Hacker News with Generative AI: Linux

The state of binary compatibility on Linux and how to address it (jangafx.com)
At JangaFX, we make several products that run natively on Linux. We love the flexibility and power that Linux offers our developers, but shipping software on it is a whole different challenge.

Linux, Software Development, Operating Systems, Compatibility

190 points by generichuman 1 day ago | 130 comments

FUSE File-Systems to Support Much Longer Filenames with Linux 6.15 (phoronix.com)

Linux, File Systems, Operating Systems, Kernel, Software

6 points by LinuxBender 1 day ago | 0 comments

My way to remove "Linuxisms" from FreeBSD (eugene-andrienko.com)

Operating Systems, FreeBSD, Linux, Open Source

11 points by jaypatelani 2 days ago | 2 comments

DIY automation using only Linux (medium.com)
You may sometimes feel overwhelmed in a world where CircleCI, TeamCity, JFrog, Jenkins, and many other solutions manage continuous integration and auto-deployment. When you work with security products, you also have some confidentiality concerns. Having a good tutorial to create straightforward automation is quite handy.

Linux, Automation, Continuous Integration, Security

4 points by vfather 2 days ago | 0 comments

Introduction to System Programming in Linux (Early Access) (nostarch.com)
Linux and Unix are essentially two takes on the same operating system, with Linux serving as the free, open-source version.

Linux, Operating Systems, System Programming

209 points by teleforce 3 days ago | 40 comments

Convert Linux to Windows (philipbohun.com)
Thesis: We should create a distro of Linux that runs Windows binaries by default via Wine.

Operating Systems, Linux, Wine

370 points by pbohun 4 days ago | 443 comments

The Year on Linux (world.hey.com)
I've been running Linux, Neovim, and Framework for a year now, but it easily feels like a decade or more.

Linux, Operating Systems, Personal Computing

6 points by kugurerdem 4 days ago | 0 comments

OSS-SEC: Three bypasses of Ubuntu's unprivileged user namespace restrictions (seclists.org)
Ubuntu 23.10 introduced unprivileged user namespace restrictions (the sysctl kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns) and Ubuntu 24.04 enabled them by default.

Security, Linux, Ubuntu, Operating Systems

73 points by birdculture 4 days ago | 23 comments

Vramfs: Vram Based Filesystem for Linux (github.com/Overv)
Unused RAM is wasted RAM, so why not put some of that VRAM in your graphics card to work?

Linux, Operating Systems, Graphics Cards, Memory Management

129 points by signa11 4 days ago | 41 comments

Manjaro Linux: Making Arch Linux More Accessible (manjaro.org)
Taking the raw power and flexibility of Arch Linux and making it more accessible for a greater audience.

Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Accessibility

22 points by doener 5 days ago | 31 comments

OpenWrt Two Approval (openwrt.org)
Started by: John Crispin

Open Source, Networking, Linux

203 points by todsacerdoti 5 days ago | 130 comments

Ubuntu Provides More Insight into Their Decision Not to "-O3" All Packages (phoronix.com)
Since last year Canonical had been investigating using -O3 compiler optimizations for their Ubuntu package builds in the name of delivering better performance for Ubuntu Linux.

Linux, Ubuntu, Performance Optimization, Software Development

4 points by wrayjustin 5 days ago | 0 comments

Debian Testing/Trixie removes systemd-resolved (ycombinator.com)
Debian's systemd maintainer today removed both systemd-resolved and systemd-nspawn packages [0] from Testing/Trixie/Debian 13 - soon to be in feature freeze - due to disagreements with the Technical Committee [1].

Debian, Linux, Operating Systems, Systemd, Technical Committees

36 points by iam-TJ 5 days ago | 3 comments

Akamai becomes the official distributor of the Linux kernel (beehiiv.com)
Someone needs to host the Linux kernel code, and going forward, it will be the content delivery network Akamai.

Linux, Open Source

15 points by CrankyBear 6 days ago | 1 comments

EXT4 Better Hardened Against Maliciously-Fuzzed File-Systems (phoronix.com)

Security, Linux, Operating Systems, File Systems

4 points by doener 6 days ago | 1 comments

A neater Proxmox no subscription setup (pages.dev)
Download and install a Debian package for your no subscription deployment of Proxmox suite of products. Also remove "No valid subscription" popup in one go and safely. Initial version. PVE and PBS tested. Feedback welcome.

Proxmox, Virtualization, Debian, Open Source, Linux

6 points by free-pmx 6 days ago | 0 comments

PostgreSQL Lands Initial Support for IO_uring: "Can Be Considerably Faster" (phoronix.com)
As a very exciting improvement for the open-source PostgreSQL database server, it has merged initial support for making use of IO_uring on Linux servers for asynchronous I/O and can provide for some nice performance improvements.

PostgreSQL, Databases, Performance, Linux, Asynchronous I/O

11 points by pella 7 days ago | 0 comments

EU OS takes a 'layered' approach to its new Linux distro for the public sector (zdnet.com)
The European Union, following a well-trodden path, appears to be developing its own Linux distribution.

Linux, Operating Systems, Government, European Union, Open Source

14 points by diggernet 7 days ago | 0 comments

Europen Union creates Fedora-based Linux distribution for the public sector (linuxjournal.com)
A new initiative, called "EU OS," has been launched to develop a Linux-based operating system tailored specifically for the public sector organizations of the European Union (EU).

Linux, Open Source, Government, European Union, Operating Systems

35 points by todsacerdoti 7 days ago | 14 comments

Zorin OS says goodbye to Firefox in latest 17.3 update (neowin.net)
Zorin OS 17.3 has been announced today, promising new features centered around privacy and an enhanced user experience.

Operating Systems, Linux, Privacy, Software Updates

8 points by bundie 7 days ago | 1 comments

Building a Linux Container Runtime from Scratch (edera.dev)
Edera Protect is a suite of offerings bridging the gap between modern cloud native computing and virtualization-based security techniques. To power this platform, we've built our own container runtime designed to operate as a microservice, allowing it to run containers in a fully programmatic way—similar to how the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI) enables container management through microservices.

Linux, Container Runtimes, Cloud Computing, Security, Microservices

217 points by curmudgeon22 7 days ago | 65 comments

Motorola moto g play 2024 Phone, Termux: LUKS–No root, No proot-distro, No QEMU (reddit.com)
Motorola moto g play 2024 Smartphone, Android 14 Operating System, Termux, And cryptsetup: Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) Encryption/Decryption And The ext4 Filesystem Without Using root Access, Without Using proot-distro, And Without Using QEMU

Mobile Phones, Linux, Security, Android, Operating Systems

10 points by sipofwater 7 days ago | 0 comments

EU OS takes a 'layered' approach to its new Linux distro for the public sector (zdnet.com)
The European Union, following a well-trodden path, appears to be developing its own Linux distribution.

Operating Systems, Linux, Government, Europe, Open Source

12 points by N19PEDL2 7 days ago | 4 comments

Debian bookworm live images now reproducible (lwn.net)
In a short note to the Reproducible Builds mailing list, Debian developer Roland Clobus announced that live images for Debian 12.10 ("bookworm") are now 100% reproducible.

Linux, Reproducible Builds, Debian

764 points by bertman 7 days ago | 200 comments

Linux kernel 6.14 is a big leap forward in performance and Windows compatibility (zdnet.com)

Linux, Operating Systems, Performance, Compatibility

191 points by CrankyBear 7 days ago | 129 comments

Bringing Record and Replay debugging everywhere on Linux (github.com/sidkshatriya)
I've modified the awesome rr debugger so that it can run without needing access to CPU Hardware Performance counters.

Debugging, Linux, Software, Open Source

206 points by sidkshatriya 8 days ago | 28 comments

Linux 6.15 Goes Heavy on Intel and AMD x86_64 CPU Changes (phoronix.com)
Merged today for the recently-opened Linux 6.15 merge window were all of the "x86/core" changes that are particularly heavy on new feature work for both Intel and AMD x86/x86_64 processors.

Linux, Intel, AMD, CPUs, Kernel

15 points by rbanffy 8 days ago | 0 comments

A conversation with Richard M Stallman (2004) (learntosolveit.com)
In the early and initial days (when open source, free software, and Linux were the same for me), I used to think of Richard M Stallman, known as RMS, in comparison with Mahatma Gandhi. One math professor there (at Cochin University of Science and Technology) gave a brief introduction and said that he feels RMS is comparable to Mahatma Gandhi.

Free Software, Open Source, Linux, History

19 points by orsenthil 8 days ago | 2 comments

What Is the Future of (Asahi) Linux on Apple Silicon? (ycombinator.com)
Recently, Marcan stepped down from Asahi Linux. What are current plans for the project? Are there any alternatives to run Linux on Apple Silicon? I tried to read more on Marcan's Mastodon account, but it looks like it's closed/blocked

Linux, Apple Silicon, Operating Systems, Open Source

10 points by yu3zhou4 9 days ago | 7 comments

Gnome 48 (gnome.org)
The GNOME project is excited to introduce GNOME 48, a fresh release shaped by six months of hard work from our amazing community. We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who contributed to making this happen!

New Releases, Linux, Software, Open Source

11 points by keyle 9 days ago | 0 comments