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Secure Unix ancestor KSOS did type safety before Rust made it cool

For the first time, the source code of KSOS, backed by the US Department of Defense in the late 1970s and 1980s, is available ...

Show HN: CodeAlmanac – Self-updating wiki for your coding agent (local, Apache)

Hello good people of HN,This is Rohan from Almanac (YC S26).Today I want to share CodeAlmanac. It is a self-updating wiki for your coding agent. It lives in your repo as Markdown files and updates from your conversations with your agent. It’s open-source, local, and free.How it works1. Install the CLI and pick your agent (it uses your CC or Codex sub)2. It scans your codebase and generates an initial wiki.3. A background job reads your agent conversations every few hours and updates the wiki4. Y

Show HN: Interactive SQLite3 Query Inspection

Hey everybody, I wrote an interactive TUI for exploring live SQLite3 queries happening on any linux system. It uses uprobes to do the inspection in the kernel, I found it useful hope you like it!

Linux Kernel Vulnerability Allows VM Escape on Intel and AMD Systems

A 16-year-old Linux KVM flaw (CVE-2026-53359) dubbed Januscape can allow attackers to escape virtual machines and execute code on Intel and AMD host systems.

Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near

The clock is ticking for Windows and Linux users to update cryptographic keys that protect their systems against firmware-based UEFI infections, a pernicious form of malware that loads before ...

16-year-old KVM flaw allows attackers to escape VMs and take over Linux servers

A critical vulnerability dubbed Januscape patched in the Linux kernel-based virtualization module poses arbitrary code execution risk to multi-tenant cloud environments and virtualized enterprise servers.

New Januscape Linux flaw allows VM escape on Intel, AMD devices

A 16-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed Januscape, allows attackers to escape a virtual machine and execute arbitrary code on the host.

NVIDIA 610.43.03 driver released for Linux with a vague changelog

NVIDIA just released Linux driver version 610.43.03, once again being rather vague about what has actually changed in it.

Proof-of-Concept Exploit Released for Linux ‘Bad Epoll’ Root Access Vulnerability

Exploit for "Bad Epoll" Linux kernel vulnerability (CVE-2026-46242) can lead to root access on desktops, servers, and Android phones.

Want to convince a Windows user to try Linux? Here's how I do it

After 30 years with Linux, here's my way of convincing Windows users to switch ...

Linux Mint 23 to offer full Wayland support (but X11 is staying)

Linux Mint says Wayland support in its next release will no longer be considered experimental, but available as a fully-supported option. However, it will

Claude desktop app for Linux enters beta

Anthropic has released a beta of its Claude desktop app for Linux, launching alongside an apt repo Ubuntu users can add for ongoing updates. According to ...

I've used Linux for 30 years - here's how I'd rank DistroWatch's top 10

How I'd rank the top 10 Linux distributions. With that said, here's how I would rank the current top 10 distributions on ...

Linux Mint vs RefreshOS: I found the best distro for new users

Linux Mint vs. RefreshOS: I compared the two best distros for new users - this one's better ...

Second year, Computer Science, operating system,Unix Os

Second year, Computer Science, operating system,Unix Os.

How to Keep Your Independence During the AI Jobpocalypse

Short video on the many risks to your financial independence from the AI revolution including the risk to the equity in your home. Includes a live demo of the trial version of the latest version 0.9 of HomeApp: The Home Purchase Risk Estimator application which now applies state of the art asset risk models to housing price index data from the US Federal Reserve. Like modern AI, mathematical models can be wrong. HomeApp is not a substitute for qualified financial advice. Check the results wi

Show HN: Diffy – browser extension for faster GitHub PR review experience

I built diffy, a browser extension that improves GitHub PR review experience and even works on large PRs. It gives you a full-screen scrollable diff with a searchable file tree, side-by-side and unified view, 50+ themes, inline comments, and review workflow. All of this in <2MB.Try it (no account needed) Chrome (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/diffy/oaakiockkfndn...) and Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dif

Emacs Musings: Week 14

Emacs Musings: Week 14I lied, I spent more time with F#.While I was still struggling with omnisharp, FSAutocomplete seems to work pretty much perfectly out of the box! You do need to add the :AutomaticWorkspaceInit init option to get it working though.I’m still torn on the keybinds for editing files. I feel like I would be much happier with evil mode enabled… navigating files with the emacs defaults still feels really clunky in comparison. It *probably* doesn’t help that I sti