
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.

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