A new Linux kernel bug lets an ordinary, unprivileged user become root. It now hits Android too. Researchers have named it Bad Epoll. The Bad Epoll vulnerability carries the identifier CVE-2026-46242.

Fedora Linux 45 could come with Shadow Stack enabled by default. If your hardware supports this, you will get extra protection from ROP attacks.

Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.

The PorteuX project has officially released PorteuX 2.6, bringing a new round of updates to the lightweight Slackware-based ...

Sachi Kamiya's Sentient Foundation, backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, has committed $42 million to open-source AGI as crypto becomes the payment rail for AI agents.

Eighteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 30, 2026): apl-2.0: GNU APL is a free interpreter for the programming language APL. It is an implementation of the ISO stan ...

LACT will overclock your machine with almost no restrictions.

Linux is regarded as one of the best operating systems for productivity, and these keyboard shortcuts can help push that even ...

Akrites is a coalition of 19 organizations, including every major AI lab and Wall Street banks, built to defend open-source ...

Linux 7.2 has removed the kernel-side strncpy API after a six-year cleanup, shifting low-level code toward explicit ...

PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.

PC users can remove Linux from the navigation pane of File Explorer without having to uninstall WSL. Since this is a registry operation, it is recommended that you back up the registry or create a ...