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.

Over the years on this blog, I’ve documented dozens of Veeam upgrades, migrations, and best practices — from early versions ...

The file-sharing app launched 25 years ago and unleashed a wave of piracy that would shake Hollywood to its core.

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

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We installed WSL Containers on Windows 11, built a custom container from scratch, tested it, and checked what still needs ...

The PorteuX project has officially released PorteuX 2.6, bringing a new round of updates to the lightweight Slackware-based ...

Claude Science, Anthropic’s new AI research workbench, launched in beta July 1 for all paid subscribers — no enterprise vetting required. The platform uses multi-agent orchestration across 60-plus ...

Microsoft's Fedora-derived Azure Linux 4 has hit a new milestone: you can now run it outside of Azure. The project's GitHub page now offers ISO file downloads in addition to its A ...

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 ...