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This Linux bug has quietly handed out root access since 2017 — and it leaves zero trace

Qualys just named a nine-year-old race condition in XFS that turns any local login into root, and the disk never shows it happened.

Kernel · Aug 5 · 6 min

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GNOME 50 deleted the X11 session outright. if you use NVIDIA or screen recording, read this first

GNOME 50 removed the X11 session entirely — you can't log into one even with X.org installed. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ships it, making Wayland mandatory for millions. XWayland still covers your apps.

Kernel · Jul 20 · 6 min