Uncle Linus respectfully disagreed on limiting Linux kernel code lines with 80 characters.
 
#linux #kernel #terminal

Fun, fun, fun! There’s an issue in linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver: some kids were fooling around with lockscreen, clicking and typing random stuff, then screensaver crashed, letting them pass into the system.

#linux #crash #cybersec

Why would anyone want to fix broken toilets or to stop using GNOME, if they can keep enjoying this sweet pain?

#linux #gnome #humor

@dsvoronin has recently shared “The Tragedy of systemd” talk by Benno Rice (one of FreeBSD contributors). systemd is a controversial piece of tech. In his talk Benno tried to dig deeper into the history of systemd, what it is criticized for, and why it’s not all that bad.
The talk itself is great by the way. I’ll put some quotes into the discussions.

#linux #systemd #talk

Old man yells at Rust programmers.
Linus our Torvalds puts "Rust is safe" people in their place in terms of kernel development.

#linux #kernel #rust

When your file is "written on disk", it's sort of written, but not really on disk. Lord, the time has come!

#linux #os #io

Turns out, to write a file to disk correctly is a hard task by itself. And don't even get me started on working with different filesystems in different modes.
Let's thank @dimsuz for the link.

#linux #os #io

A dive into how files are stored on disk, what the heck is inode, and how to access all of that manually.

#linux #os #file

Moderately deep dive into what happens when we ask e.g. python to print a hello world for us. Almost every step is described - search for the binary, process fork, dynamic linking, etc. They also describe the tools you can use to inspect all these things.

#linux #os