Mon 23 September 2019 About 6 years ago I gave up on Apple laptops and switched to Linux full time. When I’m at home, I prefer to work on a well-equipped desktop with a large monitor and one of my … Read more
Alpine Linux is designed for power users, with security, simplicity and resource efficiency in mind. Alpine is the OS (Operating System), that runs on your machine. Programs such as a web browser run on the OS, and web pages like … Read more
Listing 29: > += int capabilities() { fprintf(stderr, “=> dropping capabilities…”); CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL, _READ, and _WRITE allow access to the audit system of the kernel (i.e. functions like audit_set_enabled, usually used with auditctl). The kernel prevents messages that normally require CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL … Read more
Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code. Currently, the Linux From Scratch organization consists of the following subprojects: LFS :: Linux From Scratch … Read more
Linux themes and icon sets, inspired by other operating systems, have been around for as long as Linux has had a GUI. Some times those themes get pretty close to looking like the original. But… What if — what if … Read more
Quoting man’s page documentaiton on ps: “A different set of processes can be selected for display by using any combination of the -a, -G, -g, -p, -T, -t, -U, and -u options. If more than one of these options are … Read more
Dear RT folks! I’m pleased to announce the v5.17-rc3-rt6 patch set. Changes since v5.17-rc3-rt5: – Update John’s printk series. It supports now direct printing from irqwork. – Correct atomic access to a variable in printk. Patch by John Ogness. – … Read more
With the start of the new year, we can see a new trend delineating Linux software. Phosh with its newbord libadwaita, KDE’s Kirigami and Maui Shell show that – like it or not – the era of convergent Linux applications … Read more
486-linux Back Linux on a 486SX A year or two ago, I came into posession of a 1993 Compaq Presario 425. It’s a Mac-ish all-in-one with a 14″ color (S?)VGA screen capable of 800×600 in full 256-color glory. On the inside it features … Read more
oss-sec mailing list archives Linux kernel: Heap buffer overflow in fs_context.c since version 5.1 From: Will Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:21:30 +0000 There is a heap overflow bug in legacy_parse_param in which the length of data copied can be … Read more