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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 1d

www.phoronix.com/news/Algol-6...

GCC Front-End Patches Updated For Algol 68 Programming Language

At the start of the calendar year there was a proposal for a new GCC front-end for the Algol 68 programming language

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 1d

www.neowin.net/news/fedora-...

Fedora 43 is coming next week following Go/No-Go meeting

Fedora 43 will now arrive next week following a Go/No-Go meeting. If you've been stranded on Windows 10, Fedora could be a good option to move to.

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 1d

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4569...

Debian Technical Committee overrides systemd change | Hacker News

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 1d

www.tomsguide.com/ai/claude-ju...

Claude Memory just launched and it syncs with ChatGPT — here’s how it works

Claude is quietly crushing it with its latest features

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 1d

www.howtogeek.com/you-can-show...

Show Off Your Linux Skills With an Official Ubuntu Exam

It's unclear if you get a fun animal name upon completion.

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 4d

www.howtogeek.com/memorizing-t...

Memorizing These 7 Linux Command-Line Options Will Turn You Into a Pro

You’re required to know these options.

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 5d

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Russian hackers evolve malware pushed in "I am not a robot" captchas

The Russian state-backed Star Blizzard hacker group has ramped up operations with new, constantly evolving malware families (NoRobot, MaybeRobot) deployed in complex delivery chains that start with Cl...

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 5d

www.neowin.net/news/xubuntu...

Xubuntu website compromised to deliver crypto malware to Windows 10 refugees

Users looking to switch to Linux may have been affected by malware being distributed from the Xubuntu site after hackers compromised it to deliver crypto stealing malware.

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 7d

www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6...

New Code Merged For Linux 6.18 To Address Linus Torvalds' Rust Formatting Critique

Back during the Linux 6.18 merge window Linus Torvalds commented on 'mindless and completely crazy Rust format checking' and that the RUst format checking 'is all bass-ackwards garbage' with condensin...

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 8d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘I lost 25 pounds in 20 days’: what it’s like to be on the frontline of a global cyber-attack

The security chief of SolarWinds reflects on the Russian hack that exposed US government agencies – and the heart attack he suffered in the aftermath

www.theguardian.com

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 9d

www.phoronix.com/news/OpenWrt...

Proposed Patches Make Upstream Linux Kernel Usable For The OpenWrt One Router

Announced nearly one year ago was the OpenWrt One as a router/AP that is 'hacker-friendly' and open-source

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 9d

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 9d

thehackernews.com/2025/10/new-...

New Rust-Based Malware "ChaosBot" Uses Discord Channels to Control Victims' PCs

Rust-based ChaosBot exploits Discord and phishing to infiltrate networks, while Chaos-C++ adds data destruction.

thehackernews.com

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 13d

Not the first time it's been done in Germany.....

www.zdnet.com/article/germ...

German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email

Digital sovereignty isn't a phrase you often hear in the US, but it's a big deal in Europe. Here's why.

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 13d

www.androidheadlines.com/2025/10/hack...

Hacker group claims to have hacked Nintendo and stolen data

Nintendo is rumored to have been hacked and had some amount of data stolen, with the hack said to have taken place recently. As of right now, Nintendo

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 14d

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www.wired.com/story/happy-...

'Happy Gilmore' Producer Buys Spyware Maker NSO Group

Plus: US government cybersecurity staffers get reassigned to do immigration work, a hack exposes sensitive age-verification data of Discord users, and more.

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 14d

hackaday.com/2025/10/10/p...

Programming Space Game For X86 In Assembly Without An Operating System

In this video our hacker [Inkbox] shows us how to create a computer game that runs directly on computer hardware, without an operating system! [Inkbox] briefly explains what BIOS is, then covers ho…

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 15d

news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-25-10...

For the Love of Flatpaks, Please Don't Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 Just yet

Critical Bug Prevents Flatpak Apps from Installing on Ubuntu 25.10

news.itsfoss.com

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 16d

www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-...

NVIDIA Posts Latest Linux Driver Patches For Open-Source vGPU Support

Just over one year ago NVIDIA posted open-source Linux GPU driver code for GPU virtualization 'vGPU' support

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 16d

www.pcgamer.com/software/win...

Rufus is a free tool that gets rid of most of Windows 11's installation nonsense and I'll show you exactly how to use it

And it can even help you switch to Linux.

www.pcgamer.com

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 16d

krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/ddos...

DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS

The world's largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Ver...

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cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 17d

www.howtogeek.com/microsofts-l...

Microsoft's Local Accounts Crackdown Is Yet Another Reason to Switch to Linux

Will this be the final straw for you?

www.howtogeek.com

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 20d

cybersecuritynews.com/gemini-cli-f...

Gemini CLI to Your Kali Linux Terminal To Automate Penetration Testing Tasks

With the release of Kali Linux 2025.3, a major update introduces an innovative tool that combines artificial intelligence and cybersecurity: the Gemini Command-Line Interface (CLI).

cybersecuritynews.com

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 20d

www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/para...

Parallels Desktop Adds 'Future-Proof Linux Compatibility'

Parallels Desktop 26.1 update adds a driverless version of Parallels Tools for Linux, using the in-kernel VirtIO to power guest and host system integrations.

www.omgubuntu.co.uk

cyberoptiq.bsky.social @cyberoptiq.bsky.social · 20d

www.xda-developers.com/single-docke...

The single Docker container that made me a home lab power user

Single Docker container for home lab efficiency

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