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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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New Linux kernel vulnerability (thehackernews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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A discovered vulnerability for privilage escalation https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/researchers-uncover-new-linux-kernel.html?m=1

If system security is the most important criteria above everything else, switch to using BSD.

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[–] nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Trippy. I was just tempted to make a post asking about how hard it would be in rust to make a program with high end security and privacy. I decided not to, but then starting to wonder if memory could be put onto the swap file and then edited, and they this post showed up. I thought clearly, without a doubt they would make the swap system near perfect and i shouldn't worry about that. haha