Hot on the Heels of Copy Fail, New Linux Bugs Grant Root Privileges by Chris Harper — Saturday, May 23, 2026, 02:20 PM EDT Multiple Linux exploits have been uncovered over the last few weeks, including Copy Fail , and the newest of which are dubbed "PinTheft" and "SSH-keysign-pwn." Both have been r… …
New Dirty-Frag Exploit Targets Linux Kernel: Serious Memory Flaw Grants Root Access by Chris Harper — Friday, May 08, 2026, 02:40 PM EDT Discovery of the Copy Fail Linux kernel exploit sparked widespread discussion and concern around Linux kernel security earlier this month, and that was for an exp… …
… Per an email publicly released on Freedesktop.org, AMD's Linux display drivers have finally added support for these features and "passed a representative subset of HDMI compliance" with a full compliance run "in the works." The lack of support is why the Steam Machine was announced with HDMI 2.0 su… …
… Gaming on Linux continues to get better and better. Tags: Nvidia , graphics , Linux , nasdaq:nvda Zak Killian A 30-year PC building veteran, Zak is a modern-day Renaissance man who may not be an expert on anything, but knows just a little about nearly everything.
New Quasar Linux Malware Is Stealing Developer Credentials with a Hidden Rootkit by Chris Harper — Wednesday, May 06, 2026, 03:51 PM EDT Researchers at Trend Micro have identified a frightening new Linux rootkit, dubbed Quasar Linux QLNX, and developers should be especially concerned. …
Torvalds Tightens Linux Kernel Rules To Reject Deluge Of Low-Value AI Fixes by Chris Harper — Monday, May 25, 2026, 11:02 AM EDT For about the past week, Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has been voicing complaints about "the continued flood of AI reports" making the list of security fixes unman… …
… Companies already running Linux-based AI workloads don't have to start from scratch either, since the Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL lets those workloads run on the same machine. …
… Tags: Linux , Operating systems , retro-computing , computer history Chris Harper Christopher Harper is a tech writer with over a decade of experience writing how-tos and news. …
… It's also only confirmed to work on Apple's current-gen macOS, with only preliminary functionality on Linux and no Windows testing yet performed. …
… Should I buy an NVIDIA RTX Spark laptop just for gaming? These aren't strictly gaming systems. …