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KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland: the Payoff for Years of Plumbing

12 August 2025 @ 4:00 pm

KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland: the Payoff for Years of Plumbing by George Whittaker Why this release cycle feels different For most of the last decade, talk about Wayland on KDE sounded like a promise: stronger

GNOME 48 Reimagined: Smoother Settings, Glorious HDR, and Precision Scaling

7 August 2025 @ 4:00 pm

GNOME 48 Reimagined: Smoother Settings, Glorious HDR, and Precision Scaling by George Whittaker Introduction With the arrival of GNOME 48, the desktop experience steps int

Guardians of Privacy: How Security-Driven Linux Distributions Are Rising to Meet Growing Digital Fears

5 August 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Guardians of Privacy: How Security-Driven Linux Distributions Are Rising to Meet Growing Digital Fears by George Whittaker In the last decade, the digital landscape has

When Flatpak’s Sandbox Cracks: Real‑Life Security Issues Beyond the Ideal

31 July 2025 @ 4:00 pm

When Flatpak’s Sandbox Cracks: Real‑Life Security Issues Beyond the Ideal by George Whittaker Introduction Flatpak promises a secure runtime for Linux applications through container-lik

Veil of Vigilance: Tails 6.0’s New Frontiers in Surveillance Resistance

29 July 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Veil of Vigilance: Tails 6.0’s New Frontiers in Surveillance Resistance by George Whittaker Opening the Curtain on Tails 6.0 On February 27, 2024, the

Securing Linux: Steady Momentum in AppArmor and SELinux Uptake

24 July 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Securing Linux: Steady Momentum in AppArmor and SELinux Uptake by George Whittaker Introduction In recent times, two critical Linux security frameworks, AppArmor and SELinux, have se

Fortifying Ubuntu’s Root with sudo‑rs: How Rust Reinforces Privilege Escalation

22 July 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Fortifying Ubuntu’s Root with sudo‑rs: How Rust Reinforces Privilege Escalation by George Whittaker Introduction Privilege escalation in Linux has always walked a tightrope betwee

Unplugged and Unstoppable: How Linux Transforms Laptop Power Management

17 July 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Unplugged and Unstoppable: How Linux Transforms Laptop Power Management by George Whittaker Driving Forces Behind Smarter Battery Use In an era when remote work, video confe

How Rust’s Debut in the Linux Kernel is Shoring Up System Stability

15 July 2025 @ 4:00 pm

How Rust’s Debut in the Linux Kernel is Shoring Up System Stability by George Whittaker When Rust first made its way into the Linux kernel in late 2022 (mainline inclusion began with version 6.1), it

Linux's Ascendancy: Charting the Open-Source Surge in the Desktop OS Arena

10 July 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Linux's Ascendancy: Charting the Open-Source Surge in the Desktop OS Arena by George Whittaker A Paradigm Shift in Desktop Computing The landscape of desktop operating systems has witnessed