1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1767+ words) A laptop fingerprint sensor unlocks the laptop and usually stops there. Immurok wants to do quite a bit more than that. It is a tiny wireless box that can unlock your desktop session, approve a sudo command, authenticate via polkit,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (722+ words) If the past few weeks are any indication, more and more open source projects are drawing lines around how much AI they will let into their workflow and codebases before it's too much. Debian just voted to allow generative AI…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (554+ words) Linus Torvalds just used AI to help fix a Linux kernel bug. Let me tell you that this is a rare event. Not because Torvalds is using AI. Last Christmas holidays, Torvalds used AI for the first time for a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (465+ words) The open hardware manufacturer recently posted an update on its Mastodon account, and it's not great news if you were hoping to grab new Linux-powered PINE64 hardware. The disruptions in DRAM and eMMC supply are to blame, as PINE64 says its Linux…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (439+ words) Xen is a hypervisor that runs on various kinds of hardware, where a crash can have massive consequences. It is deployed in fields like automotive, industrial automation, robotics, and avionics. These are all safety-critical fields where certification matters. So far,…...