Having been first teased earlier this year, Arch Linux is now officially available to download and install on Microsoft’s WSL on Windows 11 (via It’s FOSS). It comes a couple of weeks on from another big name officially joining the WSL roster, when Fedora 42 officially became available, also. The project started after discussions with … Read more
Core dumps play a key roll role in debugging programs that exit abnormally. They preserve a state of a program at failure, and with them, programmers can view and identify causes of failures. In this article, a walkthrough is taken through a step-by-step exercise of enabling, creating, and checking out core dumps in Linux and … Read more
Offensive Security warned Kali Linux users to manually install a new Kali repository signing key to avoid experiencing update failures. The announcement comes after OffSec lost the old repo signing key (ED444FF07D8D0BF6) and was forced to create a new one (ED65462EC8D5E4C5) signed by Kali Linux developers using signatures available on the Ubuntu OpenPGP key server. However, … Read more
With the release of Ubuntu 25.04 last week, I decided it was time to take a fresh look at what is arguably the most popular Linux distribution in the world. This would be a multistep immersion, starting with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). And it would happen on my favorite laptop, the Snapdragon X-based … Read more
A significant security gap in Linux runtime security caused by the ‘io_uring’ interface allows rootkits to operate undetected on systems while bypassing advanced Enterprise security software. The flaw was discovered by ARMO security researchers who developed a proof-of-concept rootkit called “Curing” to demonstrate the practicality and feasibility of attacks leveraging io_uring for evasion. io_uring is … Read more
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel phones now feature a Linux Terminal app, enabling users to run a Debian virtual machine for desktop apps alongside Android ones. While still lacking features like GUI/audio, the recent Android 16 Beta 4 release removes the previous 16GB storage cap for the Linux VM. Google plans to eventually … Read more
In the world of Linux system administration and software development, understanding how executables interact with shared libraries is crucial. Enter ldd (List Dynamic Dependencies), a powerful command-line utility that helps you peer into the complex web of library dependencies that make your applications run. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore ldd, its usage, security considerations, … Read more
In the IDE interface, you might see a warning message like this: The IDE seems to be launched with a script launcher (‘bin/studio.sh’). Please consider switching to a native launcher (‘bin/studio’) for better experience. To remove this warning, first open the terminal. Go to this path: cd /usr/share/applications/ There should be a file named like … Read more
Three security bypasses have been discovered in Ubuntu Linux’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions, which could be enable a local attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in kernel components. The issues allow local unprivileged users to create user namespaces with full administrative capabilities and impact Ubuntu versions 23.10, where unprivileged user namespaces restrictions are enabled, and 24.04 which has … Read more
Imagine having a Linux terminal right in your pocket, available on your Android device. With the “Linux development environment” feature, hidden within Developer Options on Android 15 (build BP1A.250305.019), this becomes a reality. This feature opens up a new possibilities for developers and advanced users, allowing for scripting, coding, and running familiar Linux tools directly … Read more