A whirlwind tour of systemd-nspawn containers (2025)(quantum5.ca)
43 points by ibobev | 7 comments
A blog tutorial on setting up and using systemd-nspawn containers, covering creating rootfses for Debian, Fedora, and Alpine and booting them.
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Wayland desktop for Linux with skeuomorphic design(github.com)
670 points by FinalDestiny | 275 comments
GitHub repository for DEsk, a beta Wayland desktop environment for Linux with a skeuomorphic design, including Fedora and Debian packaging.
Debian Inference Portal(inference.debian.net)
6 points by ColinWright | 2 comments
Landing page of the Debian Inference Portal, a self-service site where Debian Developers and Maintainers log in via Salsa to get LLM inference API keys and track budgets.
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel(lwn.net)
529 points by luispa | 380 comments
LWN.net repost of Debian Security Advisory DSA-6528-1, a Linux kernel security update fixing numerous CVEs, dated September 29, 2026.
The Lost Atomic Update on Loongson CPU(jia.je)
120 points by jiegec | 6 comments
A blog post investigating a hardware erratum on the Loongson LA664 CPU where an atomic instruction loses updates, causing an infinite loop while packaging normaliz for Debian.
Abandoning Scientific Linux Was a Mistake(blog.melashri.net)
64 points by elashri | 30 comments
Blog post arguing that CERN and Fermilab abandoning Scientific Linux was a mistake, prompted by CERN's move to run Debian 13 on accelerator systems.
Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"(lwn.net)
441 points by pluc | 373 comments
LWN brief reporting that Debian's general-resolution vote on large language models chose the option allowing responsible use of generative AI by contributors.
I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation(github.com)
416 points by tech4bot | 211 comments
GitHub repository with packages, Mali drivers, overlays, and tools for running Debian Linux on an inexpensive Rockchip RK3562 Android tablet.
How to turn anything into a router(nbailey.ca)
734 points by yabones | 255 comments
Blog post explaining how to build a homebrew Linux router from a mini-PC or other computer, prompted by a US policy restricting imports of new consumer routers.
Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age(agelesslinux.org)
737 points by nateb2022 | 488 comments
Homepage of Ageless Linux, a Debian-based OS that refuses to ask user ages, positioned as a protest against state age-verification laws for operating systems.
Debian decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions(lwn.net)
360 points by jwilk | 271 comments
LWN article on Debian's debate over a draft general resolution about accepting AI/LLM-assisted contributions, which ended without a decision.
Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)(rhodesmill.org)
628 points by theblazehen | 227 comments
Brandon Rhodes' 2009 blog post suggesting prefixing personal shell script names with a comma to avoid collisions with system commands.
Notes by djb on using Fil-C(cr.yp.to)
340 points by transpute | 219 comments
Daniel J. Bernstein's notes on using the memory-safe C/C++ compiler Fil-C, including install scripts, timings, and compatibility observations on Debian 13.
Hard Rust requirements from May onward(lists.debian.org)
364 points by rkta | 632 comments
Debian mailing list post by Julian Andres Klode announcing APT will add hard Rust dependencies no earlier than May 2026, asking ports without Rust toolchains to add one or sunset.
Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian(lwn.net)
318 points by lemper | 110 comments
LWN article on ArchWiki maintainers' DebConf25 talk explaining how Arch manages its wiki, prompting an effort to revamp the Debian wiki.
StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers(lwn.net)
441 points by pabs3 | 290 comments
LWN article reporting that the StarDict dictionary app on Debian sends X11 text selections over unencrypted HTTP to remote Chinese dictionary servers.
Debian 13 “Trixie”(debian.org)
831 points by ducktective | 337 comments
Official Debian announcement of the release of Debian 13 "trixie" on August 9, 2025, with 5 years of support and updated desktop environments.
Debian switches to 64-bit time for everything(theregister.com)
354 points by pseudolus | 234 comments
The Register article reporting that Debian 13 "Trixie" switches to 64-bit time_t on 32-bit architectures to avoid the year 2038 problem.
Fedora change aims for 99% package reproducibility(lwn.net)
420 points by voxadam | 200 comments
LWN article by Joe Brockmeier on a Fedora 43 change proposal aiming to make 99% of Fedora package builds reproducible.
Hacker News Hug of Deaf(susam.net)
421 points by susam | 98 comments
Blog post by Susam Pal recounting a netcat loop on a Debian server that replied 'ok' and beeped his terminal whenever Hacker News readers connected.
Debian bookworm live images now reproducible(lwn.net)
719 points by bertman | 187 comments
LWN brief noting that Debian 12.10 bookworm live images are now 100% reproducible, per an announcement by Roland Clobus on the Reproducible Builds list.
Linux/4004: booting Linux on Intel 4004 for fun, art, and no profit(dmitry.gr)
517 points by dmitrygr | 136 comments
Dmitry Grinberg's project page describing booting Debian Linux on a custom board powered by a 1971 Intel 4004 4-bit microprocessor via MIPS emulation.
Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise(openwall.com)
4122 points by rkta | 1526 comments
Andres Freund's oss-security mailing list post disclosing a backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma tarballs 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 that compromises SSH servers.
Brand-new Linux release, which I'm calling the Debian Linux Release (1993)(wiki.debian.org)
323 points by ecliptik | 107 comments
Ian Murdock's original 1993 Usenet announcement of the Debian Linux Release, hosted as a text attachment on the Debian wiki.
Debian 12 “Bookworm”(debian.org)
433 points by Chatting | 146 comments
Official Debian announcement of the release of Debian 12 "bookworm", the new stable version, including a new non-free-firmware archive area.