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Fedora Plans to Lock Down the AF_ALG Crypto Interface as Kernel Deprecation Advances

Fedora Plans to Lock Down the AF_ALG Crypto Interface as Kernel Deprecation Advances

Fedora is preparing to tighten access to AF_ALG, the Linux kernel's userspace cryptography interface, as part of a broader upstream effort to retire the API.

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u/elastiks — 22 hours ago

Why Doesn't Linux Have a "Safely Remove Hardware" Button?

Anyone moving from Windows to Linux eventually runs into the same small panic: they've finished copying files to a USB drive, reach for the familiar "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray — and it isn't there.

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u/elastiks — 23 hours ago

OpenIPC: The Open-Source Firmware Project Trying to Take IP Cameras Back From the Black Box

OpenIPC is not a simple mod or a cosmetic skin over vendor software — it is a full Linux distribution purpose-built for IP camera hardware, assembled using the Buildroot build system.

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u/elastiks — 1 day ago

Free SSL Certificates in 2026: What's Changed and What's Still Accurate

The overall map of free SSL options in 2026 still looks like it did before: Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL for command-line or dashboard-driven DV certificates, Cloudflare for one-click HTTPS behind its proxy, and acme.sh or Certbot for automation.

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u/elastiks — 1 day ago

China Steps Up Push to Replace Windows in Government Offices, Citing Security Rules

Recent central-government computer purchases have quietly dropped Windows as a listed option in favor of domestic operating systems — part of a multi-year procurement policy, not an outright ban.

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u/elastiks — 2 days ago

Your Wi-Fi Router May Already Know Who You Are

German researchers show that ordinary Wi-Fi hardware can identify individuals with near-perfect accuracy — no phone, no camera, and no network access required.

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u/elastiks — 3 days ago

Critical macOS Screen Sharing Flaw Now Under Active Attack

A pre-authentication bug in Apple's built-in Screen Sharing service is being exploited on internet-exposed Macs to plant cryptomining malware...

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u/elastiks — 3 days ago

Phison CEO Warns NAND Flash Shortage Could Lock In Higher SSD Prices Through 2030

The global NAND flash shortage is set to stretch on for years, not quarters, according to Phison Electronics CEO Pua Khein-Seng....

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u/elastiks — 4 days ago

SK hynix's First Half Was Its Biggest Ever — and the Chairman Says the Line for Chips Is Longer Than It Looks

Half-year Revenue reached about US$89.4 Billion for the first time in company history as AI memory demand outran supply….

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u/elastiks — 4 days ago

TUXEDO OS Breaks From Ubuntu, Opens Public Beta on a Debian Testing Base

Citing Canonical's growing push toward Snap and mounting maintenance overhead, TUXEDO Computers has rebuilt its flagship Linux distribution on Debian Testing under a strategy it calls "Continuous Debian."

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u/elastiks — 4 days ago

Linux Kernel Moves to Make the Timestamp Counter a Hard Requirement for x86

A recent kernel patch, "x86/cpu: Make CONFIG_X86_TSC unconditional," strips out the last configuration logic that allowed an x86 Linux kernel to be built without support for the Timestamp Counter (TSC).

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u/elastiks — 4 days ago

Three New Vulnerabilities Exposed in Microsoft Windows Systems, Allowing Bypass of Security Protections and Remote Malware Installation

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u/elastiks — 5 days ago

/e/OS Pushes Further Into "Google-Free" Territory With 4.0 and 4.1.1 Releases

Murena's deGoogled Android fork picked up a major version jump in June and a fast follow-up in July, adding one-click Gmail migration, automatic device backups, and an offline password manager.

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u/elastiks — 5 days ago

Why Waymo Keeps Importing Chinese EVs Even After a 100%+ Tariff Hit?

According to U.S. Customs bills-of-lading data compiled by the trade research firm ImportGenius and first reported by Forbes, Zeekr — the EV brand owned by Chinese automaker Geely — has shipped more than 3,200 units of a small electric van through the Port of Los Angeles since 2024, with over 2,600 of those arriving in 2026 alone.

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u/elastiks — 5 days ago

Anthropic's Invisible Watermarks Draw Fire From Some Claude Users

A compliance move tied to new EU transparency rules has triggered public cancellations, even as Anthropic says overall subscriber losses haven't ticked up.

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u/elastiks — 5 days ago

GNOME 51 Beta Desktop Environment Released, Bringing New Fingerprint Management Interface, Blur Effect Support, and Other Updates

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u/elastiks — 5 days ago

KDE Plasma 6.8 Expected to Arrive in Mid-October With Bidirectional Clipboard Support for Remote Desktop

KDE's Plasma team has published its latest "This Week in Plasma" development update, detailing a batch of upcoming changes headed for the Plasma 6.8 desktop environment. Among the highlights is a long-requested fix: fully bidirectional clipboard sharing during remote desktop sessions.

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u/elastiks — 5 days ago

The Underrated "German Car" of Linux: Why openSUSE Is a Hidden Trump Card for Enterprises and Enthusiasts. What makes openSUSE technically distinct?

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u/elastiks — 5 days ago

The x86 Backdoor Hiding in Plain Sight: Revisiting Project Rosenbridge

The x86 Backdoor Hiding in Plain Sight: Revisiting Project Rosenbridge.

Rosenbridge is a secondary, non-x86 RISC coprocessor embedded alongside the main x86 core on affected chips.

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u/elastiks — 5 days ago

Raspberry Pi Imager Version 2.0.11 Released, Adds Custom Format Support for First-Time Boot from rpi-preseed

Raspberry Pi Imager, the official tool for creating bootable media for Raspberry Pi devices, was updated to version 2.0.11 on August 14, supporting a custom first-boot format for rpi-preseed alongside a range of reliability and platform-specific fixes.

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u/elastiks — 6 days ago