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Show HN: Kprotect – eBPF-based file protection using process lineage

I built kprotect because I wanted a way to protect my sensitive files (SSH keys, env files) that went beyond just standard Linux permissions. Even if a process is running as root, it shouldn't be able to read my secrets unless it’s part of a trusted execution chain.How it works: It uses BPF LSM (Linux Security Modules) to intercept file access at the kernel level. Instead of just checking the PID or the binary name, it looks at the entire lineage (the "Chain of Trust"). For exampl

Show HN: AI Swarm v3 – Self-host your own headless AI agents

Website: https://ai-swarm.dev GitHub: https://github.com/ai-swarm-dev/ai-swarmHey everyone, I just released v3 of AI Swarm.It is basically a way to host your own Claude Code or Gemini agents on your own infrastructure. I built it because I wanted to be able to build and deploy features for my apps from my phone or IDE, without having to watch it create the code and being unable to use it while it's deploying and fixing bugs for 30 minutes. I took inspiration fr

Ask HN: Identity crisis as a software engineer because of AI

I had to note down my feeling and I wonder if this resonates.Plenty of engineers are struggling with their identity in this new age. Anxiety shows up even among the best of us, and anger isn’t far behind. - Andrej Karpathy (https://x.com/karpathy/status/2004607146781278521) - Rob Pike (https://itsfoss.com/news/rob-pike-furious/)I know both emotions. I pride myself as a software craftsman, yet I am also the co-founder and CTO of an AI startup that

Ask HN: How would you decouple from the US?

Dear Americans, please don’t take this the wrong way - I love the US, have friends there, and treasure memories I made there.However, it seems plausible that the US is turning into a rogue, authoritarian, Russia-like state increasingly more friendly towards Russia and hostile towards Europe. I am a European who grew up in a country still occupied by Russia. I am increasingly more worried about building my projects on American platforms, using an American operating system, etc.What if the US actu

Show HN: A Cross-Platform ISO Editor (ISO9660/Joliet/UDF/Rock Ridge)

Hi HN, I built VIO ISO Editor, a cross-platform GUI app for creating and editing ISO images on Windows 10/11 and macOS 10+.Why I built it: I often need to ship release artifacts for users across different OSes, and ISO compatibility gets tricky fast (Unicode filenames, large files, UNIX perms, and “what mounts cleanly where”). I wanted a single tool that lets me author one image with the right filesystem mix for cross-platform distribution.What it does: Create new ISOs: start a new project

Show HN: Stao – A simple standing desk reminder I built for myself

I built something embarrasingly simple. It changed my workday. When COVID began and I started working from home, I as many others, bought a standing desk. $500, height memory, digital display, the works.How much did I actually stand? Maybe 15-20 minutes a day. I just kept forgetting.- Tried phone alarms, annoying, started dismissing them without thinking. - Tried sticky notes, lasted 2 days. - Tried "I'll just remember", never worked.So I built Stao. It's a timer that reminds

The Lenovo Legion Go 2 Finally Comes With SteamOS At CES 2026

The lenovo Legion Go 2 with SteamOS will still come with the same AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, with up to 32GB of RAM and a 2TB ...

Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19%

Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025, bringing with it a fresh look at how Linux / ...

I put a bullet in Windows and now use Linux – and you can too!

Making the switch to Linux has never been easier, as Microsoft continues to bloat or break Windows 11 on a routine basis.

GeForce Now Is Finally Getting A Native Linux App

NVIDIA has confirmed plans to release a native version of GeForce Now for Linux, marking a notable shift in the company’s ...

Nvidia GeForce Now expected to gain official Linux support as early as this week

Nvidia is also reportedly planning to add several new titles to the GeForce Now library. According to promotional documents ...

NVIDIA Brings GeForce NOW To Linux And Fire TV With RTX 5080‑Class Cloud Gaming

"With rendering handled in the cloud, high-end PC gaming is possible on Linux operating systems, breathing new life into ...

Playing A Game Of Linux On Your Sony Playstation 2

Until the 2000s, game consoles existed primarily to bring a bit of the gaming arcade experience to homes, providing graphical ...

How much RAM does your Linux PC actually need in 2025? An expert weighs in

What if we move to 16GB of RAM, which has long been considered the sweet spot? Things are going to work much better. In fact, with 16GB of RAM, most of the problems with 8GB go away, except for one -- ...

NVIDIA announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW

NVIDIA already added Steam Deck support for GeForce NOW and they're now expanding it with a dedicated Native Linux app for ...

Linux players on Steam reached all-time high in December

Valve has released the results of its Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025, and they show Linux continuing to ...

What if Linux ran Windows… and meant it? Meet Loss32

It's crazy, a million-to-one shot, but it might just work What if, rather than make a Linux distro that can run Windows apps, ...

Pocket Power Beast ⚡ UNIX UX-1509 10000mAh Power Bank

Meet your pocket power partner — the UNIX UX-1509 10000mAh Power Bank. Slim, fast, and safe, it delivers 22.5W PD charging ...

Henderson/smartPhone video

This sixteen-minute video module describes a method whereby any member of an Emergency Room ("ER") or Intensive Care Unit ("ICU") multispecialty team can verify that the pH value that the Clinical Lab has provided to them within a patient's Arterial Blood Gas (or "ABG") report is compatible with the Henderson Hasselbalch Equation. This task can be completed within seconds by using the Calculator "app" bundled within both Unix-based and Android-based smartphones. This module incorporates a Case

A quantum-resistant RNG powered by collective human entropy

Hi HN,I’m not a professional developer, but I’ve been obsessed with the idea of "Human Entropy." With the rise of quantum computing, I started wondering: Can we create a random sequence that no machine can predict because its source is the unpredictable nature of human behavior?I built this web app using Flutter and Firebase. It's a simple idea: users perform actions on the web client, and those unique interaction hashes are sent to a secure Firestore pool. A server-side Cloud Fun