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The article describes how to install NixOS on a Steam Link device by using a custom kernel module and kexec to bypass bootloader restrictions, repurposing the Arm hardware for general use.
Cline Desktop has added SSH support, allowing remote development where the app runs locally on a laptop while working on files and tools on remote machines like dev servers or Raspberry Pi devices.
A tweet discusses an interview with Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, highlighting commentary on AI's limitations, the importance of responsibility, and insights on AI use in business and personal learning.
This research exposes side-channel vulnerabilities in file notification systems across Linux, Android, Windows, and macOS, allowing attackers to reconstruct user behavior with only read permissions. Accepted at ACM CCS 2026, it demonstrates severe platform-specific issues like keystroke timing leakage on Linux and private communication exposure on Android.
The nspawn tool has been revived with version 1.0.0 rewritten in Rust, featuring a new OCI registry hub for managing Linux container images.
Alibaba Cloud joins the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron with a $3 million commitment, collaborating on Omarchy China and integrating with Qwen Book for an agentic operating system.
Virtio-nvgpu enables near-native NVIDIA GPU access inside a KVM guest, achieving performance within 2% of bare metal for frame rendering and efficient GPU sharing among multiple guests.
Scott Jenson presented ideas at Akademy 2026 to modernize the open-source desktop by improving user experience and moving beyond the traditional WIMP model.
The article provides a guide on configuring swap, ZRAM, Zswap, and hibernation on NixOS for desktops and laptops, with practical examples and recommendations for optimal settings.
Tailscale details upcoming performance improvements to its networking product, including reduced memory overhead for small packets and planned throughput enhancements for late 2026.
The article argues that the decision by CERN and Fermilab to abandon Scientific Linux in favor of CentOS was a mistake, as it removed a critical institutional exit option, highlighted by recent moves towards Debian.
Obscura VPN is a privacy-focused VPN service designed to prevent activity logging by separating user identity and browsing history through a two-party protocol.
The author discusses building a deterministic hypervisor, explaining the challenges of achieving determinism due to concurrency and hardware issues, while critiquing existing implementations in cybersecurity and virtualization.
A free book titled 'Computing Systems Organization' by Dr. Carl Burch is released under CC License, comprising 16 documents on modern computing system concepts.
Scott Jenson discusses the stagnation of desktop user experience and urges open-source communities to lead UX innovation, arguing against common counterarguments like mobile dominance.
This article explains the basics of software sandboxing, detailing syscall policies for enhancing security using techniques like seccomp and BPF, with influences from Docker, systemd, and OpenBSD.
The ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now available in preview, supporting distributions like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and Arch Linux with instructions for installation and setup.
A curated GitHub repository providing resources for the Rockchip RK3588 SoC, including development boards, communities, system images, kernels, NPU/AI tools, and more.
This article describes systemd as a suite of building blocks for Linux OS and provides branding guidelines, including logo design, colors, and spelling conventions.
XApp is an open-source project that promotes applications and tools designed to work across all Linux distributions and desktop environments, ensuring compatibility and integration for users and developers.