Hacker News with Generative AI: Linux

Linus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred for Case-Insensitive File-Systems (phoronix.com)
Linus Torvalds is sharing some of his classic and straight-to-the-point wisdom today over file-systems with case-folding / case-insensitive file and folder support.

Operating Systems, Linux, File Systems

12 points by Bender 7 hours ago | 9 comments

gPXE: Modern FOSS Network Booting (2009) (youtube.com)

Network Booting, Technology, Linux

4 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 9 hours ago | 0 comments

Migration to rust-coreutils in Ubuntu 25.10 (ubuntu.com)

Migration, Operating Systems, Linux, Ubuntu, Rust

6 points by mustache_kimono 12 hours ago | 0 comments

Ubuntu 25.04 upgrades halted due to Kubuntu users getting a broken desktop (gamingonlinux.com)
This is a bit of a major woopsie. The upgrade path for the latest Ubuntu 25.04 release has been pulled offline, as it has resulted in Kubuntu users seeing a broken desktop.

Linux, Operating Systems, Ubuntu, Bugs, Software Updates

5 points by wlkr 15 hours ago | 0 comments

Linus Torvalds: Case-insensitive names are horribly wrong (kernel.org)
You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up Anubis to protect the server against the scourge of AI companies aggressively scraping websites.

Operating Systems, Linux, Programming

13 points by tankenmate 15 hours ago | 1 comments

Show HN: VSCode-remote-glibc-patch – Patch legacy Linux to use VSCode Remote (github.com/hsfzxjy)
Patch glibc on legacy Linux systems to enable compatibility with the latest VSCode Remote.

Software, Linux, Development Tools, VSCode

3 points by hsfzxjy 19 hours ago | 1 comments

The Main Differences Between OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD and DragonFly BSD (unixdigest.com)
People who consider trying out one of the different BSD variants, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD or DragonFly BSD, often ask about the main differences between the four projects. In this article I am going to address that issue.

Operating Systems, BSD, Linux

4 points by speckx 20 hours ago | 0 comments

Writing a Linux Debugger (2017) (tartanllama.xyz)

Linux, Debugging, Programming, Software Development

17 points by ibobev 20 hours ago | 2 comments

New Linux Rootkit (schneier.com)
The company has released a working rootkit called “Curing” that uses io_uring, a feature built into the Linux kernel, to stealthily perform malicious activities without being caught by many of the detection solutions currently on the market.

Security, Linux, Rootkits

10 points by watermelon0 1 day ago | 1 comments

io_uring based rootkit can bypass syscall-focused Linux security tools (armosec.io)
ARMO researchers reveal a major blind spot in Linux runtime security tools caused by the io_uring interface—an asynchronous I/O mechanism that bypasses traditional system calls.

Security, Linux, Operating Systems, Rootkits, System Calls

36 points by hexhu 2 days ago | 13 comments

Meet Anagram, a Linux-powered bass FX processor (librearts.org)
Darkglass Electronics, a popular maker of bass-centric equipment (pedals, amps, cabinets), announced their first multi-effects box earlier this week.

Music, Audio Engineering, Linux, Open Source, Bass

6 points by prokoudine 2 days ago | 1 comments

Ubuntu 25.04 Now Ships with JPEG-XL Support Enabled by Default (phoronix.com)
The Ubuntu 25.04 release shipping this month will now feature JPEG-XL image format support out-of-the-box.

Ubuntu, Linux, Image Formats, Software Updates

5 points by ksec 2 days ago | 0 comments

Interview with Owen Le Blanc, creator of the first Linux distribution (lwn.net)
Ask a Linux enthusiast who created the Linux kernel, and odds are they will have no trouble naming Linus Torvalds—but many would be stumped if asked what the first Linux distribution was, and who created it.

Linux, History, Interviews, Operating Systems

7 points by rwmj 2 days ago | 0 comments

Daily driving a Linux phone, but why? (thefoggiest.dev)
As a follow-up to a post describing what would be involved for me to daily drive a Linux phone, you could wonder why this would in any way be better than Android.

Linux, Android, Technology

140 points by ingve 2 days ago | 212 comments

Ubuntu 25.10 Replaces GNU Coreutils with Rust Uutils (altusintel.com)
John Sieger (Jon Seager), Vice President of Canonical in Zanonical and the technical leader of the Ubuntu project, presented the initiative to replace system detle in the Ubuntu for analogues written in RUST.

Linux, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Rust

30 points by donnachangstein 2 days ago | 21 comments

The tools I love are made by awful people (ankursethi.com)
Every few years, I install Linux on my computer, use it for a few weeks, give up, and go crawling back to my Mac.

Linux, Mac, Operating Systems

81 points by todsacerdoti 2 days ago | 171 comments

Is Linux under the control of the USA gov? (reddit.com)
AFAIK, Linux (but also GNU/FSF) is financially supported by the Linux Foundation, an 501(c)(6) non-profit based in the USA and likely obliged by USA laws, present and future.

Linux, USA Government, Politics, Law

22 points by notorandit 3 days ago | 21 comments

Even after using Linux for a decade I made this blunder (reddit.com)
In my home directory I had a bunch of zip files I needed to delete, so of course I did this:

Linux, Software, User Experience, Mistakes

5 points by Koshcheiushko 3 days ago | 2 comments

Ubuntu 25.10 Moving Ahead with Plans for Migrating to Rust Coreutils (phoronix.com)
Back in March some ideas were talked about by Canonical engineers for Ubuntu Linux to move to Rust Coreutils and other Rust-written system components.

Ubuntu, Rust, Operating Systems, Linux, Coreutils

9 points by doener 3 days ago | 1 comments

How to stay on Windows 10 instead of installing Linux (theregister.com)
You will have to reinstall everything, but there is another way to escape the end of Windows 10 support in October – and it's cheaper than a new PC.

Windows 10, Operating Systems, Tech Support, Linux, Software

10 points by pjmlp 3 days ago | 2 comments

Linux 6.15 Git Tanked Nginx HTTPS Web Server Performance (phoronix.com)
With the Linux 6.15 kernel settling down nicely, I've been testing out the current Linux Git state on more systems in looking for any performance changes. Unfortunately this week I ran into a large performance regression affecting the Nginx HTTP(S) web server. Here's a look at that problem currently affecting Linux Git.

Linux, Performance, Web Server, Nginx, Kernel

6 points by LinuxBender 3 days ago | 0 comments

QEMU 10.0 Released with Apple Graphics Devices (phoronix.com)
QEMU 10.0 was released today as the newest version of this emulator code that plays an important role in the open-source Linux virtualization stack.

Virtualization, Open Source, Linux, Emulation, Hardware

7 points by dmmalam 3 days ago | 0 comments

Linux Patch Queued to Report Outdated Intel CPU Microcode as a Vulnerability (phoronix.com)
Last year a patch was raised for the Linux kernel that would report outdated CPU microcode versions as a security vulnerability.

Linux, Security, Vulnerabilities, CPU Microcode

6 points by doener 5 days ago | 0 comments

A M.2 HDMI capture card (interfacinglinux.com)
Have you ever looked at an NVMe drive and thought to yourself, ‘Hey, this would be 31.7% cooler with HDMI ports?’ Yeah, me neither, but I’ve always wanted to see how well (or if) one of these critters works on Linux.

Hardware, Linux, Capture Cards

175 points by Venn1 5 days ago | 90 comments

Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" Takes Flight (techstrong.it)
Canonical has officially released Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed “Plucky Puffin,” marking another significant milestone for the world’s most popular desktop Linux distribution.

Linux, Operating Systems, Ubuntu, Software Releases

24 points by CrankyBear 5 days ago | 27 comments

Android 16 lets the Linux Terminal use your phone's entire storage (androidauthority.com)
Pixel phones are taking a step towards becoming powerful portable PCs with the introduction of the Linux Terminal app in the March 2025 update.

Android, Linux, Software Updates, Portable PCs

45 points by sipofwater 5 days ago | 24 comments

Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by up to 30 percent (ieee.org)
Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by up to 30 percent

Energy Efficiency, Linux, Programming, Open Source

317 points by gslin 5 days ago | 115 comments

Using the Linux kernel to help me crack an executable quickly (maowtm.org)
Truth be told, I've never been really good at CTFs, but I do enjoy solving challenges at my own pace, and exploring perhaps less conventional methods, learning more about programming in the process. A few weeks ago I found a reverse engineering problem which basically boiled down to running a Linux binary and entering the correct number to get it to print a flag.

Reverse Engineering, Linux, CTFs, Programming

30 points by maowtm 5 days ago | 4 comments

Booting Linux kernels on x86 without using a bootloader such as GRUB2, etc. (kernel.org)

Linux, Operating Systems, x86 Architecture, Bootloaders

9 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 6 days ago | 0 comments

Tini: A tiny but valid `init` for containers (github.com/krallin)
Tini is the simplest init you could think of.

Containers, Software, Development Tools, Linux

31 points by thunderbong 6 days ago | 2 comments