A Debian 13 kernel update with 68 CVEs: what to actually patch
A Debian 13 Trixie kernel update landed recently with sixty-eight CVEs in the changelog. I have been on the receiving end of those changelogs for about a decade, and my first instinct…
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Ryzen gaming on Linux got a quiet latency fix worth tracking
I have a confession. I almost skipped the AMD P-State patch thread when it first crossed my radar, because the title read like every other kernel mailing list post. Driver update. Frequency…
The mini-PC idle test that ended my desktop power anxiety
I have been keeping my old mid-tower running 24/7 for about six years. The original reason was a home server I never quite finished setting up. The reason I kept it running…
Proxmox on Arm64 finally works and the homelab crowd should care
Proxmox VE 9.2 for Arm64 is the announcement I have been waiting on for years. The home lab story used to come with a built-in assumption: Proxmox meant x86, full stop. Anyone…
the linux kernel is removing a layer most of us forgot existed
Picture a building with two staircases running between every floor, both fully maintained, both lit. Tearing one down looks like nothing from the street. It is actually a quiet admission that the…
GStreamer 1.28.6 closes a pile of small media pipeline landmines
Maintenance releases are easy to ignore. The version bumps, the changelog is full of words like “regression” and “edge case,” and the day-to-day impact is usually zero. I get the temptation to…
Save videos from X without handing a stranger your login
Saving a video from X looks like a two-click problem until the clip comes from a private account, the download site demands notifications, or the file arrives with no audio. The safest…
openvpn 2.7.6 patches windows service bug and mbedtls certificate flaw
OpenVPN 2.7.6 dropped this week and I almost skipped reading the changelog. Two CVEs, a kernel-mode data channel sync bug, three defaults that shifted under your config, and a handful of low-level…
Real Python mixin quiz: 10 questions that sharpen your eye
Mixin classes are the kind of Python feature that experienced developers use without thinking, then stumble on when they have to explain them. The pattern is small, but the pitfalls hit hard:…
Linus Torvalds quietly changed his mind on AI. Here’s how.
I have been thinking about how engineers update their opinions, and the role model I keep coming back to is not the one most people would pick. It is a software engineer…