First i486 Support, Now Linux Abandons i586 and i686
So long Cyrix support, as Linux 7.2 continues winnowing away at support for decades old hardware. Roughly a month ago Linux dropped support for i486 processors, first released back in...
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It’s A Dirty Frag Frag Friday
Dirty Frag, brought to you by the same rays of sunshine that introduced you to the Dirty Pipe and Copy Fail Linux vulnerabilities, is yet another horrific Linux vulnerability. Just like the…
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Expanded HDMI 2.1, Coming Soon To An AMD Powered Linux Box Near You
Nvidia has historically been better at maintaining their open source driver, a perfect example being that it properly supports HDMI 2.1 on Linux with no extra fuss. Unfortunately that is not true…
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Yes, You Can Run WSL on Windows 95
2026 is a year filled with people doing things they can, but maybe shouldn't, and WSL9x is more proof of that. A mad scientist calling herself Hailey has successfully integrated the 6.19…
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More Reasons To Dump Windows For Gaming
While Microsoft slowly removes things that no one asked for in an attempt to stem the disgust being expressed by their users, gaming on Linux just keeps getting better. If you have…
Read MorePodcast #852 – 9850X3D Launch Imminent, RTX SUPER Delay, 8GB GPUs, Zoicware, New SK Hynix Plant, Linux malware and MORE
Every episode this year just keeps getting better, try it, you'll see. This food podcast brought to by the tech news! Also, 9850X3D this month, welcome back 8GB GPUs, and 2026 will…
Read MorePodcast #850 – RTX 5090 Rising, SSDs the Next DDR5, New DDR4 Motherboards in 2026, GOG, Dumb TVs and MORE
There are FOUR lights!But besides that, we have AMD news on Redstone, their B650 chipset and so much DDR pricing and related news that you'll platz. Oh, Kohler has got a…
Read MorePodcast #849 – Year End Show – AM4 CPU Price Spike, 8GB Laptops in 2026, RTX 50 Series Cuts, 2025 wrap up + MORE!
There are FOUR lights!But besides that, we have AMD news on Redstone, their B650 chipset and so much DDR pricing and related news that you'll platz. Oh, Kohler has got a…
Read MorePodcast #842 – NVIDIA Hits 5 Trillion, DGX Performance, Memory and Storage Price Hikes, AI Clippy, Linux Gaming + MORE!
A creepy collection of stories that will give you nightmares - and that's just (in)Security corner!We've got RAM prices, Nvidia Trillions, 16GB GPUs, Soundcards, and smart fridges! (It's a spooktacular show)
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Memory-Safe Sudo-rs To Become Default In Ubuntu 25.10
Ubuntu has a fairly large announcement that may not be terribly exciting for many, will help many security specialists sleep better at night. The current Sudo command is vulnerable to several privilege…
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The Curing Rootkit For Linux Leverages io_uring, But Not In A Terrifying Way
You are probably going to see a lot of news about the new Curing vulnerability which can take advantage of the io_uring system call interface which is enabled in many Linux kernels. …
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Hello Bootkitty! Linux Gets A UEFI Bootkit
It makes sense that UEFI bootkits would work on Linux machines, at that level your operating system doesn't matter to your motherboard. What has been delaying hackers is the infection vector itself,…
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Perfctl, This Linux Malware Is A Perfect Chameleon
Perfctl is a nasty piece of malware which has recently been discovered and as a testament to it's sneaky nature, security researchers believe it has been spreading undetected on Linux systems since…
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Insecurity Corner Bonanza! Intel, Linux, Cisco And Apple All Unwillingly Participate
This week has not been good for the sanity of system admins and knowledgeable users both, as there is hardly a system nor network that remains untouched by a new insecurity issues. …
Read MorePodcast #773 – AMD Ryzen 8000 F-Series CPUs, Linux on Snapdragon X Elite, VMWare Goes Free, Zero Day for DLink routers + MORE!
While Josh might not have been with us, we certainly did mention him. In mostly good ways. All this while we discussed the latest AMD 8000 F-Series, Dell XPS with AMD and…
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Some Relief For Linux Admins Living In Terror Of The XZ Backdoor
Thanks to a curious and technically skilled engineer by the name of Andres Freud, Linux admins are living in a bit of a nightmare world. He discovered a backdoor in the XZ…
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Pick Up A PiStorm32-Lite And Make Your Amiga 1200 Up To 1300 Times Faster
If you like playing with old hardware and have run into troubles finding replacement silicon or would like to pump up the performance significantly, then check out the PiStorm32-Lite and other PiStorm…
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Sorry Linux Users, glibc 2.37 And 2.36 Have A Serious Vulnerability
Hey Linux admins, time to update your GNU C Library to 2.38 as glibc 2.37 and glibc 2.36 have a rather nasty vulnerability. There is a difficult but not impossible to exploit…
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