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I moved my entire Linux home directory to a second drive, and nothing broke

Once you separate the roles of OS and personal data, the whole system starts to feel more deliberate.
MUO on MSN

3 apps I self-host that genuinely made my life better

My homelab actually pays off now.

New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed "Copy Fail" that impacts Linux kernels ...
The Hacker News

New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions

CVE-2026-31431 CVSS 7.8 flaw since 2017 enables root via 732-byte exploit, impacting major Linux distributions.

New ‘Pack2TheRoot’ flaw gives hackers root Linux access

A new vulnerability dubbed Pack2TheRoot could be exploited in the PackageKit daemon to allow local Linux users to install or ...
OSTechNix

Copy Fail: The 732-Byte Script That Roots Every Major Linux Systems

Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) is a severe logic flaw in the Linux kernel affecting every distribution since 2017. Patch your ...
SecurityWeek

OpenSSH Flaw Allowing Full Root Shell Access Lurked for 15 Years

An OpenSSH vulnerability introduced 15 years ago could allow attackers to obtain full root shell access to vulnerable servers ...

Script Injection and Data Theft: Python Data Analysis Tool Compromised

The popular Python package for monitoring data quality was briefly available as a malicious version. Provider Elementary ...

Books and slides from Markdown: Quarkdown 2.0 is here

The Markdown dialect Quarkdown 2.0.0 has been released, offering more security, better offline usability, and higher speed.
ZDNet

Your Kindle's not obsolete, it just needs a jailbreak - and I'll show you how it's done

Get the morning's top stories in your inbox each day with our Tech Today newsletter. This article was first published in early 2025 in response to news that Amazon was restricting the ability to ...