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MMU-Less Systems and Fdpic

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How to debug C and C++ programs with rr (2021)

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The common theme in many time-travel movies is to go back in time to find out...
The common theme in many time-travel movies is to go back in time to find out what went wrong and fix it. Developers also have that desire to go back in time and find why the code broke and fix it. But, often, that crucial step where everything went wrong happened long ago, and the information is no longer available...

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Reflections on 25 Years of Programming

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The Dumbing-Down of Programming

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Last month I committed an act of technical rebellion: I bought one operating system instead of...
Last month I committed an act of technical rebellion: I bought one operating system instead of another. On the surface, this may not seem like much, since an operating system is something that can seem inevitable. It's there when you get your machine, some software from Microsoft, an ur-condition that can be upgrade...

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Ubuntu 'command-not-found' tool can be abused to spread malware

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A logic flaw between Ubuntu's 'command-not-found' package suggestion system and the snap package repository could enable...
A logic flaw between Ubuntu's 'command-not-found' package suggestion system and the snap package repository could enable attackers to promote malicious Linux packages to unsuspecting users. The problem arises from the utility's ability to suggest snap packages for installation when they are missing without a validat...

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New Linux glibc flaw lets attackers get root on major distros

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I reduced the size of my Docker image by 40% – Dockerizing shell scripts

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Flathub: One million active users and growing

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Query Optimizer (Part 1): IR Design

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Comparing dd and cp when writing a file to a thumb drive

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Self-contained Linux applications with lone Lisp

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Building and Privately Caching x86 and Aarch64 NixOS Systems with GitHub Actions

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In the previous article we walked through how to set up our very own Nix binary...
In the previous article we walked through how to set up our very own Nix binary cache. It’s great being able to run attic push system /run/current-system on whichever machine we are currently using, but the the chances are that if you use Nix to manage your system configurations, you have a system configuration mono...

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Huawei claims HarmonyOS NEXT kernel is more efficient than Linux

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Six lesser-known but seriously useful Linux commands

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People are creatures of habit. That assertion has both good and bad connotations. The good is...
People are creatures of habit. That assertion has both good and bad connotations. The good is that we tend to do things the same way every time we do them. The bad part is that we don't tend to venture out from our routines. That routine keeps changes consistent and surprises to a minimum. The last thing any sysadmi...

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Gnome Mess Is Not an Accident

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GNOME accomplishes what seems to be impossible: it’s the most limited and bloated desktop environment for...
GNOME accomplishes what seems to be impossible: it’s the most limited and bloated desktop environment for Linux. But that’s not accidental. It’s the result of the arrogance and amateurism of its main developers, making the design decisions of GNOME a masterpiece of chaos. To better understand what’s happening, let’s...

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"1195725856" and other mysterious numbers

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Flowtables: A Netfilter/Nftables Fastpath

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In this article series I like to take a look at flowtables, which is a network...
In this article series I like to take a look at flowtables, which is a network fastpath mechanism in the Linux kernel, based on Netfilter/Nftables, that allows accelerated handling of forwarded TCP and UDP connections. When using an acceleration feature like this, it is important to understand how it works. If you d...

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Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust

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