Linux has had a lot going on this week.
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Severe Linux Copy Fail security flaw uncovered using AI scanning help
… Some distros, including Arch Linux, RedHat Fedora, and Amazon Linux, have released patches, but many others were not immediately able to address the issue.
Acer’s launching a Linux handheld for streaming your PC games
The Acer Nitro Blaze Link might run on Linux, but it’s no Steam Deck. …
All Linux distros are affected by the new “Dirty Frag” vulnerability.
Similar to the “Copy Fail” exploit revealed a week ago, the two “Dirty Frag” exploits CVE-2026-43284 also allow a local user to give themselves root privileges on nearly any Linux distribution. …
Linux devs are fighting the new age-gated internet
… In addition to highlighting how easy it is to bypass age check measures in Linux, developer John McCardle is issuing a challenge to regulators. “The question is not whether this is legal,” the Ageless Linux site says. “The question is whether anyone wants to spend the State of California’s money su… …
Linus Torvalds says Linux security list is becoming ‘unmanageable’ due to AI bug reports
Linux founder Linus Torvalds said in his most recent state of the kernel post that “the continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list almost entirely unmanageable, with enormous duplication due to different people finding the same things with the same tools,” as The Register re… …
Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’
Canonical’s plan to add AI features to Ubuntu has some users asking for “a version of Ubuntu that does not include these features,” while others say they’ll stick with older versions of the Linux distro or even switch to a different one. …
After three months on Linux, I don’t miss Windows at all
In January I finally made good on my threat/promise to install Linux on my desktop. I wanted to see how far I could get using a Linux PC as my main computer without doing a bunch of research beforehand or troubleshooting afterwards. …
Microsoft’s new developer-optimized Windows embraces Linux even more
… Microsoft has created Coreutils for Windows from the uutils open-source project, a cross-platform reimplementation of the GNU coreutils in Rust. “These are Linux-like command-line utilities that run natively on Windows,” says Davuluri. “Whether you’re moving between Linux, macOS, WSL, containers, o… …
Little Snitch’s software counter surveillance jumps from Mac to Linux
… Quite unusual these days!” The Linux version of Little Snitch is available now for free and currently supports Linux distributions using kernel 6.12 or newer.