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Rescuezilla 2.6.2 System Recovery Live ISO Adds Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Support

Rescuezilla 2.6.2, the second installment in the Rescuezilla 2.6 series, introduces a new build derived from the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) operating system to provide users with the best possible hardware support. Ubuntu 25.10, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS builds are also available for download.

Debian 13.5 “Trixie” Released with 144 Bug Fixes and 103 Security Updates

Debian 13.5 comes two months after Debian 13.4 to provide the community with an up-to-date installation media for those who want to deploy the latest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series on new hardware without downloading lots of updates after the installation or those who had issues with the previous ISO releases.

Shelly 2.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Brings Performance Improvements

Shelly 2.3 introduces performance improvements to both the graphical user interface and the command line interface by switching from JSON to MemoryPack, the ability to remove locally installed packages, support for language translations (contributions are welcome), and improved support for Flatpak apps.

Six-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Read Root-Owned Files

A proof-of-concept is available as ssh-keysign-pwn, taking advantage of the __ptrace_may_access() function in the Linux kernel, skipping the dumpable check when task->mm == NULL. As such, do_exit() runs exit_mm() before exit_files() (no mm, fds still there) and pidfd_getfd(2) succeeds in that window when the caller’s uid matches the target’s.

Ubuntu 25.10 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Here’s How

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was released on April 23rd, 2026, but the upgrade path wasn’t open until now, not for Ubuntu 25.10 users and not for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users. Of course, you can always force the upgrade with the update-manager -d command, but I wouldn’t recommend doing so as you might end up with a broken system.

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M5Stack PaperColor is an ESP32-S3 dev kit with Spectra 6 e-paper panel

M5Stack has introduced the PaperColor, a compact development board built around the ESP32-S3R8 processor and a 4-inch Spectra 6 full-color e-paper display. The platform combines wireless connectivity, onboard sensors, audio hardware, battery operation, and expansion interfaces for low-power IoT and embedded display applications.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 17, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Links 16/05/2026: Climate Issues, Free Speech, and Monopolies/Monopsonies
    Links for the day

    New

  2. Links 16/05/2026: Cuba Plunges Into Darkness (Energy Wasted by Nonsense), Googlebooks as Slop Nonsense (Energy Waste and Time Wasted)
    Links for the day
  3. Gemini Links 16/05/2026: Retreat and Devuan Manuals
    Links for the day
  4. SLAPP Censorship - Part 78 Out of 200: Slandering Me for Saying the Truth About Graveley and Garrett's Abuse of Processes, Stacking Dockets
    These are the sorts of things British taxpayers ought to talk about
  5. "AI" Became a New Name or Placeholder for Debt
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  6. "Microsoft Goodwill and Intangible Assets" Down Two Years in a Row, According to Microsoft
    Microsoft cannot sell these, so what is their real relevance?
  7. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  8. IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 15, 2026
    IRC logs for Friday, May 15, 2026
  9. IBM: Shares Down 30%, Mass Layoffs, IBM Says "Goodwill" Grew by 10% to Over a Third of the Company's Total "Worth"
    According to IBM
  10. Microsoft LinkedIn Layoffs "Very Likely Higher" Than 1,000 People
    Microsoft is bleeding
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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