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Linus has released the 6.18 kernel, as expected.

So I'll have to admit that I'd have been happier with slightly less bugfixing noise in this last week of the release, but while there's a few more fixes than I would hope for, there was nothing that made me feel…

Version 25.11 of the NixOS distribution has been released. "The 25.11 release was made possible due to the efforts of 2742 contributors, who authored 59430 commits since the previous release". Changes include 7,002 new packages, GNOME 49, LLVM 21, a new COSMIC desktop environment beta, firewalld support, and…

• computer science, emacs lisp, advanced.
• changed all my catch throw tag to use integer instead symbol.
• because symbol pollutes symbol table.

• Elisp: Exit Loop or Function (throw, catch)

• Elisp: Exit Loop or Function (throw, catch)

The prizrak.me blog is carrying an introduction to the Landlock security module.

Landlock shines when an application has a predictable set of files or directories it needs. For example, a web server could restrict itself to accessing only /var/www/html and /tmp.

Unlike SELinux or AppArmor, Landlock policies don't…

The Black Friday weekend is almost over (although Cyber Monday is just hours away), and while we’ve covered how you can get an Alienware RTX 5080 build at a discount, Dell’s deals extend to the RTX 5090, too.

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Sundays are for writing your first ever Sunday Papers. Though your excitement, like mine, may slip a little when you realise you've been reading almost anything but gaming articles this week. So, I shall be leaning quite heavily into the "(mostly)" in the column's mission of rounding up "great writing…

With manufacturers looking to raise prices to fuel the AI age we’re sleepwalking blindly towards, Black Friday weekend might offer the last chance to save on PC hardware for a while.

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Black Friday weekend may not offer the same deals it once did, but that’s not to say there aren’t savings to be had.

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