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Most Linux users assume their security tools will catch bad actors before damage is done -- but sadly, new research suggests that confidence may be misplaced. You see, ARMO, the company behind Kubescape, has uncovered what could be one of the biggest blind spots in Linux security today. The company has released a working rootkit called “Curing” that uses io_uring, a feature built into the Linux kernel, to stealthily perform malicious activities without being caught by many of the detection solutions currently on the market.

This is an amazing development and I completely stand by his words on Linux I was rather surprised because I never knew he was a Linux user.

Makes me curious what other YouTubers besides PewDiePie and SomeOrdinaryGamer are active Linux users 🤔

Canonical today released Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin," bringing significant upgrades to the non-LTS distribution including Linux kernel 6.14, GNOME 48 with triple buffering, and expanded hardware support.

The effort to ensure that open-source software is reproducible has been gathering steam over the years, and gaining traction with major Linux distributions. Debian, for example, has been working toward reproducible builds for more than a decade; it can now produce official live CDs of the current stable release that are reproducible. Fedora started on the path much later, but it has progressed far enough that the project is now considering a change proposal for the Fedora 43 development cycle, expected to be released in October, with a goal of making 99% of Fedora's package builds reproducible. So far, reaction to the proposal seems favorable and focused primarily on how to achieve the goal—with minimal pain for packagers—rather than whether to attempt it.

And it's all down to an improved NTsync driver.

‘This thing needs to die’ he says, advising testing code be removed from normal builds.

The Noble Numbat has been besieged with delays

Hector Martin cites burnout, and Rust for Linux oppostion, in resigning.

Donor’s shift away from bare-metal servers leaves groups looking for new homes.

Milestone passed with the debut of Linux 6.14 rc1.

Wine compatibility layer is the heart of many Windows app translation projects.

As anticipated the Linux 6.13 kernel was promoted to stable today with an on-time release and in turn also marking the start of the Linux 6.14 merge window. Linux 6.13 stable has plenty of fine features for this first major kernel release of 2025.

That’s before the Legion Go S arrives.

Early enablement is underway.

Linux Mint has reclaimed its position as the top-ranked Linux distribution on DistroWatch, dethroning MX Linux. The latest page hit rankings, which reflect the popularity of distributions among DistroWatch users, place Linux Mint in first place with 2,412 hits per day. MX Linux, previously the reigning champ, now sits in second with 2,280 hits.

Linux Foundation has launched its India entity to boost open-source contributions from the South Asian nation, the second largest developer base after the U.S.

Leading Linux desktops boldly address the "not enough distros" non-problem

“Bootkitty” is likely a proof-of-concept, but may portend working UEFI malware for Linux.

High-capacity and high-speed SD and microSD cards will receive improved Linux support on the latest 6.11 kernel update.

Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities have been discovered in the needrestart utility used by Ubuntu Linux, which was introduced over 10 years ago in version 21.04.

Linux kernel 6.12 is one of the most significant releases of the year, delivering a feature nearly 20 years in the making: true real-time computing.

Kneejerk announcement or a serious plan, time will tell.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/25426678

This is not to be confused with systemd_bsod, which has a similar function but fails in scenarios that crash user space, unlike DRM_Panic.

A two-line comment about “various compliance requirements” spurred questions about sanctions policy and procedure on the Linux kernel mailing list.

Linux Creator Linus Torvalds recently expressed frustration with change proposals to the Linux kernel that are only "required" due to faulty hardware. Phoronix notes that Torvalds ranted on the Linux kernel mailing list over the last week, saying that buggy hardware should not be Linux's problem, suggesting kernel developers just say "no" and see what the "hardware people" say.