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Microsoft’s latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs — The cause: an update Microsoft issued as part of its monthly patch release. It was intended to close a 2-year-old vulnerability in GRUB, an open source boot loader used to start up many Linux devices.
What the f*** is an SBAT and why does everyone suddenly care — This update was not supposed to apply to dual-boot systems, but did anyway.
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Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs fixes for 6.11-rc5 - Linus Torvalds — No one is being jerks here, Linus and I are just sitting in different places with different perspectives. He has a resonsibility as someone managing a huge project to enforce rules as he sees best, while I have a responsibility to support users with working code, and to do that to the best of my abilities.
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Linux is a CNA — As was recently announced, the Linux kernel project has been accepted as a CNA as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) for vulnerabilities found in Linux.
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