Linux

I'm addicted to installing Proxmox on old devices  XDA

4 reasons I use NixOS in WSL instead of Ubuntu or Fedora  XDA

6 reasons why I use NixOS over any other Linux distro  XDA

I (almost) fixed this mini PC... by installing Linux  XDA

Why My Kids' First PC Will Run Linux  How-To Geek

Hear me out – a GUI distribution isn’t all that bad for an entry-level home server  XDA

DXVK 2.7 Released With Many Improvements & Better Support On Newer Intel GPUs  Phoronix

Hidden flaw in Linux (Ubuntu and Fedora) laptops allows full system compromise  Notebookcheck

In April researchers responsibly disclosed two security flaws found in Sudo "that could enable local attackers to escalate their privileges to root on susceptible machines," reports The Hacker News. "The vulnerabilities have been addressed in Sudo version 1.9.17p1 released late last month." Stratascale researcher Rich Mirch, who is credited with discovering and reporting the flaws, said CVE-2025-32462 has managed to slip through the cracks for over 12 years. It is rooted in the Sudo's "-h" (host) option that makes it possible to list a user's sudo privileges for a different host. The feature was enabled in September 2013. However, the identified bug made it possible to execute any command allowed by the remote host to be run on the local machine as well when running the Sudo command with the host option referencing an unrelated remote host. "This primarily affects sites that use a common sudoers file that is distributed to multiple machines," Sudo project maintainer Todd C. Miller said in an advisory. "Sites that use LDAP-based sudoers (including SSSD) are similarly impacted." CVE-2025-32463, on the other hand, leverages Sudo's "-R" (chroot) option to run arbitrary commands as root, even if they are not listed in the sudoers file. It's also a critical-severity flaw. "The default Sudo configuration is vulnerable," Mirch said. "Although the vulnerability involves the Sudo chroot feature, it does not require any Sudo rules to be defined for the user. As a result, any local unprivileged user could potentially escalate privileges to root if a vulnerable version is installed...." Miller said the chroot option will be removed completely from a future release of Sudo and that supporting a user-specified root directory is "error-prone."

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SUSE's Agama Installer Switches From X.Org To Wayland For Installation GUI  Phoronix

Fedora 43 GNU & LLVM 21 Toolchain Updates Planned  Phoronix

5 Signs You're Ready to Make the Leap to Arch Linux  How-To Geek

Intel Wildcat Lake HID Support & Dell + ASUS Additions Ahead Of Linux 6.16-rc5  Phoronix

Critical Sudo bugs expose major Linux distros to local Root exploits  Security Affairs

4 reasons I run two different WSL distros side-by-side  XDA

14 of the best plugins and DAWs you can use on Linux  MusicRadar

This New Linux App Makes Android File Sharing a Breeze  How-To Geek

Linux mini PC: System76 Meerkat refreshed with up to Core Ultra 7 255H CPU and 96 GB of memory  Notebookcheck

Linux mini PC: System76 Meerkat refreshed with up to Core Ultra 7 255H CPU and 96 GB of memory  Notebookcheck

Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control: firmware 2.0 adds Bitwig Studio & Linux support and more  synth anatomy