7-Zip developer releases the first official Linux version

An official version of the popular 7-zip archiving program has been released for Linux for the first time.

Linux already had support for the 7-zip archive file format through a POSIX port called p7zip but it was maintained by a different developer.

As the p7zip developer has not maintained their project for 4-5 years, 7-Zip developer Igor Pavlov decided to create a new official Linux version based on the latest 7-Zip source code.

Pavlov has released 7-Zip for Linux in AMD64, ARM64, x86, and armhf versions, which users can download at the following links:

👉🏼 7-Zip for 64-bit Linux x86-64 (AMD64)
👉🏼 7-Zip for 64-bit Linux ARM64
👉🏼 7-Zip for 32-bit Linux x86
👉🏼 7-Zip for 32-bit Linux armhf

This first version of 7-Zip for Linux is released as a console application and has similar, but not identical, command-line arguments as p7zip.

https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/cec5e63147/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/7-zip-developer-releases-the-first-official-linux-version/

#7zip #sevenzip #official #linux #tools
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Linux, macOS, and Windows running simultaneously on a 1st generation Core i5 and 8GB RAM

This is my Thinkpad T410 with a 1st generation Intel Core i5 and 8 GB of RAM. It runs Arch Linux with Xfce.

The macOS Mojave (chosen over Catalina or Big Sur for it’s lower resource usage) VM works surprisingly well with 3GB RAM, but even when the Windows VM was allocated that much, it was very sluggish.

The Windows installation was very easy. All you have to do is download the ISO from Microsoft, and fill in your username, password, and product key in the “Express Installation” feature of Gnome Boxes.

https://lukesempire.com/2021/04/11/vms

#linux #macos #windows #installation
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv

Microsoft Demos GUI Linux Apps Running on Windows 10

Microsoft has shared video demo of desktop Linux apps running on Windows 10
The capability is made possible using the new and improved Windows Subsystem for Linux (aka WSL 2) plus a new companion layer called WSLg (one assumes the ‘g’ stands for ‘GUI’, but don’t quote me on that).

You can watch Microsoft’s Craig Loewen showcase the feature in the following video. We’re talking about real desktop Linux apps running on Linux via WSL on Windows 10, and both X11 and Wayland-ready apps are supported

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/04/run-linux-apps-on-windows-wsl-2

#Windows #Linux #apps

30 Years Of Linux - An Interview With Linus Torvalds: Open Source And Beyond - Part 2

The Linux kernel is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary this year. In part two of our interview, we conclude our conversation with Linux creator Linus Torvalds. If you haven't already, check out part one to learn all about Linux kernel development and the creation of the Git version control system.

In this second part, Linus offers insight and perspective gained from managing a large open source project for three decades. He also talks about his employment at the Linux Foundation, and describes what he does with his spare time when he's not focused on kernel development.

As to what makes an open source project successful, Linus admits, "I don't really know what the key to success is. Yes, Linux has been very successful, and clearly Git too started on the right foot, but it's always very hard to really attribute that to some deeper cause. Maybe I've just been lucky?" He goes on to offer three practical recommendations he's followed himself: be there for other developers, be open, and be honest.

https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/interview-linus-torvalds-open-source-and-beyond-part-2

💡 read as well: An Interview With Linus Torvalds: Linux and Git - Part 1
https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/interview-linus-torvalds-linux-and-git

#interview #torvalds #linux
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Linus Torvalds, employee of Vaccine Passport company, yells at developer for having concerns about COVID vaccine

https://lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/LinuxVax:f

It wouldn't be a day that ends with Y if something randomly controversial wasn't occuring on the Linux Kernel Mailing list.

On Thursday, June 10th, 2021... A discussio was occuring regarding the Linux Kernel Summit... and making it an in person, remote, or "hybrid" event. One Linux kernel dev, Enrico Weigelt, posted the following:

"I know a lot of people who will never take part in this generic human experiment that basically creates a new humanoid race (people who generate and exhaust the toxic spike proteine, whose gene sequence doesn't look quote natural). I'm one of them, as my whole family."

In response, Linus Torvalds jumped in with the following:

"Please keep your insane and technically incorrect anti-vax comments to yourself.

You don't know what you are talking about, you don't know what mRNA is, and you're spreading idiotic lies. Maybe you do so unwittingly, because of bad education. Maybe you do so because you've talked to "experts" or watched youtube videos by charlatans that don't know what they are talking about.

But dammit, regardless of where you have gotten your mis-information from, any Linux kernel discussion list isn't going to have your idiotic drivel pass uncontested from me."

cough

I get the feeling like Linus has an opinion!

Linus concluded:

"Get vaccinated. Stop believing the anti-vax lies.

And if you insist on believing in the crazy conspiracy theories, at least SHUT THE HELL UP about it on Linux kernel discussion lists."

Now, I'm not going to go into if LInus is right. Or if Enrico is right. Or if neither are completely right.

What I will comment on is this:

All comments relating to COVID vaccines were then blocked by mailing list moderators with the following message:

"moderator hat on I'm requesting that all vaccine talk is restricted solely to how it would impact international travel to/from ksummit."

This moderation was not applied to Linus's rant, however. That was allowed.

Worth mentioning:
Linus Torvald's employer, The Linux Foundation, is now in the business of making COVID vaccine passports
https://www.lfph.io/
Any statement, by him, critical of a COVID vaccine would hurt the Linux Foundation's new business endeavor.

That endeavor has been met with overwhelming praise from the Linux and Tech press. And zero criticism from the Tech Press... other than from yours truly. Likewise, you can expect Linus's statement quoted above to be met with overwhelming praise -- and, again, zero criticism -- from the Tech Press.

What all of that means I will leave as an exercise for the reader.


#Linus #Linux #Linuxfoundation #passports #covid #why #lunduke

Linux Kernel Security Done Right

https://security.googleblog.com/2021/08/linux-kernel-security-done-right.html

#Linux #Kernel #Security

The JingPad A1 is a Linux tablet that (kind of) runs Android apps

https://www.xda-developers.com/jingpad-a1-linux-tablet-android-support/

#JingPad #Linux #tablet

A serious bug in #Linux from 12 years ago allows you to get root on any distro

To fix it upgrade or:
chmod 0755 /usr/bin/pkexec

#PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation #Vulnerability Discovered in polkit’s pkexec (CVE-2021-4034)

https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034

The Bvp47 - a Top-tier #Linux #Backdoor of US #NSA Equation Group hidden for 10 years

https://www.pangulab.cn/en/post/the_bvp47_a_top-tier_backdoor_of_us_nsa_equation_group/

New Linux bug gives root on all major distros, exploit released.

A new Linux vulnerability known as 'Dirty Pipe' allows local users to gain root privileges through publicly available exploits.

Today, security researcher Max Kellermann responsibly disclosed the 'Dirty Pipe' vulnerability and stated that it affects Linux Kernel 5.8 and later versions, even on Android devices.

The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-0847 and allows a non-privileged user to inject and overwrite data in read-only files, including SUID processes that run as root.

Kellerman discovered the bug after tracking down a bug that was corrupting web server access logs for one of his customers.

Kellerman states that the vulnerability is similar to the Dirty COW vulnerability (CVE-2016-5195) fixed in 2016.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-bug-gives-root-on-all-major-distros-exploit-released/
https://dirtypipe.cm4all.com/

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#linux #root #vulnerability

This new Linux malware is 'almost impossible' to detect

Symbiote is parasitic malware that provides rootkit-level functionality

A joint research effort has led to the discovery of Symbiote, a new form of Linux malware that is "almost impossible" to detect.

Symbiote has several interesting features. For example, the malware uses Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) hooking, a function designed to hide malicious traffic on an infected machine. BPF is also used by malware developed by the Equation Group.

The malware is pre-loaded before other shared objects, allowing it to hook specific functions – including libc and libpcap – to hide its presence. Other files associated with Symbiote are also concealed and its network entries are continually scrubbed.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-new-linux-malware-is-almost-impossible-to-detect/

#linux #symbiote #malware

0xor0ne@infosec.exchange - Great website if you need a quick reference to Linux kernel syscalls (numbers)

https://syscalls.mebeim.net

#Linux #kernel #programming

0xor0ne@infosec.exchange - Nice project that collects the best Wi-Fi USB dongle with good Linux support
It contains a lot of up-to-date useful information

https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi

#wireless #wifi #Linux #usbwifi

0xor0ne@infosec.exchange - Very cool series about persistence in Linux environments

Persistence map: https://pberba.github.io/assets/posts/common/20220201-linux-persistence.pdf

Auditd, Sysmon, Osquery: https://pberba.github.io/security/2021/11/22/linux-threat-hunting-for-persistence-sysmon-auditd-webshell/

Account Creation and Manipulation: https://pberba.github.io/security/2021/11/23/linux-threat-hunting-for-persistence-account-creation-manipulation/

Systemd, Timers, and Cron: https://pberba.github.io/security/2022/01/30/linux-threat-hunting-for-persistence-systemd-timers-cron/

Initialization Scripts and Shell Configuration: https://pberba.github.io/security/2022/02/06/linux-threat-hunting-for-persistence-initialization-scripts-and-shell-configuration/

Systemd Generators: https://pberba.github.io/security/2022/02/07/linux-threat-hunting-for-persistence-systemd-generators/

#Linux #kernel #malware #cybersecurity #infosec

#Speech Note Transcribes #Voice to #Text on #Linux

https://www.omglinux.com/speech-note-transcribe-voice-to-text-on-linux/

#Linux Desktop application that provides live #captioning

FUTO Fellowship program interview; linux captions software

👉 Live Captions github: https://github.com/abb128/LiveCaptions

🔵 Q&A w/ billionaire alt-tech investor/philanthropist Eron Wolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJPmbcU-Vzo
🔵 FUTO Fellows program: https://futo.org/fellows/
🔵 FUTO Youtube channel - @futotech
⚠️ Google's breaches of privacy have gone TOO FAR!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vWAF13KigI

#speech #recognition #stt #voice

15 Best Tools for #Linux #Font Management

https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-linux-font-tools-and-how-to-install-linux-fonts-on-ubuntu/

@BonesTechGarage

11 Best Note-Taking Apps for #Linux in 2024

https://www.tecmint.com/note-taking-apps-linux/

@BonesTechGarage
#notes

How to Anonymize Your Linux System with Whoami

#Whoami is a comprehensive toolkit that can anonymize a running #Linux session. It comes with scripts that can hide your machine’s real IP address, change its default DNS resolvers, and secure your browser. This article will show you how to install Whoami and run some of its modules to anonymize your Ubuntu system.

Note: Don’t confuse this with the whoami command that displays the username of the current user. Also, Whoami works for any Debian and Arch based distro.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/anonymize-linux-with-whoami/

@BonesTechGarage