, the only thing that really keeps anyone from just installing another operating system on it is the ...