Unix recap for week 13/2024
From toNewsletter sent every monday with a recap of articles, projects and tutorials from previous week.
Articles #
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backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise 2778 comments in 10 discussions
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XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unreplayable." 1071 comments in 2 discussions
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Win32 Is the Only Stable ABI on Linux (2022) 954 comments in 6 discussions
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Pop_OS! via Parallels M3 macOS 679 comments in 12 discussions
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Best & Unknown feature of Debian 590 comments in 16 discussions
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HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver | Linux users can't hit the same resolutions and speeds as Windows—or DisplayPort. 461 comments in 5 discussions
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I am not a supplier 391 comments in 4 discussions
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A microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects (xz maintainer burnout postmortem) 356 comments in 3 discussions
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Garbage Collection for Systems Programmers 339 comments in 4 discussions
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Swift adds support for Gnome App creation with Swift/SwiftUI 328 comments in 4 discussions
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Xz: Can you spot the single character that disabled Linux landlock? 296 comments in 1 discussion
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XZ Utils backdoor 271 comments in 4 discussions
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Arch Linux – News: The xz package has been backdoored 208 comments in 2 discussions
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Security Alert for Fedora 40, 41 and Rawhide users 200 comments in 3 discussions
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Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing the GNU Autotools 198 comments in 5 discussions
Projects #
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Can't choose default apps on arch linux - hypland 129 comments in 3 discussions
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Linux kernel privesc proof of concept CVE-2024-1086, working on ubuntu and debian 119 comments in 2 discussions
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Show HN: Libmui is a macOS Classic widget lib for Linux 79 comments in 1 discussion
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Monogon: A Linux userland in pure Go 62 comments in 1 discussion
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tukaani-project/xz has been taken down by GitHub 55 comments in 1 discussion
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Deej: An open-source hardware volume mixer for Windows and Linux 54 comments in 1 discussion
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Arch Linux Cleaning Script Idea 40 comments in 1 discussion
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Makima v0.4.2 released with a bunch of new features! 38 comments in 4 discussions
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Linux Kernel for Surface Devices 23 comments in 4 discussions
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CLI tool for fellow gamers 12 comments in 2 discussions
Videos #
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Linux terminal game that lets you create your own cult 23 comments in 1 discussion
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How To Use FFMPEG On Linux. 16 comments in 2 discussions
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Resident Evil 4 Remake on Linux 13 comments in 1 discussion
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10 Things To Do After Installing openSUSE 12 comments in 1 discussion
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Very strange mouse lag problem 11 comments in 1 discussion
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How game-able is linux on X Elite? 10 comments in 1 discussion
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Linux Tech Tips EP#27: Installing Nukems FSR3 Frame Gen Mod 9 comments in 1 discussion
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